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FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS Southeastern Massachusetts' Largest Weekly
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Pope Pius XII greets liberators of Rome BACKED BY the dome of St. Peter's Basilica, U.S. Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, front left, rides through the streets of Rome after the 5th Army took the city on June 4, 1944. At right, Pope Pius XII blesses American and British newsmen at an informal news conference on June 7, 1944. (CNS/ Reuters & .eNS photos) _ _ _ _ _ _0• _•-
viewed the church's constant position on the male-only priesthood from the time of Christ to recent pontificates. Despite this teaching, "at the present time in some places it is nonetheless con. side red still open to debate, orthe church's judgment that women are not to be admitted to ordination is considered to havf: a merely disciplinary force," the pope, said. He said it was part of his "ministry of confirming the brethren" to declare that there must be no doubt on the matter. The issue of women's ordination has bel~n under increasing discussion following the decision last year by the Church of England to ordain women as priests. The pope at that time made clear that the policy represented an obstacle to ecumenical progress. In his latest letter, the pope recalled that as early as 1975 Pope Paul VI had reTurn to Page 12
Appeal now at $2,167,239 Reports from parishes and Special Gift donations brought the 1994 Catholic Charities Appeal to $2,167,239.15 as of May 30. All collectors are asked to complete their calls as soon as possible and bring their reports to their headquarters or their parishes. The parish phase of the Appeal closed May 25, but Appeal books will be open until 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 8. To assure credit, reports from May 31 on should be brought in person to Appeal headquarters, 344 Highland Avenue, Fall River. The following parishes have surpassed their final total for the 1993 Appeal: Holy Ghost, St. Theresa of the Child Jesus, Attleboro; Sacred Heart, N. Attleboro; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Seekonk; Our Lady of the Cape, Brewster; Our Lady of Victory, Centerville; St. Anthony, E. Falmouth; St. Francis
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armies: Clark's 5th Armored Division, which had wagcd a costly and bitter campaign against the Germans in Italy, and a church-centered underground network that had aided escaped soldiers, Italian partisans and Jews under German occupation. Fifty years later, Romans and others were remembering the morning the AmeriTurn to Page 13
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No women priests, says pope VATICAN CITY (CNS) - In a brief but emphatic apostolic letter, Pope John Paul II said the church's' ban on women priests is definitive and not open to debate among Catholics. The all-male priesthood does not represent discrimination against women, but fidelity to Christ's plan for the church, the pope said. "I declare that the church has no authority whatsover to confer priestly ordination on women and that this judgment is to be definitively held by all the church's faithful," he wrotf:. He said he was issuing the document "in order that all doubt may be removed" on a question of such crucial importance to the church. The six-page letter, titled "On Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone," was made public at the Vatican May 30. Addressed to the world's bishops, it re-
VATICAN CITY (CNS) - When the Allied Army liberated Rome in June 1944, an important chapter of world history was played out on the Vatican's doorstep. Soon after leading his forces into the Eternal City, U.S. Lt, Gen. Mark W. Clark drove his jeep into St. Peter's Square a nd was greeted byelated monsignors and bystanders, It was, in a way, the joining of two
Xavier, Hyannis; Christ the King, Mashpee; Our Lady of the Isl~, Nantucket; St. Joan of Are, Orleans; O.L. of Assumption, Osterville; St. Pius X, S. Yarmouth; St. Augustine, Vineyard Haven; Holy T~inity, W. Harwich; St. Joseph, Woods Hole; Cathedral, Blessed Sacrament, Holy Cross, Holy Rosary, Sacred Heart, St. Anne, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Jean Baptiste, St. Michael, St. Patrick, St. William, Santo Christo, SS. Peter & Paul, Fall River; St. Patrick, St, Thomas More, Somerset; St. Michael, Swansea; Our Lady of Grace, St. John the Baptist, Westport; Holy Name, O. L. of Fatima, O. L. of Perpetual Help, St. Anne, St. Casimir, St, John the Baptist, New Bedford; St. Joseph, St. Mary, Fairhaven; St. Julie Billiart, St. Mary, So. Dartmouth; St. George, Westport; Holy Rosary, Immaculate Conception, O. L. of Lourdes, St. Anthony, St. Jacques, St. Joseph, St. Paul. Taunton; Holy Cross, So. Easton.
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