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Pontiff Will Meet President; Location Not Yet Definite WASHINGTON (NC) - Both to get "an overwhelmingly Carter and the Vatican friendly welcome and an enpress office have confinned that thusiastic w~lconie" from "AmPope John Paul II will meet erican people of' all religious with Carter during the papal faiths." visit to the United States the The sight of the pope in the first week in October, immedi- White House would have once ately following a three-day visit sparked sharp criticism from those who opposed Catholic to Ireland. The pope will probably visit presidenti~l candidates because Carter at the White House, but they feared American policy details have not yet been work- would be dictated from the Vatied out. If the pope does go to can. - But a Gallup poll on the 10 the White House, it would be a men most admired by Amerifirst. cans at the end of the 1978 _ Carter last week told a group of out-of-town editors that he expects to meet with the pope "in the White House in a private ' fashion." (Commenting on a press report on the president's remarks, the Vatican press spokesman, CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (NC).Father Romeo Panciroli, conSome 1,000 scientists 'and theofinned that the pope would meet Carter. Asked if the meet- logians, -including a Vatican' ing would take place in Wash- delegation, concluded a 12-day conference - on ington, he said, "It has not been international Faith, Science and the Future by settled yet.") pledging to continue working toRussell Shaw, secretary of .gether in the search for truth. public affairs for the U.S. CathThe conference opened with a olic Conference, said he expects welcoming address by Cardinal the pope to come to Washing- Humberto Medeiros of Boston, ton and expects him to visit the who said Christian faith and sciWhite House if he does. ence cannot ignore each other. _ If the pope does not come to "The technology that disreWashington, Shaw said, he will gards or ignores the question' of probably meet Carter at the Christian ethics, especially the United Nation;;. The pope will value it places on humanity, will address the United Nations on quickly reduce _the earth to a Oct. 2. desert, the person to an autoCarter said he expects the pope mation brotherly love to planned collectivization, and introduce death where God wished life," , Cardinal Medeiros said. . Cooperation of science and faith might result in "a new and LISBON, Portugal (NC) Maria de Lourdes Pintassilgo has comprehensive vision of reality," .declared a statement issued at been named by President Antonio Ramhalho Eanes 'as pre- the end of the meeting, held at mier of Portugal and asked to the Massachusetts Insitute of Technology and sponsored by fonn an interim government. the World Council of Churches. Miss Pintassilgo, a prominent That new vision is attainable Catholic, began selecting cabinet if each field "could find a way members from among other to free itself of the sterile conCatholics. _'She said she was flict and protective annor of its looking for "progressives" in an past relationship with the other," effort to initiate social refonns. the scientists and theologians The new premier is a mem- said. ' ber of The Grail, an internationTowards that goal, the wec al Catholic women's movement 'is peal-heading an effort to get concerned with religious, cul- the two groups working together tural and social development. so ethics can influence advanceShe has attended several Grail ments in technology and just international meetings at the world order can be attained. movement's headquarters in . In that vein, the conference Loveland, Ohio. also approved a statement callPresident Eanes is planning ing for an international mora-to call for parliamentary elec- torium on construction of ~u颅 tions in- the fall, since the long clear power plants. The morapolitical crisis stems from the torium is necessary, delegates' said, to encourage "wide particiTurn to Page Seven 'Presid~nt
found Pope John Paul ranked second, behind Carter and ahead of evangelist Billy Graham. The poll found the pope rated sixth among Protestants only. Carter said he believes the pope "desires to come to our country not on a political mission, but on one involving religion, morals and ethics." Carter said it was too early to know what subjects they would discuss. But, he said, "We do share a common desire for Turn to Page Seven
Science, Faith Seek Truth As Experts Meet at .MIT
PQrtugues'e Head Devout Catholic
LOVE ONE ANOTHER: At MIT conference, embrace of frieQ,dship is shared in top picture by Karekin II, Armenian Patriarch of Lebanon; Cardinal Humberto Medeiros of Boston; ~nd Metropolitan Paulos Gregorios of the Orthodox Syrian Church of India; bottom, Pope-John Paul II embraces a Polish schoolboy. (NC Photos)
pation in a public debate, on the risks, costs and benefits of nuclear energy in all countries directly involved." A:pproval of the nuclear power statement followed a sharp ciash over the issue. Professor David Rose of MIT, a nuclear engineer, took the pro-nuclear position, arguing that hydrocarbons produced ,by coal, oil and gas :were far more polluting than nuclear exhaust. Professor Jean Rosse, a physicist at路 the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, flatly rejected the nuclear option, saying that slow pollution of the bioT~rn to Page Seven
Newspaper Lists Pers'ecution Toll SAN - SALVADOR, EI Salvador (NC) - A persecution of the Catholic Church which b.egan 30 months ago has left five' priests killed, caused expulsion or exile of 26 priests, including' three from the U.S., and arrest of nine priests, according to a Catholic newspaper. . It also listed death threats to 50 priests and Archbishop Oscar A. Romero of San Salvador. . In addition, 21 priests have been targets of a defamation campaign, often a prelude to death, three more were victims of attempted murder and in four cases priests were tortured while under arrest. Also one nun was detained, three expelled and two more _forced to leave under threats., These accounts hav~ been published by the San Salvador archdiocesan weekly, OrientaTurn to Page Seven