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The Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta Vol. 27 No. 38 Thursday, November 2, 1989 $15.00 Per Year Vatican Reports Budget In Black BY AGOSTINO BONO VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican’s 1988 budget was in the black for the first time since 1983. When income for the worldwide Peter’s Pence collection is included, 1988 income outstripped expenses by almost $9 million, according to Vatican figures released Oct. 26. Previously, 1983 was the last year for which the Vatican said its income — including worldwide contributions from Catholics — covered the deficit. Minus the Peter’s Pence collection, the statistics show a 1988 shortfall of $44 million. The 1988 Peter’s Pence collec tion, which the Vatican said was used to cover the deficit, totaled $52.9 million. The figures were contained in a Vatican statement that thanked “the bishops, priests, Religious and faithful who, sensitive to the needs of the Holy See, have generously answered the appeal” to contribute to the Peter’s Pence collections. The statement was released by the Vatican press office at the end of an Oct. 23-25 meeting of the council of cardinals named by Pope John Paul II to examine Vatican finances. Cardinal G. Emmett Carter of Toronto, a council member, told Vatican Radio Oct. 26 that for the first time the Vatican budget figures are undergoing an independent audit, and the results will be sent to the world’s bishops. “It will be a certified account, meaning that these men who are very well known in the financial world have put their reputation on the line,” said Cardinal Carter. The council fought “quite a battle” for five years with Vatican officials “to send a financial report to all the dioceses of the world and the religious communities,” he said. “Every year we were pounding on the same thing, and finally we got it done,” he added. The cardinal added that the Vatican also discovered that “there were some assets which we had undervalued.” Neither he nor the Vatican statement elaborated. (Continued on page 12) Illegal Hispanics Fear Quake Aid BY INES PINTO ALICEA WASHINGTON (CNS) — In northern California, many of the Hispanics without legal status fear that if they ask for federal quake relief, they will be deported, said Antonio Sanchez, a Mexican permanent deacon at Holy Cross Church in Santa Cruz. “It’s hard to convince the illegals to ask for help,” San chez told Catholic News Service Oct. 26. “They are very scared. They would rather suffer hunger.” Sanchez said he has been meeting with many of the Hispanics left homeless in the area since the Oct. 17 quake to calm them and encourage them to seek help. Ed Rauber, executive director of Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Monterey, said he too has met with many of the Hispanics reluctant to ask for federal aid. For many, their fears are compounded by language barriers, he said. “We have Spanish-speaking volunteers, but we need bi lingual professionals who are therapists and social work ers, who will tell them what’s available in the community to (Continued on page 12) MASS FOR FOUNDATION — Wearing full African vestments, Archbishop Marino is flank ed by Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop John Ricard, left, and Detroit Auxiliary Moses B. Anderson, Archbishop Visits BY GRETCHEN REISER Jailed Operation Rescue leader Randall Terry is virtual ly cut off from contact with his family and believes Fulton County prosecutors will try to extend his prison term, ac cording to Archbishop Eugene A. Marino, SSJ. The archbishop visited Terry Oct. 24 at a Fulton County work farm in Alpharetta where he is serving a two-year prison term. He was sentenced after refusing to pay two $500 fines for charges of criminal trespass and unlawful assembly outside an Atlanta abortion clinic in July 1988. INSIDE Cancer Home photos at big benefit page 8 Cardinal urges U.S. “bring heat” to porn fight page 15 Miracle Baby tiniest preemie has birthday page 15 at the Liturgy inaugurating the Sister Thea Bowman Black Catholic Educational Founda tion. St. Michael’s College in Winooski, Vt., was the setting. (See story on page 12) Imprisoned Terry Terry, 30, is married and he and his wife, Cindy, have four children, three of them foster children. Operation Rescue spokeswoman Juli Loesch said last year that the Terrys became foster parents for the children after shelter ing the family while the mother was pregnant with the youngest. Both Terrys have counseled pregnant women outside abortion clinics in Binghamton, N.Y., where they live. According to Archbishop Marino, Terry said authorities have threatened to remove the foster children from their home, even though the youngest has lived with them since birth. The archbishop later telephoned Mrs. Terry, who said her husband was permitted to call her once a month and talk for 10 minutes. Several other charges are pending against Terry in Atlanta, the archbishop said, and the Operation Rescue leader believes the prosecutor will attempt to “keep him in jail as long as possible.” “He’s serious-minded and sober,” Archbishop Marino said. “He’s had a long time to consider what it’s going to be like” to be jailed for two years. After approximately a 20-minute visit, the archbishop and others with him, including St. Thomas Aquinas pastor Father James Fennessy, knelt in a circle with Terry, held hands and prayed. “I prayed for him and his family. I prayed for a conversion in the nation, in the minds and hearts of people” concerning abortion, Archbishop Marino said. He also talked to Terry about “writers Victor Frankl and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who have written about the search for meaning in the midst of suffering, and about imprisonment for matters of conscience. In a letter written from the prison to Operation Rescue supporters, Terry said he would appeal his conviction, but (Continued on page 12) Betsy Styles heads CSS aging services page 3
