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Show " 'U"-'"- Tuesday. October 3. 995 1 "HE 1 for medio 8 By JEFFREY GOLD Associated Press Writer - By LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press Writer NEWARK, N.j. When Pope John Paul II steps inside Sacred Heart Cathedral this week, a magnificent structure will finally get the attention it is due. admirers say. Experts rank Sacred Heart among the nation's most majestic Now the government when the doctor can experiment on these patients without their David Sacred Heart's setting in a crime-scarre- d gritty, neighbor-- ; hood serves to heighten its grandeur, he, said, but it also con-- ; tributes to its relative obscurity. Taller than Notre Dame' in Paris, and with a larger interior than St. Patrick's, Sacred Heart took 55 years to complete, a relatively brisk pace for cathedrals. The original date of the pope's visit, last October, was to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the cathedral's consecration. Its construction reflected both the growth of the Catholic population in New Jersey and its in Patients often owe their lives to they were unconscious. Doctors usually pick the best approved therapy and forge ahead. But when a patient's only hope is an experimental treatment, the law requires that the person understands the risks and gives consent unless he or she is physically unable and needs a special emergency waiver. The problem: Government regulations differ on when to allow that waiver. The FDA allowed it for anyone with no better option, while the National Institutes of Health permitted it only when the experiment posed minimal risk. As a result, confused hospitals have often ended formal research on emergency treatments, and doctors sometimes abused the waivers, turning patients into unwitting guinea pigs when there were alternatives. The FDA proposal outlines specific steps for hospitals to deter- - treatments given while "S3 AP Photo York. ; Kessler said Thursday proposing the rules. "The patient protections are extensive." ' Sacred Heart Cathedral, shown in this Sept. 21, 1995 photo, built on the highest point in Newark, N.J., and ranked by experts as among the nation's most majestic cathedrals, is due to get the atten- the who much of the in the next cenSt. and Stanislaus tury, Chapel acknowledges the influx from Eastern Europe. ognies Italians, accounted for church's growth tion it deserves when Pope John Paul visits this h Gothic cathedral took 55 week. The years to complete ending with its consecration in 1954. II Irish-Englis- There were 40.000 Catholics in New Jersey in 1853. Today, there are 1.3 million Catholics in the archdiocese across from New York City. The cornerstone for Sacred four-coun- ty can't think of any building that has more sumptuous materials in this country. The overall feel is one of intense richness in the interior." Sacred Heart's towers, set "I changing composition. The images of the saints in the five small chapels inside Sacred Heart Cathedral reflect some of the major immigrant groups within the Roman Catholic diagonally from the entrance, "really are a signature of the building." Brian Regan, scholar Church in New Jersey: St. Patrick Chapel is for the Irish, who constituted 70 percent of the diocese when it was formed in 1853. St. Boniface Chapel is for the Germans, who accounted for nearly all the rest. St. Lucy Fillipini Chapel rec- - The statues in the fifth chapel more closely reflect the faces of the newest members of the archdiocese: St. Teresa of Avila. a Spanish saint: St. Martin de Por-rewhose parents were from Africa and Portugal: and St. Martin Wu, from China. s, Heart was laid in 1899. As it was built, the native brovvnstone from the Orange Mountains gave way to Vermont Rockport granite. The final design for the interior incorporated marble floors and altars with carved oak screens and pews. "I can't think of any building that has more sumptuous materials in this country." Regan said. "The overall feel is one of intense richness in the interior." Sacred Heart's towers, set diagonally from the entrance, "really are a signature of the building." Regan said. Monsignor Carl Derivaux Hinrichsen. author of a dioce-sesa- n history, said the towers are placed to "embrace" those who enter. When giving tours of the cathedral. Monsignor William Noe Field challenges visitors to spot inconsistencies in the 14 stations of the cross. The mosaics were assembled by two artists, he explained, so there are differences between the first eight and the remaining six: The socks worn by the soldiers change color and become shorter, and their uniforms shift from the Roman garb to expected medieval armor. f ri sis 1 independent ncy-room no' physician the proposed emergetrial must conclude meets the following condi- involved in that it tions: Patient is in a condition Available treatments are or unproven unsatisfactory. Research is necessary to determine the best treatment. The patient cannot physically consent and there is no time to track dow n family. The risks of the experiment are reasonable in relation to the disease and other therapies. Poll shows support for third party majoritv of people like the idea o! more political choices and would help in making a new party a real- ity. but most aren't ready to back up support with money or direct involvement. 46 percent favor Perot's plan to form the Independent Party, while 2M oppose the proposal. 50 percent said they would likely sign a petition to get the' Independence Party on election1 t ballots, while 45 percent said likely to do so. 26 percent said they were likely to join the independence Pdrty.' while 67 percent said they proba- NearWASHINGTON AP) half the Americans ly survey ed in a new poll favor the formation of Ross Perot's Independence Party. And although only a quarter would join, four out of 10 said they'd vote for an independent presidential candidate, signaling healthy svstem. support for a three-part- v The USA TodayCNNVGallup Poll questioned 640 adults on last Tuesday and Wednesday week, following the Texas millionaire's announcement Monday that he planned to form a new third party to rival Democrats and Republicans. The telephone poll has a margin of error. According to the poll, a near ( ' they-weren'- bly plus-or-min- T7 RIGHT THINGS Page A7 i consent. "We have not done it lightly." Food and Drug Commissioner Irish-Ene-li- ' is setting some clear rules to determine After being greeted by President Clinton at the airport on Wednesday, the pope will go to the cathedral just five miles away for an evening prayer service. Millions will see the Gothic cathedral on newscasts. "It does deserve that kind of attention," said scholar Brian Regan, who is researching the life of the cathedral's first architect, Jeremiah O'Rourke. Sacred Heart, St. Patrick's in New York City, and the Episcopal National Cathedral in Washington. D.C., are the three greatest finished cathedrals in the country. said Regan, associate director of The Morgan Library in New tnh. mine in advance which emergency room patients they can give potentially htesaving experimental treatments without the patient's oi a relative's permission. The government hopes the change will help turn emergency medicine from a largely system to one based on knowledge of the best therapy for the minutes a condition in wh-.Jcan treatment spent determining mean life or death. The NIH helped the 1 DA write the rules, which are open tor public comment for 45 day s. and plans to adopt them as well. Hospkals could have one sei ot rules by early next year The proposal "goes a long way in clarifying exactly ... what medical personnel can and cannot do and under what circumstances." said Stuart Campbell of the Brain Injury Association. Fa cry hospital has a special board that must approve any research its doctors do. Lnder the FDA plan, these boards and- ar WASHINGTON Patients wheeled unconscious into the emergency room can't tell doctors they'd like to tr an experimental treatment that might save them. cathedrals, yet it has been overshadowed by the reputations of other sacred edifices, and is unfamiliar even to many parishioners in its archdiocese. t. I sets new rules FDA ; DILV HERALD. Pru wouldn't. 16 percent suggested they'd' contribute money to the new party. C7 mi a I'll lkM.IMr-O- Mil f I: VII RY DAY RIGHT i.iii: m Finding Light in a Dark World. James E. 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