L’Osservatore on Eluana
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:45 AM
Remembering Eluana. (CNS/Reuters)
The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano has released an editorial about the death of Eluana Englaro.
Eluana died yesterday after being deprived of the feeding tube the comatose woman required in order to receive food and water.
Her death has sparked an outcry in Italy and around the world against this so-called act of “euthanasia” of a patient who is in a long-term coma.
Here is the text... READ MORE
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Eluano Englaro Dies
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, February 09, 2009 4:12 PM
(CNS/Reuters)
Eluana Englaro has died, three days after she began to be deprived of nourishment.
Last week, the comatose 37-year-old Italian woman was taken by her father Beppino from a hospital in Lecco, Italy, where Eluana was receiving care from Sisters of Mercy. She had been in a coma since 1992 as a result of injuries she sustained in a car accident.
Her father acted without legal authorization, in... READ MORE
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Italy’s Terry Schiavo
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:41 AM
There has been another tragic turn in the case of Eluana Englaro.
The young Italian woman, who is in a coma and requires food and water to be given to her by a feeding tube, has been taken from a hospital in Lecco, Italy, by her father without legal authorization.
According to this report by Catholic News Agency, Eluana’s father has in effect kidnapped her and placed her in a different hospital... READ MORE
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