Mar 28, 2005 / 22:00 pm
As the Christian world focused its attention on the passion and crucifixion of Christ on Good Friday, Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo, North Dakota used his homily that day to speak out against the court-ordered starvation of 41-year old Terri Schiavo.
Schiavo, who today enters her 11th day without food or water, has been the center of a nationwide debate on human life and the so-called "right to die."
"Dehydrated, dying for us because of our sins that put him there, he utters the words, 'I thirst,'" said Bishop Aquila of Jesus.
"Terri Schiavo is unable to utter the words," he continued. "She is totally innocent and yet who would have ever imagined, even 25 years ago, that some judges would permit a person to be starved and to be dehydrated to death."