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D e n v e r C a t h o l ic Vol. LXXIV No. 10 Ninety eight years of service to the Gospel March 25, I 998 CNS PHOTO FROM REUTERS Prisoners at Buchenwald peer through a barbed-wire fence upon their liberation in 1945. Repentance Vatican issues document on the Holocaust 3 Tech Summit Church leaders — ^ — to gather in Denver / f Inal Stafford! Archbishop emeritus to be honored upon his return 9 - 3 2 PHOTOS BY JAMES BACA/GRAPHIC DESIGN BY BOB UNN ?;s>;vs life «T|-tt DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER March 25. I 998 Educators called to be soldiers of mercy, justice and truth I i r having done all, to stand. own hearts, or you wouldn't be here Third in a three-part column derived today. St. from Archbishop Chaput’s keynote address Stand therefore, having girded your Archbishop’s loins with truth, and having put on the As we continue this season of at the 1998 Mile Hi Congress. Lent in this Year of the Holy Spirit, I B yU n C olum n breastplate of righteousness, and having ask you to pray for me— as I will pray Fo When I was confirmed, the bishop shod your feet with the equipment of the By Most Rev. Gospel of Peace; above all taking the for you — to have the same courage Baptist gave me a light slap on the cheek to which the Apostles found at Pente ing CO remind me of the persecution that Charles J. Chaput shield of faith, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil cost: to preacii Jesus Christ with pas has be might come because of my faith. I be sion and conviction, in season and out, and fa came a soldier of Christ in a spiritual one. And take the helmet of salvation so that others may hear and believe. togethi war that has gone on throughout his and the sword of the spirit, which is the God bless each of you, and thank celebr tory on every continent, in every cul truth, brothers and sisters, you are the word of God. you for the tremendous work you do. Christ. ture and in every individual heart. friend of God. And if you are the friend Catholic education cannot be done by the disaffected or lukewarm. It s for St. 1 suppose expressions like "spiri of God, you are the enemy of those who knowi tual warfare" fell out of favor in the revile Him. St. Paul says it most power people who have a fire in their heart for God; who love the Church and her and w 1960s because they had a flavor of mili fully in Ephesians 6, 10-17: loners tarism or preconciliar theology. But I Finally, be strong in the Lord and the teachings; who want to be a lion for the Lord and not a housecat. It's for mission March 26-28; Participate in mobile think it's time to reclaim the truth at strength of His might. Put on the whole ish-sp the heart of those words. armor of God, that you may be able to aries and soldiers of mercy, justice and "The New Technologies and the truth. It's for souls who see their own Human Person" conference in have I Spiritual warfare is real. We are stand against the wiles of the devil. For opporf soldiers of Christ, and we are engaged we are not contending against flesh and suffering as a small price to pay, to be Denver; March 29: Mass and part of God's great work of redemption. ground-breaking for new Queen of "S in a war for the soul of the world with blood, but against the principalities, beentt spiritual enemies who hate the human against the powers, against the world The "good news of great joy" is that Peace Church in Aurora (9 a.m.); the hardest victory is already won. concelebrate Mass in honor of Car a small person and all of God's creation. rulers of this present darkness, against know The cost of that war is the blood the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the Christ has opened the door to new life. dinal J. Francis Stafford (12:30 Our job is to follow Him and lead oth p.m.) at the Cathedral of the Im Father of martyrs, and the history of this cen- heavenly places. Therefore, take the "But ii tvuy is written in it. That's what I mean whole armor of God, that you may be ers to Him. maculate Conception. I know you have that hunger in your of new by missionary realism. If you teach the able to withstand in the evil day, and and th, for us. Fa rent sit Pope urges Nigerian government to respect human dignity to esta people By Cindy Wooden Pope John Paul thanked Nigerian soldiers for their come I prominent role in the West African intervention forces theeqi that have helped restore democracy in Liberia and in the Ca b u ja , Nigeria (CNS) — Visiting Nigeria to be Sierra Leone. He particularly thanked Nigerian soldiers atify a local priest. Pope John Paul II called on involved in rescuing Catholic missionaries trapped by A the covmtry's military government and citizens the fighting in Sierra Leone in February. to honor the priest’s memory by respecting the human "Justice and peace are the path of development and Gi dignity of all and promoting reconciliation. progress," the Pope said. "May God strengithen those By LiSi A ^ving in the country March 21, the Pope recog who walk this path in the service of the human com nized the role Nigerian soldiers have played in restor munity." Gc ing democracy in other West African nations and said Abacha told the Pope he hoped the implementa so mar it was time democracy be given a chance in Nigeria. tion of his plans for democracy "will usher in a new School The Vatican gave Nigerian government leaders a era of stability and sustainable development in our in Den’ list of about 60 prisoners, including journalists and poli country." ents ai ticians jailed for their opposition to the government, The Pope and the general met privately that school and asked for "clemency" on their behalf. evening for about 30 minutes in the new State House "T Temperatures were in the upper 90s throughout in Abuja, the country’s capital since 1992. The two spoke Hm,ai the Pope’s March 21-23 stay, but the 77-year-old pon about the human rights situation in the country and hearts, tiff seemed to handle the heat and humidity well, and the work of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, said Blessec he read his speeches in English with a strong, clear Joaquin Navarro-Vails, papal spokesman. Cathol voice. Celebrating Mass March 22 in Nigeria’s Catholic the vas He did use the ebony and ivory cane he received stronghold, Onitsha, in the country’s Southeast, Pope the are March 21 as a gift from Gen. Sard Abacha, the country’s John Paul beatified Father Cyprian Michael Iwene the nei leader who came to power in a 1993 coup. Pope John Paul II visited Nigeria, March 21-23. Tansi, a priest from the area. Fattier Tansi, the first Ni Fo The Pope was met at the airport by the general, In Onitsha, he beatified a popular Nigerian gerian to be beatified, died in 1964 in a Trappist monas school who repeatedly has said he will hand power over to a priest, Father Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi. tery in England, where he had gone to learn the contem mingli civilian government in October 1998, based on the re plative life in order to foimd a monastery in Nigeria. bright] sults of August general elections. dom and expertise in the difficult and urgent task of During the homily at the Mass, attended by an es nected At the arrival ce’-emony, the Pope told Abacha and building a society that respects all its members in their timated 1 million people at an abandoned airfield, the Young all Nigerians, "You are all called to muster your wis- dignity, their rights and their freedoms." Pope said he came to preach what Father Tansi had ined t preached: "reconciliation with God and reconciliation with Father Joseph Romero, pastor at Holy Year of the Holy Spirit of people among themselves." photog Prayers at the Mass, concelebrated by all the forms Family, Fort Collins, dies March 13 A time of hope in the definitive nation's bishops, were said in English and the five lan cheerl coming of the kingdom of God guages spoken by the largest of the coimtry’s 250 eth poms. heatine Father Joseph Romero, 53, former pastor nic groups. Vii T of Holy Family Parish in Fort Collins, died March Scripture Readings: Necrology and I 13. Father Romero was known for his work with the Fifth Sunday of Lent gathen Denver Catholic Register (USPS Hispanic community in Fort Collins First Reading: Father Thomas Stone Denver Catholic about March 25, 1995 557-020) is published weekly except "He helped so much the Fort Collins community, Isiah 43: 16-21 th e la s t w e e k o f D e c e m b e r and the school giving special attention to the Latino and the poor com Father Adam Ritter Register Psalm: 121: 1-6 first week of January by the Arch who w munities," said Gerardo Fremaint, a parishioner of March 30, 1997 Published by the Second Reading: diocese of Denver, 1300 S.