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Sign says: African street kids' dreams - We are sending our prayers from Uganda (Africa) to Alfie Evans - We love you so much - May God be with you!!
Posted on 04/28/2018 10:18:56 AM PDT by Morgana
Pope Francis has responded to the death of little Alfie Evans, the disabled boy who died just days short of his 2nd birthday. Alfie died five days after a children’s hospital removed his life support without his parents consent.
The leader of the Catholic Church expressed the kind of sentiments that people around the world are expressing today. He talked about his sadness and he talked about Alfie being embraced by the Lord in heaven.
“I am deeply moved by the death of little Alfie. Today I pray especially for his parents, as God the Father receives him in his tender embrace,” the pope tweeted on Saturday.
Pope Francis had repeatedly spoken out on Alfie’s behalf and said his parents should have been able to remove him from Alder Hey Children’s Hospital to take him home or receive treatment in Italy. The head of the Catholic Church also met with Alfie’s Father Tom Evans at the Vatican.
In his tweet previously, Pope Francis said, “Moved by the prayers and immense solidarity shown little Alfie Evans, I renew my appeal that the suffering of his parents may be heard and that their desire to seek new forms of treatment may be granted.”
Previously, Pope Francis urged people worldwide to pray for Alfie as his parents continue to fight for his life.
The Pope was speaking to crowds gathered in St Peter’s Square on Sunday for his weekly Regina Coeli address. Alfie Evans was among the causes the Pope requested prayers for, saying: “I entrust to your prayer persons such as Vincent Lambert in France, little Alfie Evans in England, and others in several countries who live, sometimes for a long time, in a state of grave illness, assisted medically for their primary needs.”
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Francis acknowledged the “delicate”, “painful” and “complex” situations surrounding these cases and asked that the sick are always treated “with great respect for life…with the harmonious contribution of the family, of doctors and of other health workers”.
On Sunday the pontiff also prayed for Vincent Lambert, a 42-year-old Frenchman who has been disabled for 10 years. His hospital recently ordered the removal of his food and water, against the wishes of his parents and the advice of other doctors.
Before that, Pope Francis sent out a tweet supporting Alfie. He expressed his hopes on Twitter that “everything necessary would be done” to help the child, who suffers from a mystery brain disorder.
The Holy Father tweeted: “It is my sincere hope that everything necessary may be done in order to continue compassionately accompanying little Alfie Evans, and that the deep suffering of his parents may be heard. I am praying for Alfie, for his family and for all who are involved.”
Where was Elizabeth, head of the Church of England?
And one can imagine the antagonists were smiling and high-fiving each other.
May be the first time I’ve ever agreed with Pope Frank.
“Where was Elizabeth?” Why she was busy celebrating the birth of her new great-grandson. Much too busy to care about the death of this peasant child.
The Church of England is becoming more Islamic everyday.
“Where was Elizabeth, head of the Church of England?”
Her grand daughter in law just had a baby and well you know that Kate’s baby will always get medical coverage.
And her 96 year old husband just got a new hip last week too.
Like NHS would give just any 96 year old in England a new hip.
The House of Windsor is built of sh#t.
I say we do to that family what was done to Marie Antoinette and her husband. OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
Well, as the song goes, “Rule Britannia, Britannia waives the rules!”
I doubt they survive another generation,
They are an anachronism now.
They claim the Divine right to rule over Britain and its people, amnd yet, they ALL kept their fat mouths shut while Alfie and his mom and dad went through hell.
Strip away their royal facade and they are nothing.
Tut-tut, we have a fox hunt/charity opening/meaningless platitude speech to make, coming up.
Only reason Elizabeth has been on the throne this long is she knows in her heart that Charles is a buffoon. She’s putting off putting Charles on it as long as she can. William would do a better job and she knows it if she’d only be willing to say so and give him the crown, even then we can’t be sure.
A bit much, IMO. Maybe just strip them of their royal status and have them live like ordinary people-even if temporary.
Liz and the false Pope couldn’t be bothered while he was alive. Why should the Pope speak out now? Too little, too late.
Just for your information, Pope Francis was in the middle of it all along, had a hospital arranged, and got Alfie citizenship, Brits forbade Alfie and his parents to leave Britain. I don’t agree with him often, but he did not wait to speak after he was dead.
To make it worse, what did anyone from all the other 20,000 Christian denominations do? Not even a word, much less action.
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Sign says: African street kids' dreams - We are sending our prayers from Uganda (Africa) to Alfie Evans - We love you so much - May God be with you!!
It is so sad, starving a helpless child to death.
It’s all good, the “Royals” got THEIR baby.
The CoE was designed to give a king centuries ago a blank check to divorce and kill off his wives that could not give him a son.
Not exactly the moral foundations to tell doctors to not kill off a child.
England has always been the land of subjects, not private citizens. In fact, so goes most of Europe. Those in power are corrupt to the core.
Your picture of the African kids with the sign has this old Grandpa’s lip quivering. I think it’s time I disavowed my English heritage.
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