Our Fabulous Florida Bishops, Snapshot #8

By Diogenes ( articles ) | Nov 10, 2003

In October of this year, confronted with imminent death by dehydration of a brain-damaged woman, Bishop Robert "Christ's presence in the gathered Body" Lynch offered his ... prayers.

With the news that the feeding tube has now been removed from Terri Schiavo, my own prayers and those of thousands of other people go out for Terri and for her family. May the author of all life look kindly on Terri and provide consolation and hope for those who love her.

How do we sum up such a marvelous display of pastoral solicitude? Perhaps Bishop Wilton Gregory put it best: "We still are engaged in international questions of import."