The Terri fight takes to Hannity and Colmes tonight. New exclusive video and a heated discussion to be on the show tonight. Since Jeb Bush has not done a damn thing to stop the drawn out execution of Terri Schindler.
Terri on Hannity and Combes tonight with Randall Terry, also some new video of Terri which will cause major problems for Michael and Felos.
BTW, I have sent a TON of info to one of the editors of the extreme leftist Palm Beach Post who is a Catholic. He declines to get involved for the lame reason it isn't in our county.
Catholic Media Group Calls on Florida Bishops to Defend Terri
In line with the Church, on line with the world
On a cold February weekend, in 2002, a small group of independent writers and journalists all of whom feel called to serve the Church, gathered in Virginia to form the Catholic Media Coalition. Since that time, membership has grown exponentially throughout the United States. The newspaper editors, web site hosts and writers represent large numbers of Catholics concerned for orthodoxy and holiness in the Church. The organization chose St. Maximalian Kolbe as the patron of their apostolate, the heroic Franciscan saint who fought the errors of his day with the publication of his magazine, The Immaculatta. The Catholic Advocate and Mission Sun are members of the Catholic Media Coalition.
The Catholic Media Coalition is dedicated to reporting, proclaiming and defending the truth about the Catholic Church. Recognizing the secular media’s bias and ignorance regarding the Catholic Church and a sizeable number of diocesan publications who are similarity afflicted, the Catholic Medial Coalition attempts to “set the record straight” and defend the Faith.
The Terri Schiavo case represents an unrelenting drive to establish euthanasia in the land. Just as in the case of abortion, sodomy and the coming same-sex marriage acts, society is perilously close to moral anarchy. The Catholic Church must stand up to this challenge, thus, the CMC issued a Letter to the Florida Catholic Bishops.
Dedicated to reporting, proclaiming and defending the truth about the Catholic Church
Catholic Media Coalition
July 18, 2003
Most Rev. John C. Favalora Most Rev. Gerald M. Barbarito
Archdiocese of Miami Diocese of Palm Beach
Most Rev. Victor B. Galeone Most Rev. Norbert M. Dorsey, CP
Diocese of St. Augustine Diocese of Orlando
Most Rev. John J. Nevins Most Rev. John H. Ricard, SSJ
Diocese of Venice Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee
Most Rev. Thomas Wenski Most Rev. Gilberto Fernandez
Diocese of Orlando Archdiocese of Miami
Most Rev. Agustin A. Roman Most Rev. Robert N. Lynch
Archdiocese of Miami Diocese of St. Petersburg
Your Excellencies: We bring before you, the Florida Bishops, a matter of extreme urgency. Terri Schiavo, a 39-year-old Clearwater, Florida, Catholic woman is to be euthanized by court order. Recently uncovered evidence in this highly publicized case suggests her condition is the result of possible strangulation due to alleged spousal abuse. Regardless of this development, there has been no progress in the extended effort for justice in this benchmark right-to-life case.
On July 10, 2003, Terri Schiavo’s family was informed that her case would be returned to Judge George Greer’s court. On two previous occasions, Judge Greer ordered Terri’s death by starvation. In two weeks, he will issue the decree for Terri’s starvation to commence.
According to Catholic doctrine human life has inherent value and dignity regardless of its condition. Medical records show that Terri Schiavo is not in a persistent vegetative state nor is her death imminent. Therefore, the removal of her feeding tube has the sole purpose of causing her death.
According to the Florida Bishops’ Statement on Life, Death and Treatment of Dying Persons, “One must not advocate the withdrawal of sustenance in a context or with reasoning which leads to euthanasia, a moral evil that is to be condemned.” In addition, the 1992 U. S. Bishops’ pro-life committee’s statement, Nutrition and Hydration: Moral and Pastoral Considerations states, “…the omission of nutrition and hydration intended to cause a patient’s death must be rejected…” Pope John Paul II reemphasized this point in his 1998 Ad Limina Address:
The Catholic Media Coalition asks you, the Florida bishops, to publicly condemn the injustice and moral evil of this deliberate act of euthanasia and to issue a plea for mercy to the Florida courts and to Governor Jeb Bush requesting a stay of any further legal proceedings until an investigation can be made.
Sincerely in Christ,
Mary Ann Kreitzer
President, Catholic Media Coalition
cc: Michael McCarron, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Florida Catholic Conference
Bishop Wilton Gregory
President, USCCB
Catholic Media Coalition
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kreitzr1@shentel.net Six days after the Letter to the Florida Bishops was delivered, the Catholic Media Coalition had received no response. Therefore they posted the following Press Release to over forty media outlets and celebrities.
PRESS RELEASE
From: Catholic Media Coalition
To: Media outlets for immediate release
Date: July 23, 2003
Dedicated to reporting, proclaiming and defending the truth about the Catholic Church
CATHOLIC MEDIA GROUP CALLS ON BISHOPS TO DEFEND TERRI
The Catholic Media Coalition on Friday, July 18, 2003, sent an urgent appeal to Florida’s ten Roman Catholic Bishops asking them to speak out publicly on behalf of Terri Schiavo. The 39-year-old Catholic woman, who suffered a medical incident 12 years ago, is the subject of a hotly contested court case in which her husband, Michael Schiavo, wants her feeding tube removed. The Schindlers, Terri’s family, are fighting for her life and claim she responds to their visits. Video testimony shows Terri is not in PVS, a persistent vegetative state, a condition necessary for the Florida courts to order death by starvation. A last minute court appeal will be made. If it is not upheld, the path will be clear for Judge George Greer to set a date to commence the starvation. Currently, an Internet petition addressed to Governor Jeb Bush is circulating on Terri’s behalf.
The CMC, with 18 media signatories from across the nation, calls upon the Bishops to proclaim the teaching of the Catholic Church in this benchmark right-to-life case namely; that the omission of nutrition and hydration intended to cause a patient’s death must be rejected. A further consideration concerns the fact that a priest of Terri’s St. Petersburg Diocese gave misrepresentations of Church teaching in court, the record of which has never been corrected. New evidence has surfaced suggesting the possibility that Terri’s collapse may have been the result of physical abuse. Such evidence makes it even more imperative that a full investigation be made. The Catholic Media Coalition exhorts the bishops to plead for Terri’s life on both humane and moral grounds.
“I find it inexplicable,” says Cecilia H. Martin, writer and editor of The Catholic Advocate (St. Augustine Diocese), “that the Florida bishops have made ten collaborative pleas for mercy to the governor in the last five years for persons on death row and yet have not make a single public statement for Terri Schiavo. Church staffers even have a “Bells Campaign” wherein parishes are encouraged to toll their bells for two minutes on the days prisoners are executed, but for Terri? Silence. We are waiting for the bishops to break that silence and defend the life of this innocent woman.”
The Schiavo case has received national attention. The Schindler-Schiavo Foundation tells Terri’s Story which includes video clips of Terri responding to stimuli.
Both the Letter to the Florida Bishops and the Press Release carried the signatories of eighteen member-groups of the Catholic Media Coalition. The home states of these orthodox Catholic organizations are: Florida (2), Virginia, New Mexico, California (3), Massachusetts, Maryland, Texas (3), Ohio, West Virginia, Arizona, Illinois, New York and Alabama. Please pray for and support these groups.
RESPONDING TO A CALL
The Catholic Media Coalition received a Statement from the Catholic Medical Association on Sunday, July 23, 2003. The following is an excerpt.
Catholic Medical Association -Mrs. Terri Schiavo
“An essential part of the mission of the Catholic Medical association is to uphold the principles of Catholic faith and morality in the practice of medicine... In the case of Mrs. Schiavo, .... She is not terminally ill or in imminent danger of death and she has no problem assimilating the nutrition provided. She left no advanced directive.
The withdrawal of nutrition and hydration from Mrs. Terri Schiavo will result in her death. The tube feeding itself does not impose an excessive burden on the patient. Discontinuing nutrition and hydration in this circumstance violates in its intention the distinction between "causing death" and "allowing death.” (Catholic Medical Assoc. Bioethical Principles of Medical Practice #9)
Therefore, in view of these teachings and directives, we must conclude that at this time the withdrawal of nutrition and hydration from Mrs. Terry Schiavo cannot be justified by currently promulgated Catholic moral principles. ”
Robert J Saxer, M.D.
President Catholic Medical Association
Steven White, M.D.
President Florida Catholic Medical Association
The Bishop of St. Augustine, Victor B. Galeone, is the Chair for the Florida Respect Life Committee. He responded to the people who called upon him to support Terri Schiavo with the following Memorandum.
MEMORANDUM
TO: Correspondents dealing with Terri Schiavo
FROM: Bishop Galeone
DATE: July 26, 2003
RE: My response to your faxes, emails, etc.
At our provincial meeting last spring, we Florida bishops discussed the Terri Schiavo case in great detail. We decided that since Terri is a resident of St. Petersburg, Bishop Lynch would be the official episcopal spokesman for our position.
Even though I am the Episcopal Moderator for Respect Life issues in our state, I cannot publicly intervene in the decisions of the bishop of another diocese anymore than he can intervene in the affairs of my diocese. How would you react if a bishop from another diocese made a public statement critical of the pastoral letter that I had just issued?
I am not sure what Bishop Lynch's final statement will say. If you should disagree with it, then your recourse is to write to him directly or to the Apostolic Nuncio. It's useless to write to me. I have no authority over Bishop Lynch. I am not his superior. On a personal note, I have e-mailed my strong request to Governor Bush that he intervene in this case.
To date, Sept 14th, there has been no public statement made by Bishop Galeone in defense of Terri Schiavo.
EDITORIAL - One Small Thing
As we go to press, Theresa Marie Schiavo has 22 days to live. Barring an intervention from Governor Bush or the agreement by the Florida Supreme Court to rehear the case, Judge Greer will give the order —death by starvation. It will take Terri anywhere from a week to 15 days to die a miserably horrid death.
For those of us who have mercifully become involved in the critical drama of this woman’s life, our sister in Christ, it is stupefying to sit and wait on our Florida Catholic bishops to speak out publicly for Terri. hy the silence, we ask? You’ve told us of the importance of Social Justice. Unrelentingly you’ve used your position to speak out against the death penalty, twenty times on the FL Catholic conference website. You’ve made ten pleas for mercy for criminals; not one word have you spoken for Terri.
Did you know that starvation is not allowed in the execution of death row inmates? It ’s considered too cruel. The same is true for animals. Starving an animal is a prosecutable crime. We, your people, do not understand your silence. Every Catholic in the state of Florida should be crying out at this injustice. Catholic doctors have written the moral prescription; to starve Terri is murder. Church teaching is clear. Your own documents proclaim it so. Why is moral courage so lacking in our leaders?
There is no great dilemma here, it is a small thing to utter a cry for mercy and to stand by the cross. Won’t you join us?
I keep seeing posts that she will die 1n 7-14 days. This isn't true. She will die of dehydration, not starvation. and might live 3 days at most. She will have trouble swallowing and her mouth will be dry and crack. Her organs will irreversibly shut down. It's a painful way to die. We don't even treat deathrow executions like this.
The Florida Catholic bishops have been particularly undistinguished here. Pathetically so.
The insane and sick irony about this is that what Michael Schiavo is planning to do to his wife could not be done to the vilest, lowest, most unrepentant murderer or pedophile currently gracing our prisons. It would violate the prisoner's Constitutional protection against cruel and unusual punishment, and rightfully, every court in this land would instantly strike it down.
Yet those same courts will graciously allow him to do it to a woman guilty of nothing more than bad luck and (maybe) marrying a bad guy.
Sometimes, dammit, this country needs less law and more common sense.
}:-)4
Looks like you are expecting Jeb Bush to jump when you say jump - and how high you say jump.
Jeb does not order the President to do anything I would suppose. Jeb is a good man.
I heard that he filed to serve as a "friend to the court" or something to serve as her representative.
PING for a defenseless, precious life about to be taken away by a cruel Judge. This totally disgusts me! She is not in a coma nor is she in a vegetative state. :o(
Why is everyone targetting Jeb Bush? This is in the courts, the JUDICIAL branch of government. Jeb runs the EXECUTIVE branch.
Exec does not direct Judicial. the Gov. has no legal say in the matter, other than to REQUEST the court hear his friend of the court petition and allow her to live.
"Bush has executive power in the State. I think he can stop this if he desires. I would think he certainly could order a delay."
He absolutely has no such power. He is Executive branch. This is in Judicial branch.
