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Vatican cardinal meets with family of Terri Schiavo

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ROME The family of Terri Schiavo met with a top cardinal Tuesday to thank him for the Vatican's support as they sought to keep the brain-damaged woman alive.

Schiavo's father, Bob Schindler, said that support from Cardinal Renato Martino and other Vatican officials had helped the family "spiritually" in their unsuccessful battle against a court order to have Schiavo's feeding tube removed.

"Just knowing that he supported us gave us strength," said Schiavo's mother, Mary Schindler, following a 15-minute private audience with Martino.

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The Schindlers are in Rome, Italy this week. They met with Cardinal Renato Martino and presented him with a framed set of photographs of Terri.

Read the AP report here