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Letter from Rome: Alfie’s political lessons

May 02, 2018 • by Kishore Jayabalan

Letter from Rome: Alfie’s political lessons

Readers in Italy, the UK and the US are probably already familiar with the case of Alfie Evans, the 23-month-old baby boy suffering from an undiagnosed degenerative neurological condition. I’m writing on April 30, two days after Alfie died and one week after he was taken off life support at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool, where he had been a patient since December 2016. Continue Reading...

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Letter from Rome: Alfie’s political lessons

Letter from Rome: Alfie’s political lessons

Latest Posts

Radio Free Acton: RFA Reports on Direct Primary Care part II; Upstream on ‘Avengers: Infinity War’

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and the danger of idolatrous ideology

Beyond vocational hierarchies: Evangelism, social justice, and Christian mission

Growth miracles and growth disasters

Emmanuel Macron and the problem with ‘European values’

James Cone and the Marxist roots of black liberation theology

What is the Catholic Church’s teaching on the size of government?

Macron’s speech offers thin gruel on Western ‘values’

Loving cities well: Chris Brooks on the church’s role in economic restoration

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