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'Difficult cases' at the World Synod; secrecy VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul II has indicated that he may impose some secrecy clamps on the discussions during the Autumn World Synod of Bishops. In a speech to the council of the general secretariat of the synod, he also said that "difficult cases" regarding marriage should be discussed at the synod. These involve, he said, single parents, separated and divorced catholics, the needs of the widowed and the role of priests and laity in family ministry.
WARNING In a series of remarks at the beginning of the audience the pope warned against "useless publicity" about the synod. "It will be necessary, indeed, as far as possible, to eliminate useless publicity," he said. The purpose of the council meeting was preparation of the syilod agenda. Decisions made by the council will be sent, after papal approval, to the members of the general assembly of the synod. "The synod must in reality fortify the convictions of christians," the pope told the council. Speaking on the synod's theme, "the role of the Christian family cannot be separated from matrimony, since the couple constitutes the first form of family and keeps its value even in the absence of Children.
WIDOWS He said that one of the topics to be considered include separated and
divorced catholics, marriage preparation, single parents, the role of priests and the laity in family ministry, the needs of the widowed. Regarding marriage cases, the pope said: "We cannot forget the pastoral solicitude which the difficult cases require: those of homes which know separation, those of divorced and civilly remarried persons who, without being able to have full access to the sacramental life, must be accompanied in their spiritual and apostolic needs wherever possible, the case of widows and widowers, the case of single persons who have children." The day before, the pope celebrated a memorial mass for Vittorio Bachelet, the University of Rome political science professor and former president of Italian Catholic Action, who was killed by Red Brigade terrorists. Eight cardinals and about 25,000 lay people, mostly Catholic Action members, attended the e vening mass in St. Peter's Basilica with Italian Prime Minister Francesco Cossiga and other political leaders were present. "For the blood of this new victim, the church raises its voice in order that men may find themselves again and, with renewed commitment, work for the salvation of
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COLLEAGUE The pope praised his "esteemed friend" Bachelet as a father, as a student, as a servant of the national community, as custodian of culture, as promoter of the common good." Bachelet was a member of the Vatican's Committee for the Family at the same time as Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Cracow, Poland, who later became Pope John Paul Concelebrants with the Pope included Bachelet's brothers, Adolfo and Paolo, both Jesuit Priests, and Cardinal Marcoce of Venice.
$1.2 m. to restore cathedral
M ILAN, (NC) Milan's city government has allotted $1.2 million to restore the city's Gothic cathedral after pieces of decaying statues snapped off and crashed into the streets recently. The cathedral has been fenced off since the frag mentation of the statues, which is thought to have been caused principally by smog. Cathedral officials esti mated a total expense of $9.6 million to tho roughly clean and restore the external statues of the church and to strengthen inside pillars weakened by a shifting water table under the cathedral. The office in charge of cathedral maintenance r eceives aboat $1.6 million a year from the municipality of Milan. It also relies on bequests of money from wealthy citi fens, although donations have dropped in recent years. City restoration officials cite pigeon droppings and traffic vibrations as the other principal causes of the deterioration of the
The chairman of Rockingham Pregnancy Help committee Mr. David BEARD demonstrates to Bishop HEALY the phone answering serve inaugurated last Sunday.
New Pregnancy Help phone service at Rockingham Two callers beat the gun for the opening of the new Rockingham Pregnancy Help service and one call was from a mother seeking an abortion for adolescent daughter. The service was officially dedicated and opened by Bishop Healy last Sunday but a notice in the local newspaper in the preceding week drew two calls the day after the service was switched on. The phone service, providing a 24hour contact number operates from a unit in the Rockingham parish council room. It is the result of concern felt by local ladies at the number of abortions reputed to be happening in the district and the fact that an abortion advice service was prominently advertised in the district eight months ago.
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The matter was discussed at a Majellan meeting and six women have been trained by Centrecare Pregnancy Help to man the phone for a
Following the ladies' initiative, the parish council offered to fund the purchase of the phone answering equipment and initial installation. The Rockingham Pregnancy Help will now look for its own support funds to keep up a programme of local advertising and further running expenses. The new service works in affiliation with the Centrecare Pregnancy Help service launched three years ago and is the first new service to be established since then. Both Bishop Healy and Father Barry Hickey, director of Centrecare, told the gathering on Sunday that they hoped more regions outside metro area would set up similar services. Any assistance required for clients of the new R ockingham service
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