Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao 1985-5-18 @Ta Kung Pao - Ta Kung Pao.com
God teaches you not to commit suicide, In the past, Lin Dai did not talk about suicide.
Reporter Li Huifen
What exactly is suicide? This issue has recently aroused widespread discussion in the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, because Yung Mei Ling was classified as a "suspected homicide" by the police, and her funeral decided to adopt a Catholic ceremony. According to Catholic canon law, believers are not allowed to commit suicide. If a believer commits suicide, he or she will be automatically disqualified from being a believer. Therefore, he cannot hold a funeral with Catholic rituals and be buried in a Catholic cemetery.
Yang Mingzhang, spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, explained that the funeral of Yung Mei Ling was allowed to use Catholic ceremonies. He said that Yung Mei Ling’s funeral had been notified to the Central Secretariat of the Diocese. After research, it was believed that Yung Mei Ling’s death could not be regarded as suicide, so the funeral ceremony of Yung Mei Ling was approved.
He continued that although no one knows how Yung Mei Ling's state of mind changed when she died, we know from the news obtained from the newspaper that she once called Tang Zhenye, but Tang Zhenye did not answer the call. She also called a friend named Zou, but the friend could not call her or enter through the door. Therefore, it is difficult to prove that she wanted to die from the beginning to the end. Or maybe she wanted to change her mind but was powerless.
He said that in the canon law implemented last year, some modifications and deletions have been made to the funeral regulations. The content is: If it is not clear that the person committed suicide, the person is still a Catholic, so Catholic rituals can be used.
Under what circumstances does it count as suicide? Yang Mingzhang pointed out that the Catholic Church has no specific rules on this, because it depends on each person's situation. Although the Catholic Church does not allow believers to self-resolute, the legal principles are not limited to human relationships. If it cannot be proved with certainty that the person committed suicide, he should be punished. To give him sympathy, he should not be judged as self-willed. For example, he said that even if a person ends his life by hanging or committing seppuku, it does not necessarily mean that he is self-willed. If the person is mentally disturbed and leads to these behaviors, it cannot be regarded as suicide because he did not intend to do so. this way. He also said that even if the person left a suicide note and declared that he wanted to die, he would not necessarily be judged as self-willed. For example, the movie star Lin Dai wrote in her suicide note: Please those who found her please not send her to a public hospital, but to a private hospital, otherwise she will be ridiculed. From this sentence, we can tell that she was joking, and it also proves that she was not eager to die, so she could still be buried in a Catholic cemetery after her death.
Source: https://m.weibo.cn/status/4542243258243439
香港 大公報 1985-5-18 @大公報-大公網
特寫
天主敎不當翁自殺
以前林黛亦不作自殺論
本報記者 李惠芬
究竟何謂自殺？
這問题最近曾引起香港天主教教區廣泛討論，因為翁美玲是被警方列為「懷疑身殺」案，而她的喪禮決定採用天主教儀式。根據天主教教規，教徒是不准自殺的，若果教徒自殺，將會被自動取消教徒的资格，因而不能採用天主教儀式舉行喪禮及葬於天主教墳場。
天主教香港教區發言人楊鳴章解釋准許翁美玲喪禮採取天主教儀式時表示，翁美玲的喪禮曾知會教區中央秘書處，經過研究後，認為翁美玲的死並不能視為自殺，所以批准翁美玲的喪禮儀式。
他續說，雖然翁美玲死時心境的變化如何，無人知曉，但從報章所得的消息知道，她曾經致電湯鎮業，但湯鎮業沒有覆機，她又曾致電姓鄒的朋友，但那朋友不得其門而入。所以很難證實她是由始至终一心求死。或者她曾想改變主意，但已是有心無力。
他説，在去年實施的教會法典中，對喪禮方面的規定，已作出若干修改及删除，内容為：如不能清楚肯定那人為自殺，則那人便仍然為天主教徒，所以能夠採用天主教儀式。
究意什麽情况下才算自殺呢？楊鳴章指出，天主教對此並没有訂立麼定羲，因為要視乎各人的情况而定，雖然天主教不許教徒自毅，但法理不外人情，不能肯定證明那人是自殺時，便應該對他赋予同情，不應將他作自毅論。
他舉例說，一個人就算採用吊頸或切腹的形式而結束自己的生命，也未必一定是自毅，如果那人是精神錯亂而導致有這些行為，這便不能當作自殺，因他並非有意這樣做。
他又說，就算那人留下遺書，聲言要死，也不一定判其為自毅。例如影星林黛，她在遺書中寫有一句：請發現她的人不要將她送入公立醫院中，而送往私立醫院，兔得被人恥笑。由這句話，可知她在說笑，也可證明她並非求死心切，所以她在死後仍可安葬於天主教墳場。
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