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Page A5 May 29,2002 Bush Wraps Up Meeting With Pope (A P) — President Bush raised with Pope John Paul II on T ues day his concerns re g ard in g the R om an C a th o lic C h u r c h ’s standing in light o f the sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the in stitution. Upon arriving at the V atican , B ush w as escorted past a row o f Sw iss G uards in red- plum ed helm ets and into a study w hefe the Pope John Paul II. p ope stood w aiting beside his desk. before the V atican m eeting, Bush L eaning on his chair for sup described the pope as “a m an o f port, the frail 82-year-old p ontiff enorm ous dignity and com pas m otioned for Bush to sit on the sion,” and expressed a desire to opposite side o f the desk and the discuss sexual im proprieties com president did, perching on the m itted by priests in the U nited edge o f his arm chair. T he pope States. then took his seat, adjusted his “ I'm going to listen closely to . desk mat and began their 20-minute w hat the Pope has to say,” Bush private talk. said. “I will tell him that 1 am con W hite H ouse spokesm an Ari cerned about the C atholic Church F leischer said later that Bush in A m erica, I’m concerned about raised the issue o f the C atholic its standing. C h u rch ’s status, given the sexual “I say that because the C ath o abuse scandal. T hey also d is lic C hurch is an incredibly im por cussed the M iddle East and Rus- tant institution in our country,” sia. Bush said. “I’m also going to At a N A TO -R ussian sum m it Hispanic Wins Election for State School Superintendent m ention the fact that I a p p r e c ia te th e p ope’s leadership.” L ast m onth, the pope summoned U.S. c a r d in a ls to th e V atican to discuss the sex scandals. He co n d em n ed sexual abuse by priests as crim in al, and said there is no room in the p riesth o o d for those w ho engage in such behavior. B ush’s com m ents on the sex scandal were his first on the m atter since M arch, when he said he w as co n fid e n t the ch u rch w ould “clean up its business.” He backed em battled Cardinal Bernard Law o f Boston, w ho has becom e a lightening rod for criti cism since. “I respect him a lot,” Bush said in M arch, shortly after Law gave prosecutors the nam es o f at least 80 priests accused o f sexually abusing children. Bush gave the pope a hand- painted silver m edallion o f the M adonna and the pope gave Bush a pink coral statue o f the M a donna and child. Susan C astillo, a Democratic state senator from Eugene and the only Hispanic in Legislature, recently won the election to becom e the next superintendent o f public instruction. At the polls, Castillo beat out her two opponents: State School Superintendent Stan Bunn and Rob Kremer. She earned 55 percent o f the vote in the three-w ay race. C astillo is an advocate for the state’s 1991 school reform program, which established strict academic- standards and statewide testing to make sure students are m astering skills. She also plans to lobby fellow lawm akers for more school money through the national tobacco settlement, and to restructure O regon’s tax system to develop m ore stable financial support for schools. Latino Scholarship and Youth Sponsors Needed The annual Latino Youth Summit, sponsored by the O r egon Commission on Hispanic Affairs, will be held July 2 4 -2 6 at the T ilik u m C e n te r in N e w b e rg , O re g o n . T he Commission’s goal is to provide some scholarships and leader ship training for 50 Latino youth that will be selected statewide through the Scholarship Appli cation Evaluation Committee. C urrent scholarship spon sors include H ewlett Packard, P o rtlan d G en eral E lec tric , W ells Fargo, and the Oregon Family Fair Offers Resources to Latinos In an effort to link L atino fam i lies living in N ortheast Portland w ith vital com m unity services, the M u ltnom ah C ounty N ortheast C om m unity and Fam ily Service C enter w ill host a L atino Fam ily R esource Fair on Saturday, June L fforn 12-5 p .m .atT h eC en terfo r Self Enhancem ent, 3920 N. Kerby A ve. On hand will be representa tives to share inform ation relating to housing and rent, im m igration and legal issues, em ploym ent re ferral, energy assistance, co u n seling and area support groups. The mission o f the M ultnomah County Northeast Com m unity and Family Service Center, housed in The Center for Self Enhancement, State Senator Susan Castillo is to provide com m unity members with opportunities, support, and services that honor culture, gender and diversity, and that promote health, stability, resiliency, and self- sufficiency for children, individu als, families and communities. For m ore inform ation, contact Genie Gomez at 503-249-1721, ext. 397. cc/Z/ Io advertise: 5O3.288.OO33 s news or m probably saw n m ... ¿ rtla n i» State Lottery. The Com m is can be forwarded to them im mediately. 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