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Written by Sam Lucero | The Compass
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Thursday, 02 September 2010 08:23 |
Empire State protest was non-event
A lot of hot air filled the streets of New York City last week. The heat emanated from outside of the Empire State Building, where a group of protesters, estimated to be more than 1,000, stood. They were there to protest a decision by owners of the Empire State Building not to light the structure's upper floors in honor of the 100th anniversary of Mother Teresa's birth.
The protest was organized by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. Catholic League president Bill Donohue launched the protest after his application to have the tall tower illuminated in white and blue, colors associated with Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, was turned down. Donohue called the denial an "indefensible decision."
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Written by Patricia Kasten | The Compass
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Friday, 20 August 2010 08:29 |
Diocesan visioning begins; are you ready to dream?
As you saw in the letter from Bishop David Ricken (page 2), the Green Bay Diocese is embarking on a Diocesan Visioning Process. Over the next months, in both your parishes and in The Compass, you will be hearing more about this process. It replaces the past parish planning process, but is broader in scope. Like the parish planning process, it will help lead our church into the future.
But it is more than just planning — reacting to changing numbers of priests and changing parish populations. While the details will unfold, the Visioning Process involves discovery and dreaming.
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Written by Sam Lucero | The Compass
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Wednesday, 04 August 2010 10:11 |
Focus should be on adult stem cells
Last week Geron Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company based in Menlo Park, Calif., announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifted a hold on the company's clinical trial of embryonic stem cells. Geron will now proceed with its plans to perform tests on patients with spinal cord injuries using its investigational new drug GRNOPC1.
In a news release dated July 30, Geron president and CEO Thomas Okarma said his company's goals are to "achieve restoration of spinal cord function by the injection of ... progenitor cells directly into the lesion site of the patient's injured spinal cord."
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Written by Sam Lucero | The Compass
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Wednesday, 21 July 2010 11:06 |
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Arizona set to begin new law
As Arizona's new immigration law, known as SB 1070, is set to take effect July 29, Americans are divided on the law's merits. Religious leaders, including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, have spoken out against the law; not because they support illegal entry into the United States, but because it targets a mostly impoverished segment of the state's population and threatens to break up families.
On July 14, Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz., vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, testified before Congress on the moral and ethical imperative of immigration reform. In his testimony, Bishop Kicanas, whose diocese runs along the entire Arizona-Mexico border, said that SB 1070 "reflects the frustration of Arizonans and the American public with Congress for not addressing the issue of immigration reform."
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