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Archbishop Laghi to replace Cardinal( Baum ByAgostinoBono since December, 1980, the pope's rep­ Prior to being named to the education troversial task begun by Cardinal Baum. Catholic News Service resentative in the United States. congregation, Cardinal Baum was bishop Many Camolic educators have criticized VATICAN CITY - U.S. Cardinal The Vatican announced the appointments of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Mo., and me norms, saying tiieyd o not take into ac­ William W. Baum has been named to head April 6. The announcement did not say archbishop of Washington. In 1976, he count legal, educational and cultural the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Vatican of­ who would replace Archbishop Laghi in was named a cardinal. differences around me world. This has led fice that deals with matters of conscience Washington. Archbishop Laghi, 67, was assigned to to extensive revisions, a process still conti­ involving the sacraments and procedural The 63-year-old Cardinal Baum, who the United States in 1980. At the time, no nuing. issues concerning the sacraments and in­ suffers from eye problems, has headed the U.S.-Vatican diplomatic recognition ex­ The final draft will be presented to me dulgences. education congregation since 1980. At the isted, and the archbishop's main job was to pope for definitive action. Replacing Cardinal Baum as head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, he replaces Italian be die pope's representative to die U.S. hi­ In an April 6 farewell talk to congrega­ Vatican Congregation for Catholic Edu- Cardinal Luigi Dadaglio, who turned 75 erarchy. He had me title of apostolic dele­ tion officials, Cardinal Baum praised his cationa(for Seminaries and Educational In­ last September. Seventy-five is the normal gate in die United States. successor. stitutions) is Italian Archbishop Pio Laghi, retirement age for Vatican officials. After diplomatic relations were estab­ "Archbishop Laghi is a very lished in 1984, he became apostolic pro- distinguished and qualified person of great British change rules for mixed marriages nuncio to the United States, representing experience," said die cardinal. me Vatican to me U.S. government as well In a statement released April 6 in LONDON (CNS) - Bishops of England The guidelines, which replaced those as continuing as die pope's representative Washington, Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarc­ and Wales have issued new guidelines for issued in 1970 and revised in 1977, rule out to the U.S. bishops. zyk of Cincinnati, president of me National interdenominational marriages, loosening die possibility of dual church membership Prior to working in die United States, Conference of Catholic Bishops, expressed rules on raising children Catholic but rul­ for children of mixed marriages. It is not sadness and joy about the announcement of ing out dual church membership for possible for children to be Catholics and to Archbishop Laghi was apostolic nuncio to Archbishop Laghi's appointment. children. belong to the denomination of the other Argentina. / "I am pleased for Archbishop Laghi but The Catholic partner in a mixed mar­ parent, the guidelines say. The education congregation oversees sad for ourselves. The church in the United Catholic schools from the elementary riage no longer has to sign a statement The guidelines quote Pope John Paul H's States will be saying goodbye to a genuine promising "to do all in my power'' to have through university levels. It is also respon­ friend," Archbishop Pilarczyk said. the children raised Catholic. exhortation to mixed-marriage couples sible for Camolic institutions on non- He said the dynamism of me U.S. church during his 1982 visit to Britain, when he Catholic campuses. In mission countries, it Under the new guidelines, the Catholic told mem: "You live in your marriage die "has been fed by Archbishop Laghi's own partner verbally promises the priest, "I coordinates its work with me Vatican Con­ energy, and his leaving is our loss.'' sincerely undertake that I will do all that I hopes and difficulties of the path to Chris­ gregation for the Evangelization of . "It's not easy to be a bishop today," Ar­ can within the unity of our partnership to tian unity." Peoples. chbishop Pilarczyk added. "But each of us have all the children of our marriage bap­ They also mention Pope Paul VTs 1970 One of Archbishop Laghi's major tasks has felt that in Archbishop Laghi we could tized and brought up in the Catholic Chur­ statement that the church has a duty to will be to complete work on proposed count on finding an open door, an open ear ch." discourage mixed marriages. norms for Camolic universities, a con- and an open heart."

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