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           The campaign for legalized abortion has assumed worldwide dimensions.  There is probably not a single country that has not felt its impact in the past few years. Where abortion was already legal, on restricted grounds, the campaign has been aimed at removing these restrictions. And those countries where abortion is still illegal (countries like Ireland or Spain) are under growing pressure to legalize it: perhaps on restricted grounds, to begin with, but the campaign, here too, is evidently aiming at the ultimate goal of abortion "on demand."

RANDOM THOUGHTS

For many years Msgr. Cormac Burke has been a favourite among "Position Paper" readers because of his clarity of thought and lucidity of expression. In the following wide-ranging interview with Rev Charles Connolly these characteristics are to the fore.

During a 1994 lecture visit to New Zealand, Cormac Burke was interviewed on Radio New Zealand's "Kim Hill Show". This is a slightly shortened version of the interview. (Position Papers, Dublin, 1994)

Kim Hill: What kind of marriage cases do you judge at the Roman Rota?

            [A priest in the confessional is like a continuous call from God to sinners. His presence there preaches the availability of God's mercy.]

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            Is Penance on the decline? Well, it seems undeniable that the frequentation of the Sacrament of Penance is on the decline almost everywhere. The facts speak for themselves: deserted confessionals, reduced hours for hearing confessions, priests saying people do not come for Confession, people saying that priests are not available for Confessions...