nbcrusader
Blue Crack Addict
Terri Is Gone - Is The Pope Next?
Pope's 'Living Will' Wants Life Support to the End
Pope's 'Living Will' Wants Life Support to the End
PARIS (Reuters) - Pope John Paul, now being fed through a nasal tube because of his throat problems, effectively wrote his own "living will" last year in a speech declaring some life-extending treatments a moral duty for Roman Catholics.
The ailing Pontiff sharply narrowed Catholic guidelines for treating patients nearing death in March 2004 when he described tube-feeding as a normal treatment rather than an extraordinary measure that can be stopped if all hope of recovery fades.