WASHINGTON, Mar 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) - President George W. Bush received a

standing ovation yesterday from cardinals, bishops, clergy

and laymen after a speech defending the unborn and praising Pope

John Paul II. In his speech, delivered at the opening of the Pope

John Paul II Cultural Center in northeast Washington, Bush said:

"The culture of life is a welcoming culture, never excluding, never

dividing, never despairing and always affirming the goodness of life

in all its seasons. In the culture of life we must make room for the

stranger. We must defend in love the innocent child waiting to be

born."

Reuters reported that only a few, including pro-abortion "Catholic"

Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and his niece Caroline

Kennedy Schlossberg, remained in their seats during the standing ovation.

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