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The Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta Vol. 23. No. 40 Thursday, November 14,1985 $12.00 Per Year Synod Topics Viewed As Time Grows Short BY NC NEWS SERVICE Should the upcoming extraordinary Synod of Bishops in Rome apply “surgery” to problems in the post-Vatican II church or should the bishops examine how best to use col- legiality, their shared authority with the pope? As the Nov. 24-Dec. 8 synod approached, church leaders had different views of what it should accomplish and what it should emphasize. For U.S. and Canadian churchmen, collegiality was the focus. A Brazilian bishop said “surgical measures” were need ed to solve some doctrinal and disciplinary problems resulting from misinterpretations of council documents. Dissident French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre said the meeting would take the church closer to “self-destruction.” An extraordinary assembly of the world Synod of Bishops has fewer members than the regular synods which meet every three years. Participants will include top Vatican of ficials, presidents of bishops’ conferences and special papal delegates. Canon 346 of the Code of Canon Law says an extraor dinary synod is “for the purpose of dealing with matters which require speedy resolution.” Two U.S. church leaders, commenting on the upcoming meeting, said they disagree with negative views of the post- Vatican II church. The teachings of Vatican II were “a blessing” to the church in the United States, said Bishop James W. Malone of Youngstown, Ohio, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Speaking at the U.S. bishops’ general meeting in Washington Nov. 11, Bishop Malone also said it is “dismaying” that some people •'.re apprehensive about the synod. The previous week, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago told an audience at The Catholic University of (Continued on Page 8) Network Nun Inches Forward To Success Leah Tutu Liberation Greatest Need hardship to the black com munity, but it will also br ing hardship to the white. We need that kind of pressure to add to what we are doing.” She went on. “We are do ing a lot. We do not see that we will go back. There is no going back now. We want our proper place, fully free in the South African society — our nation.” Asked what is the most ef fective action blacks have taken to date to oppose the system of apartheid, Mrs. Tutu said without hesitation “the black boycott of white business has been our most effective protest. Stores have been hurt but black communities have ex perienced the anger of the police because of this pro test.” Mrs. Tutu, who has joined her husband in peaceful protests against apartheid, commented on the recent statements of the fun damentalist minister Rev. Jerry Falwell. “Mr. Falwell stated that black of- ficials have objected to economic sanctions. Well, apartheid has black faces too. Look at our police, many of them are non-white and there are resentments among the oppressed black communities about them. Oh yes, apartheid has black faces too.” Leah Tutu is the director of the Domestic Workers’ Employee Project in Johannesburg. This organ ization advocates for and supports the rights of domestic workers, who are predominately black wo men. Leah Tutu’s mother was a domestic worker. Under South African law domestic workers are not permitted to unionize, (Continued on Page 8) BY RITA McINERNEY More than four years after her pioneering plunge into cable televi sion, Mother Angelica is a regular and welcome electronic presence in countless Catholic homes across the United States, all because she followed the “theology of risk.” The Franciscan nun who founded the Eternal I Word Television Network at Our Lady of the Angels Monastery outside Birm ingham, Ala., because she didn’t want her programs shown on the local chan nel that showed a movie she considered blas phemous, lists faith as her principal security. “The way we manage I our network is by relying on God’s providence. That is our witness. He does great things,” she said during an interview before her talk Friday night at the seventh an nual National Catholic Lay Celebration on Evangelization held at the Atlanta Hilton. Being a nun in TV makes a difference in the way the network is operated, she said. “I could give a talk and make people feel guilty enough to donate to a cause. But it would be better if I could give a talk and make people feel compassion, feel the con viction that comes from the Lord that I’m my brother’s keeper.” The Gospel method, she believes, is better than trying to solve problems from the outside, just sit ting down and writing a tax-deductible check. The desire to help must come from the inside. “They used to say that maids built the big cathedrals,” Mother Angelica said. “Today, 97 percent of our donations comes from families.” There are, of course, a few big donors. Both large and small contributions are necessary for a network operation that has an overhead of from $290,000 to $320,000 each month “depending upon the in terest due,” a profes sional staff of 50 people and a new 50 foot by 75 foot studio. Her recent appearance on “60 Minutes” brought BY MONSIGNOR NOEL C. BURTENSHAW ANSWERING QUESTIONS — During the news conference, Mrs. Leah Tutu responds to reporters at Atlanta City Hall. With Mrs. Tutu are (L to R) Elizabeth Enloe, Executive Secretary Atlanta Chapter, American She looks like she might be the perfect companion to her famous husband. This African woman sits quietly in front of the Atlanta media and gently but firmly answers their searching questions. She is Leah Tutu, wife of Bishop Desmond Tutu, ■ Nobel Peace Prize winner 3 and Episcopal Bishop of I Johannesburg in South | Africa. Mrs. Tutu was visiting Atlanta last week and spoke with many groups in the city. “We are grateful for the support we are receiving from the American public” she said most genuinely, “but we need great pressure from your govern ment on the government of South Africa. Economic sanctions may bring more MOTHER ANGELICA speaks with an ad mirer, Barbara Kuras, after her talk at the Evangelization Celebration last Friday. money from some one time donors. “Money- wise, we’re not sure yet but it did a lot for our mailing lists,” she reveal ed. “It did a tremendous lot of good, more cable assistances from every part of the country. It made people aware that there was a Catholic cable television network.” Morley Safer, CBS newsman who traveled to the monastery for the in terviews, called her a “smart cookie” during the tapings, she re counted. So the nuns bak ed a batch of cookies and sent them to him from “one smart cookie to (Continued on Page 13) Friends Service Committee, Mrs. Jean Young, wife of Atlanta’s Mayor, Mrs. Tutu and Ms. Tandi Gcabashe. Ms. Gcabashe is the daughter of Chief Albert Luthuli who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1960.