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FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS
FALL RIVER, MASS., FRIDAY, MARCH 21,1986
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~he Palm ~und~y Ii.~ gy,.to bf.' celebrated at~ p..... Saturday, March 22, ·will be offered by Most Reverend paniel A•.Cronin. Conc~~ebr~nts will b~ Msgr. Tbomas j: Harrington and Rev. Michael McManus; deacon chaplains Deacons Freddie »abi~zuk and Thomas F.rechette; liturgical deacon, Deacon David Andrade. The Passion will be read by Deacon Babiczuk, Christ; Deacon Andrade, narrator; Deacon Frechette, other parts.At the Chrism Mass at 4 p.m. Tuesday March 25, Bishop Cronin will be celebrant with diocesan clergy as concelebrants. Designated concelebrants will be Rev. Msgr. Luiz Mendonca, V.G.,Rev. Msgr. John Regan, V.E., Rev.. Msgr. Henry Munroe, V.E. Rev. Msgr. John Smith, V.E. Als:o Rev; '~larenceD'EntreD)ont, Rev. Joseph O'Donnell, Rev. Joseph Powers, Rev. James Greene, ~ev.Thomas Morris.sey. Rev. Lucien JuSsea\lme, YeryRev.Edward Duffy; Y.F., Rev..William Shovelton, Rev; Bernard Kelly, Rev. Paul Price,SS.CC. t')eacons Andride . and Mautice6auvin Wlll be ~fareIs of the qU. of£hri~1:l1;ll'.~th~fs M~uri~rLe~~l'.§l ~lid Richard Degagne the Oil 0)' the' Sick; F~thers ~~ch <l.endreau.~n(;ti~()~rt.Pliv~ira. the<@il Cat mens. "" " --." . '/ ~" '<
POPE JOHN PAUL II celebrates 1985 Mass of the Chrism at St. Peter's Basilica. Chrism is a mixture of olive oil and balsam used at baptism, confirmation and ordination. In the Fall River diocese, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will celebrate the Chrism Mass, to which all are invited, at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 25. (NC/ UPI-Reuter photo)
Curran case confusing WASHINGTON (NC) - A clash involving the right ofa theologian to dissent from some church teachings in an atmosphere of academic freedom and the duty of the church to safeguard the purity of its beliefs erupted in mid-March when Father Charles Curran rejected a Vatican order that he retract his views on some sexual ethics issues. He was told he would lose his right to teach as a Catholic theologian at the Catholic University of America in Washington if he did not comply with the order from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Because Catholic University is a pontifical university, theologians must have Vatican approval to teach there. Father Curran, a moral theologian whose career at Catholic University has been marked by con-
troversy, revealed at a March II news conference that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head ofthe Vatican's doctrinal congregation, had ordered him to retract his views on a number of issues. Those issues, outlined in a letter from Cardinal Ratzinger to the theologian, include contraception and sterilization, abortion and euthanasia, masturbation, premarital intercourse and homosexual acts, and the indissolubility of sacramental and consummated marriage. Father Curran's dissenting positions on these issues, the cardinal said, "violate the conditions necessary for a professor to be called a Catholic theologian... It added that "the authorities of the church cannot allow the present situation to continue in which the inherent contradiction is prolonged." Father Curran, at his news con-
ference, said the core of the controversy "concerns the legitimacy of dissent from authoritative, noninfallible church teaching." He said he does not disagree with any dogmas or defined truth and said his basic position is that it is "legitimate for a Roman Catholic to dissent in theory and in practice from non-infallible church teaching." Father Curran said this view is accepted by "many world-acclaimed Roman 'Catholic theologians," including the late Jesuit Father Karl Rahner, French Dominican Father Yves Congar and several U.S. theologians. "My positions are neither rebellious nor radical," he said. "My theological positions represent the mainstream of Catholic theology." A compromise proposed by Father Curran - that he retain his Turn to Page Six
<ii D~ac~~s F~eche~~e~~~il'~~Ot~~~ei$ will!l,)¢ deacon chapl~i~s and Deacon Babiczuk willbe litutgi<:al deacon. Bi$hoP C.. onin?will~elel,) ..,ate<the >lIolyTbursdat liturgy at 7. p.m. March 2~, wi!h M:~8r.~arringt()~an~ Father'McManus as concelebrants. Deacons Reis and i\ndrade will be deacon 9haplains~nd Deacon Gauviljl will be liturgical deacon. } , " On Good Friday, March 18, tll.~ C~lebra«on9fth~ Lord's PasSion will be held at 3 p.m~ Bishop Cronin will Pl'esid~ and, MS8r. H~rrin~on will be celebrant. Peacon$ Babiczuk and Gauvin will be deacon chaplains and Deac()n Reis wUI be liturgicatdeacQn. Deacon Babicluk will take the part of Christ at the reading of the Passion, Deacon Reis will be narrator and Deacon Gauvin will take the other parts. The Easter Vigil will be celebrated at 7 'p.m: Saturday, March 29. Bishop Cronin will be principal celebrant, with Msgr; Harrington and Father McManus as concelebrants. Deacons Gauvin and Reis will be deacon chaplains and Deacon Frechette will be liturgical deacon. Easter Mass win be te'lecast-froJD 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. oljl W~NE, Chll..net~, on Ea~terSunday, Mar(1l 30~ Bishop Cronin will be celebrant, with Deacons Andrade and J3~bicz\lk as. deacon «baplains and Deacon Ryis as. liturgical deacon. Attending deacons will be Deacons Frechette and Gauvin. Master of Ceremonies for Holy Week at the Cathedral will be Msgr. John J .• Oliveira; V.E. < '