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New Year, Holy Year begins This Sunday, Jan. 1, marks the beginning of soon to coordinate the Holy Year activities along Love and Living, a Sense of Community, a Sense the Archdiocese of Miami Holy Year, and with it with a committee including Anglo, Spanish and of Mission. Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy has sent other elements to have input into the planning The themes, as outlined and developed by the special greetings to the people of the Archdiocese and development, which will then be disseminated Archdiocese Holy Year Committee, will be put as the first phase of the event is ushered in. to the parishes for a coordinated effort fourth from the pulpits each Sunday of Lent, the "As we begin the New Year together," the throughout the Archdiocese. Archbishop said, "and we are hopeful that many Archbishop said, "I send blessings, warm The Holy Year, as first announced last levels, the family, the parish, the schools and greetings and encouragement in the Lord to the October by the Archbishop, is planned for three organizations will reflect on them, asking what is 'ev.'ted priets, Religious and faithful our Arch- phases: (1) preparation (2) discernment, and (3) our state or our condition relative to a particular diocese. celebration, the latter to possibly culminate in a theme, and if it is not good enough what are our "This year we celebrate our own 'Holy Year' major celebration in the Orange Bowl or some obstacle, what can we do to make it better." in observance of the 20th anniversary of the other suitable arena. "We would hope to then pull together from Archdiocese. May it be a special year of renewed The first phase is one of "prayerful reflection all this reflection and discussion a discernment dedication to our common purpose of growing and prayer for guidance and prayer for the Holy which is the second phase, coordinated with through Christ and the Holy Spirit in faith and Spirit," he said, adding that five themes will be Pentecost— of needs and programs for the next prayer and love, in our sense of community and coordinated with the Lenten season, one theme five years for the whole Archdiocese. of calling as the people of God". for each week. The third phase, then, would be some sort of THE THEMES are Faith, Prayer, Christian major celebration with liturgy, music and The Archbishop said a priest will be named festivity. VOICE VOL. XIX No. 43 PRICE 25c DECEMBER 30, 1977 Pope calls for end of violence to nations, people VATICAN CITY- PEACE, said the Pope, (NC) —In his annual message cannot be based on the "in- for the World Day of Peace fernal destructive capacity" of (Jan. 1), Pope Paul VI has arms. appealed for an end to violence The Pontiff said thaf'war against nations and in- is being kept in check by the dividuals, including the terrible nature of its own arms unborn. which it would immediately "Our war against war has have at its disposal." not yet been won, and our But fear of a possible 'yes' to peace is rather "cosmic conflagration" wrote something wished for than the Pope, "is more an something real," wrote the imagined restraint than - real Pontiff in his message ad- one." dressed to "the world and to The Pope had high praise humanity." for "the lofty and rational He urged all men to effort being made at the i V1-*«ff*. >wi* * i v jj ' ** * ^ "consider and exalt peace highest political levels" to even outside the trenches" on insure peace. the 11th celebration of the He also lauded the up- World Day of Peace, an ob- coming special session of the servance which he himself U.N. General Assembly on the established, this year's theme problem of disarmament and is "No to Violence, Yes to the 1975 Helsinki Conference Peace." as signs of progress in the His 16-page message search for peace. cont ined a special appeal to (The Vatican announced doctors in the "ministry of that copies of the Peace Day -j-edicine" to ally themselves message were being ch ihe Church in defence of distributed to participants in .iuman life. the Belgrade Conference, a "We cannot fail to follow-up to the Helsinki disapprove of each and every meeting. offense against nascent life, (The message is also and we must appeal to every being distributed to authority and to everyone who government leaders by Growing together has due competence, to work apostolic nuncios and for the prohibition of procured delegates around the world, to "May it (the Holy Year) be a abortion and for its remedy," delegations of all member wrote the Pope. countries of the United special year of renewed Inside The message explicitly Nations, to heads of in- Classified 77 condemned "acts of pitiless ternational organizations and Editorial 5 terrorism," crimes against the world religious bodies.) dedication to our common Family Life 12 innocent, vendettas, and the POLITICAL peace ef- Movies & TV... 15 purpose of growing... in our Prayers 14 mounting arms race. forts, said the Pope, must not It's A Date 8 For the first time, the tend so much "toward 99 S. Fla. Scene. .. 9 papal Peace Day message was balancing the forces of the sense of community... Youth 13 especially addressed to "the possible contenders as toward great planners and operators of the world arms market." (Continued on Page 5) Abp. McCarthy United Nations 1977 a year of disarray By JEFF ENDRST UNITED NATIONS- and diplomatic sanctions be tempered by U.N. estimates (NC) —In 1977 the United imposed on both South Africa that even under those cir- Nations continued its seem- and Rhodesia. cumstances some 500 million ingly endless search for its On the other hand, the people were suffering own identity and its true role Nordic countries—among the malnutrition and 15 million in international relations. most progressive supporters died from it. While many of its sup- of African Liberation causes- porters and participants failed to convince the 49- The first U.N. Water claimed that the world could nation African bloc that the Conference ended in not do without it, U.N. assembly should express Argentina with the adoption Secretary General Kurt "deep concern" about "gross of recommendations fo» Waldheim himself listed a violations of basic human extensive program to avoiu u. gloomy agenda of existing or rights of individuals in global water crisis by the end predictable crises which the Uganda." of the century. United Nations has chosen to Efforts by Western The U.N. Law of the Sea Jignore or which , are not countries to create a post of Conference held two more responding to U.N. treatment. U.N. High Commissioner for inconclusive sessions without Waldheim challenged the Human Rights —a sort of resolving the multi-billion- membership to decide whether ombudsman for individuals or dollar questions of equitable the United Nations is to be groups facing repression or and orderly control of the high simply a "talking shop" or a discrimination by their seas and their vast un- crucible in which a new governments —were again derwater riches. The next try community will be molded by blocked as African and other is set for Geneva in 1978. "the wise men of the world." Third World countries sided The United Nations held The 32nd General with communist countries in a Desertification Conference Assembly increased its size to opposing the move. in Nairobi, Kenya, in an effort 149 with the admission of Prince Sadruddin Aga to find ways to halt the ex- Khan of Iran announced his pansion of arid) wastelands Vietnam and Djibouti. and reclaim deserts or The year's biggest in- retirement after more than a decade as U.N. High Com- marginal lands where life is ternational political event, the precarious. Egyptian-Israeli peace missioner for Refugees. He initiative, caught the warned that the world is The United Nations assembly unprepared and producing ever more political reacted with shock and unresponsive. It came amid refugees but caring less and disbelief when the United the assembly's perennial and less about their fate. At year's States quit the U.N.- predictable routine, featuring end the assembly affiliated International Labor Israel in the international In the United Nations this past year, U.S. Ambassador unanimously approved Poul Organization in protest dock, giving the Palestine Andrew Young is shown casting a vote to place an Hartling, a former prime against the ILD's increased Liberation Organization the arms embargo on South Africa at a Security Council minister of Denmark, to take politicization. sole right to represent some 3 session. over the U.N. post. Nothing that the in- million Palestinians and After two years of good ternational arms race costs demanding a new Geneva repression of that country's Security Council took a weather and harvests, the $350 billion a year according peace conference on the black citizens. The Western historic step by imposing a United Nations learned that to U.N. experts, the General Middle East under conditions powers had first cast a triple mandatory arms embargo 1977 had produced a world Assembly decided to hold a totally unacceptable to Israel. veto against African demands against South Africa in grain surplus of 60 million special session in May 1978 on On another front, the that total military, economic response to mounting tons. The happy news was disarmament. 1st amendment vs second commandmentresponse to religious ridicule By CLIFF FOSTER (CASITM) a group which cards, parties etc." Instead of the Lampoon—the attorney's includes on its letterheard a in the media, "isn't legal WASHINGTON - "the one held by many to be 'pet project' as he put it—has supression but a firm and (NC)-Question: What quotation from the book of the Savior of mankind," cost the magazine more than concerted demand by the happens when a magazine Maccabees: "Remember their because of pressure from $1 million in advertising.