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PAGE 12 — The Georgia Bulletin, November 26, 1987 Pope Beatifies 85 British Martyrs AAsgr. McDonough - BY JOHN THAVIS VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II beatified 85 martyrs killed during 16th-and 17th-century persecution in England and said the church should re joice that religious hos tilities among Christians have ended. In other activities Nov. 21-22, the pope helped in augurate a new Armenian rite for the Divine Liturgy in a Rome church and, in a talk to a Vatican relief organization, defended the rights of refugees around the world The pope’s sermon dur ing the beatification Mass in St. Peter s Basilica Nov. 22 struck an ecumenical tone, echoing statements made by Catholic and Anglican leaders in Eng land the week before the ceremony. Declared “blessed" were Father George Haydock, an Englishman executed as a traitor in 1584, and 84 others from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. They were killed after England broke with the Roman Catholic Church to es tablish the Church of Eng land. Beatification is one of the final steps before saint hood. “These martyrs gave their lives for their loyalty to the authority of the suc cessor of Peter, who alone is pastor of the whole flock,” the pope said. That same kind of loyalty is demonstrated today, he said, by people who work for renewal of the church, particularly in the area of Christian unity. . “We must all rejoice that the hostilities between Christians, which so shaped the age of these martyrs, are over, replaced by fraternal love and mutual esteem,” he said. A Vatican decree said the martyrs were killed Prison (Continued from page 1) In an interview Tuesday, Sister Pilar, a Cuban herself, said she could understand the frustration and fear of detainees fear ing they would be returned to Cuba. “This news was like a big blow” to the de tainees, she said. “They can’t expect anything from Castro.” In Cuba, she said, they have “no freedom, no hope, no future. They are young...That’s why they /utter ond {TlcLeilon Insuronce 711 Lenox Towers, 3400 Peachtree Road, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30326 (404 > 261-7212 “The only insurance people you 'll ever need ” SCREEN PORCH & DECK SPECIALIST .“- - v ■? • . • ■. • •• V . 1 HAVE WHAT MANY PEOPLE THIKH TO BE THE BEST DESIGNED AND MOST BEAOTim POACHES AND DECKS IN ATLANTA I FEATURING • SNAP IN GLASS AND SC RUN PANELS • ALL CEDAR CONSTRUCTION • EXPOSED BEAUS WITH FINISHED CEILING • CATHEDRAL CEIUNG We offer superior craftsmanship and guarantee your satisfaction. All work is directly under my supervision. 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More than 2,000 Catholics from dioceses in England and Wales were present at the ceremony, along with many bishops. The Ang lican Church also sent a representative. are fighting...for their freedom.” Outside the prison, the group congregated with some of the wives and children of detainees. Father Edd Salazar, S.J., of Ignatius House retreat center, suggested to one wife that perhaps the women and children would like to join the group in prayer. She readily agreed and went about through the group distributing prayer sheets the priest had brought with him. The sound of voices in prayer soon drew a pha lanx of television and newspaper reporters and cameramen, and the cu rious. Prayers in Spanish and English — from Isaiah, the Psalms, Jeremiah and Luke — and the Rosary were spoken. Candles illu minated the faces of the men, women and children asking God’s protection on both the detainees and their hostages. Singing of the hymn, “Alabare,” end ed the prayer vigil. 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Monsignor McDonough is expected to leave Pied mont Hospital at the end of this week and to recuperate at Holy Spirit rectory in Atlanta where he resides. A colostomy was performed Nov. 17 after doctors removed a malignant tumor from the colon. No chemotherapy or radiation treatment is planned because of the success of the surgery, said Father Peter Dora, director of communications for the archdiocese. her wheelchair, held her prayer sheet and prayed along with the others. She had been keeping vigil since shortly after the pri son takeover Monday morning. She vowed to re main there until she had some word of her husband, Dagobeeto Figueroa, who has spent five years in the prison. The prayer vigil, Sister Pilar said, seemed to calm the wives. Supported by prayer and the presence of faithful volunteers who had regularly visited their husbands in prison, they seemed to lose the ag gressive disposition they had shown earlier. 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Af- terward they pray and share the Bible with them and listen to their hopes and frustrations. “They are tired of wait ing with no hope,” Mrs. Pinacas said. “They have had no calendar” for five or seven years. Father Riofrio said he had been asked to pray for the Cubans and the hostages and decided to celebrate Mass on Tuesday evening. Father Mauro Mourlot, parochial vicar at St. Anthony’s Church, con- celebrated. Father Mour lot, who visits the prison regularly, told the Mass congregation that he was advised by the guards not to enter the prison when he arrived Monday morning. Deacons Arturo Mimen- ez and Evelio Garcia- Carrera participated and Sister Olivia Cardenas, R.F.R., led the hymn sing ing. (This report was com piled by staff members Paula Day, Rita Mclner- ney and Gretchen Keiser.) BATHROOMS SHOULDN’T BE BORING MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE 4he-mo8iet-baih- (404)971-8162 MARK BRESSLER LYNN BRESSLER MAS IE If Pi UM8E » JOIJRNE VMAN Pi UMBt R DESIGNER''Bull DE<? DESIGN SPECIALIST
