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Skriven 2005-04-09 17:45:00 av TIM RICHARDSON (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av EARL CROASMUN
Ärende: Bo Gritz
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On 04-09-05, VERN HUMPHREY said to EARL CROASMUN:

EC>-> The fact is, only Bishops have the authority to explain or interpret.
EC>-> Lay people do not.  Priests do not.


EC>They did so, in very clear language, as I showed.


VH>And what they said is different from what you claim.


EC>-> The ancient tradition is that withholding food and water is active
EC>-> killing, and that is forbidden.


EC>Apparently the Conference of Bishops disagreed with your interpretation
EC>and explanation of that ancient tradition.


VH>No, they did not.


The Archdiocese of Miami


Archbishop's statement on the death of Terri Schiavo


God in His mercy has taken Terri Schiavo to Himself.


May she enjoy the peace with Him forever. May God have mercy on those
responsible for her death by starvation and may God reinvigorate all who
respect life to continue to stand courageously for this justice issue.


In the months and years ahead those who are sincere about respecting life will
have a chance to demonstrate that by enacting laws to prevent the starvation
of any disadvantaged person in the future. Laws should protect life from
conception in the womb to natural death, without exception.


All of us should carefully arrange to have a living will so as to prevent
confusion in the future. A living will, however, must not contain anything
that is contrary to life.


Artificial means is never required morally to sustain life. Food and
hydration, regardless of the tube, is not considered artificial except when it
worsens the individual’s medical condition or when death is imminent.


Morally we may not ask in the living will to have water and food denied to us
since this is starvation, a deliberate mutilation of the body.


We continue to pray that our great country will responsibly address the many
legal and moral-ethical issues prompted by Terri Schiavo’s care. And may we be
determined in cases of uncertainty, scientifically and/or medically, to choose
the safer course on behalf of life.












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