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NEW^ERALD
Established Jan. 12, 1972 by Pope Paul VI
NOVEMBER
19,
2004
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SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE
RISING IN FAITH
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FAITH AND POLITICS
Abortion linked
At 29 percent,
to later anxiety
Catholics remain
problems,
largest faith group
study shows
in
new
Congress WOMEN by
GIVING BIRTH TO UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES DO BETTER
NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
SPRINGFIELD,
WASHINGTON
Women who
Catholics will make up 29 percent of the 109th Congress when it convenes in early January, with a slight rise in the
experience subsequent problems with anxiety compared to
women who
deliver their unintended pregnancies, according
cans and a similar drop in the
to a study published in the lat-
number of Catholic Democrats. With 128 representatives and 24 senators identifying
est edition of Journal of Anxiety
themselves as Catholics in a survey by Congressional Quarterly, Catholicism remains the
the National Survey of Family
Disorders.
Using data
See CONGRESS, page 6
See ABORTION, page 12
the
J.
Jugis anoints with chrism
Mountain during a dedication Mass Nov.
9.
oil
the altar of Christ the King Church
in
Murray
Kings
Below: Father Eric Houseknecht, pastor, incenses the
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church, walls and people during the Mass.
Priests,
church
Faithful gather to celebrate renovated
ebrated by Bishop Peter
Updates refine
Jugis Nov.
'sense ofthe sacred,
furbishing to a close.
9,
it,"
to
KEVIN
E.
MURRAY
re-
KINGS MOUNTAIN — For Christie Morrison, the newly renovated Christ the King Church means her spiritual home is finally complete. As one of the three surviving founding members of the
In
Pews
are It's
a beautiful church."
Christ the King Church, a
mission of St.
Mary Church
in
Shelby, had suffered structural
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KAREN
EVANS
A.
STAFF WRITER
—
CHARLOTTE Imagyou attend Mass next Sunday, but you can't understand what the deacon says in his homily. Imagine you seek the sacrament of reconciliation, ine
but the priest can't understand
But damage from recent flooding prompted Father Eric Houseknecht, pastor, to give
what you are saying, so he can't offer appropriate counsel.
See DEDICATION, page 5
See SPANISH, page 7
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Photo by Karen A. Evans
For many of the diocese's .
Culture
Fourth-graders bring meals to
Uim
by
deterioration over the years.
church, she wasn't going to miss the dedication Mass, cel-
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PARISHIONERS
said Morrison. "It's a great
changed, walls are painted.
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COURSE HELPS CLERGY REACH OUT TO HISPANIC
why it means so me to see the beauty of
improvement. by
in
J.
"That's
much
deacons immersed
Spanish language
that brought
months of renovation and
says pastor
from
new Congress. Baptists were second, with 65 House
affilia-
members of
tion claimed by
Above: Bishop Peter
collected
Growth (NSFG), researchers examined a nationally representative sample of 10,847 women aged 15-34 who had experienced an unintended first pregnancy and had no
largest single religious
E.
—
pregnancies are more likely to
number of Catholic Republi-
Photos by Kevin
111.
abort unintended
Deacons and preists practice .numbers in Spanish.
their
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