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May 14, 2018

Mourners line streets of Liverpool as Alfie Evans hearse passes

People pay their respect to Alfie Evans as his funeral procession passes near Everton's stadium in Liverpool, England, May 14.
LIVERPOOL, England – Thousands of mourners lined the streets of Liverpool to pay tribute to Alfie Evans on the day of the toddler's funeral.
Published in International
April 30, 2018

Pope, others mourn death of British toddler Alfie Evans

A woman looks at flowers, candles and toys left as a memorial to Alfie Evans in Liverpool, England, April 28. The 23-month-year-old died April 28 from complications of a degenerative brain condition.
LIVERPOOL, England – Pope Francis said he was mourning the death of English toddler Alfie Evans, who died four days after doctors withdrew his life support system.
Published in International
April 26, 2018

Doctors criticize court refusal to allow Alfie Evans to go to Italy

Tom Evans said the boy's ventilator was removed April 23 but that he is breathing on his own with the support of oxygen. The child has been granted Italian citizenship in an effort to bring him to the Vatican's Bambino Gesu hospital for treatment.
LIVERPOOL, England – A group of doctors has criticized the refusal of some of their colleagues and a court to allow Alfie Evans to travel to Italy for treatment as "medical tyranny."
Published in International
April 23, 2018

Italy grants citizenship to Alfie Evans in attempt to guarantee his care

Tom Evans, father of the seriously ill child Alfie Evans, kisses Pope Francis' hand during a private audience in the Domus Sanctae Marthae at the Vatican April 18. Evans pleaded for "asylum" for his son in Italy so he may receive care and not be euthanized in England. Italy granted asylum April 23.
VATICAN – The Italian government granted citizenship to Alfie Evans, a seriously ill British toddler, in a last-minute effort to prevent doctors in England from withdrawing life-support.
Published in International
April 16, 2018

Respect life of severely ill patients like Alfie Evans, Pope says

Rachel Lambert, the wife of Vincent Lambert, sits behind lawyers as she waits for the start of a hearing concerning the case of her husband at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, in this Jan. 7, 2015, file photo. Vincent Lambert, 42, a quadriplegic since an automobile accident in 2008, has been on a feeding tube at a hospital in Reims. The hospital has ordered his food and water be removed April 19.
VATICAN – Highlighting the plight of a seriously ill toddler in Great Britain and a severely brain-damaged man in France, Pope Francis called for greater respect for every patient's life and dignity.
Published in Faith
February 22, 2018

British judge allows toddler's life support switched off, against parents' wishes

Alfie Evans picture lying in his hospital bed at Alder Hey Hospital. He has been hospitalized continuously since Dec. 2016, suffering from chronic seizures of an undiagnosed disorder. Evans is in a “semi-vegetative state” and on life support at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, where doctors have said further efforts are futile and went to court to argue that continuing treatment, as his parents wish, is not in Evans' best interest.
LIVERPOOL, England – A British court ruled Tuesday that physicians can stop providing life support, against his parents' wishes, to Alfie Evans, a 21-month old boy who has an unknown neurological degenerative condition.
Published in International