Bishops weigh in on Terri Schiavo

Apr. 01 -

  • Vatican spokesman condemns Schiavo death; Cardinal Martino: 'It is nothing else but murder' (CNN)
  • Cardinal Keeler mourns tragic death of Terri Schiavo (USCCB)
  • Cardinal Mahony: 'It seems to me that the dignity and graces of a natural death have been violated through this endless process, and that what should be a time of quiet and peaceful prayer with a loved one has somehow become the platform for many groups with various agendas' (NBC4.tv)
  • Archbishop Foley on Schiavo: 'I think it's inhuman to declare that a person should not receive hydration, water, or food...These are basic human rights' (NBC10.com)
  • Newly appointed Providence bishop: 'The way people treated Terri Schiavo was a moral disaster' (Providence Journal)
  • Austin, TX bishop: 'We hold strongly that she had a right to hydration and nutrition' (KVUE-TV)
  • Statement from Cleveland bishop (NewsNet5)
  • Green Bay bishop applauds 'tremendous courage' of Schiavo's parents (Green Bay News-Chronicle)
  • Bishop Brandt (Greensburg, PA): Schiavo's death 'weakens us all' (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  • Bishop Nevins (Venice, FL): 'Last week as we recalled the Passion of our Lord, Terri was suffering her own passion' (The News-Press)
  • Sydney, Australia bishop on Schiavo: 'The practice of euthanasia-by-starvation now may be a prelude to euthanasia-by-poisoning later' (The Catholic Weekly)
  • Charlotte bishop urges prayers for Schiavo, says a 'grave injustice is taking place in Florida' (WSOC-TV)
  • Bishop Murphy: Feeding tube is 'ordinary and proportionate and thus morally obligatory'; no human being should be called a vegetable (Long Island Catholic)
  • Archbishop Dolan compares struggle to protect Schiavo to civil rights struggles of 1960s (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
  • Friars comfort Schiavo's parents with blessing of Minneapolis archbishop (AP)
  • Perth archbishop comments on Schiavo case (ABC Melbourne)
  • Cardinal Rigali: Statement on Terri Schiavo (Archdiocese of Philadelphia)
  • Cardinal McCarrick on the Schiavo case (Archdiocese of Washington)
  • Cardinal Keeler: Schiavo deserves basic care (USCCB)
  • Rochester bishop calls for nourishment for Schiavo (Diocese of Rochester)
  • Archbishop Sheehan criticizes removal of feeding tube, fears slippery slope to widespread euthanasia, questions Tom DeLay's political motivations (Albuquerque Journal)
  • Bishop Cupich: Don't demonize Schiavo's husband; 'err on the side of providing nutrition and hydration' in 'very complex and sad' Schiavo case (Rapid City Journal)
  • In Newsday op-ed, bishops' official says Terri Schiavo deserves nourishment and care, says that 'complex seems to be the latest watchword in her case' (USCCB)
  • Bishop Galante: Schiavo has right to receive nutrition and hydration (Diocese of Camden, NJ; PDF)
  • Bishop Wuerl: Food and water are normal care, not extraordinary treatment (Diocese of Pittsburgh)
  • Bishop Loverde: Schiavo deserves life (Washington Times)
  • Fargo bishop speaks against Schiavo starvation (AP)
  • Bishop Wenski: The passion of Terri Schiavo (Orlando Sentinel)
  • Cardinal O'Brien, in Easter homily, blasts culture of death, Schiavo starvation (Archdiocese of Edinburgh)
  • Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor rues abortion, Schiavo starvation (Archdiocese of Westminster)
    •