University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, September 10, 1986
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Church policy rouses opinions of Catholics
By PATRICIA FEENY
Staff writer
In an attempt to reach out to more than 500,000 inactive Roman Catholies, last week the archdiocese of Miami made it easier for the Catholic Church to forgive participants in abortion procedures.
But the Rev. Vince Krische of the St. Lawrence Catholic Center, 1631 Crescent Road, said he did not think the absolution procedure would change in Lawrence.
Before the change in Miami, Catholics who had abortions or assisted in performing them could only seek abolition through the bishop in the sacrilege of reconciliation, a formal church action offered only two or three times a year.
The new procedure allows priests in Miami to offer absolution the first Friday of each month.
Krische said the change in procedure probably would help the Miami community increase the number of people seeking absolution there.
Robert Burnett, Topka graduate student, said if Lawrence changed its abolition procedure, Catholics would welcome it. Burnett was studying to be a priest two years ago.
"We have a very conservative archiocese. I think it would be
welcome because in the past there has been a great effort to reach out to inactive Catholics," he said.
He estimated that 49 percent of all Catholies did not participate actively in the church. He said this change in procedure might trigger a response in other areas.
Clare Cain, Topeka senior, said the action in Miami seemed too business-like rather than spiritual.
"Absolution is something that is spiritual. It sounds like people are being bribed to come back to the church," Cain said. "They will come back if they want to. It shouldn't be come one, come all, get your absolement."
"I think a lot of people stray from the church because it is a controlling force. I found it very difficult to incorporate the Catholic rules into my everyday life."
Clare Muckerman, Wilmette, Ill., senior, also a Catholic, said the change in absolution policy probably would help people by easing their guilt.
Leigh Caspari, St. Louis sophomore, said the policy should not just be limited to Miami but should be national. She also is a Catholic.
"I don't condone abortion but I don't condemn those who have had them either," she said.
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