Hews At A Glance] Members of the Mapuche Indian Catholics invited to pray for troubled Ireland Community in Chile listen to their Chief, WASHINGTON (NC) - The National Conference of Catholic Melillan Painemal, Bishops (NCCB) has invited Catholics in the United States to following an outdoor join the Catholic bishops in Northern Ireland and others there in praying for peace in that troubled area.. The NCCB has also •*<meal. Painemal said sent out for use at Mass suggested prayers concerning the vic- the Chrueh has been tims of the earthquake in Italy and the conflict in Northern siding with the Indians Ireland. in efforts to keep their communal land and Episcopal and Catholic bishops hope gain skills needed to improve their lot. to renew talks NEWARK, N.J. (NC) - The Episcopal bishop of Newark and the Catholic dioceses of Newark and Paterson, N.J., are ex- ft* ploring the possibility of resuming discussions which were broken off in the wake of the U.S. Catholic bishop's decision regarding dissident Episcopal clergyment. Stop playing political games •- Apostolic Delegate Italian Salons told ROME (NC) — "This is not the time for recriminations or political games," a Jesuit magazine warned warring Italian Named to U.S. politicians following the earthquake in southern Italy. The latest edition of Civilta Cattolica called for peace in the battle of WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope 2,2000 people in the Emilia- the United States in 1954, John Paul II has named Arch- Romagna region of north cen- words between the Christian Democratic Party and the Italian where he was stationed until communists over the handling of earthquake rescue and aid ef- bishop Pio Laghi, now apostolic tral Italy. 1961. forts. nuncio in Argentina, to be the ORDAINED A PRIEST April 20, In 1969, Archbishop Laghi new apostolic delegate in the 1946, he holds doctorates in was appointed apostolic Pope Tells Methodists to United States and permanent theology and canon law. delegate in Jerusalem and observer of the Holy See at the He entered the diplomatic Palestine and made titular ar- "continue quest for unity" Washinton-based Organization service of the Holy See in Mar- chbishop of Mauriana. On April of American States (OAS). ch 1952. He served in VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II told Methodists to 25, 1974, he was named ignore "the cries of the impatient and the skeptical" and to con- Archbishop Laghi, 58, papal Nicaragua before coming to apostolic nuncio in Argentina. representative in Argentina for tinue their quest for Christian unity. the past six years, succeeds Ar- chbishop Jean Jadot,who was Students protest Justice Rehnquist's apostolic delegate in the School Prayer Challenged United States from 1973 until stand on capital punishment his appointment this year as in Louisiana NASHVILLE, Tenn. (NC) - Supreme Court Justice William H. president of the Vatican Rehnquist addressed a standing-room crowd at Vanderbilt University in late November, but not before being greeted by Secretariat for Non-Christians. NEW ORLEANS (NC) - The The ACLU attorney, Carole Archbishop Jadot, a Belgian, is pickets protesting Rehnquisfs position favoring capital punish- American Civil Liberties Union Shauffer, who filed the suit, said ment. the only non-Italian to have ser- has filed suit in U.S. District that any religious observance in ved as apostolic delegate in the Court in New Orleans a public school is a violation of Catholics may not be Klansmen •• United States. challenging the con- the principle of separation of This past March Pope John stitutionality of a new school church and state. Louisville Archdiocese Paul sent Archbishop Laghi as prayer policy adopted by the The Jefferson Parish plan No Catholic may be a member of the Ku Klux Klan, a the Vatican's special envoy to school board of Jefferson allows students who do not Bogota, Colombia, after Louisville archdiocesan commission stated, and Archbishop Parish (County), L.A. wish to participate in prayer Thomas Donnellan of Atlanta said membership in th Klan "is in- Marxist guerrilas there seized The suit was filed Dec. 5, two sessions to remain outside the about 60 diplomats, including consistent with the teachings of our religious heritage." The days after the board decided to classrooms or to sit quietly at Lousiville Commission on Peace and Justice adopted a the papal nuncio to Colombia, start daily prayer sessions on a their desks while their and Colombian officials and statement calling on Catholics in the archdiocese to reject the pilot basis in three schools Dec. classmates pray. Klan. held them hostage in the em- 18 and in all public schools in BUT THE ACLU says that those bassy of the Dominican the parish in January. provisions do not change the Unionization friction "apt to get worse" Republic. They were released U.S. District Judge Adrian basic situation of religious ob- April 27. Duplantier, who will hear the servances being held by order - Msgr. Higgins ARCHBISHOP LAGHI has held suit, set trial for Dec. 17. of a public body. In addition posts in the diplomatic service OAKLAND, Calif. (NC) - Friction between Catholic in- the ACLU argues that children stitutions such as schools and hospitals and employees who of the Holy See in the United THE LOUISIANA Legislature who do not wish to participate States, Nicaragua, India, seek unionization "will probably get worse before it gets bet- last summerpassed a law em- in the prayer sessions would be ter," predicted a widely recognized U.S. labor expert. Msgr. Jerusalem and Palestine, and powering local school boards put in "embarrassing" positions. has served at the Vatican in the George Higgins said the unionization issue "is more of a to institute periods of voluntary "School-age children are hospital problem than one for the (Catholic) schools." Council for the Public Affairs of prayer. The Jefferson Parish anxious to conform and the Church. Board adopted the policy keeping those children apart Is earthquake relief getting to the needy? In a statement thanking Pope on Aug. 13 and set up a com- that do not want to pray is not John Paul for the appointment mittee to establish guidelines in going to get around the (UNDATED) — Freezing temperatures and bureaucratic and welcoming Archbishop an effort to deal with the problem," said the ACLU's squabbles hampered efforts to aid victims of southern Italy's Laghi to his new post, Arch- alleged unconstitutionality of a Louisiana director, Jay Pultz. Nov. 23 earthquake, which killed as many as 4,000 people and bishop John R. Roach of St. Paul daily period of prayer. The Five Jefferson Parish school left more than 300,000 homeless. Catholic agencies and and Minneapolis, president of committee's recommendations students, three parents and a governments throughout the world responded to the crisis but the National Conference of formed the policy adopted by rabbi from the parish are plain- it was unclear nearly two weeks after the quake whether sup- Catholic Bishops, said: the board. tiffs in the suit. plies were reaching the most needy. "Archbishop Laghi's background makes him an Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy especially welcome choice for this position. He has served Voice President. The Voice Publishing Co. 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He said anything in any way negative about the thay anyone involved in labor unions or government." any kind of self-help programs for the poor More than 10,000 people have been is automatically labeled a communist by killed, many allegedly by government for- the government. ces, since the beginning of the year. 'There are some communist here, it's true Foreing newspaper reporters whose ar- who are getting moral support from Russia ticles have been critical of the government and Cuba. But they're not getting arms, have received death threats and fled the they're not getting men, and that support is country for their safety. The actions have nothing compared to the amount of helped to stifle the flow of accurate news money the United States is giving to back from the country. up the junta," he said. The priest spoke to The Evangelist, (The Carter administration has suspended Albany diocesan newspaper, by aid to El Salvador pending a U.S.