[Catholic Caucus] Vatican loosens stance on food, water for patients in vegetative stateROME – This week the Vatican’s Academy for Life issued a new text on a series of bioethical issues, including the provision of food and hydration for patients in a vegetative state, which marks a modest departure from the Vatican’s previously held position on the issue.Published Thursday by the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV), the volume is titled, “Small Lexicon on End of Life,” and covers a variety of bioethical issues.According to an introduction by Italian Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the PAV, the volume has the aim...