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Crusading Catholics The ttev, Dflly Graham's weektong cry- socle has produced a powerful, but o$- yetunmec^ufedimpaa on recc«d num- bers <rf Catholic rfidividgaJs and dioce- san parishes. Pages 9 and 9. Fresh faces - A multitude of new face$ A w8l be seen on the soccer fie&s this fall, «s piayefs and coaches for diocesan girfs' teams worfc toward Qualifying for i±*e section- als. Page 7. Catholic Diocese of Rochester DPC focuses on pastoral, assemblies By Teresa A. Parsons Diocesan Pastoral Council members learn- ed at their first meeting of the year Saturday, Sept. 17, that they will play a major role in or- ganizing a series of regional assemblies this fall to discuss alternate models for parish staffing. DPC members also learned, by means of a presentation and their own reactions to the US. bishops' pastoral draft on women in the Church, that while women are and will con- tinue to be central to parish staffing and minis- try, their concerns and roles are at best poorly understood by members of the Church's hi- erarchy. \It seemed to me that the bishops were say- ing, 'Yes, we hear you, but we don't know how to answer!\ concluded one participant in the afternoon's open forum. During the DPC's morning session, Father Paul Tomasscs secretary to Bishop Matthew H. Clark, outlined diocesan plans, for 11 regional assemb^^^th^^c^1^%i^qppons forfutu^ tiye;priests continues fe decline. Ass^bly^^ bers to telephone the parish council'chairmen in esibh region, unfiling their involvement; to contact staff members at the parishes hosting the assemblies and confirm the necessary ar- rangements — including audio-visual equip- ment and refreshments; to host the assembly itself; .and to conduct the assembly prayer service. With the first of the assemblies scheduled for September 24 in the Tompkins/Tioga re- gion, and with at least one region — Living- ston County — as yet unrepresented at the DPC despite an October 2 assembly date, many members wished for more lead time, de- spite diocesan offers of support and assistance. \When I got home and started to read about all the things I was supposed to do, I started to panic a little bit;' said fcathryn Wall, one of two DPC members from the Steuben Re- gion, where an assembly is scheduled October 16. Newly elected DPC Chairman William Sponn, who took part in planning the assem- blies, pointed out that the DPC was given as much notice as possible given other constraints of planning. Sponn also welcomed the chance to contribute to an important diocesan initia- tive. \This is a golden opportunity to see what the DPC can do for the bishop and the dio- cese)' he said. DPC members and others who attended Saturday afternoon's open forum on the wom- _ .S* ,-..-.. jCointijiuc^ 50 Cents Thursday. September 22. 1988 16 Pages W-zg? Around the Diocese Calendar. Classifieds Columnists.., Editorial & Opinion.... Local—...:.,.. Would & Nation.. Page 2 Page 16 Page 11 Pages 12-13 Page 14 Pages 8-10 Pages ,6r7 Pages 3-4 If^^R^Wp Pope John Paul II blesses the sick during an impromptu walkabout in the National Stadium of Gaberone. before celebrating Mass at the and of his daylong visit to Botswana. Papal trip marked by unusual, tragic events By NC News Service Pope John Paul's mid-September trip to five southern African states was punctuated by unexpected and tragic events. He repeatedly called for reconciliation and good will in resolving the region's deeply rooted problems. But as he arrived in Lesothosix people died in a bus hijacking — including the hijackers, who had demanded a conference with the pope- Pope John Paul excluded whiie-minority-ruled South Africa from his itinerary at the insistence of that country's bishops, and condemned apartheid, the South African system of racial discrimina- tion. But he briefly found himselfat mid-trip the somewhat bemused guest of the South African government. But Pope John Paul also found hope in Zimbabwe, his firstsstop, where black and white citizens and contending political forces appear to be working out their differences peacefully. While he was flying from Rome to Zimbabwe, the popestold reporters covering his September 10-19 trip that apartheid is a \racist^visiori of human inequality\ that \cannot be continued.\ He praised\ imprisoned black anti- apartheid leader Nelson Mandela and said he hoped Mandela would be freed soon. At the airport in Harare, Zimbabwe, September 10, Pope John Paul — without naming South Africa — said \powerful political, economic and ideological forces endanger the still-fragile stability of countries which are only beginning to consol- idate their recently acquired independence.\ But he also said that while he understood why the victims of apartheid might turn to violence, \from the moral point of view it is not a solution that one wishes to propose.\ The pope also praised the government's program of national reconstruction, begun in 1980 after seven years of war. He said. Africa is looking to Zimbabwe \for a signof a better future to be built on the basis of justice and brotherhood under God, without discrimination.\ But later that day he took a stand against controversial legislation which would reduce church control over church school policies and hiring. \Civil law should respect the right of the responsible Catholic authorities to select the heads and the teachers of these institutions, so their Catholic character can be main- tained,\ he told Zimbabwe's bishops. Heicturried to the theme of reconciliation on S^tember 12 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Thef^qn'&^urbulent and sometimes bloody idst^f0^^^.in } tti^xity's name — whic^^^^^la^^'Eh^ssicres.\ POpy JoJm3R4i^|no1telS'a' t recent political brea^ri^^^iiiltinii^. southern Zim- bab^s mihon||^dehele!tribe a full partner in government withithe majority Shona. \3rMu.-'-.are trying;,to t>ring about the fulfillment of the prophecy ^ where heteljsthlatl^ic into'-i^^^^s^iMelr^sp^an^intp sickle's/\ hetpid|^iap^rHlimifMass:, Apa|t^i3iiunderlay some of the pope's message;«in|llMswana. In a meeting Sep- temb^r^l^gith priests, religious and laity in the \lapi^lpj^rloVbiie he praised local church) e|^^fdr extending aid to refugees fro^pj^^^gjsduth^frica. \^u]ihiye^tifesed the plight of those who are|ubprt^b^law to discrimination,\ he s^a|i^^|4|^^iy\stpndtt you in -your - desirclto^^selose to those Avho are unjustly depnvedjofstheirslegitimate rights ana lack decentiliyinioonditions,\ The Vatican press spokesman, in a mid- trip interview, said the pope, sought to provided ethical commentary on apartheid and other issues in the .region, without becoming directly embroiled. \the role of the Holy See in the political affairs of the area is not and does not want to be one of mediation in the diplomatic sense of the word,\ hesaid September 13. \But with its ethical insistence, the Holy See wants to help create a climate in which dialogue can be possible.\ The next day was one of the most unusual in any of the pope's years of traveling. Fog and rain forced the papal plane to land at Johannesburg, South Africa, rather than its intended stop, Maseru, Lesotho. The Vatican, at the urging of the South African bishops, had excluded that country from the pope's itinerary. One of their concerns was the image of the head of the Catholic Church being escorted and hosted by the government which keeps blacks, whb '. make up the majority of South AfxMan Catholics, from full political and economic participation. But the South Africans reacted swiftly to the unexpected arrival of the pontiff on their territory. Shortly after the pope's Air Zimbabwe Boeing 707 landed at Jan Smuts airport, Foreign Minister Roelof \Pik\ Botha was at the scene. Within a couple of hours, he had ordered 100 snacks for the pope, his en- tourage and the press corps traveling with the pontiff; had met privately with the pope, and had arranged a motorcade, escorted by South African police, to Maseru, 250 miles away. Meanwhile, in Maseru, four gunmen claiming membership in the rebel Lesotho Liberation Army had taken a busload of Catholics traveling to attend events of the papal visit. Within minutes after the pope's arrival in Maseru, South African commandos called in to handle the situation shot it out with the hijackers, killing three on the spot. One died later in the hospital. Two passengers also died and 20 were wounded. Officials said the gunmen had wanted to speak with the pope, but the pontiff was not told of their demand until the incident was over. At a papal Mass in Maseru September 15, a survivor of the hijacking, 49-year-old Continued on Page 3
