The case of DJ Fabo, a
blind tetraplegic who committed assisted suicide in a Swiss
clinic, is a "defeat for society," says the head of the Pontifical
Academy for Life, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia."This very sad affair must prompt us to reflect. I look with great apprehension and closeness on those who say 'I can't go on', I understand it," he said. "A society that isn't able to be close, to help and communicate that the other is important, to make him feel useful, is offensive".
The head of the Italian Bishops Conference (CEI), Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, called Fabo's death a "serious and painful defeat for society".