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...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 of the bishops' national staff...
...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...
...over the past year, U.S. Catholics had already saved enough money to buy a shipload of rice, which they sent to Bangladesh during the congress.) Brazil's activist Archbishop Helder Camara called the world's unequal distribution of wealth "the greatest scandal of the century." Bishop James Rausch, general secretary of the U.S. Catholic Conference, called on the U.S. to send food abroad now, to be followed by technical aid. Each person's right to eat, he said, is a matter of elemental justice. "If we fail, the hungering Christ stands in judgment...
...national goal of 3% unemployment for adults, to be reached within four years of enactment. The Government would be ordered to create jobs in public service and launch public works programs to achieve that end. The goal is noble, and drew support from such witnesses as Bishop James Rausch of the U.S. Catholic Conference; Murray Finley, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; and Newark Mayor Kenneth Gibson, speaking for the urban poor...
Before the bishops can convert others to their cause, however, they are going to have to do some educating within their own flock. Admits Bishop James Rausch, general secretary of the conference: "Many of our people aren't sure what the church's positions are." Actually, the church's positions clearly add up to adamant opposition to abortion. Many Catholics, however, are relatively tolerant of abortion in such cases as rape, or when the future mother's life is endangered...