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PAGE 14 — The Georgia Bulletin, May 21, 1987 H 3* South African Bishops: MEMORIAL MASS — Mourners overflow Sacred Heart Church in New Britain, Conn., for a memorial service for those killed in the Polish airliner crash. Five of the 18B victims were members of the parish while five others lived in neighboring towns. In the worst domestic crash in Polish aviation history, the New York-bound plane crashed in a wooded area south of Warsaw killing everyone aboard. (NC photo from UPI) Pope Reiterates: Lay, Ordained Ministries Differ BY AGOSTINO BONO VATICAN CITY (NC) - A clear distinction between the ordained priesthood and the ministries performed by the laity has existed since the early days of the church, said Pope John Paul II. "In that first community, gathered around the apostles, there very quickly arose a clear perception of the diversity of offices and duties," he said May 17. "The faithful know that the 'laying on of hands' con stitutes visible sign of a vocation and consecration which sets one apart for a special ministry." he add ed. Priests are ordained “to preach the Gospel, shepherd the faithful and Are Your Loved Ones Protected? SIMPLE WILL *75; COUPLES *99 Call For Appointment 371-8233 CYNTHIA L. HORTON Attorney At Law n 330 Church St. Near Decatur Marta Sta. l/o.st legal matters handled Saturday hrs he appt celebrate divine worship," the pope said. Lay people "have a dif ferent but no less urgent role," he added. “It is your task to carry the Gospel of Jesus into the daily affairs of the family, work and society." he said during the homily at a morn- ing Mass in St. Peter's Basilica commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Philippine College in Rome. The college, run by the Philippine bishops, is a seminary for Filipino priesthood candidates. f \ BATHROOMS SHOULDN'T BE BORING FINE B4KER?^)RESEUJRANT A new addition to greater Atlanta. 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At the same time, the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference announced it was extending the term of its secretary general, Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, imprisoned under South Africa's emergen cy laws since June 1986. Sister Brigid Flanagan, acting secretary general of the conference, said results of the whites-only election showed a "massive rejection" of black interests. However Sister Flanagan said the out come was "not a surprise." She said the government's pre-election campaign played on white racial fears and pre judices — claiming, for example, that a vote for the liberal Progressive Federal Party was a vote for the black-run rebel African National Congress. "It's amazing how the black people still have hope" for full participation in South Africa's political and economic life, she said. The southern African bishops said in a pre-election statement that the voting would be "unjust" because a minority, the whites, would be voting for a body whose law-making affects all South Africans. In the election for the white House of Assembly, the ruling National Party won 123 seats, an increase of seven, while the Conservative Party won 22 and the Pro gressive Federal Party dropped to 19 seats from 26. The South African Parliament is divided into the 178-member all-white House of Assembly, a 85-member colored (mixed-race) House of Representatives, and a 45-member Indian House of Delegates. The 25 million black South Africans have no parliamentary represen tation. By mid-May, the government issued at least 100 eviction notices to interracial couples, aimed at forcing non-whites out of neighborhoods designated for whites only. The orders were seen by many South Africans as an election present from the National Party to its supporters. On May 16, Jimmy and Shan James opened their Durban beachfront luxury apartment to prospective buyers under pressure from the government. Shan James is of Indian background. The couple was married in Durban’s Emmanuel Cathedral in September 1985, a few months after the government repealed the law barring such weddings. The eviction notices were "an election payoff more than anything else," Arch bishop Stephen Naidoo of Cape Town said May 14. South Africa’s Group Areas Act segregates the population into racially homogenous neighborhoods. However, housing shortages in non-white areas have pushed black. Indian and other groups into white zones. "To the best of my knowledge, no one in the block has ever complained about us, and we have never been warned by government officials that we were break ing the law” prior to receiving notice in early May. Jimmy James said. "It is ridiculous that the government should lift the ban on marriage between people of different races and not allow them to live together,” he said. In another matter related to South Africa’s racial tensions, the bishops’ con ference extended the term of its imprison ed secretary general until the end of 1987. The term was to have expired at the end of May. In the May 14 announcement, the bishops also repeated their “vehement protest" of Father Mkhatshwa’s continued detention. The priest, the first black to hold the con ference post, was detained June 14. 1986, two days after the government declared a state of emergency in the face of mounting nationwide protest of its racial policies. Father Mkhatshwa is being held in the Pretoria Central Prison without having been charged or tried, the bishops’ state ment said. Sister Flanagan said he is "well, physically and morally” and receives regular visits from relatives and the prison chaplain, Msgr. John Magennis. 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