Alfie Evans

Pope Francis asks that Alfie Evans be allowed to “seek new forms of treatment”
- Apr 23, 2018
Pope Francis has tweeted his support for Alfie Evans, saying, “I renew my appeal that the suffering of his parents may be heard and that their desire to seek new forms of treatment may be granted.”

By Charles Collins
European rights court rejects Alfie Evans case
- Apr 23, 2018
The European Court of Human Rights on Monday rejected a case from British parents who want to take their terminally ill toddler to Italy for treatment instead of allowing a U.K. hospital to remove him from life support.

By Associated Press
Vatican official calls for “shared response” to apparent “dead-end” in Alfie Evans’ case
- Apr 22, 2018
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, says only an alliance between the parents, other members of the family, and health care workers can determine the best way to help Alfie Evans.

By Charles Collins

Italian bishop starts prayer campaign for Alfie Evans; parents appeal to European court to save their son
- Apr 21, 2018
Italian Bishop Francesco Cavina of Carpi is calling for a worldwide prayer campaign for Alfie Evans, after the British Supreme Court cleared the way for his life support to be removed, despite the objections of his parents.

By Charles Collins
UK Supreme Court rules against family of Alfie Evans two days after father meets Pope Francis
- Apr 20, 2018
Britain’s Supreme Court has approved a hospital plan for the withdrawing of life support for Alfie Evans, the 23-month-old child whose parents have been fighting a legal battle to keep him alive.

By Charles Collins
Italian bishop: Refusal to let Alfie Evans come to Vatican hospital “beyond all human logic”
- Apr 19, 2018
Bishop Francesco Cavina of Carpi, in northern Italy, helped arrange a meeting with Pope Francis and Alfie’s father, Thomas Evans, on Wednesday morning.

By Charles Collins

Pope Francis asks that Alfie Evans be allowed to “seek new forms of treatment”