Schiavo family thank Vatican for support

The family of Terri Schiavo met with a cardinal today to thank him for the Vatican’s support as they sought to keep the brain-damaged woman alive.

Schiavo’s father, Bob Schindler, said that support from Cardinal Renato Martino and other Vatican officials had helped the family “spiritually” in their unsuccessful battle against a court order to have Schiavo’s feeding tube removed.