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Established Jan. 12, 1972
by Pope Paul VI
SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE
APRIL 2, 2004
VOLUME
13
NO
27
U.S. Senate
Bishop Jugis visits witli Hoiy Father
passes Unborn Victims of
Violence Act Bishop tells pope of ecumenical issues and growth in diocese
By SPECIAL
TO THE CATHOLIC NEWS
awoke
Jugis
March
29.
commend 'Laciand Conner's Law'
BY JERRY FILTEAU CATHOLIC N'EV S S! TU'irE
DAVID MAINS
VATICAN CITY J.
Pro-life activists
at
— Bishop a.m.
1
He was
& HERALD
in
sage of the
Monday,
Rome
drew
gal.
"We
him from sleeping; it was an appointment scheduled for 1 1 a.m. with Pope John Paul IL "I couldn't sleep anymore and so I was praying and preparing to meet the Holy Father," said Bishop Jugis. Bishop Jugis and 23 other bishops from the southeastern United States were the first group of American bishops to make their was
Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities.
"No woman should ever when
be told she lost nothing
she loses her chUd to a brutal
high-
a 15-minute, one-on-
one meeting with the pope during which each bishop discussed his diocese and an-
attacker,"
VISITS,
page 8
Courtesy Photo by L'Osservatore Romana
DISCUSSING A DIOCESE Bishop Peter
See
applaud the Senate
voting for justice for women and their children," said Cathy Cleaver Ruse, director ot planning and information for the U.S. bishops' for
lag that kept
light of the visit
Sen-
praise
vocates of keeping abortion le-
seven hours and he had arrived only the day before. But it wasn't jet
The
S.
from pro-life groups and criticism from adate
is
"ad limina" visits to the Vatican.
Unborn Victims of
Violence Act by the U.
for his
weeklong "adlimina" visit. The time difference between Rome and Charlotte
— Pas-
WASHINGTON
Peter
visit to
J.
Jugis
meets with Pope John Paul
II
as part of the bishop's "ad limina"
the Vatican March 29.
Ruse added.
The
Senate approved the bill by a vote of 61-38 March 25. It had passed in the House Feb. 26 by a vote of 254-163.
President Bush said he looked forward to signing it
Court weighs 'under God' in pledge, whether parent can sue
women
into law. "Pregnant
who have been harmed by violence, and their families, know that there are
two victims
—
the mother and the unborn BY
PATRICIA ZAPOR
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON —The
CNS
Judy Baylor of Columbia, Md., prays with those
keeping 'under God'
Supreme Court
in
in
photo by Paul Haring
support of
the Pledge of Allegiance outside the
building in Washington
March 24.
crowds outside the Supreme Court March 24 waged shouting matches over whether the Pledge of Allegiance should mention God. But inside the courtroom, the justices seemed most concerned with whether a California man even has the legal right to seek the change on the grounds that it harms his
In
Our Schools
St.
Ann School,
Our Lady of Grace School I
PAGES 6-7
daughter to be exposed to the words "under God." Arguing his own case against the Elk Grove Unified School District, California physician and lawyer Dr.
Michael
Newdow
told the
court that even though he does not have primary custody of his daughter he has a right not to have his atheist beliefs demeaned in her eyes
child
—
and both victims
should be protected by federal law," he said.
The Unborn Victims is also known
Violence Act
"Laci and Conner's
Law"
son, Conner,
whose disappear-
ance and deaths drew national attention. The California
woman was
nearly
eight
months pregnant when she See VICTIMS, page 13
Perspectives
Parish Profile
Columns, Letters
Sacred Heart Church in
1
after
Laci Peterson and her unborn
See PLEDGE, page 8
to the Editor
of as
Bumsville
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