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Pope waits for Spain o vot
VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul II's long -planned visit to Spain has been postponed to avoid conflicts with the Spanish electoral campaign.
national shrine where the remains of St James the apostle are said to be buried. The papal visit to Spain, designed primarily to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of St The Spanish parlia- by Spanish prime minister timing the vote to exploit with the papal visit after trip. Others Teresa, the Spanish mystic "It ment of the is lamentable Leopoldo that Calvo Sotelo the papal visit for electoral mentary elections are giving assurances that he due to absolutely unre- backed a proposal to limit and reformer, had already scheduled for October that he had dissolved the gain. would not do this. lated and unforeseen cir- the visit to three cities, been postponed once. parliament and called elecThe British news agency 28 and the pope's visit tions for The pope was originally postponing for the future a October 28. Twenty of Spain's 70 cumstances this visit has Reuters, in an article from w ould have taken been turned into a con- more ample visit to Spain. scheduled to make the trip place October 14-22. troversy," said a statement It was suggested that the in October 1981, to open The nine-day visit will from the Spanish bishops. pope visit only Madrid, the t he jubilee year in honour Spanish capital, Avila, of St Teresa. But at that now begin on October According to Spanish where ceremonies honour- time he was not sufficiently 31 Alfonso Guerra, the Madrid, quoted Spanish bishops met in Madrid to church sources, a majority ing St Teresa of Avila are recovered from wounds he The dates of the papal deputy leader of the oppo- church sources as saying discuss whether the trip o f the bishops had planned and Santiago De suffered in an attempt on visit had been hotly sition Socialist Party, had that Calvo Sotelo chose the s hould be shortened, favoured the postpone- Compostela, the site of a his life five months earlier. debated in Spain since the accused the ruling Union election date knowing the delayed or remain as August 27 announcement of the Democratic Centre of c ampaign would coincide scheduled.
Visit postponed two weeks
Call for priests to fight against crime
Palermo, Italy (NC) — Sicilian Cardinal Salvatore Pappalardo of Palermo has urged priests to be active in rooting out organised crime.
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His appeal came one day after he had presided at a funeral Mass foi police general Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, Italy's top anti-mafia specialist and Dalla Chiesa's wife of two months, Emmanuela. Dalla Chiesa and his wife were gunned down by unknown assailants as they drove their car through the centre of Palermo on the night of September 3. Investigators said they believed the murderers were members of the mafia. Pope John Paul II sent condolences to the families of the Dalla Chiesas, telling of his "sharp grief" and saying he "deeply deplored" the crimes. The pontiff added that the sad events had "bloodied the city" and that "organised criminal violence tries to upset the serene life of a citizenry yearning after peace and justice." Dalla Chiesa had asked for wider ranging powers in leading the government's anti-mafia campaign. His death has caused parliament to seriously consider a wide-ranging bill which would widen the powers of police and judges in investigating mafia associates and sources of wealth. Last December, speaking to the Sicilian bishops, the pope had sounded a strong warning against "the socalled mafia mentality and structure" and said that the executors of mafia violence were "protected by a code of silence, which is unfortunately widespread because of the few of ieprisals and of vendettas." At the funeral Mass for the Dalla Chiesas, Cardinal Pappalardo called organised crime "the incarnation of satan" and said that it was "taking on the state, humiliating it and killing its best men." Palermo is the hub of an international drug ring and an intra-mafia war for control of the lucrative operation has resulted this year in more than 100 gangland slayings in Palermo. In his funeral homily, which was interrupted several times by applause, Cardinal Pappalardo criticised "the slow and uncertain actions and decisions of government servants and authorities of the state, who should provide for the secui ity of simple citizens." Cardinal Pappalardo, speaking of the mission of the priest, said: "in today's society you cannot remain closed up within the walls of this church." "You have to go out to be among the people . . . to cooperate with all civil authorities. "The times in which we are called to work are sad times," said Cardinal Pappalardo, referring to the murders, "but we ought not to let ourselves become discouraged, to yield to the forces of evil, because we cannot share the language of violence, of vendettas and of hatred." "The slower and more uncertain are the actions of the state, the more opportune, decisive and violent are the actions of those who have the mind, the will and the might to strike," he said.
The principal guest at last Sunday's Mass to mark Newman Sunday was Lady Trowbridge, wife of the governor, Sir Richard Trowbridge, who later joined the gathering at lunch. Lady Trowbridge is pictured being welcomed outside St Thomas More Chapel by Mrs Ann Cullity, president of the Newman Society. A big gathering of graduates wore academic gowns and caps for the Mass celebrated by Archbishop Goody.