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...NATO policy, which allows for the possibility of an Allied first-strike use of nuclear weapons; the theory is that this threat will deter an attack by the superior non-nuclear forces of the Soviet bloc. The bishops adopted an amendment offered by San Francisco's archbishop, John R. Quinn: "We do not perceive any situation in which the deliberate initiation of nuclear warfare on however restricted a scale can be morally justified...
Though most of the sanctuary congregations are Protestant, Milwaukee's Roman Catholic Archbishop Rembert Weakland last month opened archdiocesan property to the refugees and on Easter weekend personally baptized, in Spanish, two children of the seven Salvadorans. Says Weakland: "Sanctuary is not really a way of avoiding justice, but a holy respite so that true justice can eventually be done." But three other Catholic prelates, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin of Chicago and Archbishops John Roach of St. Paul-Minneapolis and James Hickey of Washington, have criticized the movement, arguing that Catholics should aid refugees through legal means and lobby...
...letter, which will go before the bishops for approval at a meeting May 2 and 3 in Chicago, was revised after a headline-making public discussion of the issues by the church leaders last November. The bishops later submitted hundreds of proposed changes, and Bernardin and Minnesota's Archbishop John Roach, president of the U.S. Catholic hierarchy, conferred in January with West European bishops and top Vatican officials...
When Governor-elect Blanchard selected Mansour in December to be director of the public services department, she asked both her order and Archbishop Szoka for permission to serve. The order readily approved. So did Szoka, but he states that he gave his support only on condition that Mansour would clarify her position on abortion so that it was in line with church teaching. Szoka noted that the nun "cannot control the laws of the state," and added: "To make a big issue of this one thing seems a bit sensational...
...contending that it was acceptable under church doctrine. Szoka came under increasing pressure from conservative Catholics and right-to-lifers for being too tolerant. On Feb. 23, Szoka ordered Mansour to resign. Several hundred nuns, as well as some priests, attacked his stand; there was even opposition to the Archbishop on Detroit's pastoral council, made up of priests, members of religious orders and laymen...