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VATICAN CITY (NC). The Vatican's chief negotiator with East European Communist countries, Archbishop Agostino Casaroli, hos defended the Vatican's dialogue with those countries, saying there is "no alternative" to detente except "a climate of war." While many, particularly
between detente and justice." Archbishop Casaroli tente and regard it as a said, the Vatican "seeks al"two-faced reality", Arch- ways to inspire its own conbishop Casaroli said, it duct. and to direct that di seems certain, in any case, political authorities, by that there is no alternative, principles of the ethical if we want to avoid a re- order, taken as a whole and turn .to a climate of war, not always easy to be exacteven if, in principle, cold." ly applied in practice." The Vatican's favourable attitude toward detente, the TENSION LESSENS archbishop said, stemmed, Noting that a lessening of from its opposition to war tension was under way be"as a means of settling con- tween the Vatican and flicts between peoples, par- many Communist States, ticularly today, in the face "although not in an equal of the danger of recourse to manner everywhere," the the new terrible modern archbishop said: "The Holy See judges arms." valid the way of 'dialogue VATICAN VIEW on specifics' which has been The Vatican "does not undertaken in this area, do disregard the right of every spite the various criticisms country to guarantee its or perplexity that it may own defence and to resort, arouse. The criteria of such a dialogue are those of Among the first benefici- at present, to a legitimate dissuasion," he priority in choices, of glocries will be Bangladesh, military balky, of historical perspecSri Lanka, Senegal and said, "but it stresses the necessity that this be com- tive. Honduras. "These are inspired, on mensurate to the need and gradually lose the aggress- the Holy See's part, by pastoral prudence and the ive aspects proper to the evangelical spirit, as is the cold war." method followed. The archbishop said that "In evaluating the hopes the Vatican favoured "a of such a dialogue, prudgeneral and controlled dis- ence is obligatory also bein the West, object to de-
Confirmation for the handicapped At Clontarf last Saturday, Bishop HEALY (right) joined the party
for the 25 handicapped persons whom he had just confirmed before a congregation that tilled the Clontarf Chapel.
The ceremony was the result of increasing concern among parents about the place of their children in the sacramental life of the Church.
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VATICAN CITY Pope Paul VI
has made a special plea to delegates attending the FAO (Food The task has been enand Agricultural Org- provide security from mass trusted to the 36-member anisation) conference hunger. According to UN statis- World Food Council, which in Rome, asking devel- tics, two years of good wea- last June agreed on a Prooped countries to "de. ther and record harvests in gramme of Action to Eracide on revisions, how- traditional food -producing dicate flinger and Malnuever costly, of the pra- countries have brought trition. ctices they impose on about a world surplus estiNow the General Assemmated at 60 million tons bly has approved the counthe rest of the world" of grain. cil's recommendations, oy their food policies. But at the same time, up which include the following He called for "largescale undertakings" to to 500 million people are points: It will take an ,estihelp the nations of the suffering from malnutrition Third World achieve and an estimated 15 million mated $8.3 billion a year to people are dying from it help the food -priority counself-sufficiency in food each year. tries raise their rate of production. growth in food production
UN reports noted with His plea coincides with satisfaction that India the from the current average rate of about two per cent plans being developed at the object of massive emergency a year to the goal of four United Nations in New food shipments for decadYork. that will revolution. es:this year produced a 22 - per cent a year. Donor countries and ise food production and million -ton surplus of food. On the other hand, Viet- international organisations nam, Laos and the sub- should prepare a minimum Saharan Sahel region of package of agricultural maAfrica face critical food sit- terials, including fertilisers, uations that will require seed and pesticides, needed emergency response, from to reach the four per cent the UN. target rate. The Sahel region alone An international emergneeds 500,000 tons of grain, ency reserve of 500,000 tons of which some 150,000 tons of grain should be set up are needed by January. by the end of 1977. There are 43 "food-priAll countries with acority" countries on the UN cumulating grain stockpiles list whose population growth should convert these stocks is double their rate of food into government -held reproduction increases. serves. One of the UN'S main Donor nations should aims is to help these court - meet a target of 10 million tries become self-sufficient tons in cereals for food aid "Where quaitycornes fusr in food. for 1977-78. 385 Canning Highway,Melville. While they are building The UN's international Phone 39 1711 Lie. No. 3371. the necessary infrastructure food programme will take to achieve this, the more a significant step forward fortunate countries are put- early next year when the ting together a scheme to newly established internatensure food security for all, ional Fund or Agricultural WMP-7 whether future harvests are Development begins dispenrich or lean. sing its billion -dollar assets.
Three preparatory meetings for the event were held at Clontarf.
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Yugoslav IV
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(NC). For the first time in history, an entire television programme in Yugoslavia has been predicated to religious problems in the socialist nation.
The hour-long programme which went to air at the end of November, included interviews with Christian and Moslem leaders, ,including Belgrade's Archbishop Gabriel Bukatko. The show, entitled, "The Church in Serbia," had interviews with lay people and priests, as well as segments of religious services. According to the radio, the show aimed to give the impression of basic Church -State harmony on religious questions. But, said the Vatican broadcast, almost oll those interviewed pointed to specific difficulties stemming from the failure of local leaders to apply certain laws favouring religion.
armament", and until that could be achieved, a cessation of the arms race and a decrease in existing arms. Halting the arms race, he said, "permits a better realisation of the positive aspects of detente, going out of an economy that still can he considered one of war and
cause the 'dialogue on specifics' is made more difficult by presuppositions of an
ideological character." Dialogue with Communist countries was necessary also, the archbishop said, because in order to aid in working toward the goal of European unity "from the Atlanseeking to attain, though tic to the Urals," the Vaticommon effort. the solution can had to have relations of the numerous and most with the various countries grave problems that distress of Europe. the world." In the area of "the pain- (HISTORIC MEETING, ful problem of the relations PAGE 3)
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