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. PAGE 2 — The Georgia Bulletin, January 5, 1989 Catholic Editors Pick Top 1988 Religious News Stories BY JERRY FILTEAU WASHINGTON (NC) — The U.S. presidential election was the top 1988 religious news story, according to Catholic newspaper editors. They picked Pope John Paul II as the top religious newsmaker of the year. Traditionalist Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre came in sec ond among newsmakers. The schism he started in June when he illegally ordained four bishops was ranked second among the year’s major news events in religion. Forty-one editors responded to the yearly poll conducted by National Catholic News Service. Out of 30 events or issues listed as religious news stories of the year, the U.S. elections received 13 first-place votes and 280 points out of a possible 410. Candidates George Bush and Michael Dukakis both courted the Catholic vote. Consistency on life issues became an election issue as Democrat Dukakis backed legalized abortion but opposed capital punishment while Republican Bush opposed abortion but supported the death penalty. Of 15 people listed in the poll as 1988’s religious INSIDE ON 1988: The Homeless Parish efforts focus on housing . . page 6 The Undocumented CSS helps 900 toward legal residency . . . page 6 Achievements Parishes and individuals make changes in ’88 . . . page 5 St. Benedict's Catholic Church Sun. 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Northeast Fulton County Mass at Epiphany Byzantine Church 2030 Old Alabama Rd. For information call Fr. Joseph Peacock, Pastor 442-5903 PuNBRAL DlRBCTOMS OVER 100 YEARS OF DIGNIFIED SERVICE H. M.PATTERSON & SONS SPRING HILL OGLETHORPE HILL 876-1022 261-3510 1020 SPRING ST NW 4550 PEACHTREE RD NE GREEN LAWN 876-4311 1270 SPRING ST NW r Member By Invitation National Selected Mortician newsmakers, the editors gave Pope John Paul 22 first-place votes and 140 points out of a possible 205. The pontiff, marking his 10th year in office, continued his world travels with four more trips abroad. He issued a con troversial new social encyclical and a letter on the dignity of women. In the poll editors were asked to pick 10 top stories. Their choices were weighted from 10 points for a first-place vote to one for a lOth-place vote. Partial points were possible when an editor ranked two or more stories as tied. Among news personalities, editors were asked to choose only five, so their votes were weighted on a scale from five to one. Here are the editors’ picks for the top 10 stories, with total points and number of first-place votes following each: 1. The U.S. elections (280 points, 13 first-place votes). 2. The Lefebvre schism (214; 7). 3. Abortion: Operation Rescue demonstrators are ar rested, issue is debated by presidential candidates, a new abortion pill is marketed, church excommunication law for abortions is clarified, Supreme Court is asked to reconsider its 1973 abortion decision (202, 5). 4. Women: Women’s equality and the church ban on or daining them are discussed in papal letter and first draft of U.S. bishops’ pastoral letter; U.S. Anglicans elect first woman bishop (179, 0.5). 5. Relations of the U.S. bishops with the Vatican (171, 7). 6. The pope's new social encyclical, “On Social Concerns" (136, 1.5). 7. The controversial film, “The Last Temptation of Christ” (128, 2), 8. AIDS and controversies over the church's approach to dealing with the disease (121. 0). 9. Bioethics: A new abortion pill, a debate over the ethics of fetal tissue use, and new questions about euthanasia and withdrawal of treatment for the terminally ill (81, 1). 10. A Detroit archdiocesan plan to close 46 of its 112 parishes in the city of Detroit (77, 0). The five choices for top newsmakers, with points and first-place votes following, were: 1. Pope John Paul (140 points, 22 first-place votes). 2. Archbishop Lefebvre (112, 4). 3. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican Con gregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, speaking out on various church issues (71.3, 5). 4. Moral theologian Father Charles E. Curran, dismissed from his teaching post at The Catholic University of America and suing the university in civil court (52, 3). 5. Auxiliary Bishop Austin B. Vaughan of New York, ar rested four times in anti-abortion demonstrations (44, 1). a Atlanta’s "Only" Authentic Irish Pub FIRST TO HAVE GUINNESS HARP & BASS ALE ON TAP! 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