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Man at center of French soul-searching on life support dies
- Associated Press, Church in Europe
- Jul 11, 2019
A man who was in a vegetative state for 11 years yet at the center of a bitter dispute that divided his family and French courts, and provoked national soul-searching over how to deal with terminally ill patients, died on Thursday.
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Vatican and French Church decry decision to remove hydration from Vincent Lambert
- Church in Europe
- Jul 5, 2019
On Tuesday doctors withdrew life support from a French man despite family opposition and papal appeals.
READ MOREFrenchman in vegetative state kept alive after appeal to UN
- Associated Press, Church in Europe
- May 22, 2019
A last-ditch appeal to the United Nations forced French doctors to resume life support Tuesday for a man who has been in a vegetative state for years and whose case has drawn attention across Europe.
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Vatican officials support continued care of man in vegetative state
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- May 21, 2019
The withdrawal of nutrition and hydration from a patient whose body can absorb them is a “serious violation” of the person’s dignity, said two Vatican officials.
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Pope Francis weighs in on Syria airstrikes, Alfie Evans case
- Vatican
- Apr 15, 2018
Pope Francis called for prayers for “painful and complex” situations such as that of British infant Alfie Evans, and also expressed frustration over continued violence in Syria.
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