these dangers and then give o personal occount of your attitude towards this problem. (personal feellngs / Information / fears / tiopes / future expectatlons) (5 Kandidaten) 3. Anottier Arms Raoe Many of ftie Thiird World Countries find ttiemselves loaded witli debts ftiey can hardly ever get rid of. Many of tfiese oountries should flgtit poverty, extremely poor trousing oondltlons, analpfiabeflsm, trunger and diseases, Nevertheless we are surprised and Irritafed byflndingout Inow mucin money and resources these countries spend on arms and the development of thelr armles. In your essay try to poInt ouf posslble reasons for thIs behaviour (Why? Who Is Interested in It?); do also refer to examples you have heard ofi Write about your personal attitude and viewstothlsapparentmadness. Try to find out Ifthere isanyhopefor achongeof the Situation (Whatwould have to change and how oould a ohange be brought about in your opinion?). (2 Kandidaten) 8. C-Klasse (t3 Kandidaten ■ Gruppe 2) Mag. Klaus KramI A Plan for Cotholic Morrioges Livlng oport so you con have a big weddIng When Margaret Nunez metTom Pierron lastJanuary, shegot„theright vibes". One of the things that gave her those vibes was his ardent Roman Catholicism. Within a month Pierron had moved in with Nunez — in port, he says. because he had lost his job. Then last August theydecidedto get married. But when Margaret's parish priest in Houston learnedthatthecouple was Sharing morethan Catholicism, he presented them with the diocese's new — and controversial — policy: cohabiting couples must live apartfor atleastsixmonthsiftheywantafull-dressCatholic wed ding. The lovers are complying, reluctantly, They are tryingto live celibately togetherand are planninga large June wedding on theassumption that Tom will be abletosave enough money from his new job to moveout by New Year's Day. „l'll only get one Chance atthe kind of wedding a girl dreams of oll herr life," says Nunez, ,and l'm not going to give that up," Although the Roman Catholic Church has always condemned premarital sex, American priests have been at odds over how to deal with the rising tide of cou ples who are livlng together yet want a Catholic wedding. Many priests will not even falk to couples until they agree to live apart; others ignore the issue lest they alienate the couple from the church. The Houston plan, which 60 other dioceses arestudying, isan attemptto befirm but compassionate—andconsistent. But the likelihood thatitwill beadopted bythoseotherdiocesesisquestionable,becau se itmay not reach enough peopletomake the effortworthwhile. Catholic officials inSt.Cloud, Minn., theonly other diocesewith asimilar policy on premaritalcohabitation, estimatethatonly one couple in IG who cometo them tobe married are already livlng together. Of the couples who own up to livlng together, half refuse the diocese's request that they separate before marriage. Given that the Catholic Churche considers marriage a sacred bond — and that intercourse out of wedlock is a sin — the policies developed for Houston and St. Cloud seem consistent with church teaching. Couples who refuse to live spearately before marriage can sti II have a toned-down wedding ceremony with one or two attendants: specifics must be negotiated with the parish priest. As for the brides in these smaller ceremonies, Houston's Bishop Joseph Fiorenza assures them that „they can wear white, they can wear virgin wool, they can wear anything they want to wear." The point the policy is trying to make is that only couples who are Willing to prepare themselves as good Catholics for a sacramental marriage have a right to a traditional church wedding. But to many couples Houston's penalty for cohabitation seems merely punitive. Some believethat livlng together isn'tsinfui so tongas two people love eaoh other. „Acertain amountof livlng together before marriage is necessary," argues Nunez. Others regard livlng together as an economic rather than a moral decision. For example, after Max Chiari was laid off his job in Houston 10 monthsago, he moved in with his lover, Alyson Farley, whom he had met through a dating service. When the priest told Chiari to move out if the couple wanted a full-dress Catholic wed ding, Chiari suggested that the church pay his rent. „I won't pay for your sins," the priest puckishiy replied. Undeterred, the couple has settied for a nofrills wedding — the kind they were intending anyway. (ca. 590 words) Newsweek, Dec. 1987 1. Recd the faxt ond write o summory of obouf 150 words. 2. This faxt is juston exfroctfrom o report. Wouid you coii it o good or typicoi exomple of newspoper orficies? Give reosons for your onswer with exompies from the faxt. 3. How do you see your church? (Pros ond cons; isit mo dern enough for the 20''i Century?; is it stiii necessory?) If you ore no member of o church, choose one you wouid like to write obout.
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