UPDATE: Links Fixed
Jayson Franklin emailed me about another great effort to save Terri Schindler-Schiavo. “This campaign isn’t seeking money, dontations, or even sponsors,” Jayson wrote, “but rather, ears. The disciples with microphones, a newly formed catholic apostolate, has been collecting audio commentary, stories, and essays about the plight of Terri Schiavo. The quality and depth of the audio stories has been impressive, and we’re hoping to help others to hear and thinkg about Terri and her struggle.”
Please visit Podcasts for Terri when you have a moment.
Author: Pete Vere
Will Terri Again be Denied Holy Communion?
I found the news disturbing. Fr. Rob Johansen had just gotten off the phone with Bob and Mary Schindler, who most of us know as the parents of Terri Schiavo. The culture of death can hardly wait. Come March 18th, the Florida woman must be executed! And she will not be comforted by the Holy Eucharist — known as Viaticum when shared with the dying — as she faces a slow and horrible death by starvation and dehydration.
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Priest attacked for doing his job
More yellow snow journalism from our friends at the Timmins Daily Hack.
Why is Terri being denied Viaticum again?
As you have probably heard, Judge Greer reportedly will not allow Terri to receive Viaticum once her feeding tube is removed. The denial of Terri’s right to Viaticum is the most hideous thing to come out of this. It is the fundamental right and obligation of every Catholic who is facing death to seek Viaticum if possible. In fact, I remember addressing this the last time her right was denied. Here’s the article: Why was Terri Denied Holy Communion?
Denying pro-homosexual “marriage” Catholic politicians Holy Communion
This has become a hot topic this week in Canada as Fr. Lemire, a leading advocate of traditional marriage, denied Holy Communion to a socialist member of parliament who also happens to be a former columnist for the [sic.] Catholic New [Age] Times, a newspaper that makes the National Catholic Distorter look ultra-montane and orthodox.
Anyway, since some unamed canon lawyer from Ottawa (I’m not sure who, but I have a few suspicions) reportedly told the politician he could not be denied Holy Communion, LifeSite News invited me to clarify the topic…
Catholic Church Canon Law on Catholic Politicians Who Support Gay ‘Marriage’
OTTAWA, March 9, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With the same-sex ‘marriage’ issue coming to the fore in Canada and the United States, the issue of Catholic politicians supporting such measures and still wanting to receive communion has surfaced. To clarify the issue, LifeSiteNews.com spoke with Ottawa-based canon lawyer Pete Vere, JCL.
LSN: What is a priest to do in a parish where one of his parishioners is a politician who supports gay ‘marriage’?
Vere: The parish priest has an obligation to correct Catholic politicians who support so-called same-sex marriage. The first paragraph of canon 528 stipulates: “The parish priest has the obligation of ensureng that the word of God is proclaimed in its entirety to those living in the parish. He is therefore to […] make every effort to bring the gospel message to those also who have given up religious practice or who do not profess the true faith.”
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