Mariella Enoc Archives

Vatican’s children’s hospital marks 150 years of serving the peripheries

Mar 20, 2019

On its 150th anniversary, the pope’s hospital in Rome makes a commitment to treating all children, especially those with rare or incurable diseases.

By Claire Giangravè

Pope’s hospital strives to overcome scandals, serve peripheries

Jul 12, 2018

Rome’s papally sponsored pediatric hospital tries to follow Pope Francis’s lead and reach out, including trying to welcome children with rare disorders such as Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans.

By Claire Giangravè

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

Vatican-owned hospital “ready to welcome” Alfie Evans; parents go to UK Supreme Court to save child

Apr 17, 2018

The parents of Alfie Evans are making an appeal to Britain’s Supreme Court in order to try and keep their son on life support.

By Charles Collins

Vatican trial finds ‘opaqueness’, ‘disorder’ in handling of papal finances

Oct 10, 2017

In the latest session of a Vatican trial concerning the misappropriation of funds from a papally-sponsored hospital to remodel a large Vatican apartment, the prosecution asked that the former president of the hospital, layman Giuseppe Profiti, be charged with three years imprisonment and pointed to a profound “opaqueness” and “disorder” in the handling of papal finances.

By Claire Giangravè