A Commentary on the Holy Father's Address of March 20

Commentary on the address by Pope John Paul II to the participants in the International Congress on "Life-Sustaining Treatments and the Vegetative State: Scientific Advances and Ethical Dilemmas"

"...the Pope stated that people in a vegetative state have the right to receive basic health care which includes nutrition and hydration. Therefore, Pope John Paul II makes it clear that to withhold or withdraw food and fluids from a person in a vegetative state who is not otherwise dying is euthanasia."

That's how I read it also...what are the moral theologians and Catholic Health Care workers seeing in the Holy Father's address that the rest of us cannot see?

Link to article.