The Compass

Official Newspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin

 
Obama holds round table with religion writers PDF Print E-mail
Written by Patricia Zapor | Catholic News Service   
Thursday, 02 July 2009

Tells journalists to expect conscience clause protection for health care workers

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told a round table of religion writers July 2 that he continues to be profoundly influenced by the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago, whom he came to know when he was a community organizer in a project partially funded by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.

Obama said his encounters with the cardinal continue to influence him, particularly his "seamless garment" approach to a multitude of social justice issues. He also told the group of eight reporters to expect a conscience clause protection for health care workers currently under review by the administration that will be no less protective than what existed previously.

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Vatican closes Pauline year with a few surprises PDF Print E-mail
Written by Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service   
Thursday, 02 July 2009
VATICAN CITY — Talk about a grand finale.

The Vatican waited until the last day of the year of St. Paul to wow the world with two surprising scientific findings: the presumed bones of the apostle and the oldest known portrait of the saint.

During a vespers service at Rome's Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls June 28, Pope Benedict XVI announced that the presumed tomb of St. Paul contains bone fragments from a human who lived between the first and second century.

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Parish closings met with protest PDF Print E-mail
Written by Dennis Sadowski | Catholic News Service   
Thursday, 02 July 2009

Parishioners try to keep parishes open, but official options are few

WASHINGTON — No matter the night, someone sleeps in St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church in Scituate, Mass. It's been that way since October 2004.

One night it's 8-year-old triplets, their mother and their aunt. The next it might be a middle-age couple accompanied by friends. Then it could be a group of retirees who have always called the church home.

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