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PAGE 16—The Georgia Bulletin, September 1,1983 Philippine Cardinal Declines Panel MANILA, Philippines (NC) - Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila refused to join a presidential panel of inquiry into the slaying of Filipino opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. and said the government of President Ferdinand Marcos must at least share blame for Aquino’s death. Cardinal Sin, the leading church figure in the overwhelmingly Catholic country, told a Catholic men’s dub in Manila Aug. 27 that, no matter who actually murdered Aquino Aug. 21, the government cannot “wash its hands clean” of responsibility for his death. The same day he announced on Radio Veritas, a Manila-based Catholic radio station which broadcasts to all of Southeast Asia, that he was refusing a Marcos request to be on the five-member special panel being formed to investigate the assassination. Church spokesmen said the cardinal would be too busy in the next several months and did not feel qualified to be part of a judicial inquiry. (The New York Times quoted church sources as saying, however, that Cardinal Sin felt he would be only a “dissenting voice in the wilderness” if he joined the panel.) Aquino, Marcos’ chief political opponent, was killed by a close-range shot to the head as he was disembarking from a plane at the Manila Airport Aug. 21 under heavy military guard. Aquino was a senator and leading presidential candidate before martial law was imposed in 1972. Under martial law he was the leader of the non-violent political opposition calling for a restoration of democratic freedoms and constitutional rights. Arrested within days after martial law was imposed, he spent nearly eight years in prison before going into exile in the United States in 1980 in order to obtain heart bypass surgery. He faced re-arrest and a death sentence upon his return from exile. VIENNA VISIT -- In Vienna, on his Sept. 10-13 visit to Austria, Pope John Paul II is scheduled to celebrate an outdoor Mass in the Donaupark (left) and is expected to visit St. Stephan’s Cathedral, built in the 13 th and 14th centuries. (NC Photos courtesy Austrian Press and Information Service) Poland's Bishops Criticize New Government Regulations i t T < ( t f WARSAW, Poland (NC) - Poland’s Catholic bishops Aug. 26 criticized the tough “special regulations” enacted by the government in ending martial law and said authorities had missed the chance fora “national accord” provided by Pope John Paul II’s visit to Poland in June. In a communique issued after a one-day meeting at the national Marian shrine in Czestochowa, the bishops also called for a general amnesty for those imprisoned under martial law, the restoration of independent trade unions, rehiring of workers fired for their political views, and a government dialogue with workers and intellectuals “responding to their just aspirations.” “We regret that the chance for authentic national accord presented by the pope’s visit was not used,” the bishops said. Nuestra Senora de la Caridad Queridos Hermanos en Cristo: Tal como se ha estado ofreciendo cada ano, nos estamos preparando una vez mas, para celebrar digna y cristianamente la festividad religiosa de Nuestra Senora de la Caridad, Patrona de Cuba. Sirvan pues estas lineas para inVitarlos muy cordialmente a que nos acompanen en la celebracion de la Santa Misa, que en honor de Nuestra Senora, tendra lugar el Domingo dia once de Septiembre de 1983 a las 7:00 p.m. en la Catedral de “Cristo Rey.” Este ano el orador sagrado sera el Rev. Padre Rafael Pedroso, sacerdote encargado de la vida espiritual del Colegio Immaculata-La Salle de Miami y que fue tambien Coadjutor de la Iglesia de Sts. Peter and Paul, el cual nos ha sido recomendado por Monsenor Agustin Roman, Obispo Auxiliar de Miami. A continuacion de la Santa Misa, tendremos una solemne procesion con la imagen de la “Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre” y terminaremos con una recepcion para todos los asistentes, donde se ofrecerea un delicioso buffet. Les rogamos que comiencen a divulgar esta informacion entre sus familiares, amigos y vecinos y al propio tiempo les pedimos que nos ayuden con sus oraciones y sacrificios para que esta celebracion alcance los exitos y los resultados que todos deseamos. Para el mejor lucimiento de esta festividad necesitamos ademas, la cooperacion de todos para que nos ayuden a sufragar una serie de gastos ineludibles, tales como gastos de ornamentacion, flores, propaganda, sellos de correos y transporte y donacion para el orador sagrado invitado. Esperando que con su asistencia y generosidad nos ayuden a mantener la fe cristiana y la devocion a la Santisima Virgen Maria como prueba de amor a la Madre de Dios y de todos nosotros, los saludamos. “Restrictive regulations passed by the Sejm (Parliament) in July . . . are a fresh cause for anxiety,” they added. The new regulations, passed as part of the return from martial law to civilian government, incorporated into civilian law modified versions of major government powers that had been assumed as emergency measures under martial law. Among problems that still need to be resolved, the communique said, were “the problem of a general amnesty . . . re-employing people fired for their convictions, restoring union pluralism, restoring the right to higher education of students who have been dismissed, and the restoration of all clubs of Catholic intelligentsia.” As the bishops met, an estimated 200,000 pilgrims gathered at the shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa to mark the 601st anniversary of the arrival in Poland of the famed icon of the Madonna. The bishops’ statement came just five days after a leading Soviet spokesman had called elements of the church in Poland a threat to Polish communism. On Soviet television the previous Sunday Leonid Zamyatin had said that the pope’s visit to Poland had encouraged “certain . . . aggressive circles of the Polish church to become significantly more active.'” The bishops’ communique stressed that the Polish episcopate accepted Pope John Paul’s teachings during his visit to his homeland. Echoing repeated papal calls in Poland for dialogue and the people’s right to self-determination, the bishops said, “When the dialogue between the government and the nation ceases to exist, social peace is threatened - and can even disappear completely.” Mary Mac’s Tea Room 224 Ponce de Leon Ave. Atlanta, Ga. 875-4337 Charles P. Vaccaro SALES CONSULTANT ATLANTA CLASSIC CARS. INC 1655 Church street Decatur. Georgia 30033 Bus (404) 296-1313 RES. (404) 972-4856 Total Bathroom Remodeling Any Size Job-Total or Partial • Ceramic Tile • Fixtures • Shower Stalls • Repair or Replacement For Appointment Call 292-5099 L & S REFINISHERS Sutfering Needlessly? 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