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ROME -- The Roman Catholic Church on Friday denied a religious funeral for the paralyzed Italian author who died after a doctor disconnected his respirator, saying it would treat his public wish to "end his life" as a willful suicide.
Piergiorgio Welby's widow, who defended the doctor's decision, said the family would hold a lay funeral for him on Sunday if the church denied rites. Anti-euthanasia campaigners and some right- wing newspapers have described Welby's death as murder.See the full content of this document
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Desire to Die Means No Church Funeral
"For me it was not a murder, absolutely. Piero died natura...
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