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At the White House
BY Father Owen Kearns, LC
July 12-25, 2009 Issue |
Posted 7/2/09 at 1:56 PM
President Obama invited several members of the
Catholic press to a conversation at the White House July 2 in preparation for
his upcoming visit to Benedict XVI. The Register was represented by yours
truly.
More
details can be found on our blog at NCRegister.com and in the next print
edition of the Register.
The
45-minute conversation veered from the papal meeting, and I asked the president
about an advisor to the White House Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood
Partnerships who had made disparaging remarks about the Pope and the Knights of
Columbus. This kind of behavior seemed to contradict the spirit of what Obama
said during his speech in Cairo to the Muslim world June 4: “We can’t disguise
hostility towards any religion behind the pretense of liberalism.”
The
president told me that his administration can’t be accused of sympathizing with
everyone involved in its projects, but he’s confident that more good will come
of the debate than the heat generated by some participants.
Obama
also revealed that he supports conscience rights for physicians and others in
health care. He promised that whatever policy comes out of the current review
will not be weaker than the previous policy.
The
Register will be watching that thanks to you readers and donors who make it
possible for us to be where news is being made.
God bless.
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