Charlie Gard Update: Twitter Pours Support, Pope's Hospital Offers Treatment As Terminally Ill Baby Set To Die

The Charlie Gard case has drawn worldwide attention after Pope Francis and President Donald Trump expressed their support for the terminally ill 11-month-old baby, who is set to die after a European court ordered he should be taken off life support. Amid concerns about the fate of Charlie, who is suffering from a rare genetic disorder — mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome — a Vatican-owned hospital in Rome offered to take the baby into its care Tuesday.

Mariella Enoc, president of the Vatican's Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, released a statement asking the director of the London hospital, where Charlie is staying, "to verify whether the health conditions exist to possibly transfer Charlie to our hospital." 

"We know that this is a desperate case and, apparently, there is no effective therapy," Enoc said.

In response, the London hospital confirmed that for legal reasons, it could not transfer Charlie to the Vatican hospital.

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