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PAGE 14 — The Georgia Bulletin, January 19, 1989 Faith Of Poor Strong In Laos, Vietnam, Bishop Mulvee Finds BY KATHLEEN GRAHAM WILMINGTON, Del. (NC) — Bishop Robert E. Mulvee of Wilmington, reviewing humanitarian aid projects in Southeast Asia, found the sense of faith of the poor there “so strong, so palpable, I could almost reach out and touch it.” Bishop Mulvee went to Laos and Vietnam to review humanitarian aid projects administered by International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity, known as CIDSE from the initials of its French name. CIDSE is an umbrella organization for international Catholic relief agencies, including the U.S. bishops’ Catholic Relief Services. During the December trip Bishop Mulvee, a CRS board member, met with Coadjutor Archbishop Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan of Ho Chi Minh City, who was recently released after 13 years of imprisonment and put under house arrest, and Cardinal Joseph Marie Trinh Van Can of Hanoi, Vietnam. He conferred with relief officials and visited CIDSE projects in Vietnam and Laos. Vietnamese “have in credible stamina in the face of rebuilding their lives and their country,” Bishop Mulvee said in an interview with The Dialog, newspaper of the Wilm ington Diocese. He said he found his ex periences “overwhelming” in a corner of the world so poor that a little bag of M&Ms candies was receiv ed by a Vietnamese child with a measure of gratitude and a sense of wonder that U.S. children might reserve for far greater gifts. The bishop celebrated a Dec. 8 Mass in Hanoi’s cathedral, which was jammed with more than 4,000 people. That liturgy, “the most moying I’ve ever witnessed,” marked the feast of the Immaculate Conception, which is not a holy day of obligation in Vietnam, the bishop said. Bishop Mulvee’s first stop was in Laos, where he and his escorts visited a rice experimentation pro ject outside the capital city of Vientiane and a training school for teachers of arts and crafts. Also on the bishop’s itinerary in Laos was the National Institute for Traditional Medicine, an alternative to imported pharmaceuticals. CIDSE has purchased equipment for laboratories, and ac counts for 80 percent of the aid to that facility. The bishop also was given a brief education in agricultural cooperatives in a nation where 85 per cent of the 3.6 million peo ple are employed as farmers, about 25 percent of them in cooperatives. Bishop Mulvee then trav eled to Vietnam, stopping first in Hanoi in the north- M0HYS0S Authentic Greek-Italian Restaurant Open: Monday thru Friday - 11 AM thru 11 PM Sat.-12 to It P.M. Sun.-12 to 10 P.M. Seafood • Steaks • Lamb • Pasta Free Giv.aways Every Night Food or Desserts or Wine or Appetizers 393-4763 Dunwoody Hall Shopping Center 5562 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road /A AUSTRIAN MOTORS,LTD. // \\ specializing in MERCEDES BENZ MOTOR CARS • SALES • SERVICE • PARTS Let our experienced technicians service your car during the warranty period. 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IN VIETNAM — Bishop Robert E. Mulvee of Wilmington, Del., and Marian Cadogan, a representative of International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity, pose for a photograph, along with a group of children, in Hanoi, Vietnam. Bishop Mulvee visited Vietnam and Laos in December to review humanitarian aid projects. (NC photo from The Dialog) Chile Threatens Force To Get Church Files SANTIAGO, Chile (NC) — The Chilean government has said police will use force to enter the Santiago archdiocesan human rights office if the medical records of a suspect in an assassination attempt are not turned over by Jan. 24. The Chilean Supreme Court has ordered the Vicariate of Solidarity, the human rights agency, to deliver records of a man the government has linked to an attack against Chile’s president, Gen. Augusto Pinochet. But the archdiocesan vicar general, .Msgr. Cristian Precht Banados, reiterated the church decision to withhold the files, calling the government actions “intimidation.” “We have always defended human rights, and we have never supported terrorist acts of any kind,” said Msgr. Precht. In November, military court Judge Fernando Torres Silva ordered the records to be given to the government after an investigation concluded that a man who received GEORGIA BULLETIN Ads Bring Results! Brian Wainstein Master Plumber All work guaranteed up to 3 years 24-HR Beeper 833-3178 Where the best costs you less DIAL Prestige Plumbing Residential • Commercial HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE 955-PIPE • Maintenance • Quality Remodeling * • Drain Cleaning 955-7473 ATTORNEYS AT LAW 404-521-1808 Suite 2308 Harris Tower: 233 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga 30303 General Practice Corporation. Contracts. Business. Personal Injury. Real Estate, Wills, Immigration, Domestic Relations. International Law. Italian. 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