[Brytani]

I am a practicing Catholic and at least in my parish there has been a very vocal outcry. Our own Father has indicated he would not have married Michael to his new bride in our church. As of yet I have not heard any condemnation from the Vatican of this wedding, though I may have missed it.

As for the Bishop, I believe he gave his blessing. Luckily, though I'm in Florida, I am not under the Bishop who allowed this wedding.

Someone who runs the large Catholic ping lists may be able to provide more information on the churches response to this marriage.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Bishop Lynch by his actions show that he is not faithful to the teachings of Rome. I would love to see him defrocked.

[Hermann the Cherusker]

Someone who runs the large Catholic ping lists may be able to provide more information on the churches response to this marriage.

The Church had no response because legally (in civil terms) Michael hadn't murdered his wife, while morally, the local Bishop permitted it canonically to regularize Schiavo's immoral living arrangements. I can't speak to what the Bishop was thinking because I am not the Bishop.