Word: bernardine
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Cincinnati's Archbishop Joseph Bernardin, president of the bishops' conference, acknowledges that the Detroit meeting "tended to increase polarization and factionalism" in some quarters. Nonetheless, last fall he named a task force of bishops to figure out what response should be made. The behind-the-scenes struggle centered on preparation of a statement giving the hierarchy's formal views on the issues. The statement of response went through seven drafts. One version, completed in March, had a "Neanderthal" view of the church, in the opinion of Bishop James Rausch of Phoenix, the former general secretary...
...while the bishops resisted some of the most publicized Detroit proposals, they did promise to hold further consultations and, as Archbishop Bernardin put it, to "listen, learn, discern and make judgments...
Last week the bishops called another press conference to "clarify" matters. "I make no apology for the position we've taken on abortion," said Archbishop Joseph Bernardin, president of the conference. But Bernardin also noted that "we are not supporting religious-bloc voting, nor are we instructing people for whom to vote. We reject any interpretation of the meetings with the candidates as indicating a preference for either candidate or party...
Clear Signal. The bishops said that they were "encouraged" by Ford, while they had been "disappointed" by Carter, who had invited them in a week before. There was, however, still room for improvement in Ford's position. Declared Archbishop Joseph Bernardin, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops: "Saying we are encouraged is not to say that we are totally satisfied. We feel there are better approaches than states' rights...
...Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin of Cincinnati, John Cardinal Carberry of St. Louis, Terence Cardinal Cooke of New York, Archbishop John J. Maguire of New York, Bishop James W. Malone of Youngstown and Bishop James S. Rausch, general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops...