Bishops weigh in on Terri Schiavo (30 perspectives, updated Friday)April 01, 2005
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)
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)
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)