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...page draft, which was kept secret until after the presidential election so that it would not become a campaign issue, goes beyond simply noting the presence of the hungry at the feast of American affluence. The letter calls for an aggressive, Government-led attack on economic problems. Said Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee, who chaired the committee that prepared the letter: "We want to appeal to the generosity, good will and concern of all U.S. citizens. Our point is: do not remain complacent at this point in history...
...nearly 300 bishops at last week's meeting roundly praised the letter. New York's Archbishop O'Connor said the draft would help "in stirring up a sense of personal and national emergency." Said Archbishop James Hickey of Washington, B.C.: "It challenges all ideologies...
...Weakland was appointed Archbishop of Milwaukee. Instead of holding a traditional welcoming banquet for parish priests and wealthy Roman Catholic laymen, Weakland had a dinner for the city's poor. He also sold his predecessor's mansion and moved into a modest apartment in the cathedral rectory. Its one luxury: a Mason & Hamlin grand piano, which he tries to play daily...
After the bishops launched the economics project in 1980, Archbishop John Roach of St. Paul, who was then president of the hierarchy, gave Weakland the sensitive chairmanship because of his high standing among colleagues. The four other bishops who joined him: Atlanta's Thomas A. Donnellan, Peter Rosazza of Hartford, Conn., George H. Speltz of St. Cloud, Minn., and William Weigand of Salt Lake City...
Ferraro was less successful with the leaders of her own Roman Catholic Church. She was publicly criticized by New York Archbishop John J. O'Connor, among others, for her stance supporting free choice on abortion. Personal acceptance of the church's strict antiabortion teachings was not enough, they said; Ferraro was also obligated to press for their public acceptance. The clerical confrontation, which could not help but cost votes, was all the more galling to Ferraro's staff because it appeared to them to be inspired by the candidate's sex. Says an aide: "Teddy Kennedy had the same position...