Conference of Catholic Bishops has been more cautious, releasing a statement calling the new approach promising, but declining to endorse it fully.
The compromise allows religious employers to opt out of providing birth control coverage to employees. But in making that concession, Obama promised those employees that they could get free contraception all the same, courtesy of their health insurance providers.
Obama's Catholic allies said that approach hit all the right notes. "Very practical, very respectful, very common sense," Roemer said.
Sister Campbell wasn't so restrained: "This," she said, "is a glorious day."
(Reporting By Stephanie Simon in Denver. Additional reporting by Caren Bohan in Washington D.C.; Editing by Marilyn W. Thompson and Philip Barbara)
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