FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS
t eanc 0 VOL. 28, No. 27
FALL RIVER, MASS., FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1984
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'Vatican scores
.priests' expulsion
Casellar .of Spain; Mario Frendi and Benito Petito of Italy; Jose Ten foreign priests were ex Joaquin Montero and Miguel pulled from Nicaragua July 9, Huerta of Costa Rica; Mario Ma accused by, the government of driz of Panama, and Benito La, .' .' planning to "provide a con plante of Canadm. frontation between the church Nine of the 10 flew to Costa and, the state," the Washington Rica shortly afte:r the expulsion Post reported. order. At press time church offi Their expulsion followed a cials said they had been I1mable protest march led by Arehbishop to 'locate Father ·Laplante. Miguel Obando Bravo of Mana It was not clear from news .. gua supporting a Nicaraguan reports whether the priests took... priest accus'ed by the govern part in the July 9 demonstratio~h ' ment of aiding rebels. The Post quoted a com The Vatican newspaper, munique from Nicaraguan im· L'Osservatore Romano, in a migration authorities which said front-page editorial, described the priests' residency permits the expulsions as extemely were cancelled because the men grave," while Archbishop Oban "violated the laws of the coun· . do Bravo said they were part of try and were carrying out' labors an effort by the left-wing San against the government and take dinista government to under ing part in plans to provoke a mine the position of the church confrontation the between in the strife-ridden country. church and the state." The priest accused of anti The L'Osservatore editorial government activities, Father said in part: "The measures Luis Amada Pena, has been COn adopted by the Managua authori fined to a seminary outside of ties are unjustified, or under the the capital, Managua. _ most favorable theory, complete· The expelled priests were iden ly out of proportion to the in tified by the Post as four Span cident." iards, two Italians, two Costa Archbishop Obando Bravo Ricans, one Panamanian and one July 9 led 27 priests and 300 Canadian. They are, according to other people in a half-mile the newspaper, Fathers Francis co San Martin, Vicente Caudelli, march from the Monte Tabore Santiago Anitua and Francisco Turn to Page Three
By NC News Service
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DURING ONE of Pope John Paul's summer audiences in St. Peter's' Square, he's sur rounded by folk dancers from Taiwan. (NC/UPI Photo)
Fun in ·the Vatican sun
VATICAN CITY (NC) - Fun in the summer sun for many Vatican visitors means attending a Wednesday general audience with Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square. Although there was an unforgettable moment of horror in May, 1981, when an' attempt was made on the pope's 'life, for the most part the out door audiences are a joyous high point in the lives of the visitors
from allover the world. Those present may see grace ful dancers surrounding the pon tiff or, as at the Juiy 4 audience, watch an excited young bride have her wedding ring bl~ssed by him. Not only did June Fisher of Deerfield, Mass., get the special blessing, but Franco Princi of Adelaide, Australia, was recog nized . for his year-long solitary,
Where the action Cape Cod ds where the sum mer action is. Ask anyone who's inched his or her way through Capeward traffic to reach its sunshine, sand and sea. Cape parishes are part of that action. All the 'way to Province town ,they add to their weekend Masses, plan bazaars, suppers and other activities that most parishes save for fall, winter and spring and dn general provide a church home away from home for vacationers, many of whom return to the same Cape com munity year after year. "U's a gorgeous sight to see families together and watch the summer kids grow up," said Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, for the past nine years pastor of St. Pius X parish, South Yarmouth. "At '!tome, many famHies don't attend Mass as a unit, what with conflicting cor:nmitments, teen age j01;ls and so forth," he ex plained. "But on vacation they all come together."
walk for peace: . "I was two feet from the pope and got a picture of him bless ing my wife," said 24~year-old John Fisher. The couple decided to spend an extra day of their six-week European honeymoon in Rome after hearing that they could see ,the pope at a general audience. "I got to touch the pope and . Turn to Page Seven
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Year-round, St. Pius is one of the Cape's busiest parishes. One eViidence is that this year it top ped all others in Catholic Chari ties Appeal returns. Its winter population of 3,000, however, doubles in summer and its four . priests, aided by one visiting priest, schedule 11 weekend Masses to serve all worshipers. Seven are at the main church on Station. Avenue, which seats 1,200, the remainder at Qur Lady of the Highway summer chapel in Bass Rdver. One of the parish's special at tractions has been building since March, 1982, when Father Tim .othy J. Goldrick crossed the Bourne Bridge from New Bedford and joined the staff. ,An ardent gardener, he has turned the rec tory grounds dnto a blaze of color. They include a Marian shrine surrounded by flowers and focused on a terra cotta Mexi can madonna, a combination birdbath and fountain and a Turn to Page Six
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At a Mass last summer, Msgr. Munroe and Bishop Daniel A. Cronin greet St. Pius X churchgoers.