A Catholic bishop has lamented an English appeal court ruling that life-sustaining treatment can be withdrawn from a five-year-old girl against her mother’s wishes. The Court of Appeal upheld a High ...

Bishop Sherrington said that he was praying for the girl’s mother, Paula Parfitt, as well as the healthcare professionals caring for her. Bishop John Sherrington, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster.

Bioethicists on Thursday criticized an English court ruling that life-sustaining treatment can be withdrawn from a five-year-old girl against her mother's wishes. In a Feb. 4 statement, the Anscombe ...

LONDON, England — A pro-life group described the U.K. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a mother’s appeal over the removal of life support for her 5-year-old daughter as “a tragedy.” The Society ...

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – A decision to allow a 5-year-old child to die against the wishes of her mother “does not acknowledge or afford her the inherent human dignity with which she was born,” ...