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the Diocese of Charlotte
and the Ballot Box
Pro-life leaders fight
MOST REVEREND
By THE
cloning proposals ...Page
5
brother bishops in the United States a document that addressed national and international issues of major concern to all who are committed to freedom
Ebola outbreak causes
havoc
in
pel values and Catholic teaching that
WILLIAM G. CURLIN Last November I co-signed with
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7
and
Although
justice.
was reprinted
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last
week's edition of
The
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want
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tention to
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swimmers ...Page
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are
age and likeness of God.
duties of citizenship
send prayers worldwide ...Page
of partial a na-
human
if the Life is subject to attack. Catholics believe that every human life is sacred from conception to natural death, that people are more important than things, and, that the measure of every human institution is whether or not it enhances the life and dignity of the human person.
to
We
need to know where candidates for public office stand in relationship to the challenges surrounding us: Abor-
life is
are
America, the more likely you are to be poor. Some schools have become war zones. Hate and intolerance haunt our nation and beget division, bigotry, racism and conflict. Millions do not have basic health care. Scandals, sensationalism and intense partisan combat diminish public life. Wars, ethnic cleansing and the denial of human rights destroy tens of thousands of lives each year. in
It is
increasingly apparent that
ma-
jor public issues have clear moral di-
mensions and that religious values have significant public consequences.
One
of the greatest blessings in the United States is our right and responsibility to participate in civic life. 1 urge you to exercise this right of citizenship by casting your vote in the coming election of State and National leaders. As disciples of Jesus Christ let our votes provide a moral leaven for democracy.
3 JIMMY ROSTAR Associate Editor
Belmont Abbey College
LENOIR
—
More than 60 mintwo-hour Mass dedicating the new St. Francis of Assisi Church, dim lights were augmented to their full brilliance. The congregation sang "Christ, Be Our Light" as utes into the
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12-13
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Inside This
For us the begin with Gos-
The added horror
Lenoir Catholic community urged by Bishop Curlin to brighten world at new church facility By
Editorials
birth.
rights are illusions
ligations of citizenship.
makers
our Catholic belief
Calls to advance
indifferent to or cynical about our ob-
Rosary
majority of
The younger you
that every human person is created in the im-
come from every ethnic background and live in urban, rural and suburban communities. We cannot be
a
tional tragedy.
Of major importance
members of every
cities,
groups can excuse us from the re-
is
The Catholic community in America is large and diverse. We are Democrats, Independents and Re-
many
of innocent
sponsibility to speak for
Right
In
children never see the day of their birth destruction
the voiceless and to act in
Herald,
tion destroys 1.4 million children every
year.
No
polls or focus
draw your atsome of the
We
and campaigns that
invite our support.
accord with our moral
race,
Local Newt
sues, platforms
convictions.
challenges contained in the text of "Faithful Citizenship: Civic Responsibility For A New Millennium."
publicans.
moral prin-
ciples to help us in assessing the is-
it
in
Catholic
offer a consistent set of
clergy
lit
candles in the sanctuary.
Priests and deacons placed cloths
presence in the
Week:
Bishop's Financial
Stewardship Report
on
the altar, setting the table for celebrating the Eucharist. Lighting the altar and the church during a dedication ceremony reminds the faithful of Jesus' radiant
— and
new
spiritual center
world through Christian example by his people. The theme of bringing Christ's light to the world permeated the dediin the
Photo by Jimmy Rostar
cation celebration at St. Francis of
Bishop William G. Curlin blesses the altar at the new
22. Bishop William G. presided at the Mass, urged those gathered to remember the significance of bringing that light beyond their new church.
these walls into the community," said Bishop Curlin. He said that as Catholic faithful,
these walls, and to be that light out there, not just a light in here." The new church facility is just
is the parishioners' duty to "celebrate God's holy presence in the Eucharist, to be empowered by the Spirit and to take that love beyond
blocks
Assisi
Francis of Assisi.
on Oct.
Curlin,
who
we are to celebrate the mysof God here, we must be con-
"If
tery
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scious to take that presence outside
it
away from the old sanctuary, which now serves as a recording stuSee LENOIR, page
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