Word: vaticans
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...speaking in a hoarse voice. His diatribe against the U.S. and Western Europe was devoid of the fiery rhetoric that he has employed in the past to whip crowds into a frenzy. Among other things, he reportedly discussed a controversial meeting with William Wilson, the U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican who later resigned. The lackluster performance reinforced a growing belief that Gaddafi has not recovered from the shock of the April 15 bombing raid. The attack, and the pitiful defense put up by the Libyan military, exposed the emptiness of Gaddafi's threats. Said one foreign resident of Tripoli: ''Libyans...
...receive; a public letter from the country's equivalent of Elvis Presley; the die-hard right-to-die Radical party rallying support for the family's choice to let their daughter die; and, of course, the best-known and most looming presence of all in these parts: the Vatican...
...week that, in the absence of a living will, Englaro's "presumed desire" to not continue living by artificial means can be deduced from hearing from her loved ones. Monsignor Rino Fisichella, the influential president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, called the decision "de facto euthanasia." Another top Vatican bioethicist, Monsignor Elio Sgreccia, who'd spoken out in the Schiavo case, accused the Milan court of "interrupting a life, [which] is never within man's authority...
...Vatican is coming off a bruising public battle in the euthanasia arena: Piergiorgo Welby, a paralyzed muscular dystrophy victim from Rome, was denied a Catholic funeral in December 2006 after the right-to-die advocate convinced a doctor to unplug his respirator...
...Beyond legislative action, the case has generated a huge public reaction: Giuliano Ferrara, a well-known atheist newspaper editor who now regularly sides with the Vatican, called on Italians to bring bottles of water to the Duomo of Milan to protest against the possibility of cutting off nourishment - which hundreds continue to do. The full and half-full green and clear bottles of different sized bottles have turned into a makeshift altar outside the famous downtown cathedral. The Milan daily Corriere della Sera published a front-page open letter Wednesday from Adriano Celantano, Italy's legendary singer and showman. While...