[deadhead]

"Cardinal Renato Martino, a top Vatican official, said Schiavo's death was a "human tragedy, but also an ethical, juridical and cultural tragedy." He told reporters her loss of life in a hospice in Florida to a "death sentence executed through a cruel method."

"When you deprive somebody of food and water, what else is it? Nothing else but murder," Martino said, adding that he was speaking on the case "according to the teaching of the pope." The pontiff has spoken on behalf of providing food and water, even through artificial means, to patients like Schiavo."

Sadness in my heart for Terri and her family. Prayers for all. Heartbreaking.....

Prayers for Pope John Paul II

[jwalsh07]

Sadly, American "Catholic thelogians" do not seem to concur with the Vatican.