Word: lucker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some bishops were troubled by the prospect of substitute services. William McManus, a retired Indiana bishop, warned that the strong tradition of Sunday Mass could be undermined "if we bless this monster." Bishop Raymond Lucker of New Ulm, Minn., urged a study of the priest shortage that would face such issues as "Why can't we ordain people other than celibate males?" For the Vatican, however, that is a question not open to discussion...
...dozen members at the meeting dissenting. As Archbishop Hickey has argued, the Catholic leaders fear a Communist takeover in El Salvador but nonetheless are against sending in U.S. arms. The bishops' rationale: the weapons will strengthen repressive elements in the security forces and, says Bishop Raymond A. Lucker of New Ulm, Minn., drive more and more people "into the hills and into the hands of the guerrillas." Says Auxiliary Bishop John E. McCarthy of Galveston-Hous-ton: "Those 22-year-old rebels are not risking their lives for the good of the Soviet Union or Cuba. They are risking...
Although Pope John Paul II has not commented on their political statements concerning El Salvador, the American bishops believe that he does not oppose their policies. Says Lucker: "Clearly he cannot be saying that we shouldn't be taking stands on moral issues that have political implications. Look at his own statements on Poland." A Vatican official describes the Pope's views on El Salvador to be threefold: to prevent bloodshed, encourage social reform and avoid the emergence of "another Cuba." Neither the bishops nor the Reagan Administration would disagree with those goals; the question...