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Youth oasis Vizcaya-like center will inspire Help offered- young to prayer —Page 12 Letter to victim /ol. XXXII No. 17 Catholic Archdiocese of Miami Price 25* Friday, August 23,1985 Pope's visiii t Boosted the faith, reached Islamics By Bill Pritchard NC News Service Pope John Paul IPs journey to Africa Aug. 8-19 was two trips in a sense: one to bolster the growing Cath- olic Church in sub-Saharan Africa, the other to build bridges to Islam. For the first 11 days, the pope focused on telling African Catholics to make the church their own, but in con- cert with church teaching. Hispanic green He also told local Catholics that the Catholics of Hispanic background from around the United States met, 1200 strong, in Washington to church in Africa has begun a "new discuss their needs and their place in the Church and voted by color-coded cards (green was 'si*) evangelization" which would deepen above. See stories on page 5, Archbishop McCarthy's comments on page 11. (Voice photo by Araceii the faith on the continent. Cantero) The pope's major encounter with Islam lasted only a few hours on the last day, but it involved a first-ever ad- world that is always more secularized founder of Islam, and is a major See shared the view of Moslems "that dress by the Pope to thousands of and sometimes even atheist." leader in the majority Sunni branch of Jerusalem should have a special status Moslem youths on their own ground. the faith. as a central point, the capital of three Speaking Aug. 19 in a stadium at 1st By Moslems The king is also head of the Moslem monotheistic religions, and that (it) Casablanca, Morocco, Pope John The Pope was the first in history to League's committee on Jerusalem. He should not only (be) the capital of Paul said Christian-Moslem Dialogue be invited to a Moslem country by its and the pope talked about the status Israel but should be the religious capi- "is today more necessary than ever. It religious leader. of Jerusalem during the visit, accord- tal of three monotheistic religions." follows from our fidelity to God and Morocco's King Hassan II, who in- ing to Vatican officials, but no details But, he added, "how that should be supposes that we know how to know vited the pope, is civil and religious of their discussion were released. realized is another question." God through faith and to witness to leader of the country. He claims to be Aboard the papal airplane bound Pope John Paul's message for him through word and action in a the 36th descendant of Mohammed, for Morocco, the pope said the Holy (Continued on page 9) Rights bill opposed as aiding abortion WASHINGTON (NC) — Msgr. block" to the bill's success and have Daniel F. Hoye, General Secretary of been under pressure from the Con- the U. S. Catholic Conference, reiter- gressional Black Caucus, whose ated to the nation's bishops Aug. 14 members seek to expedite passage of that the USCC will not back a contro- the measure. versial civil rights bill unless it contains The bill would override a Supreme anti-abortion provisions. Court ruling which held that if a "Only the right to life is a legitimate university or other higher educational civil right," he said. institution is found guilty of discrim- In a memo to the bishops, Msgr. ination in a given program, only Hoye reasserted the church's commit- federal funds to that program — not ment to civil rights. the entire university — can be cut off. Through testimony and other The ruling involved Grove City College. statements, the USCC previously has The Restoration Act would extend said it backs the principles of the pro- the civil rights provisions to the entire posed bill — the Civil Rights Restora- university. tion Act, H.R. 700 (informally, the "Grove City bill") but believes that The 1972 anti-discrimination law the legislation must contain safeguards known as Title IX has been interpreted so it is not used to promote abortion. as requiring abortion-related services The Hoye memo noted that the bis- for women at federally funded univer- Pope embraces young girl at Mass in Cameroon. <NC photo) hops are blamed as a "stumbling sities. USCC urges support Abortion foes score victory of parental rights bill WASHINGTON (NC) — The U.S. Catholic Conference wants congressional support for with family planning bill proposed legislation ensuring working parents the right to take parental leave for the birth, WASHINGTON (NC) — Abortion opponents or not, solely at the his own discretion, according to adoption or sickness of a child. The bill, H.R. scored two wins, one loss and what one called "a legislative analysts for pro-life organizations. 2020, the Parental and Disability Leave Act, would net victory" when Congress wrapped up family "It's a net victory," Richard Doerflinger, assis- also permit temporary leave for disabilities. The planning legislation included in a major foreign aid tant director of the U.S. bishops' Committee for bill calls for the establishment of a national authorization bill approved shortly before its Pro-Life Activities, said of the U.S. bishops' Com- commission to study parental leave salary issues. August recess. mittee for Pro-Life Activities, said of the congres- In a letter mailed to Congress, Msgr. Daniel F. Both House and Senate approved a joint House- sional action. Hoye, USCC general secretary, urged senators Senate conference committee version of the bill The fight over the U.N. fund is therefore likely to and representatives to co-sponsor the legislation, dropping House language condemning the People's move to the White House. which he termed a "modest" effort and step Republic of China for its reputed abortion prac- "It's going to be up to President Reagan to take toward "pro-family" policies. tices. necessary steps to implement pro-life policy in this But bowing to the wishes of the House the con- area," said Douglas Johnson, National Right to ference committee also refused to re-instate funds Life Committee Legislative Director. Episcopal diocese's study for the United Nations Fund for Population Ac- opposes Star Wars defense tivities, which many pro-lifers claim has been abet- WASHINGTON (RNS) — A study of the ting forced abortions of women in China. Likewise, nuclear arms race by the Episcopal diocese here the conference committee eliminated a Senate pro- opposes the MX missile and the Reagan adminis- posal to permit funding of international family tration's Star Wars plans. The 120-page draft planning organizations which use their own, non- report, "The Nuclear Dilemma: A Search for government funds for abortion-related activities. Christian Understanding," analyzes the moral, The Reagan administration has banned funding ethical, political and security implications of the of such groups. arms race between the United States and the The congressional actions thus maintained the Soviet Union. The report of the 15-person study current Reagan administration ban on funding of team, organized under the Washington Episcopal groups linked to abortion and allow President Diocese Peace Commission, is based on testimony Reagan to decide whether to fund the U.N. agency from more than 45 military and political experts and policy makers. Church is 'too white' says Bishop Lyke of Cleveland Rabbi to head interfaith center at Catholic college (Undated) (NC) — The Catholic Church "is ST. PAUL, Minn. (RNS) — One of still oppressively too white," Auxiliary Bishop Minnesota's best known Jewish leaders has been James P. Lyke of Cleveland said at the National appointed director of an interfaith center at a Office of Black Catholics' workshop in Atlanta. Roman Catholic college. He is Rabbi Max A. The July workshop was one of two recent Shapiro, who recently retired as spiritual leader national meetings of Black Catholics. Three of Temple Israel in Minneapolis, the largest national organizations of black religious leaders Jewish congregation in the state, after 30 years in meeting in Baltimore also discussed how to the post. The Reform rabbi has now been express to the church and society their black appointed director of the new Center for Jewish- religious identity, vision and mission in the Christian Learning at St. Thomas College, United States. At the Atlanta meeting Bishop Minnesota's larges private educational institution. Lyke said that all too often, "the church has been slow to be in the forefront, slow to make necessary changes, and relate to the needs of today and of each unique culture." Scholar researches meaning of 'two-door3 churches Angel flies home RICHMOND, Ky. (RNS) — Students of Catholics form 'supergroup' Raymond Gallagher of Chicago, an American architecture may want to supplement their studies flyer who was aboard the bomber which drop- of Tudor houses with examinations of two-door to improve health care ped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki on August churches after Susan Willis completes a project CHICAGO (NC) — Nineteen Catholic health- 9,1945m returned the head of an angel statue she is pursuing in central Kentucky. Willis, a care groups, which together manage one-fourth which once adorned the Nagasaki Cathedral professor of home economics at Eastern of the Catholic hospital beds in the United States, in Chicago. Gallagher presented the head to Kentucky University here, has been given a have formed a kind of "supergroup" to make Jesuit Father John O'Malley who returned it to the cathedral. (NC photo from World Wide.) $3,500 grant from the Kentucky Heritage Council Catholic health care stronger. The move is a to conduct a survey of such churches in 15 response to major changes in U.S.