IN the context of Jack “Dr Death” Kevorkian’s release from prison, our present culture tends to consider suffering the epitome of evil. There is a great temptation to resolve the problem of suffering by eliminating it at the root, by hastening death so it occurs at the moment considered most suitable.

I REFER to the letter headlined ‘Why journalists sometimes treat priests unfairly: an incomplete thesis” by Joseph Barry (Irish Examiner, November 1).