September 26, 2007
Well, JPI was murdered, right?
Doctor: Vatican Euthanized Pope John Paul II
(CBS) NEW YORK An Italian medical doctor alleged the Catholic church essentially euthanized Pope John Paul II by not inserting a feeding tube into the ailing pontiff until it was too late.
Dr. Lina Pavanelli, head of anesthesiology and intensive care at the University of Ferrara said she based her conclusions on media coverage and a book by the Pope’s personal physician, reported CBS News correspondent Allen Pizzey.
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“I’m surprised that I myself failed to critically examine the information,” Pavanelli wrote. “I let my perceptions conform to the hope of recovery and the official version, without confronting the clinical signs that I was seeing.”
In response, Pope Benedict XIV, John Paul’s successor, issued a document denouncing the cutting off of food and water to patients in a vegetative state.
The euthanasia allegation will be almost impossible to prove, Pizzey reported.
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