Archbishop Paglia fails Alfie Evans

When life hangs in the balance, we need champions, not people who acquiesce. In Alfie Evans' final days, people of conscience around the world strove to defend his right to live and his parents' right to be the decision makers regarding his care. Yes, we knew that he had a degenerative brain disease, but we also knew then, just as we know now, that he was a human being – a little boy with a soul who was created by God and who has now joined his Heavenly Father.