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Judge George Greer gave Terri Schiavo three more weeks of nutrition and hydration while her parents fight to keep her alive. The stay was the third this week delaying the removal of a feeding tube, which has kept Schiavo alive for fifteen years. According to the Orlando Sentinel in a story picked up by the Chicago Tribune, the judge seems to be getting tired of the continual appeals by Schiavo's parents. "The court is no longer comfortable granting stays simply upon the filings of new motions," Greer wrote. "There will always be 'new' issues that can be pled."

Bob and Mary Schindler, Schiavo's parents, asked that there be enough time given to investigate a motion by the Florida Department of Children & Families an allegation of abuse of Schiavo. The Schindlers also hope other appeals will keep their daughter alive. In addition, Florida Governor Jeb Bush and the legislature may try to step in, as they did in October 2003 when they passed Terri's Law, which allow Schiavo's feeding tube to be replaced six days after it was removed.

The Vatican has voiced its opinions on the case, saying, "If Mr. Schiavo legally succeeded in provoking the death of his wife, this would not only be tragic in itself, but it would be a serious step toward legally approving euthanasia in the United States." The statement, reported by the Associated Press, was made by Cardinal Renato Martino, the head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace on Vatican Radio.

Focus on the Family's new president:

Focus on the Family appoints new president | Current COO James D. Daly will replace Don Hodel (Focus on the Family)

North American Anglicans disciplined:

• Episcopalians cling to unity for convention | Homosexuality issue is debated (The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.)
• Anglican leaders ask U.S. to leave council | Anglican leaders struggling to resolve explosive differences over homosexuality have asked the U.S. Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada to temporarily withdraw from a key council of their global communion because of the election of a gay bishop in the United States and the blessing of same-sex unions there and in Canada (Associated Press)
• Anglican church heads for schism over gays | In what was widely seen as a victory for traditionalists in the 77 million-strong church, the pro-gay North American liberals were asked by their fellow primates to bow out for the time being from one of its leading bodies (Reuters)
• Anglicans face temporary split in gay row | The Anglican Church edged closer to a possible schism on Friday after it called on the Canadian and U.S. churches to quit one of its key bodies until 2008 while they reconsider their support for gay bishops (Reuters)
• World Anglican leaders rebuke Canadian church | The leaders of the world Anglican Communion rebuked the U.S. and Canadian Anglican churches yesterday over their acceptance of homosexuality and pushed them to withdraw from one of the global church's top policy-making bodies (The Globe and Mail, Toronto)
• Diplomacy disguises beginning of the end | The bitter homosexuality debate has finally caused a formal split in the Anglican Church (The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
• Anglicans ask Canada, US to leave | Conservatives score a victory as churches accepting homosexuality are told to quit a worldwide council (The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
• Flocks in U.S., Canada face split | The U.S. Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada must cease ordaining homosexuals and conducting blessings of same-sex unions by 2008 or withdraw from the worldwide Anglican Communion, the denomination's archbishops ruled yesterday (The Washington Times)

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