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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.
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