SIAMO UNA NAZIONE DI FORTISSIMI.....
Italy's Roman Catholic Church has denied the right to a religious funeral to a terminally ill man whose fight to die sparked a fierce euthanasia debate.
Piergiorgio Welby died in Rome on Wednesday when a doctor turned off his life support machine at his request.
Church officials said they could not grant the request of the Welby family for a funeral in his local parish.
They said Mr Welby had gone against Catholic teaching by expressing a desire to end his life.
"Welby had repeatedly and publicly affirmed his desire to end his own life, which is against Catholic doctrine," a Church statement said.
Landmark case
Mr Welby, 60, was paralysed by muscular dystrophy and his condition had worsened in recent weeks.
His plea for euthanasia - illegal in mainly Roman Catholic Italy - sparked a landmark court case and fierce debate.
But Father Marco Fibbi, a spokesman for the Rome vicar's office, said that the decision not to allow a religious funeral would send a clear signal to Catholic believers that Mr Welby's actions were not acceptable.
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