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WASHINGTON (CNS) - Hispanic ministry leaders from dioceses across the United States addressed the future of Hispanic ministry and the crises generated by the pandemic and racial tensions among other issues during a V En- cuentro virtual gathering Oct. 9-10. In his welcoming re- marks, Auxiliary Bishop Arturo Cepeda of Detroit, chairman of the U.S. Con- ference of Catholic Bishops' Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs, stressed that this step opens the imple- mentation phase of the V Encuentro for the next two years. He also invited participants to continue their work despite the chal- lenges generated by the pandemic. The landscape has changed, and there is an urgent need to be even more creative and re- sourceful as we adapt our pastoral responses gener- ated by the V Encuentro process to this new reality," said Bishop Cepeda. In a video message, Arch- bishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, addressed the current social issues that have impacted com- munities, such as the pan- demic, racial tensions and social inequality. The Hispanic/Latino community, particularly recent immigrants, have suffered and at times been dehumanized by the separation of families and prolonged incarceration of those seeking a better life," Archbishop Pierre said. The Holy Father calls us to resist this dehumaniz- ing throwaway culture, es- pecially by countering indi- vidualism and remember- ing that we are connected by our common humanity, our faith and our common home." Archbishop Pierre added that although searching for a cure for the coronavirus is a priority, searching for a cure for social inequality should be equally important. The nuncio encouraged ministry leaders to reject individualism and seek pastoral conversion by working for justice, diversi- ty, and solidarity, in a spirit of contemplation. Leaders from 103 dioces- es, including 69 bishops, participated.
Archbishop Aymond reconsecrates church
PEARL RIVER, La. (CNS) - In an act of solidarity with the 350 parishioners of Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Pearl River, a visibly upset New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond celebrated Mass Oct. 10 for a sec- ond consecutive week for the parish and reconsecrat- ed its church and its new altar. The parish had learned a week before that its 13th pastor, appointed in July 2019, Father Travis Clark, was arrested Sept. 30 for alleged obscenity with two women in their church. Be- fore he began celebrating Mass, Archbishop Aymond reiterated to those present his shock and anger over what happened - calling Father Clark's behavior inside the church obscene. He said he knew the Sts. Peter and Paul parishioners were shocked and angry, too.
2020 Christmas stamp shows Peruvian painting
CLEVELAND (CNS) - A new postage stamp for Christ- mas shows detail from an 18th-century Peruvian painting of Our Lady of Guapulo. The ornate image of Mary holding the infant Jesus by an unknown artist in Cuzco, Peru, is from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The U.S. Postal Service will release the stamp at post of- fices nationwide Oct. 20. "Enrobed in a pyramidal gown speckled with jewels and holding a scepter woven with roses and leaves, a crowned Virgin Mary looks down at a similarly adorned Christ Child in her left arm," the USPS wrote in its description of the stamp. The image is framed in a gray metal- lic border. The word "Christmas" appears in black lettering across the top. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp. The museum's description of the painting said the "richly dressed and adorned sculpture depicted in this work originated as a copy of the Spanish Virgin of Guadalupe, commissioned in 1584 by a confraternity of merchants in Quito (Ecuador)." Guapulo is a parish of Quito, nearly 2,000 miles away from Cuzco.
New report details allegations against Haas
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) - A report detailing sexual abuse and assault allegations against Catholic musi- cian and composer David Haas describes him using his influence as a faith leader in grooming victim/ survivors and suppressing reports or concerns about his behavior. The report also alleges Haas sexually abused minors, including the claim he raped a 13-year- old girl in 1979 during a confirmation retreat in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. The advocacy group Into Account published the 22-page report Oct. 1. It includes graphic descriptions of victim/survivors' claims, including forced sexual acts and unwanted touching. The report alleges that, between 1979 and 1982, when Haas was in his early 20s, he targeted girls ages 13 to 17 for sexual acts, including rape. After 1982, reported allegations include grooming of girls under 18, and grooming, unwanted attention and touching, and forced sexual acts with women between ages 18 and 60.
Encuentro participants told cure for social inequality is important
In confirmation hearings, Barrett stresses commitment to 'rule of law'
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WASHINGTON (CNS) - On Oct. 13, the second day of confirmation hearings on her Supreme Court nomina- tion, Judge Amy Coney Bar- rett made a clear distinc- tion between policy prefer- ences and legal precedents in responding to questions from members of the Sen- ate Judiciary Committee. My policy preferences are irrelevant," she said when asked if she had in- tended to dismantle the Af- fordable Care Act, and she reiterated this same view when asked about abortion and same-sex marriage. On the opening day of the hearings, Republican senators had adamantly emphasized that Barrett's Catholic faith should not be a factor in questioning, and on the start of the first day of this inquiry, it clearly wasn't a topic, although it was mentioned, even in opening remarks by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R- South Carolina, committee chairman. He asked if Barrett would be able to set aside her religious beliefs to fairly decide legal cases, which she said she could. I can. I have done that in my time on the 7th Cir- cuit," she said. "If I stay on the 7th Circuit, I'll continue to do that. If I'm confirmed to the Supreme Court, I will do that." When asked what she thought about the nomina- tion, Barrett, in a rare mo- ment of candor, said she has "tried to be on a media blackout" for the sake of her mental health but that she was aware of the "of the caricatures that are floating around" about her. She said she has made her own choices profes- sionally and personally with balancing her career and her family of seven children. "I have a life brimming with people who've made different choices, and I've never tried in my personal life to impose my choices on them and the same is true professionally." She said in the short amount of time she and her husband had to decide if she would accept the nomination, they both knew "our lives would be combed over for any nega- tive detail." We knew that our faith would be caricatured," she added, and they would have to determine if those chal- lenges would be worth it. She said her reason for moving forward with this process is that she is committed to the rule of law and the role of the Su- preme Court and dispens- ing equal justice for all." Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, the ranking member of the commit- tee, asked Barrett about abortion, specifically if she agreed with Justice Anto- nin Scalia's opinion that the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion was wrongly decided. Barrett declined to answer, saying that as a sitting judge, she wasn't going to grade prec- edent with a "thumbs-up or thumbs-down." Feinstein expressed some frustration saying: It's distressing not to get a straight answer," on a topic that affects millions of women and where Barrett could be "a very important vote." In response, Barrett said she understood why the question was raised but reiterated that she "can't pre-commit" to how she might vote or what her per- sonal views are. I have no agenda to try to overrule Casey," she said about the 1992 court deci- sion, which said states may not enact abortion regula- tions that place an "undue burden" on pregnant wom- en seeking an abortion. When asked about the court's 2015 Obergefell de- cision that legalized same- sex marriage, Barrett again said she has "no agenda" and added that she has
Code of Silence' allows abuse to go unchallenged
WHEELING, W.Va. (CNS) - Violence comes in many forms, but its goal is always control, Bishop Mark E. Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston said in his homily at the fourth annual national vigil Mass marking October as of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Violence in the home, Bishop Brennan said, is common, not sporadic like epidemics. Whether it is physical, ver- bal, emotional, economic, or even spiritual, he said, it seeks to tightly control the life of another. While some men are its victims, he said, it is overwhelmingly women who are the victims of domestic violence by men who usually have an intimate relationship with them - usually their wives or girlfriends. "We don't like to talk about it," the bishop said, "but the code of silence lets it, like a virus, go unchallenged to keep doing harm to the victim." Bishop Brennan celebrated the Oct. 3 Mass at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Wheel- ing. It was co-hosted by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat for Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth and livestreamed on the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese's YouTube channel and Facebook page.
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NEW YORK (CNS) - A statue of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the patron of immigrants, now stands over- looking the New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty. Unveiled during a dedication ceremony in Battery Park City on Columbus Day, Oct. 12, the statue honors Mother Cabrini, as she is best known. She is revered for not only her devotion to immigrants but also to children and the destitute. The sculpture, designed by Jill and Giancarlo Biagi, shows the saint "in mo- tion and taking care of children" and it "does her justice," Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio said in his remarks at the ceremony. "I know for the artists it was a work of passion. We hope that people who visit this memorial will recognize that history should be repeated, that there was a care for the outcast and marginalized which Mother Cabrini understood, and we need that same care today. This is not just history, we want to make history with a new understanding of how we take care of people." Others at the dedication ceremony included New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and fellow members of the Mother Cabrini Memorial Com- mission.
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