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orld & nation • « \ i \ u *'\ < *\*** t ^j _. . ,....-.,..J^»iff t '**'**\\^r'\) < fl •v. SI tfcsV&>*jg0| »«v\ t Agenda AP/Wide World Photos Undocumented aliens line up for a head count under the watchful eye of a security guard at the INS detention center in Bayview, Texas. remember two things: first, that the moral doctrine of the church is not easy and can create tensions, and second, that in a de- mocratic and egalitarian society the hier- archical structure of the cjiurch is some- thing that can be difficult to accept,\ Car- dinal Ratzinger said. The cardinal's topic for his planned ad- dress to the meeting is \The Bishop as Teacher of the Faith.'' Another scheduled speaker, Cardinal Edouard Gagnon, president of the Pontifi- cal Council for die Family, cited as a ten- sion-causing issue the growing acceptance of divorce in society. \A big problem, not only in me States, is that people don't believe in the in- dissolubility of marriage anymore,\ Car- dinal Gagnon said. \Bishops have to make sure mat their priests truly believe and promote the church's teachings in these matters.\ Continued from page 4 the meeting into a dialectical situation be- tween two church groups is erroneous,\ he said. The tension mat exists is between \the church's message, which is at times countercultural, and industrial, developed societies.\ For Vatican and U.S. church leaders, the meeting symbolizes their \awareness of the realities and difficulties and an open- ness to discuss what should be the pastoral approach of the church,\ he said. This view of the tensions between the church and the world is shared by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and one of the speakers at the March meet- ing. During a 1988 visit to the United States, the cardinal emphasized that the church's teachings are at odds with a declining moral climate in much of Western civiliza- tion. \In this kind of climate it is important to In order to do so, he said, the bishop \should listen to people who come to com- plain and not always feel mat those who complain are against them.'' PITTSFORD FISH MARKET COMPLETE FISH FRY $3.49 Includes fries aad cole slaw Colony Pittsford Plaza 3400 Monroe Avenue FOR ALL YOUR SEAFOOD NEEDS DURING LENT We Feature: • A large selection of fish and frozen seafoods. • Hot food to go. 381-8190 DAYS A WEI DAILY SPECIALS ON OUR FRESH & SMOKED FISH OPEN 7 DAYS A ! 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The INS plan, which includes detaining those denied asylum in state prisons or pos- sibly a tent city, will only \exacerbate a volatile situation\ in the Rio Grande Val- ley of southern Texas, said the bishops in a statement issued in Austin. The bishops were in Austin for a meeting of the Texas Conference of Churches, an ecumenical body. In a call to the U.S. State Department to revise U.S. policy in Central America, the bishops said die INS plan ignores die true reasons Central Americans are fleeing their nations and floodingU.S. borders. \The INS statement speaks of 'frivo- lous' applications,\ the bishops said. \Apparently any applications by people who have suffered dreadfully from civil war are frivolous.\ On Feb. 20, immigration commissioner Alan Nelson announced mat die estimated 2,000 Central American refugees who cross into southern Texas weekly will be detained and many deported within hours if mey do not qualify for asylum. \We intend to send a strong signal to those people who have the mistaken idea mat by merely filing a frivolous asylum claim, mey may stay in the United States,\ Nelson said while announcing the INS plan in Brownsville, Texas. \This willful ma- nipulation of America's generosity must stop.\ As part of me plan, about 500 INS em- ployees from around the country have been sent to southern Texas to police-diebordej and handle me cases withjn/24 hourshof receipt of asylumNapplications The INS plan said-renigees denied asy- lum will be detained at prisons around die state while mey appeal their application or await deportation. It also called for crea- tion of a tent city if demand exceeds the 1,300 beds available at the various deten- tion facilities. \Obviously we are about to witness the creation of the largest concentration camp on U.S. soil since the incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II — a shameful page in our history,\ the bishops said of me detention. \That's all die Valley needs — 5,000 or more penned up young people and dieir families.'' Nelson said such a comprehensive and drastic plan had to be taken because die number of illegal aliens entering the coun- try has had a tremendous impact on all as- pects of American life. In 1985, 7,063 asy- lum requests were filed and in 1988, mere were more than 50,000, he said. \If allowed to continue, dus could pro- duce more man 100,000 asylum requests in fiscal year 1989,\ Nelson added. In their statement the bishops expressed anger over Nelson's claim me asylum requests are frivolous. \Civil war in Central America has killed tens of thousands; caused many to be raped, tortured and maimed; forced fami- lies from meir homes; made feeding, edu- cating and rearing families impossible; caused rampant unemployment; sown fear and dread of police action against entire families; and made hope for me children an impossibility in the hearts of parents,\ me bishops said. In a separate statement, issued the same day, me Texas Conference of Churches, an ecumenical body of Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox churches, said it was \appal- led\ by Nelson's remarks. le conference said it would be \inhu- and unjust\ to send people back to r ar-torn countries where mey may face \persecution for having left... in die first place.\ I 1 i i i 1 l W m> I I I 1 .•£• Sponsor A Child like Marita ($15 a mopth) CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION For CHILDREN & AGING Founded and directed by CATHOLIC LAY PEOPLE. 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