page 6 Dialectic of Feminism During his first American visit since being elevated to the papacy, Pope John Paul II broke his nearly year-old of ficial silence on contraception. Maintaining his strong stance on doctrine and discipline, the Pope confirmed his agreement with the 1968 en cyclical and widened the gap between the Church and ap proximately 80 percent of the nation's Catholics who ignore the ban on contraceptives. It is not difficult to under stand the Pope's emotional religious bias against abortion which he confirmed during the trip, but it is very difficult to understand the stand a gainst contraceptives which can prevent the need/desire for an abortion. Women are expected to forego careers for marriage and as many child ren as they can bear. Family life cannot be combined with a career in a good Catholic family. What can the Pope tell a Catholic woman who can't afford the money for the bills? Maybe if the Church were to share its wealth with large Catholic families, it would change its policies as funds ace depleted. The Vope and the Church have a long history of trying to keep women in line. One might even describe it as a very old, boundary-less form of government. It tells its citizens what rules they must obey and punishes those who don't. The punishment for independent women who didn't obey all the rules in the Middle Ages was death. Many women were burned as EARN AT LEAST *6B. month for four hours of yo time per week. Donate plas at Sera-Tee Biologicals. • Monday thru Thursday from 8:45 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Friday from 8:45 a.m. to 4;00 p.m. Stop in at 260 Reify &teat. or call for information aot 2=1901. IMPROVE YOUR GRADES Send $1 for your 306-page cat alog of collegiate research. 10,250 topics listed. Box 25097 G, Los Angeles, Californ ia, 90025. (213) 477-8226. Newspaper workshop Wed., Oct. 24 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. in Gallery lounge by carol eveschild witches. Today the punish ment isn't as drastic, but should modern women be subjected to any such pun ishments? When the Pope, as the Church personified, backs Catholic requests for legisla tion against abortion by our national government, he is intruding on the American concept of church/state sep aration. This country was founded by people who want ed religious freedom. To per mit the Catholic Church to fuse its religious laws with our government laws would be to permit the Church to take personal rights away from millions of our citizens. Many Catholic women want to remain within the Church. The Church needs to recognize the realities of their lives, however, and become responsive to their needs. Permitting women to serve throughout the ministries of the Church, including the priesthood, would be a wel coming and accepting sign to many women. 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