The Catholic Voice - an online publication of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland

October 8, 2007 • VOL. 45, NO. 17 • Oakland, CA

A Final Goodbye to St. Joseph the Worker School

GRIP's homeless shelter at risk of closing

Parish expansion in Pleasanton

Waiting to die, she prayed, survived Rwanda genocide

OBITUARIES
Fr. Donald Hudson
Sr. Marietta Conrardy, CSJ

Catholic Charities USA decries veto of SCHIP bill

'Reclaiming Fatherhood' movement helps men touched by abortion

Vatican says food, water must be provided to vegetative patients

Diagnosing persistent vegetative state not exact

Vatican official tells U.N. that climate change demands a cooperative international strategy

Church workers in Brazil wary of ethanol boom

Maryknoll's work in North Korea diocese honored

New online survey asks Catholics to rate quality of singing in church

Catholic Charities USA decries veto of SCHIP bill

By Voice staff

Father Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA, said he is dismayed that President Bush vetoed a bill passed by Congress with strong bipartisan support to strengthen and improve the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). “This veto puts the health of many of our nation’s children at risk,” he said.

The Oct. 3 veto, he said, “is the wrong decision at the wrong time.”

Social service agencies and community groups throughout the nation lobbied aggressively for the bill’s passage. Among those traveling to Washington D.C. to urge support were parish leaders from Oakland, Richmond and Pittsburg.

The White House said the veto was a way to stop the move towards government-run health programs and providing coverage to children whose families could afford health care. President Bush said SCHIP should be expanded by $5 billion instead, not $35 million as the bill requested.

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