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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


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