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PAGE 6—The Georgia Bulletin, November 13,1980
W. Germany
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Luther, leader of the
Protestant Reformation, as
a man ‘‘whose
uncontrolled anger and
polemics made him blind
to the Catholic truth.” An
article in another of the
three booklets says that
development of the
Catholic doctrine on
infallibility is “unbalanc-
ed” because it
“exaggerates the
significance of the pope.”
The (West) German
Bishops’ Conference
funded the booklets and
approved their
publication, but failed to
control the editorial
content.
Although the German
Catholic bishops and the
National Wo rking
Committee of Christian
Churches, which
represents 99 percent of
Germany’s non-Catholic
Christians, issued a joint
statement repudiating
offensive sections of the
booklets, much damage
was done to ecumenical
relations at the local level.
Msgr. Aloys Klein, a
priest of the Paderborn
Diocese working in
Catholic-Lutheran
relations for the Vatican’s
Secretariat for Promoting
Christian Unity, described
the ecumenical climate in
Germany as “desolate”
shortly before the papal
visit.
He said he hoped the
ecumenical tensions would
lead to “new life” in the
German ecumenical
movement and not touch
its foundation.
Hansjacob Stehle, a
German historian and
writer living in Rome, had
a grimmer assessment of
the ecumenical damage.
“An cient resentments
that were already
forgotten have- been
revived, old battles that
were won or lost are being
discussed again,” he said.
“There is an atmosphere
of sensitiveness and an
awareness of denominat
ional differences that had
nearlv died out after
World War II.”
Pope John Paul has
made a practice in each of
his trips abroad to meet
with representatives of
non-Catholic Christian
churches. Except for his
trip to Turkey in 1979
when the pope and
Orthodox leaders
announced the
establishment of official
international Orthodox-
-Catholic dialogue, the
meetings have generally
been quiet, pro-forma
affairs.
During such a meeting
in France last May, one
Protestant leader took the
opportunity to sharply
criticize the Catholic stand
on intercommunion.
The ecumenical
encounter in West
Germany promises to
involve equally substantive
issues, at least if the
Lutheran-dominated
National Working
Committee of Christian
Churches has its way.
According to Msgr.
Klein, the Protestant
leaders have prepared an
agenda for discussion with
the pope which includes
the Catholic Church’s
positions on mixed
marriages, intercommun
ion and the primacy of the
pope.
During his tour of
Cologne, Bonn,
Osnabruck, Mainz, Fulda,
Altotting and Munich, the
pope is likely to get a
warm reception from West
German Catholics, who
make up about half of the
country’s 61 million
population.
But the welcome may
be a bit chilly from West
German Chancellor
Helmut Schmidt, who was y
reportedly offended when
told that Vatican protocol
would not allow the pope
to meet him in the
chancellery as is the
custom with a foreign
guest.
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THE CATHEDRAL OF COLOGNE West
Germany, is one of Europe’s great Gothic
cathedrals which the pope will visit on his
five-day tour of West Germany Nov. 15-19.
March
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A former free-lance
journalist who has
experienced ghetto-living
throughout the world, Ms.
O’Brien became aware of
what was happening here
and saw “what was coming
and what could come.”
What is coming is a
positive step for human
rights in Atlanta.
The public is invited to
join with “People United
Against Persecution” in
their Nov. 23 march of
silent remembrance.
-Purpose Of Nov. 23 March-
The purpose of this
silent, prayerful walk is to
unite and strengthen the
bonds between people of
all religious beliefs,
socio-economic levels,
racial and ethnic
backgrounds who abhor
and are grieved by the
murdered and missing
children, the rising racial
and religious intolerance,
anti-Semitism, Nazi type
intimidation and
increasing worldwide
violence.
This walk seeks to raise
public consciousness about
this grave situation. The
participants are committed
to helping one another on
an ongoing basis and to
disseminating educational
information dedicated to
combating these forces
which threaten to destroy
principles of human rights
in this country and
elsewhere.
In the walk we shall
silently remember all those
people who have been
cruelly persecuted as a
direct result of racial,
religious and ethnic
intolerance throughout
recent history. We wish to
remind humanity that the
last time racial intolerance,
anti-Semitism, and
misplaced nationalism
raised its ugly head was
also during a time of
economic crisis. The end
result was the second
World War, which left
54,800,000 dead and
millions more homeless,
wounded, and starving.
Roughly 12 million died in
concentration camps.
About 6V2 million were
Jews.
Pope Sharpens Comments
On Mideast Controversy
VATICAN CITY (NC)
-- Pope John Paul II
called Nov. 10 for a
“comprehensive peace”
in the Middle East,
including a solution of
“the Palestinian problem
and the question of
Jerusalem.”
He warned that
anything less could
provoke a deeper crisis.
“Any so-called peace
which would not take
into account all the
elements of divergency
and which would not
ultimately include all
parties who are directly
concerned would risk
being ineffective and
could spark an ever more
bitter conflict,” he said.
The pope made his
comments, among his
sharpest yet on the
Middle East, as he
received the credentials
of the new Egyptian
ambassador to the Holy
See, Moustafa Kamal
el-Diwani.
The pontiff said he
has “followed closely”
the efforts of Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat
“to build a lasting
peace.”
“Precisely because the
tensions and dangers
have increased in recent
times, the work of peace,
as you have said, must go
on,” he added.
The Jerusalem
question has been in the
news in recent months
because of Israel’s
unilateral declaration of
the city as the united,
permanent capital of
Israel.
The Holy See backs
United Nations calls for
an internationally
guaranteed special status
for the city.
The Palestinian
problem refers to the
tens of thousands of
Palestinian refugees who
fled newly independent
Israel in 1948 and have
been living in refugee
camps since then.
Surrounding Arab
states claim the Israelis
forced or terrorized the
Palestinian Arabs into
flight. Israel claims they
left of their own free
will, adding that the
surrounding Arab states
made no effort to
integrate the refugees
into their own societies
because they wanted to
keep the political
leverage of the refugee
issue.
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Election
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Archbishop Quinn also
sent a message to Carter
expressing “appreciation
and thanks for your many
services to the nation as
president.”
Organizations opposed
to abortion were elated at
Reagan’s victory and at
the defeat of Sens. Birch
Bayh (D-Ind.), John
Culver (D—Iowa), George
McGovern (D-S.D.), Frank
Church (D-Idaho) and
Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.).
“I’m euphoric,” said Paul
Brown, director of the
Life Amendment Political
Action Committee.
Added Dominican
Father Charles Fiore,
chairman of the National
Pro-Life Political Action
Committee, “It (the
elections) exceeded all our
hopes and expectations.
We couldn’t possibly have
envisioned the dimensions
of the pro-life victory.”
The political action
committee of National
Right to Life proclaimed
that pro-lifers had gained
11 seats in the Senate as a
result of the election. Two
other seats -- in
Pennsylvania and New
Hampshire - were lost,
making a net gain of nine
Senate seats.
Because of the
victories, Brown predicted
that the 97 th Congress,
which will begin meeting
in January, may pass a
human life amendment.
Officials at the National
Abortion Rights Action
League, which opposes
such efforts, tended to
agree. “I think it is very
probable we will see a
constitutional amendment
on the floor of the U.S.
Senate sometime during
the 97th Congress,” said
Karen Mulhauser,
chairwoman of NARAL’S
political action committee.
But church groups
lobbying on U.S. foreign
policy and other issues
expressed concern that the
elections will lead to a
de-emphasis of human
rights and concern for the
poor.
“From what Reagan
has said and what is in the
Republican Party
platform, I fear that
human rights will be
dropped,” said Father
Daniel Driscoll, associate
director of the Justice and
Peace Office of the
Maryknoll missionary
society.
“For those of us
working to influence U.S.
policy, the election will
make it much more
difficult,” added Father
Jerome McKenna,
chairman of the Church
Coalition for Human
Rights in the Philippines.
“We have lost many
friends in Congress.”
Also lamenting the
defeat of Senate
Democrats such as Church
and Bayh was Jesuit
Father Mike Schultheis of
the Center of Concern, a
Washington office dealing
with social justice issues.
“I’m dismayed that a
number of leading
Democrats were
defeated,” said Father
Schultheis, who added
that the people likely to
be Reagan’s advisors do
not share Catholic views
on social teachings.
“Reagan’s rhetoric
during the campaign was
disheartening to those of
us working for a world
without war,” said
Dominican Sister Mary
Lou Kownacki,
chairwoman of the
executive council of Pax
Christi, Catholic peace
organization, “and we can
only hope that his actions
as president do not carry
out that threat of
militarism.”
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family spirituality, needs
of couples in mixed
marriages and the pastoral
care of military, refugee
and migrant families.
Archbishop Quinn said
it was “truly a profound
and moving experience” to
be part of a meeting of
bishops from around the
world. He noted the
presence of “the bearded
patriarchs and
metropolitans of the
Archbishop John R.
Roach of St. Paul-Minnea-
polis was elected president
of the N.C.C.B. on Nov.
1 1. Bishop James W.
Malone of Youngstown,
Ohio was chosen as
vice-president.
ancient biblical and
apostolic Sees,” bishops
from “the youthful
African churches” and
bishops from “the silent
churches . . . wearing the
chains of persecution.”
He also noted the “rich
and significant
contribution” of lay men
and women who
participated in synod
discussions, and the
presence of Mother Teresa
of Calcutta, India.
“Incomprehensible to
an unbelieving world, but
so understandable to
Catholic faith was her
dramatic plea to pope and
bishops in the synod hall:
‘If you want to do
something for families,
give us holy priests,”’ said
Archbishop Quinn.
Pope John Paul II,
Archbishop Quinn also
remarked, “created a
relaxed atmosphere
characterized by
openness.”
‘ ‘The discussions also
revealed a broad
understanding by national
conferences and the
synodal bishops of the real
situation facing families in
the world today,” said
Archbishop Quinn.
While affirming that the
synod cannot bring about
instant results, Archbishop
Quinn said the meeting on
the family already has
brought about “far
reaching results.”
“For example, there is
already moving through
the whole body of the
church a new and
heightened consciousness
of the family, of the vital
importance of the family,
and of the family’s vital
role in the church and in
the church’s service to the
world,” he said.
Archbishop Quinn said
that some reaction to the
synod has been positive,
some negative and some
cynical.
But, he noted,
“popularity and authentic
credibility are not often
the same for the church,
for whom the only
credibility worthy of the
name is found in fidelity
to the truth and in fidelity
to him who is and who
remains the sign of
contradiction.”
Archbishop Quinn
remarked that “certain
positions reaffirmed by
the s y n od fathers
admittedly do not
conform to the views and
ideologies of some
commentators and
observers of the synod.
“But to assert that a
representative body of the
world’s bishops was forced
into a given position or
acted in sheer hypocrisy is
an explanation both
uncivil and untrue.”
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