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Locks of Love
vOLUME 14
no. 30
Fighting for Life
Women converge on Capitol Hill to tell Senate of their pro-life views by
NANCY FRAZIER O’BRIEN
catholic news service
WASHINGTON — From college students to grandmothers, an assortment of women from around the country came to Capitol Hill April 27 to tell their senators that pro-life and anti-cloning views represent “real women.” The “Real Women’s Voices” lobbying day, sponsored by
six pro-life or pro-family organizations, brought more than 200 women to Washington, gave them a crash course in lobbying and sent them to meet with their senators about cloning, federal judicial nominees and parental notification before an abortion. Another 1,200 women signed up online to participate See WOMEN, page 6
Discussing the pope
Panelists consider direction of the papacy under Benedict XVI by PATRICIA ZAPOR catholic news service
Photo by Kevin E. Murray
Fourth-grader Violeta Gomez marvels over her short hair as Andrea Smith of Hair Associates holds up her braided ponytail at Sacred Heart School in Salisbury, where 11 girls donated their hair to Locks of Love April 29. It was Violeta’s first haircut.
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KEVIN E. MURRAY editor
SALISBURY — Eleven girls at Sacred Heart School in Salisbury are feeling a bit lighter today. The girls volunteered to have at least 10 inches of their hair cut April 29 for Locks of Love, a nonprofit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children suffering from long-term medical hair loss. Surrounded and cheered on by their classmates in the school courtyard, the girls — in kindergarten through fifthgrade — had their hair braided and then cut by Andrea Smith
See POPE, page 12
Season for danger
Catholic students cut hair for good what I expected.” “I’m glad I got my hair cut, and I’m glad I did it for Locks of Love,” said third-grader Susannah Dixon. “It feels so good.” Two more students have volunteered to cut their hair in a few weeks after a music recital.
WASHINGTON — Too much is unknown to predict how Pope Benedict XVI might change the Vatican’s approach to world affairs, said panelists at a Washington forum April 29. But speakers at the pro-
gram of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life drew on bits of information about the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger’s philosophy to suggest the new pope would be a peacemaker, including in the
of Hair Associates. “I think it’s such a wonderful, unselfish thing to do, especially at their ages,” said Smith. “It took a lot of courage to be able to do that,” said Principal Kathleen Miller. “Many of them didn’t give it a second thought.” Because the hair may help young cancer patients, many of the girls were happy to give up their locks — several of them have parents and siblings affected by cancer and chemotherapy. “It feels pretty good,” said fifth-grader Carla Curiel, running her hands through her shortened tresses. “It’s not
Charlotte Catholic students see firsthand effects of drinking and driving in simulation by
KAREN A. EVANS staff writer
CHARLOTTE — Mangled metal. Broken glass. Eight teen-agers: some alive, some not. Countless lives changed forever. Ambulance sirens scream in the distance, progressively getting louder. A medical helicopter hovers over the football field at Charlotte Catholic High School, prepared to pick up a critically injured patient and fly him to Carolinas Medical Center. Fortunately, this scene was See DANGER, page 9
Photo by Karen A. Evans
A victim’s arm is seen during a simulated car accident at Charlotte Catholic High School April 29.
Silence and solitude
Perspectives
Spring Fling
Prayer center dedicated in Stoneville
Bishop’s letter on executions; St. Paul and Christian doctrine
Seniors gather for fun, faith at annual event
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