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Thread #84116   Message #1551942
Posted By: GUEST
28-Aug-05 - 11:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: Bobert to take on Katrina...
Subject: RE: BS: Bobert to take on Katrina...
Well, you might have noticed from the reports out of New Orleans, they tilt towards Rome. And I believe there is quite a difference between Protestant and Catholic attitudes towards meeting community needs.

My very Catholic sister isn't evacuating--staying behind in the path of the eye in downtown New Orleans, to stay with a colleague who just had heart surgery, and two elderly nuns too frail to be moved. In fact, Tulane/Xavier Universities are staying put (much to my dismay). Not only are there many students already there with no place to go (they can't get into the Superdome), and they plan on helping with rescue and clean up as soon as the storm ends. The Campus Police this afternoon estimated around 175 students and staff at Xavier, and around 225 at Tulane, who will ride it out on campus.