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Terri's Parents give Pope picture of Terri Schiavo

Terri Schiavo's parents, grateful for Vatican backing in their failed campaign to keep their brain-damaged daughter alive, briefly met Pope Benedict on Wednesday and gave him a framed picture of her.

Bob and Mary Schindler were in the front row at Benedict's general audience in St Peter's Square and he greeted them personally as he passed by.

Schiavo's mother kissed the Pope's ring and her father shook his hand.

On Tuesday, they met the Vatican's top justice official Cardinal Renato Martino to thank the Roman Catholic Church for its support.

Schiavo died on March 31 in Florida after a U.S. state court ordered the feeding tube, which sustained her for 15 years, removed at the request of her husband who said it was what she would have wanted.

Pope John Paul II, who died two days after Schiavo, had declared some life-extending treatments a moral duty for Roman Catholics.

Schiavo's case sparked outrage at the Vatican, which compared the court to an executioner who "arbitrarily brought forward" the date of her death.

At their meeting on Tuesday, Martino commended the Roman Catholic Schindlers' ongoing efforts to "defend life and the concept of a natural death."

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ATTENTION CALL TO ACTION SEND PHOTOS TO MIAMI: If you attended the 2003 or 2005 Vigil or other protests regarding Terri's Fight and took pictures, we have a project.

The most economical way to do this would be to take your color photos, slap them on a copier and do them in black and white. If you'd rather send him photos, go for it.

We want Representative Robaino to see how many rallys there have been, how many people actually attended the rallys and what their signs said.

By the time the news got to Tallahassee, it was downplayed because the media didn't show that we were ten to fifteen deep. If Julio Robaino wants to see our photos, let's send him photocopies of our photos!

Representative Julio Robaino, District Office, 6741 - SW 24th St., Suite 19, Miami FL 33155-1766.

(I think black and white photocopies will give him the idea and he can show them to his other House members.) He also wants to know the world view of Terri being starved and dehydrated to death. If anyone wants to share that with Rep. Robaino, his District number is: 305-442-6868. Thanks in advance if you take on this project. There must be tons of photos out there. FV

There's a protest this Saturday afternoon outside of Hospice Woodside to emphasize that we have not forgotten. It starts at 4:00 pm until whenever. I've got to make yet another sign. It will be Saturday so we can park in the bank parking lot. A lady named Lisa has been protesting every single day outside Hospice since Terri died and we are going to join her on Saturday.

Please tell local freepers to attend...