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PAGE 8 ARKANSAS CATHOLIC OCTOBER 3, 1993
M
V' tom from the Vatican and various
Native American were mnong the
400 people who gathered atop Mount
Graham in somh Arizona Sept. 18
for the dedication of a corm'oversial ob
s~n~atory. Demonstxators protesting the
joint project of the Vatican Observatory
and the University of Arizona blocked
roads, pounded on drums, shouted and
marched with signs in efforts to disrupt
the ceremony and open house. Eleven
protesters were arrested and one person,
the spokesman for the Diocese of Tuc-
son, seas slightly injured. The telescope is
the first established for the Vatican out-
side Italy and the only active research tele-
scope used by the Vatican Observatory.
(CNS)
The dminnan of the Catholic Research
Forum, a group of di~ re-
searche~, disputed the conclusions of a
study which mid that only 28 percent of
Catholics go to Mass on Sunday. 'The
study didn't begin from an accum start-
hag point, and that may have skewed their
condu ons," said Michael Cieslak. The
true figure of U,S. Catholic church atten-
dance, Cieslak estimated, is probably some-
where between the 28 percent figure of
the new study and the 51 percent dted in
a 1981 Gallup survey. But "true" is a slip-
pery term, according to Cieslak, director
of the research and planning office for
the Diocese of Rockford. (CNS)
The head of the National Conference
of Catholic Bid p£ new Ad Hoe Corn-
on Sex ~ m~d one pr mai kxg
way for the US. dam'eh to combat ~gaml
mse of children m /be education pro-
gyam in all "I am very impressed
with the concept of the parish discussion
guide" developed by the Canadian bish-
ops, said Bishop John F. Kinney of Bis-
marck, N.D. He was named to lead the
committee when it was formed in June.
Bishop Kinney was interviewed by Catho-
lic News Service while he was in Washing-
ton in mid-September for the third meet-
ing of his committee. He said the group
was still focused mainly on organizational
questions and "how to zero in on the
various facets of the mandate given us by
the conference." (CNS)
The editors of the New Revised Stan-
dard Verfion Bible have armounced the
first putflicafion of that Bible in a Catholic
edition. The NRSV: Catholic Edition, pub-
lishe/t by the Catholic Bible Press division
of Thomas Nelson Publishers, has been
approved for study and liturgical use by
the Catholic bishops of the United States
and C~qada. The NRSV, a project of the
National Council of Churches, was com-
pleted in 1990 by an ecumenical team of
30 Scripture scholarg The team induded
a number of Catholics as well as Protes-
tant, Greek Orthodox and Jevdsh hot-
ar~ The NRSV is a revision of the Revised
Standard Verfion, which was completed
in 1952. (CNS)
bickering,
MILWAUKEE (CNS) -- Archbishop
Rembert G. Wealdand of Milwaukee has
urged Catholics to stop "bickering over non-
essentials" and dnmm g one another out
of the Church.
"We cannot continue this kind of sense-
less and heartless condemning of one an-
other," he wrote in his weekly column in the
Sept. 16 issue of the Catholic Herald, the
archdiocesan newspaper.
He particularly criticized the 'Mtliolic" on
the Eternal Word Television Network when
Mother Angelica, EWFN's founder and head,
denounced what she called the "destructive
force" of the "liberal church in America" over
the past 30 years.
"For a half-hour she ranted and raved
about all the 'abuses' since Vatican Council
II, according to her own personal judgment,
which, of course, she equates with that of the
Holy Father," Archbishop Weakland wrote.
' It was one of the most disgraceful, un-
Christian, offensive and divisive diatribes I have
ever heard," he added. "She invited everyone
who disagreed with her to leave the Church."
Mother Angelica's TV commentary was
touched off by a mime troupe's use of a
woman the previous evening to portray Jesus
in a dramatic representation of the Way of
the Cross at Mile High Stadium in Denver
during Pope John Paul II's visit there for
World Youth Day.
Mother Angelica called the portrayal "blas-
phemous" and said it was another example
of 30 years of "tricks" and "deceit" by liberals
"constantly pushing anti-God, anti-Catholic
ways into the Catholic Church."
The mime troupe's action was defended
by World Youth Day officials and Vatican press
spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valh, but lead-
ers of several co~ Catholic groups and
publications backed Mother Angelica's
cimls.
'Archbishop Wealdand asked Catholics to
avoid the selective Catholicism of both pro-
gressive and conservative extremists.
"In addition to these extremes we must
avoid the kind of worldly and untempered
tone of argumentation that characterizes po-
litical debates and letters to the editors of our
newspapers," he said.
"Probably the worst offender of this sort is
a newsletter out of New York called Catholic
Eye," he added. 'The main intent of its writer
ks to ridicule in a 'cutesy' anyone he does
not agree with."
'~'.atholic newspapers can fall into the same
wap" by carrying extremist views and attacks
on others in their opinion columns and let-
ters, he said.
' 'My solution to all of this debating in the
public media about so many Church issues
would be to tell people to study more, reflect
more, pray more -- and only then enter the
debate," he said. 'There is nothing wrong
with disagreeing, but we have to relearn how
to do so as civilized Christians and not as
barbarians."
Dave's World Mon, 7:30-8 CBS
Against the Grain Fri, 7-8 NBC
Bakersfield P.D. Tues, 7:30.8Fox
Missing Persons Thur, 7-8 ABC
Frasier Thur, 8:30-9NBC
It Had to Be You Fri0 7-7:30 CBS
Cafe Americain Sat, 7:30-8 NBC
SOME
INTEREST
Townsend Television Sun, 6-7 Fox
Lois & Clark: The New
Adventures of Superman Sun, 7-8 ABC
SeaQuest DSV Sun, 7-8 NBC
Phenom Tues, 7:30-8ABC
The John Larroquette Show Tues, 8-8:30NBC
The Second Half Tues, 8:30-9NBC
Thea Wed, 7-7:30 ABC
Joe's Life Wed, 7:30.8 ABC
Moon Over Miami Wed, 9-10 ABC
The Sinbad Show Thur, 7:30.8Fox
The Adventures of Brisco
County, Jr. Fri, 7-8 Fox
Boy Meets World Fri, 7:30-8 ABC
The X-Files Fri, 8-9 Fox
George Sat, 7-7:30 ABC
Harts of the West Sat, 8-9 CBS
DON'T
BOTHER
Living Single Sun, 7:30-8 Fox
Daddy Dearest Sun, 8:30.9 Fox
Saved by the Bell:
The College Years Tues, 7-7:30NBC
NYPD Blue Tues, 9-10 ABC
Grace Under Fire Wed, 8:30-9 ABC
TheTrouble With Larry Wed, 7-7:30 CBS
Angel Falls Thur, 9-10 CBS
Family Album Fri, 7:30-8 CBS
The Mommies Sat, 7-7:30 NBC
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