Society has duty to help Eluana live, says Archbishop of Udine
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Archbishop Pietro Brollo

Udine, Italy, Feb 5, 2009 / 05:22 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Pietro Brollo of Udine, where the “Terri Shiavo of Italy” is facing death by starvation, said on Wednesday, “The only duty society has towards this young woman is to help her to live.”

“Udine is ready to embrace Eluana Englaro, a daughter of this land. Upon learning of her arrival, I ask first of all that this woman be guaranteed care, hydration, nutrition and every means that someone who is sick, particularly someone who is very incapacitated, is due by those who have the professional duty in conscience to provide a cure,” the archbishop wrote in a statement published by the SIR news agency.

Upon learning of the case of Eluana Englaro, who is at a local hospital where her father intends to euthanize her, Archbishop Brollo said, “At this time, after court rulings and debates, in order to leave no room for confusion or misunderstanding, I reiterate that the only duty society has towards Eulana is to help her live.”

“All of the natural dynamics of a living organism are at work within her, and we have no way of knowing about what she experiencing interiorly.” Archbishop Brollo also asserted that “whoever says her medically assisted nutrition and hydration should be suspended is saying the death of this defenseless woman should be artificially provoked, in an act of true euthanasia.”

For this reason, the archbishop called on “everyone in conscience who understands that she is a living person to demand she be protected, and on those who still have some doubt to have the wisdom and prudence to abstain from any irreparable decision.”

He urged the faithful of the archdiocese the pray for Eluana, emphasizing that “prayer can change the course of events, enlighten souls and sustain us in our sorrow. Every Christian of this diocese should know that with faith nothing is lost,” he said.

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Published by: Jorge A.
Toronto, Canada 02/06/2009 05:38 PM EST
Sad, very sad, when we can’t see right from wrong, the story replays again and exactly the same way, “eat the fruit of the tree, you will be like God, you will know good and evil, you surely will not die”, well we know the end of the story, the devil sold the plan for death and called God a liar, imagine the master of lies calling God a liar.
Many thousands of years later man still listens to the devil’s voice, “kill, it is an act of love and care for these sick ones”, man called it merciful killing, compassionate death, euthanasia, etc. man decides he is like God and he has the right to decide when life begins and ends, and then he calls the Church, Pope, Bishops, priests and people of God liars.
Same story same outcome, the end result is death.
You were once a powerful and great civilization, under the Roman Empire, and you crumbled to dust because of similar actions, (corruption, homosexuality,
and killing of the innocent),
Where are you going? What will be of you in 70 years?
Look at your birth to death ratio, (replacement ratio), you are dying in your culture of death.
Repent, turn to God, embrace Life and live, if not you surely will die.

Deuteronomy
Chapter 30, vr. 19

I call heaven and earth today to witness against you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, by loving the LORD, your God, heeding his voice, and holding fast to him. For that will mean life for you.
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Published by: Linda
Canada 02/06/2009 05:13 PM EST
Every day we send young people, soldiers, off to die. We allow children to starve. We neglect, abuse and torture helpless creatures.
And yet we force this poor soul to spend 17 years on tubes and more than half dead in a hospital bed….in the name of what?
What sin could this poor woman have committed to condemn her body to suffer this way? What dignity could she possibly retain?
To me, this woman is truly in Hell. Her only hope is an afterlife. Let her go.
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