Inside Archbishop Buechlein . 5 Editorial . 4 Question Corner . 11 Sunday and Daily Readings . 11 Serving the ChurchCriterion in Central and Souther n Indiana Since 1960 CriterionOnline.com July 8, 2005 Vol. XXXXIV, No. 39 75¢ Pope urges G-8 to take measures to eradicate global poverty VATICAN CITY (CNS)—As leaders of reduce the debt of poorer countries and to and promote authentic development in sage greeted all those “united by their some of the world’s wealthiest nations got foster “authentic development” in Africa, Africa.” concern for the welfare of millions of our ready for the Group of Eight summit in a continent “often overlooked.” The previous day in Edinburgh, brothers and sisters afflicted by extreme Scotland, Pope Benedict XVI urged them The pope said he hoped the G-8 sum- Scotland, Cardinal Keith O’Brien of St. poverty.” to take “concrete measures” to eradicate mit would enjoy full success by having Andrews and Edinburgh read a papal mes- “As the Second Vatican Council global poverty. nations agree to share, “in solidarity, the sage to a crowd of 225,000. teaches, ‘God intended the earth and all it After praying the Angelus July 3, the costs of debt reduction, to enact concrete Signed by the Vatican’s secretary of contains for the use of everyone and of all pope appealed to summit participants to measures for the eradication of poverty state, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the mes- See POVERTY, page 2 O’Connor Art in new catechism illustrates retirement the ‘infinite beauty of God’ ends career of ‘most powerful VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Benedict XVI believes classical works of Christian art can educate people in person’ in U.S. the faith and lead them to deeper prayer just as the images did hundreds WASHINGTON (CNS)—The pending of years ago. retirement of Justice Sandra Day When he released the Compendium CNS photo from Catholic Press Photo O’Connor from the of the Catechism of the Catholic Supreme Court has Church at the Vatican on June 28, he set in motion a battle said the 14 works of art in the book over her replacement were not meant to be decorative. that will run through “The choice was made to illustrate the summer, but it the doctrinal content of the com- also highlights a pendium,” said the pope, who was in remarkable judicial charge of producing the book in his career. previous post as prefect of the O’Connor’s July 1 Congregation for the Doctrine of the announcement that Faith. Sandra Day O’Connor she would retire as “Art always ‘speaks,’ at least soon as her replace- implicitly, of the divine, of the infinite ment can be confirmed ends an era for not beauty of God, which is reflected in only the first woman on the Supreme the icon par excellence: Christ the Court but of someone who for years was Lord, the image of the invisible God,” “the most powerful person in America,” as the pope said. she was described by Mark Chopko, gen- Sacred images function as a procla- eral counsel for the U.S. Conference of mation of the Gospel, “demonstrating Catholic Bishops. the supreme harmony between the “She sits smack in the middle” of many good and the beautiful,” he said. crucial decisions made by the court since While the works in the compendium she was named to it in 1981, Chopko are all European, Byzantine or Coptic, explained. Pope Benedict said the same 14 Chopko said that O’Connor always images will be included in every lan- took great pains to decide a case based on guage version so the text can be identi- the facts of the individual case. That made fied as Catholic no matter where it is it difficult to predict which side she would published. take, he said. The use of the same images around “For her the issues were always fact- the world is a testimony that “one faith intensive,” said Chopko. “You had to per- is professed by each of the faithful in a suade her your side was correct. You multiplicity of Church and cultural couldn’t say going in ‘this is where she’ll contexts,” he said. be.’“ Of the works reproduced in the When O’Connor, then an Arizona See ARTWORK, page 8 See O’CONNOR, page 13 Jesus and his Apostles at the Last Supper is one of 14 pieces of art included in every lan- guage version of the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Pope Benedict XVI said that the works of art in the compendium are not meant to be decorative, but to be a proclamation of the Gospel. Helping those in need in the Terre Haute Deanery is a family affair for the Etlings By Brandon A. Evans the director of the agency after the It’s not hard to see why that’s the senior John Etling retired at the end of case. John Etling has led Catholic Charities April. Of the various programs that Catholic of Terre Haute for more than three “John will be sorely missed,” said Charities runs, John Etling was there at decades and although he retired recently David Siler, executive director of the start of each, rounding up the volun- the Etling name will remain synonymous Catholic Charities for the archdiocese. teers and providing the catalyst. with the agency. “Basically, he is Catholic Charities—the In 1973, there was no Catholic John C. Etling replaced his father as definition of it in Terre Haute.” See ETLING, page 12 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, July 8, 2005 Marriage seminar to be held on July 18 at Indiana Black Expo By Mary Ann Wyand Ministry and pastor of St. Michael the adding a new feature to its Black Expo of engaged couples for married life Archangel Parish in Indianapolis, said the presence,” he said. “This year will see the through marriage enrichment and prepara- For the first time in the 35-year history marriage enrichment seminar is free with inauguration of the Catholic Church’s tion programs in the Chicago area. of Indiana Black Expo, the archdiocesan admission to Indiana Black Expo. Black Expo seminar.” The Lykes have presented speeches, Office of Multicultural Ministry will pre- “The Catholic Archdiocese of Andrew and Terri Lyke have been workshops, retreats and seminars on mar- sent an educational seminar to help mar- Indianapolis has been involved with Indiana involved in marriage ministry for the riage and family issues to Church, com- ried couples strengthen their relationship. Black Expo from the beginning,” Father African-American Catholic community of munity and business audiences. They also “Beyond Bliss: The Real Deal on Black Taylor said. “Each year, there would be an Chicago since 1982. have appeared on television programs and Marriage” will be presented by Andrew exhibit booth to not only provide informa- He is the coordinator of Marriage written articles for several publications. and Terri Lyke of Lyke to Lyke tion on the Catholic faith, but also to pro- Ministry for the Archdiocese of Chicago Consultants in Chicago at 11 a.m. and 3 vide information on the Catholic schools and a member of the national advisory (For more information about Indiana p.m. on July 16 in Room 105 of the and agencies that serve the African- council of the U.S. Conference of Black Expo programs and activities from Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. American community of Indianapolis. Catholic Bishops. July 7-17 at the Indiana Convention Father Kenneth Taylor, director of the “This year, as Black Expo celebrates its As part of a team of married couples Center in Indianapolis, log on to archdiocesan Office of Multicultural 35th anniversary, the archdiocese is and clergy, they have prepared thousands indianablackexpo.com.) † Thousands of demon- strators take part in an POVERTY anti-poverty rally in continued from page 1 Edinburgh, Scotland, CNS photo from Reuters peoples, so that the good things of cre- on July 2. Pope ation should be available equally to all,’“ Benedict XVI appealed said the message, quoting from the to G-8 summit partici- Second Vatican Council’s document on pants to reduce the the Church in the modern world, debt of poorer countries “Gaudium et Spes.” and to foster “authentic “For this reason, people from the development” in Africa, world’s richest countries should be pre- a continent he said is pared to accept the burden of debt reduc- “often overlooked.” tion for heavily indebted poor countries and should urge their leaders to fulfill the pledges made to reduce world poverty, especially in Africa, by the year 2015,” the pope’s message said. Cardinal O’Brien told rally participants they were there because they recognized their solidarity with the world’s poor. “We are here today because we are scandalized by the needless suffering that poverty causes. To be passive or indiffer- ent in the knowledge that one child dies needlessly every three seconds is to be an accomplice in barbarity,” he said. “We say to the leaders of the world’s richest nations: We have no intention of being accomplices in barbarity.” He added: “The poor do not seek char- ity but justice. Canceling debt, increasing aid, making the rules of trade fair are not acts of charity: They are long overdue acts Cormac Murphy-O’Connor of 30,000 children die each day from malnu- of 5 billion people. of justice. We demand generosity and jus- Westminster, England, who told the crowd trition and preventable diseases. More than 200,000 people attended a tice in our giving and in our politics.” that the church was asking for trade jus- Campaigners believe an opportunity to 10-hour concert in London’s Hyde Park Cardinal O’Brien was accompanied by tice, more aid and the cancellation of wipe out extreme poverty has been pre- where they saw such acts as Coldplay, church leaders, including Cardinal unpayable debt.