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LONDON. "The struggle in Northern Ireland is about power not about theology or worship," Bishop Daly of Ardagh and Clonmacnois told a Pax Christi meeting here. 'The conflict is about wealth and its distribution, about privilege, about equality of opportunity,"he said.
"It is also about jobs and prospects of employment and promotion .. .
"These are all questions of politics, and they are questions of justice." Churchmen had their responsibilities, but they could not deliver solutions to the Northern problem political questions must be given political solutions, he
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It would help if British political and media circles tried to understand Irish political realities more accurately. "Morality, honour, international image and national self-interest all require that Britain, a the major responsible government, should find a way of ending the disastrous violence in the
North by a political settlement which embodies justice and equality of
Bishop HEALY, left, Nearly 300 people pictured speaking were present and the to some of the Assump- sacrament of Anointtion Community of the ing of the Sick was Parish Council Sick to whom he gave given to 61 people. Anointing of the Sick Later a social gathernominations during a special Mass ing was held in the at Shenton Park last parish hall. Sunday. With the bishop ore The Assumption left to right: KEN Community is celebrat- BYRNE, PAT WALresponse ing its 25th year in LACE, FRANK KEOGH Australia and seven and DAWN FOOT, Bishop A. priests concelebrated who also made her R. BATHURST: E. Thomas the Moss in Saint consecration in the at the poor is concerned response in Aloysius church. Community. nominations for parish
rights for both communities," the bishop said.
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"The indefinite prolongation of the violence already after 10 years, one of the longest -drawnout situations of uninterrupted violence in the world is fraught with
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real danger and danger not only for Northern Ireland but for the whole of Ireland, if not for the whole of these islands."
"Britain obviously cannot do this alone.
"The political parties in Northern Ireland have a
weighty responsibility.
So also has the govern-
of the Irish
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"Reconciliation Northern Ireland
will
ment
public. in
begin when
to happen not Protestant and Catholic churchmen walk arm in arm down our Royal Avenue in Belfast; but when structures of
political partnership are (CONTINUED PAGE 3)
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GLASGOW, Scotland (NC). Glasgow's Archbishop Thomas J. Winning attacked the erosion of civil rights in Argentina as the World Cup soccer tournament was opening there.
erosion of civil rights that cotinfrs basic civil rights err rapidls being he wrote.
He also Writing in the diocesan urged Scots eroded," paper "The Catholic Ob- Catholics to join Amnesty
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International, a Londonbased organization that "Recently I came across seeks to protect the rights a notice in the Sunday list of political prisoners which informed the people around the world. of the parish, that there is insufficient nominations for He said he hoped the the parish council. Scottish team would do well server" last week he said:
"They ''intittile lawyers, in the matches and knew trade union' officials, priests beyond that they would get a warm and nuns:" words. welcome from hospitable Archbishop Winning cit"At the time of the Coun- Argentinians. ed statements .by Irish cil there were world-wide Father Patrick Rice, a "But there is another Arclamours for more particigentina that I would like missionary who had been pation. you to think about as imprisoned and. tortured in "Now just 13 years later, well," the archbishop wrote Argentina, and reports from interest has dwindled to the in his archdiocesan journal, the International Conunisslob Of, Jurists and Amnesty point that a pastor in this Flourish. International, diocese can't get six nomilet "Don't the thought nations for a parish of a feast of exciing lot 'The archbishop urged council. ball pleasurable and prayer and action in resWhat enthusiasm does lejdtituate although that is ponse to human rights this show." cloud the fact that in violifitiovul in Argentina.
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