Alfie Evans's parents are making
a fresh legal request for the seriously ill toddler be
transferred to an Italian hospital as the child continues to
fight after his life support was withdrawn late on Monday.
The announcement was made by the Christian Legal Centre,
which is assisting Alfie's family, who have been granted an
emergency hearing before a high court judge on the case.
The Italian cabinet on Tuesday granted the British toddler,
who has a serious brain condition, Italian citizenship in a bid
to bring him to Italy and beat British court orders to let him
die.
Rome's Vatican-owned pediatric hospital Bambino Gesù has
offered to treat the 23-month-old boy and his parents want an
order preventing Alfie being taken from Liverpool's Alder Hey
hospital to be lifted.
Pope Francis appealed for Alfie and met his father last week.
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