ARCHBISHOP OF MIAMI: WAR IS NO LONGER A SOLUTION
MIAMI, 12 (NE) "Most people at the end of the century have
agreed that war is no longer a solution for the problems among
nations," recently stated Archbishop John Favalora of Miami,
during a Mass specially offered for immigrants in the
archdiocese. Before the great variety of nationalities present
at St. Mary's Cathedral, Archbishop Favalora emphasized the
importance of making concrete the hope of peace that the new
millennium brings. Following the Archbishop's homily, people
offered prayers for their homelands as well as for the local
community in their respective native languages, among these
English, Croatian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and German. The
Mass, began with a procession of children, followed by adults
and children alike, dressed in the vibrant greens, reds and
golds of African, Filipino, Chinese, Indian and other native
costumes representing the diversity of peoples present in Miami.
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