Italian Bishops Conference (CEI)
President Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco on Monday said the CEI was
"not a little concerned" about living-will bills now before
parliament along with other end-of-life issues. He said they
"make life a good ultimately entrusted to the complete
self-determination of the individual". He said the implications
"on informed consent, planning treatment and advance declaration
of treatment" were "very delicate and extremely controversial".
"Vital support such as assisted hydration and nutrition, for
example, would be placed on a par with therapies, which can
always be interrupted. We believe that the answer to the
questions of meaning that envelope suffering and death cannot be
found with simplistic or procedural solutions; the
Constitutional safeguarding of health and life must remain not
only as an ideal reference, but also as a concrete commitment of
support and accompaniment".
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