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TEENS VISIT CHARLOTTE AREA FOR VOLUNTEER WORK
sex abuse
cases
BY
JOHN THAVIS
KEVIN
E.
MURRAY
EDITOR
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
VATICAN CITY
—
Two
U.S. canon lawyers are expected to arrive this fall for work at the Vatican's doctrinal congregation, part
of an effort to speed up processing of sex abuse cases,
church
Latest pastoral
Putting faith into action
up
processing of
BY
Assignments
SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE
2004
to speed
Pastoral
officials said in early
July.
The move responds
to
BELMONT
—
Hun-
dreds of teen-agers recently traded a week of summer vacation for volunteer service around the Charlotte area. A dozen teens volunteering at Holy Angels in Belmont were among more than 400 high school students from Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania,
See CASES, page 13
New York
and
See HEART, page?
Empowering
leaders Photo by Kevin E. Murray
Spreading smiles Sandra, a resident at Holy Angels
in
Belmont, enjoys a
visit
from teen-agers participating
in
the
HEART Workcamp 2004 in the Diocese of Charlotte June 27-July 2. Charlotte Catholic High School served as one of the 24 Catholic HEART (Helping Everyone Attain Repairs Today) camps Catholic
throughout the United States and Jamaica.
ROOTED IN FAITH
Black Catholics gather for interdiocesan conference BY
KAREN
A. EVANS STAFF WRITER
GREENSBORO
— Black
Catholics from Asheville to Wilmington gathered for the first
Photo by Karen A. Evans
North Carolina Black
Catholic Conference at the JoParticipants In
in
the Faithful Servant leadership program engage
the laying on of hands during the closing commissioning June
25. Faithful Servant
is
a weeklong leadership institute blending
Catholic theology, spirituality and leadership skills
sponsored by See story page 9.
the diocesan Office of Youth Ministry
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Catholics of African descent for inspiration and collaboration
and to promote and accomon a local level the goals set by the National Black
plish
Catholic Congress, according
A
secondary goal was to
seph S. Koury Convention Center in Greensboro June
empower
25-27.
Catholics of Aii"ican descent to
The purpose of the
encourage
and
A display
by Karen A. Evans
Book
with the
of the
Gospels placed on kinte cloth at
the
first
North
Carolina
Black Catholic Conference
confer-
ence was to bring together
Photo
to conference organizers.
See CONFERENCE, page 5
Watch
in
Greensboro June 25-27.
Cleansing spirits
Culture
College students spread
'Fahrenheit 9/11,'
Abortion
God's love in Costa Rica
WWIIchaplains
baptizing children
Perspectives vs. war,
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