Orlando: Cupich Decries Targeting of Gays Climate Change Is Real; There Is No Debate

Single Issue: $1.00 Publication Mail Agreement No. 40030139 CATHOLIC JOURNAL Vol. 94 No. 5 June 15, 2016 Climate change Orlando: Cupich decries targeting of gays Climate change is real; there is no debate. The argument is what it means to planet By David Gibson Catholic churchman to identify a in a statement issued June 12. per cent over last year, according Earth; the challenge is how likely reason the victims were sin - His comments came as details to the Chicago Tribune. Of those, to save the world. WASHINGTON (RNS) — gled out and raise the controver - emerged about the early morning at least 250 had been killed. — page 3 Chicago Archbishop Blase sial issue of access to weapons. attack by a Florida man — a The attacker in Orlando, Omar Cupich has decried the apparent “Our prayers and hearts are Muslim who pledged loyalty to Mateen, 29, who was killed in a Lobbying for targeting of gays and lesbians in with the victims of the mass the extremist Islamic State group shootout at the club with police, Vatican II the Orlando nightclub massacre shooting in Orlando, their fami - — that left 50 dead and more than recently bought a handgun and an and called for greater efforts on lies and our gay and lesbian 50 injured. AR-15-style assault rifle, the type At age 92, Bishop Remi gun control, the first senior U.S. brothers and sisters,” Cupich said It was the largest mass shoot - of weapon commonly used in De Roo is “trying to sound a ing in U.S. history mass shootings. wakeup call to all believers and the worst ter - “The people of the Archdio - — Christian or non-Christian ror attack since the cese of Chicago stand with the Sept. 11 attacks in alike — to victims and their loved ones, and 2001. reclaim that reaffirm our commitment, with vision of “In response to Pope Francis, to address the caus - Pope John hatred, we are es of such tragedy, including easy called to sow love. XXIII and access to deadly weapons,” In response to vio - to enter into Cupich said. “We can no longer lence, peace. And, stand by and do nothing.” the renewed in response to in - Earlier Sunday, the Vatican program tolerance, toler - released a statement saying that to which ance,” Cupich said. the attack prompted “the deepest Pope Francis invites us and Cupich, whose feelings of horror and condemna - which he has illustrated by city faces a scourge tion, of pain and turmoil” in the his way of life.” of gun violence, pope, who called for prayers for — page 3 also raised the is - the victims and their families. Garage sale sue of gun control. The Vatican statement added After Memorial that Francis hopes “that ways A nine-year-old child’s long - Day, the number of may be found, as soon as possi - people shot this ble, to effectively identify and ing to help people in another CNS/Tom Tracy part of the world touched year in Chicago contrast the causes of such terri- hundreds and raised some TRAGEDY IN ORLANDO — People gather in West Palm Beach, Fla., June 12 to was at about 1,500 $5,000 as family, parish, mourn those killed in a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. — up more than 50 — RELIGION , page 23 school and community came together for a giant garage sale June 4 at St. Anne ‘Love the only power we have:’ Thévenot Parish in Saskatoon. — page 6 By Paula Fournier that who we are as human beings society, we don’t always see it Sometimes, he said, he has to Identity is that as long as I am useful, I’m that way. Suffering is something keep it moving. PRINCE ALBERT — The good for society.” we have tried to eliminate. Aches “I say to myself, isn’t that an “Our goal is to help our Prince Albert Seniors Advocacy He agreed people don’t like to and pains are got rid of through opportunity for me to realize I’m children grow up with a Centre held their monthly work - see others suffer. When children lotions and pills.” human? I should respect myself strong identity, speaking shop May 12 at Abbeyfield House. are sick, no one feels they are Having had polio at a young even in my pain or discourage- their language and standing Speakers included Bishop Albert useless. Parents and family offer age, Thévenot explained his leg proud,” said Delvin Thévenot, M. Afr., lawyer Philip comfort and presence. “Yet in our doesn’t always do what he wants. — CLARITY , page 4 Kanewiyakiho, master of Fourie, family physician Noeline ceremonies at the fourth Le Roux and law student Thomas Catholics need to lobby for patient options annual Indigenous Language Coertze. They spoke on multiple Celebration held May 15 issues, including advanced med - in Saskatoon. ical directives, Bill C-14, and liv - By Michael Swan care institutions and Catholics — page 7 ing and legal wills. The Catholic Register generally should be lobbying hard First to present was Thévenot, for a serious patient pathfinder Troubling who related the story of creation TORONTO (CCN) — Whether system. assumptions in which God created the form of it’s to protect consciences or vul - By referring patients to a cen - a body out of mud and called it nerable patients, the best hope for tralized agency — whose purpose The new movie Me Before man. “God gave his breath to us. limiting the scope of assisted sui - is not necessarily to deliver You “overflows with dehu - Giving us that gift is a responsi - cide in Canada now is a “robust patients into the hands of a will - manizing stereotypes about bility; we are stewards of the life third party option for all end-of- ing doctor but rather to lead them disability, from implications within us. Therefore, we must life care issues,” said Sister Nuala in a thorough look at all their that disabled people are protect, respect and love that life, Kenny as Bill C-14 wended its options, including palliative care things no more active than because that breath is divine and way from the House of Commons — doctors can be sure they are houseplants, to assumptions makes us a spiritual person. and through the Senate. not directly or indirectly involved that disability is a fate “God would say the only Kenny is the one-time head of in effecting or approving a sui - worse than death.” power we have is to love and be medical education at Toronto’s cide. They can also continue to — page 16 loved. How do we live together? Hospital for Sick Children, care for their patients even if doc - We create moral laws. For the last founding chair of the bioethics tor and patient disagree on assist - Music for liturgy 100 years, man has reasoned that program at Dalhousie University ed suicide, Kenny said. our discoveries and technologies in Halifax and a former deputy “Non-abandonment” of patients This week’s Prairie Mess - are in control. Slowly our society minister of health in Nova Scotia. is essential in the ethics of medi - enger features music selec - has started slipping to where we She advises Canada’s Catholic cine, said Kenny. tions for liturgy only understand individualism: bishops and the Catholic Health As of June 6, assisted suicide is from July 3, the me, myself and I. The more we Association of Canada on assisted a reality in Canada, though as of Catholic Register/Swan 14th Sunday in discover, the less we need of God. suicide. She was the one Catholic The Prairie Messenger’s press time Sister Nuala Kenny Ordinary Time, to He has been set aside.” member of the provincial and ter - it remained in a legal limbo as Sept. 25, the 26th He linked the disposable soci - ritorial advisory panel on the Parliament puts the final touches gave the federal government a year Sunday in Ordinary Time. ety to the concept of life being a issue, which also recommended a on Bill C-14. The legislation is the to have an assisted suicide law in — pages 11 - 14 commodity. centralized patient navigator sys - government’s response to the place. That deadline was extended “Pope Francis calls this the tem to legislators in Ottawa. Supreme Court of Canada’s Carter throwaway society. We are seeing Kenny believes Catholic health ruling from February 2015 that — KENNY , page 8 2 Prairie Messenger INTERNATIONAL NEWS June 15, 2016 Jesus makes wine because tea is embarrassing: pope By Carol Glatz came — as well as helping open all of humanity for all time. guide for a Christian life. of couples in St. Peter’s Square “the hearts of the disciples to the At the feast, he said, Jesus stip - “In Cana, Jesus’ disciples who were celebrating 50 years of VATICAN CITY (CNS) — faith,” he said. ulates a whole new covenant for become his family and the faith marriage. “Now that is the good Jesus’ first miracle of changing The miracles, or what John the “the servants of the Lord,” that is, of the church is born. All of us wine” for families, he said. water into wine expresses his Evangelist calls “signs,” were for the church, and a new mission: are invited to that wedding feast He thanked the couples for invitation to share in the joy of never meant to astonish people, “Do whatever he tells you.” so that the new wine will no their “beautiful witness,” which, the new covenant and reminds but to “reveal the father’s love,” “Serving the Lord means lis - longer run short.” he said, was something newly - people to do as he commands, the pope said.

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