Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:11:27 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb /home/international/item/27374-mourners-line-streets-of-liverpool-as-alfie-evans-hearse-passes /home/international/item/27374-mourners-line-streets-of-liverpool-as-alfie-evans-hearse-passes LIVERPOOL, England – Thousands of mourners lined the streets of Liverpool to pay tribute to Alfie Evans on the day of the toddler's funeral.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Mon, 14 May 2018 19:06:59 -0400 /home/international/item/27279-pope-others-mourn-death-of-british-toddler-alfie-evans /home/international/item/27279-pope-others-mourn-death-of-british-toddler-alfie-evans 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.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Mon, 30 Apr 2018 14:09:20 -0400 /home/international/item/27249-doctors-criticize-court-refusal-to-allow-alfie-evans-to-go-to-italy /home/international/item/27249-doctors-criticize-court-refusal-to-allow-alfie-evans-to-go-to-italy 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."
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Thu, 26 Apr 2018 10:17:08 -0400 /home/international/item/27236-italy-grants-citizenship-to-alfie-evans-in-attempt-to-guarantee-his-care /home/international/item/27236-italy-grants-citizenship-to-alfie-evans-in-attempt-to-guarantee-his-care 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.
]]> cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) International Mon, 23 Apr 2018 12:45:36 -0400 /home/international/item/27204-father-of-alfie-evans-meets-pope-begs-for-help-to-save-his-son /home/international/item/27204-father-of-alfie-evans-meets-pope-begs-for-help-to-save-his-son VATICAN – Begging Pope Francis to help his son, Alfie, Tom Evans met with the pontiff, pleading for "asylum" in Italy so his seriously ill son may receive care and not be euthanized in England.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:03:06 -0400 /faith/item/27194-respect-life-of-severely-ill-patients-like-alfie-evans-pope-says /faith/item/27194-respect-life-of-severely-ill-patients-like-alfie-evans-pope-says 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.]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) Faith Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:10:43 -0400 /home/international/item/27127-pope-prays-for-parents-toddler-who-risks-losing-life-support /home/international/item/27127-pope-prays-for-parents-toddler-who-risks-losing-life-support VATICAN – Pope Francis asked that all efforts be made to accompany a seriously ill toddler in Great Britain whose parents are fighting a legal battle to keep him on life-support.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Thu, 05 Apr 2018 10:02:00 -0400