Msg Base:  AREA 3  - ASK FATHER (AMDG)
  Msg No: 203.  Thu 12-17-92 22:50  (NO KILL)
    From: Father Mateo
      To: Adam Zaidi
 Subject: Bosnia

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³ What is the Church's view on the Bosnia Hercegovina affair?  Why isn't
³ anyone going in to help the Bosnians and stop the Serbians who are
³ commiting genocide?  Is it because the Christian (Catholic) world doesn't
³ care when Muslims are being slaughtered?
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Dear Adam,
 
The Catholic Church condemns unjust war and the killing of innocent
people.  That's the answer to your first question.  The answer to
your second question is that the U.N. have been making efforts to
help the Muslim population in Bosnia-Herzegovina.  So far these
efforts have not been very successful.  Some say that more (military)
force is needed.
 
The ASK FATHER conference of the CIN is strictly a question-answer
information conference.  We welcome specific questions about the
Catholic Church, her doctrines, practices, et al.  Perhaps you would do
better to address your third question to one of our other conferences.
 
At Lourdes and Fatima, Our Lady asked for prayer and more prayer,
penance and more penance, a thoroughgoing and ongoing conversion of
life, a return to God.  These are fundamental duties for Christians.
Handwringing and mutual recriminations are useless, even sinful.  Wars
and injustice will not cease until we begin to obey our Lady's call.
Individuals and communities must "invade" Serbia with penance and
prayer.  Then God will strengthen the spineless leaders of nations to
make peace and see justice done.
 
                                        Sincerely in Christ,
                                                Father Mateo
 
 
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