Yes, Murder [of Terri Schiavo] by Fr Frank Pavone

US Newswire ^ | April 5, 2005 | Fr Frank Pavone

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http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=45339

Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life Statement on Terri Schiavo's Death

4/5/2005 8:35:00 AM

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To: National Desk, Legal Reporter

Contact: Jerry Horn of Priests for Life, 540-785-4733; Web: http://www.priestsforlife.org

NEW YORK, April 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In response to the criticism some have voiced to his statements that Terri Schiavo's death was a murder, Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, issued the following statement this morning:

"Yes, Murder.

"Terri Schiavo was in fact murdered by being deprived of food and water for 13 days. The reason Michael Schiavo's attorney George Felos was so upset that I said this is because he is a euthanasia advocate, and the only way to advance euthanasia is to sugar-coat it, and never call it murder. But it is. Moreover, it is inaccurate to describe Terri Schiavo's death as peaceful and gentle. I was with her for several hours the night before she died and again the next morning up until ten minutes before she died. She was in an agony unlike anything I have ever seen, and to describe it in any other way is irresponsible and dishonest.

"As for Mr. Felos' plea that I speak words of compassion and reconciliation, I have indeed done so publicly over recent months. But compassion does not mean compromising the truth, and reconciliation is possible only when one repents of doing evil acts like killing. The role of a priest, moreover, is not simply to make people feel good, but to denounce injustice and proclaim truth, no matter how discomforting it may be."

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[topher]

Father Frank Pavone also has the following that he has sent out today, which is also a Freerepublic post:

My thoughts about this past week - Fr. Frank Pavone on Pope and Terri Schindler-Schiavo

Father Frank has had a very hectic week.

[Jeff Head]

God bless him for being ture to principle and the truth and for being willing to say as much directly and in the public eye. We need a lot more like him to avoid the spectre of many, many more Terri's at the hands of people like Felos, Michael and Greer.

[topher]

The cartoon about Terri Schiavo at the gates of heaven with St Peter had the following caption [with St Peter talking...]:

"You can eat and drink now! A much higher Judge overruled the previous court order...".

This appeared in the April 1, 2005 edition of the New York Post.

The cartoon shows Terri in a hospital gown standing in front of St Peter and just before the gates of Heaven...

[rw4site]

Amen!

[agere_contra]

But compassion does not mean compromising the truth, and reconciliation is possible only when one repents of doing evil acts like killing. The role of a priest, moreover, is not simply to make people feel good, but to denounce injustice and proclaim truth, no matter how discomforting it may be.

Pavone kind of kicks butt, doesn't he?

[Ken522]

There's also the cartoon showing Greer strangling Terri while he says, "Relax - what I'm doing is perfectly legal."

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Ping

[television is just wrong]

Let's take food and water away from Michael Schiavo's attorney for 13 days as well see how peaceful he thinks it is.

[topher]

We need a lot more like him to avoid the spectre of many, many more Terri's at the hands of people like Felos, Michael and Greer.

Fr Frank's message is quite blunt -- you cannot fight the Culture of Death and be polite. You have to call Murder what it is -- Murder...

From what I understand, Terri Schiavo suffered greatly in her last hours. Additionally, her parents suffered greatly as well [what parent would not be suffering unable to help their daughter being starved and dehydrated in front of a national audience].

Bob & Mary Schindler were deprived of being with their daughter when she died.

Fr Frank has tried to be a peacemaker, but he has a duty to end the Culture of Death -- Abortion and Euthanasia...

[cpforlife.org]

Please let me know if you want on or off my Pro-Life Ping List.

Never put an innocent or honest person to death. I will not allow anyone guilty of this to go free. Exodus 23

A free and virtuous society, which America aspires to be, must reject practices that devalue and violate human life at any stage from conception until natural death. In defending the right to life, in law and through a vibrant culture of life, America can show a world the path to a truly humane future in which man remains the master, not the product of his technology.

REMARKS BY JOHN PAUL II to PRESIDENT BUSH
July 23, 2001

[yellowdoghunter]

Good one.

[Cat loving Texan]

When given the FACTS most Americans don't like what happened.

http://www.zogby.com/Soundbites/ReadClips.dbm?ID=11131

Zogby Poll: Americans Not in Favor of Starving Terri Schiavo

Polls leading up to the death of Terri Schiavo made it appear Americans had formed a consensus in favor of ending her life. However, a new Zogby poll with fairer questions shows the nation clearly supporting Terri and her parents and wanting to protect the lives of other disabled patients.

The Zogby poll found that, if a person becomes incapacitated and has not expressed their preference for medical treatment, as in Terri's case, 43 percent say "the law presume that the person wants to live, even if the person is receiving food and water through a tube" while just 30 percent disagree.

Another Zogby question his directly on Terri's circumstances.

"If a disabled person is not terminally ill, not in a coma, and not being kept alive on life support, and they have no written directive, should or should they not be denied food and water," the poll asked.

A whopping 79 percent said the patient should not have food and water taken away while just 9 percent said yes.

"From the very start of this debate, Americans have sat on one of two sides," Concerned Women for America's Lanier Swann said in response to the poll. One side "believes Terri's life has worth and purpose, and the side who saw Michael Schiavo's actions as merciful, and appropriate."

More than three-fourths of Americans agreed, Swann said, "because a person is disabled, that patient should never be denied food and water."

The poll also lent support to members of Congress to who passed legislation seeking to prevent Terri's starvation death and help her parents take their lawsuit to federal courts.

"When there is conflicting evidence on whether or not a patient would want to be on a feeding tube, should elected officials order that a feeding tube be removed or should they order that it remain in place," respondents were asked.

Some 18 percent said the feeding tube should be removed and 42 percent said it should remain in place.

Swann said her group would encourage Congress to adopt legislation that would federal courts to review cases when the medical treatment desire of individuals is not known and the patient's family has a dispute over the care.

"According to these poll results, many Americans do in fact agree with what we're trying to accomplish," she said.

The poll found that 49 percent of Americans believe there should be exceptions to the right of a spouse to act as a guardian for an incapacitated spouse. Only 39 percent disagreed.

When asked directly about Terri's case and told the her estranged husband Michael "has had a girlfriend for 10 years and has two children with her" 56 percent of Americans believed guardianship should have been turned over to Terri's parents while 37 percent disagreed.


(4/1/2005)

[pollywog]

Thank God for a man of courage and integrity such as this marvelous Father Pavone!!!!!!!!!!God will honor him!!

[shhrubbery!]

Father Frank Pavone was not a new face to me, as I had seen him many times on EWTN.

So I've long watched him with great admiration. The courage, conviction and earnestness of the man came through to me, just as they did with John Paul the Great. (And I'm not a Catholic!)

Father Pavone's willingness to tell the world the truth about Terri's agonizing death has made me admire him all the more.

We must not let the Big Lie succeed again, the way the pro-abortion feminists got away with their Big Lie back in the '60s.

This time, the Big Lie of the Culture of Death is that dehydration/starvation is a "peaceful" and "merciful" death.

--and that killing the disabled is not killing, but merely "allowing" them to experience "death with dignity."

[TAdams8591]

I wonder why when he was on television, the day Terri died he used the word KILLED instead of MURDERED. I was surprised at his choice of words at the time. I am glad he has since corrected it.

[luv2lurkhere]

Please add me to your ping list.

[TAdams8591]

Yes, we do. We also need more people with his courage to act as spokesman for the pro-life movement.

[Christian4Bush]

"You can eat and drink now! A much higher Judge overruled the previous court order...".

You just found my new tagline.

[murphE]

God bless Fr. Pavone. May he stay holy and faithful and may God shower Him with graces to protect him from the enemy.

[6SJ7]

The role of a priest, moreover, is not simply to make people feel good, but to denounce injustice and proclaim truth, no matter how discomforting it may be."

Refreshing to hear rather than the usual relativistic blather about 'everything is ok'.