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Volume 2 Number 19 • January
in the Diocese of Charlotte
1993
15,
Bishop To Lead Diocesan Group
To Washington March For By JOANN
KEANE
from God, and only
Associate Editor
CHARLOTTE Roe
decide
—
Twenty years after Wade, two generations have been
ration of a president
of the Immaculate Conception, with Cardi-
—
—
the 1993
a proponent of legal
March
for Life will
Upon
nal
arrival in
Washington,
partici-
Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles
converge upon Washington.
serving as principal celebrant.
Donoghue will join the caravan of busses leaving the diocese bound for the annual march on the nation s capital.
Charlotte attendees will also have the op-
F.
imperative that
"It is
we
demonstrate
portunity for
Mass on Friday
Sacrament Chapel
Donoghue. He speculates the 20th anniver-
an opportunity to lobby
Last
year, hundreds of thousands trekked to
Washington from all over the country march in opposition to the 1973 ruling.
"We
to
must stand up and proclaim that Donoghue. "If we're going to see an even worse
sacred," says Bishop
at the
Blessed
with Bishop Donoghue as celebrant. Marchers will attend the
may bring the largest crowd ever.
Diocese of
in the National Shrine,
with large numbers of people," says Bishop
sary
March for Life, and have legislators in
con-
The two-day
gressional office buildings.
home around midnight. Bishop Donoghue acknowledges the sacrifices required on the part of people to trip will return
join the
March
for Life. 'They
have
to give
euthanasia, as sweeping as abortion. Bishop
up a day or two of work, or mothers who have to leave their families. But it indicates where our priorities are as Christians." For more information, contact Maggie
Donoghue opposes
Nadol, coordinator of the Dicoesan Respect
life is
we don't,
situation."
dom
It
could lead to widespread the conventional wis-
that says individuals suffering should
be allowed
to orchestrate their
"They don't have
uatemalan Archbishop Resolves To
Bishop Donoghue.
pants will attend Mass at the National Shrine
'
La Fe Vive en las Americas
has the right to
should end," says
Cm Jan. 22, two decades since abortion became legal, and two days after the inaugu-
Bishop John
America— 1993 Appeal
God
that life
tossed into waste receptacles.
abortion
in Latin
when
Two busses from the diocese will join up with marchers in Washington. One bus leaves from Charlotte, with stops in Winston-Salem and Greensboro. The second departs from Asheville.
vs.
wiped from the face of the earth. Approximately 30 million tiny bodies have been suctioned, dismembered, and callously
Support the Church
Life
Balkan
that right.
own deaths. Life
Life Office, 1524 E. lotte,
Morehead
St.,
Char-
NC 28207, or call (704) 331-1720.
comes
War Pushing Europe To Edge
GUATEMALA CITY (CNS)— Arch-
they conducted a business of supply and
Of Abyss, Pope Warns At Assisi ASSISI, (CNS) — Pope John
fop Prospero Penados de Barrio of Gua-
demand, T give you a new roof, you give me
Paul U, praying for peace in Assisi, warned
St.
your
Europe that its ethnic wars have pushed it to the edge of an abyss of destruction. The survival of European civilization, already traumatized by wars in the 20th century, may depend on ending the war in the Balkans, the pope said during the twoday interfaith meeting in the hometown of
procession of young people winding through
ght
jiala
Spread Of Evangelical Sects
City said one
new
year's resolution
juatemalan Catholics should be to stop spread of evangelical sects in the
coun-
spirit.'"
To
bishops have adopted a
The archbishop, in a message to Cathoquoted Pope John Paul
II
saying that
proselytizing of the sects suffocates the stian faith"
and
their
message
"dilutes
oherence and the unity of God's word."
:
the 1970s.
Within
that
phenomenon
een the growth of fundamentalist sects. Emala's population, more than 30 perProtestant, includes
one of the
largest
entrations of evangelicals in Latin
an Aug. 7, 1990
World Migration
message, Pope John Paul defined sects Movements in which "salvation
is
con-
ded to be a prerogative of only a small
toral synods.
Known
as the
and culture
—
related activities.
Pope John Paul has made a special call American Indians, urging them to "uphold your Christian faith and support your legitimate aspirations to achieve the place you deserve in society and in the
pope has
criticized the tactics
Archbishop Penados toldreporters New
of the sects on many occasions. Some Guatemalan Church figures bethe evangelicals
bought
their follow-
Reyes of Vera Coban, president of the Guatema-
ppishop Gerardo Flores
i
shops' conference, told Catholic News
jjjtce
that "the Protestants contributed
'hillion after the ;
Jnited
earthquake
in
1976 and
World Churches reported
means "the methods
Catholic Church) will be will
(of the
be the same."
that
Mass For The Unborn The annual concelebrated Mass for the Unborn will be celebrated at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 17 at St. Gabriel Churn Bishop John F. Donoghue will be the
The somber
interfaith
meeting took
place in the Franciscan convent attached to
where St. Francis is buried. Under the rough stone, vaulted ceiling
the basilica,
of the meeting
Muslims
in
hall, the spiritual leader
of
Sarajevo described Bosnia-
Herzegovina as "a country bathed with the blood of innocent creatures of God."
Jacub Selimoski said 200,000 Muslims had died in the fighting and
more than
35,000 women, as young as 7 and as old as
way with our prayers and the offer-
with tranquility and indifference?' he asked.
specific
said,
continent of Europe and perhaps to
its
survival."
'
He came the
The horror of war
in
Europe moves
said
more than 30 Muslim
to Assisi
from
all
leaders
over Europe to join
pope and other Christians praying par-
ticularly that
U.N.-sponsored negotiations
believers to pray for peace while taking
would "bring a just and
concrete steps to promote negotiation, de-
not lead to the condoning of crimes, thus
nounce injustice and defend human pope said.
giving into violence and aggression."
rights,
"In the face of such a tragedy,
lasting
Selimoski said Bosnia
the
we
is
peace and
experiencing
a "horrible apocalypse" at the hands of "the
cannot remain indifferent; we cannot sleep,"
Serbian aggressors."
pope said after listening to five people from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia recount experiences of war in their home-
justice in addition to pleas for peace.
The
The
testimonies included
demands
for
See Assisi, Page 3
lands.
Mass.
night.
"We are now being asked to contribute in a
Jewish and Muslim leaders, the pope
principal celebrant of the Mass.
All Catholics are urged to attend this
to various
80,
flesh."
During a Jan. 9 meeting with Christian,
the
in Charlotte.
town
had been raped. "How can Europe allow an entire nation, a European naticn, to disappear from its midst and how can it wash its hands of it
their
different but the
and
•tieology
own
hill
churches, where they prayed throughout the
St. Francis.
With the flames of oil lamps flickering on an altar behind him in the Basilica of St. Francis, Pope John Paul echoed the Assisibom saint's prayer: "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace." The pope said people praying for peace must "feel the wounds of war as if they were inflicted on
Francis were followed by a candlelight
the frosty medieval
ing of our fast to the rebuilding of the
Church."
message
ijind
including use of native In-
dian languages for Masses andotherChurch-
v.
(n
Evangelization,"
aims to work more directly with the poor and incorporate the indigenous traditions
Evangelization
led
'The
"New
it
by superior individuals who ve they have a special relationship with whose secrets only they claim to
p,
new approach bom
to Latin
:rica.
In
sects
from the conclusions of the Fourth General Conference of the Latin American Episcopate held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, last year and recent national pas-
The evangelical movement has been idingrapidlythroughoutLatin America
wave of
and regain some lost ground, Central American counteract the
Christian prayer vigil later in the Basilica of
Italy
interfaith
meeting and a nighttime