Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin rani na shekara ta 2009, 'yan jam'iyyar Democrat Katolika sun kaddamar da shafin yanar gizon, "Pope Greets Hope" don bikin taron farko na Shugaba Obama tare da Paparoma Benedict XVI a ranar 11 ga Yuli, 2009. Dokta Whelan ya yi rubutu daga Vatican a lokacin taron, wanda ya biyo bayan sakin littafin papal "Caritas in Veritate" da kuma taron kolin G8 na 35
a L'Aquila, Italiya, a farkon wannan makon.