St Cecilia Catholic Church

Meeting Bill Clinton for the first time, an aging Pope John Paul II on Thursday stressed the "right to life" to a young President who backs abortion rights, but the two found common ground on a range of other social and international issues. The Pope urged the United States to rededicate itself to its founding moral principles as leader of an international crusade for human rights and "authentic freedom." The private meeting between the leaders was warm, animated and wide-ranging.

Organized people can beat organized money. --Edward Chambers executive director, Industrial Areas Foundation Although the state of Maryland had established a fund to guarantee home mortgages for low-income residents, the program foundered in black areas of Baltimore four years ago because the city's banks would not participate.