National Lampoon condemned for religious satire
In Milwaukee Vic readers report Catholic leaders condemning a December National Lampoon issue as a scurrilous attack on Protestant Catholic and Jewish beliefs. Boston and Belfast briefs note abortion clinic founder Bernard Nathanson's reflection on 60 000 deaths and a joint Christmas season appeal by Ireland's major religious leaders for peace amid violence.
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Joseph Goebbels
Lampoon
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Bernard Nathanson
National Association For the Repeal of Abortion Laws
NARAL
National Abortion Rights Action League
New England Journal of Medicine
New York
Center For Reproductive and Sexual Health
Cardinal William Conway
Armagh
Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference
G Temple Lundie
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church In Ireland
Desmond Morris
Arwag
Obedience Honor Reverence and Love in the Holy Family
Father Eugene Mary Gos or discusses the virtues of obedience honor reverence submission and love drawn from Sirach Colossians and Matthew for the Feast of the Holy Family. He explains obedience as listening to another and emphasizes honoring persons as bearing God’s dignity. Reverence is seeing God’s glory in others and submission means voluntary, loving yield to another. Love sums all virtues and mirrors Joseph in the Gospel.
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God
Paul
Joseph
Washington
Robert Drinan
D-Mass
House Judiciary Committee
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
America
Rockefeller
United States
Drinan
State of
Christmas Mystery Inspires Wonder From Pope Paul
Pope Paul told a Christmas audience Christians should feel wonder and admiration at the birth of Christ. The Dec 18 session was lively with children, and the Pope joyfully received gifts from groups of youngsters including a soccer ball and a tennis racket.
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Pope Paul
Christ
Civil Rights Commission slams HUD on housing discrimination
The U.S. Civil Rights Commission report finds federal agencies especially HUD have failed to enforce fair housing laws adequately. Chairman Arthur Fleming notes some positive steps but says they have had minimal impact on pervasive discrimination and a lack of urgency remains.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Commission
Arthur S. Fleming
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