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Vol. XXVII, No. 24
Serving the Diocese of Corpus Christi Since 1966
June 26, 1992
Women's pastoral tops agenda of
bishops' meeting at Notre Dame
By Jerry Filteau
Catholic News Service
NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS) — Vigor-
ous public debate about a still-controver-
sial pastoral letter on women was the
highlight of the spring meeting of the
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
and U.S. Catholic Conference June 18-20.
In a daylong session closed to the press,
the bishops also discussed ways of dealing
with the issue of priests who sexually
abuse children.
Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cin-
cinnati, NCCB-USCC president, said the
discussion was the fifth the bishops have
had in recent years on pastoral, legal and
other aspects of dealing with sexual abuse
by priests.
Meeting on the 150-ycar-old campus of
the University of Notre Dame, the bishops
also discussed at some length the need for
a new Catholic engagement in evangeliza-
tion and the problems the church faces in
trying to deal with aggressive prosclytism
by other groups directed especially at
Catholic immigrant groups.
Feast of
Corpus
Christi
celebrated
June 20
Pictures,
page 2
About 240 bishops attended the meet-
ing, although some arrived late, others left
early and those who were retired were not
eligible to vote on conference business.
Participants voted— inconclusively —
on a new Lectionary for Mass, approved
new norms for national shrines and de-
cided to change the way they assess dio-
ceses to fund their national offices. The
See NCCB. page 2
St. Vincent De Paul
Society reorganized
By Mary Alice Salinas
STC correspondent
CORPUS CHRISTI—As economic dif-
ficulties around the country continue, so-
cial service agencies arc forced to bear
their own financial hardships as they face
new challenges.
The face of charity work appears to be
changing as it adjusts to modern-day needs.
Stricken with fewer donations, dwindling
volunteerism and an array of growing so-
cial problems, charitable groups are react-
ing quickly as they struggle to sustain
themselves and assist the nation’s growing
number of poor.
After a five-year financial, physical and
organizational makeover, the Corpus
Christi Disirictof the Society of St. Vincent
De Paul (SVDP) beginning July 1 will
resume the operation of the St. Vincent de
Paul Store. The organization is also re-
emphasizing its commitment to put the
messages of the Gospel into action, espe-
cially the call to help those in need.
The first step, in reviving the local St.
Vincent De Paul district came in 1987,
when Catholic Social Services (CSS) of
See St. Vincent De Paul, page 11
Pro-life advocates pray June 16 on the first day of protests at abortion clinics in
Milwaukee. Those demonstrating included Missionaries to the Preborn and Youth
for America. Similar protests were held in Buffalo, N. Y„ earlier this year. The issue
of abortion may play a large part in the upcoming elections. (CNS photo by James
Pearson, Catholic Herald)
Pope promotes spiritual values as cure for Angola's woes
By John Thavis
Catholic News Service
LUANDA, Angola (CNS)— Pope John Paul II spent a
week in war-scarred Angola, promoting spiritual values as
a cure for ideological conflict and mistrust.
“Stay on the path that leads to unity and truly fraternal
reconciliation,” he said before departing June 10.
“It pleases God to see love and harmony in your hearts, -
your homes, your squares and your institutions,” he said.
The pope’s simple message lit up a horizon of hope for
apopulation that has barely begun to recover from 16 years
of civil war. The trip offered a visible sign that the
country’s rival factions might really be prepared to work
together.
“There was no attempt to exploit this visit, by any side,”
said Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls. That was
remarkable for what was potentially one of the most
political papal trips ever.
Soon after his arrival in the capital city of Luanda June
4, the pope met joindy with President Jose Eduardo dos
Santos and Jonas Savimbi. Until last year they were
archenemies, with Savimbi’s UNITA guerrillas battling
dos Santos’ Marxist, one-party state.
Today they remain political opponents, but their soldiers
aredisarming, and the first democratic elections are sched-
uled in September. Both men wanted to show they meant
it when they signed a peace accord, and their handshake in
front of the pope sent a powerful image of cooperation.
The pope praised the peace agreement and preached a
running sermon against violence.
To children in the southern city of Lubango June 5, the
pope said the lesson against war was all around them.
“Take a look. It has provoked so much trouble, so much
suffering, and now there are many children without fathers
or mothers,” he said.
Visiting the devastated inland center of Huambo the
same day, the pope stood on a former execution site and
implored the country to close the door on the “useless
sufferings" of war.
•Later, he blessed Laurinda Ciningila, a 29-year-old
mother of two who lost both legs when she stepped oh a
mine near her home.
“I thank God for sending the pope here. Maybe he will
help bring peace,” she said.
It was a fragile hope, but fragile hopes are all Angolans
have right now. Everywhere the pope went, in fact, priests
and missionaries said shootings and banditry were on the
increase, and many were doubtful that elections would
come off as planned.
When the pope visited a hospital in Luanda June 7, he
found that all the surg ical ward patients had bullet wounds.
The facility had been given a fresh coat of paint but lacked
basic medicines, including antibiotics to treat the many
children with skin infections. Missionaries said most medi-
cal supplies end up on Angola’s black market.
The pope recognized that his visit could not, by itself,
heal the country’s wounds or solve its problems. In Luanda
June 7, he raised an emotional cry of sympathy.
“How I would like to give hope and courage to all those
See Angola, page IS
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