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Catholic High Schools : Appear in Next Week's Issue Immaculata-La Salle High of the Voice Death with dignity slogan confuses issues By RUSSELL SHAW VOICE Recent medical, legal and social developments have raised in an acute NOVEMBER 7, 1975 25c VOL. XVII No. 35 form some age-old questions about matters of life and death. How far does the obligation to preserve life, one's own or someone else's, extend? Is it ever permissible to hasten the death of a dying person? Are some human lives of such reduced value that death should be permitted? WHO HAS the right to make such decisions? Does it do more harm than good to try to legislate difficult but crucially important ethical distinctions which touch on these matters—especially in light of the fact that advocates of mercy killing are seeking legal backing for Still their position? These and related questions have been dramatized by the case of Karen Ann Quinlan, the 21-year-old New Jersey woman whose adoptive parents stalks asked a court to authorize discontinuing the respirator which had kept her alive in a hospital since she lapsed into a coma in April. But the heartrending Quinlan case has only served to focus attention in an our especially dramatic way upon issues which have been of growing concern to doctors, lawyers and moralists for some time. The efforts under way in many streets states to win enactment of so-called "death with dignity" laws are par- In many forms, leaving ticularly significant in this respect. young and old alike with SORTING OUT and resolving the poor and inadequate issues, nearly everyone agrees, is an diet in a food-rich enormously complicated task. For country. Story, pictures, example, no one rejects the notion that Page 6. there should be "death with dignity"— just as there should be life with dignity. The trouble is that the phrase itself is an astute, ambiguous slogan which con- fuses matters instead of clarifying them. Continued on page 11 Installation in next issue High school exams Full coverage of the installation of Bishop Rene XIN Entrance examinations for the H. Gracida as the First 1976-77 academic year will be held Bishop of the Diocese of Nov. 22, 1975 at the following Pensacola-Tallahassee will CHGA Catholic high schools : appear in next week's issue Immaculata-La Salle High of The Voice. Ceremonies School, 3601 S. Miami Ave. were scheduled for THl/dNG Our Lady of Lourdes Thursday, Nov. 6 in Academy, 5525 SW 84 St. Pensacola. Notre Dame Academy, 130 NE 62 St. St. Brendan High School, 2900 SW 87 Ave. According to Father Vincent CHONG Kelly, Acting Superintendent of Education, prospective students should contact the schools for applications. Examination date for other Classified. 24 •£> (Lord, hear us) high schools of the Archdiocese of Editorial.. 10 Miami will be Feb. 7, 1976. Gospel ... 22 Know Your .'•*% A tiny Vietnamese tot Faith 13 Movies ... 17 .*•."" kneels during home Pacesetter 7 Mass for her family and Prayer . 22 other natives of her TERRORISM So.Fla.Scene 18 Z country in St. Raymond Spanish . 25-28 TV 76 i parish. See story and Miami tip of iceberg, P. 10 Waish 10 pictures, Pages 4 and 5. Youth 20 OVERVIEW On ordination of women MILWAUKEE - (NC) - Archbishop Bernardin said: "That's discipline will continue to have and to Church has the "prophetic role" to Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin of really the basic issue. Is it (the ban) hold the entire field unless and until a bring the Gospel to bear upon Cincinnati, president of the National cultural or the will of Christ?" He contrary theological development political issues. Almost every Conference of Catholic Bishops said no evidence has been presented takes place, leading ultimately to a political or social question has a (NCCB), said here his recent recently to show that the ban was clarifying statement from the moral dimension. statement reaffirming the Church's mainly cultural. magisterium.' I made it clear that I • Supreme Court rulings: no ban on women priests was issued He added, however, that further personally do not envision such a change in attitude toward separation because the U.S. bishops did not scriptural studies, theological development taking place.") of Church and state can be expected want to "mislead" by remaining examinations and an analysis of early Archbishop Bernardin said until composition of the court silent. Christian writings might possibly attention paid to the ordination issue changes. The justices' reasoning in Among the factors leading to the bring about a change in thinking. obscured the positive emphasis upon school aid cases implies that the statement were a conference women's rights contained in the same Church should have no voice in any scheduled for late November near (RESPONDING to questions statement. political or social debate because it Detroit on the question of women's later, the archbishop added this "More has to be done to bring might be "divisive." ordination and the continuing clarifying statement: "After stating women into the decision-making • Religious vocations. There is controversy over women priests in the reasons why the Church's process at all levels, diocesan, some evidence that the downward the Episcopal Church, Archbishop practice of not ordaining women national and international," he said. trend has "bottomed out" and in- Bernardin said at a press conference. would be continued, I was asked creases may be on the horizon. HE EXPLAINED that he did about the possibility of future • Other topics touched upon • Decline in Mass attendance. not issue the statement personally developments in this area. My an- by the archbishop included: He has not studied the most recent but acted at the request of the NCCB swer to this question was, in effect, a • Church and state: while National Opinion Research Center administrative committee. reference to the paragraph from the partisan politics have no place in the survey, the archbishop said, but he "Restating his belief that the 1972 report of the Pastoral Research pulpit, the Church must address would favor having a similar poll current prohibition has valid and Practices Committee quoted in itself to issues in the temporal order commissioned by the U.S. bishops. theological roots and cannot be my statement. This paragraph states and thus cannot avoid becoming There are, however, no immediate dismissed as cultural or sociological, in part: 'The well founded present involved in the political sphere. The plans for such an action. WITH ANAL YSIS FROM Inside the news-briefly VOICE EDITORS Bishops to meet, at the Continental Congress on percent of the authorized in the active promotion of better the Family endorsed a General Revenue Sharing funds relations between themselves discuss vital issues statement condemning the advanced to eligible and Jews. "free and easy practice of governments has been spent The Catholic bishops of the abortion." "We acknowledge that for social services for the poor United States will meet in Christians differ in their view or aged." Mathew Ahmann, Life support Washington, D.C. Nov. 17-20- concerning the time when NCCC associate director, and Takes no stand Items they are to deal with personhood begins," the Father Marvin Mottet, director centers backed include: a pastoral plan for statement said, "but we agree of the Office of Social Action of Vatican spokesman Federico pro-life activities; a pastoral that God has admonished us to the diocese of Davenport, Iowa, Alessandrini said Oct. 31 that response to the national appeared before the House A broad range of witnesses the Vatican will take no official choose life instead of death, appearing at a Senate hearing, housing crisis; revision of the and has set penalties for those subcommittee on stand on the morality of discon- training program for future including both opponents and necting a respirator from Karen who would, even accidentally, intergovernmental relations and supporters of legalized priests; a statement on cause a pregnant woman to be human resources which Ann Quintan. "The Vatican can- Catholic-Jewish relations. They abortion, joined in backing not make pronouncements on injured in such a way that an is reviewing the General federal funding of "life support will also be faced with a unborn child is harmed. We see Revenue Sharing program. individual cases of this nature," proposed resolution on U.S. centers" to provide alternatives Alessandrini told NC News. "It no grounds on which Christians to abortion for pregnant economic problems, a pastoral who are concerned for all is up to the local ecclesiastical statement on the International teenagers. The only dissent jurisdiction to decide the merits human life and for the well- Christians, Jews came from Administration Eucharistic Congress in being of the family can of such a case." Philadelphia next year, and spokesmen who opposed condone the free and easy share views increased federal spending for guidelines for men Religious practice of abortion as it now who wish to become permanent such programs and said exists in our society," the Increased dialogue and a existing programs could deacons. In addition to statement concluded. frank approach to theological, Peace message proposals for action, the social and other sensitive issues adequately meet the needs of bishops will hear progress dividing Christians and Jews young girls with problem "Judicious disarming" and reports on the status of mayor 'Revenue sharing were prescribed in Memphis pregnancies. Senators, the updating and observance of national programs such as the Oct. 28-30 as necessary steps physicians, social workers and treaties are prime "weapons of development of the National has hurt poor' to improve relations between others testifying argued that peace" against mounting symp- Catechetical Directory, the existing programs are too toms of conflict, Pope Paul VI The poor have "suffered" the two groups. The appeals poorly funded, too fragmented Catholic observance of the from the replacement of some were made to some 125 people had declared in this 1976 mes- bicentennial, and the USCC and too complicated to provide sage for the Day of Peace Jan.
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