European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine will to have to buy rights to cover scenes like this at Gate Etc Airport outside London when Pope John Paul ii visits California in september plan to sell to coverage rights of Pope s visit in . Stirs juror by Robert Lindsey new York times a plan by roman Catholic officials incl Fumia 10 auction television rights  us a september visit by Popo Johnpaul ii Hus set Oil an uproar  and some Church leaders Trio diocese of won Leicy. Which invited broadcasters to bid Lor the rights to broadcast an outdoor mass has also drawn criticism 01 deciding to assess its parishes s15 for each admission ticket Given them for the mass because of negative publicity Over the California diocese s fund raising plan he United staffs conference of Catholic Bishops has Pul pressure on officials in Monterey to drop Tho idea. In addition to raising important questions regarding press Freedom and he Issue of making payments to cover news events. The dispute has spotlighted the 12 million financial Burden that a papal Visi can impose on catholics in a Small poor diocese. The Pope is scheduled to make a live hour Stop in Monterey and nearby Carmel sept. 7 As part of a nine Day visit to the United states that begins sept 10 in Miami Earl this month ted Elisee director of  i in the diocese of Monterey sent a letter to 60 broadcast outlets inviting bids Lor rights la broadcast an outdoor mass that the Pope 15 scheduled. Id celebrate at the Laguna Seca motor raceway. It offered exclusive rights in each of eight television markets in Ca Lornia mule noting Al might be rejected if a major network submitted a bet or hid diocesan official1", defended the idea comparing the projected Sale of broadcast rights to the Sale of rights to Las year s statue of Liberty Celebration in new York Harbor. 01 it e super bowl we  no  " Elisee said we Art a poor diocese some Catholic pointed out that a san f Ranci co Telov Sion ult Jon Pix. Rocc my purchased exclusive rights to broadcast poisons of the 50lh birthday Celebration of the Golden Gale Bridge in May but broadcasters accused the Monterey diocese of commercializing a religious ceremony and All Empting to limit coverage of a news event. It Breaks the Bounds of taste putting the Pope in the same category As Madonna of Michael Jackson said Tan pea son news director of television Siphon Kryn in san Francisco lbs is nol interested in buying news 1 said tajik Kramer who helps supervise coverage of special events for lbs news in new York. We re not going to hid " said Harry Fuller news it Breaks the Bounds of taste putting the Pope in the same category As Madonna or Michael  Kron news director direct of of go to in san Francisco some officials of the Umed Stales conference of Catholic Bishops estimate that the total expense of in Pope s september visit might teach $20 million other crores on his route include Columbus. S c. New Orleans san Antonio. Phoenix los an gds a. San Francisco and Detroit by Church custom the expenses am Boino it Host diocese in each cily visited by the Pope catholics in Monterey have been working or decades to win sainthood Tor a local hero. Junipero Serra. An 18th-Century priest who built a Chain of missions the length of California Many Vure ctr urdu last half when the Vatican included Monterey on the Pope s itinerary interpret Linro it As a sign he planned to sunday february 22, 1987 beautify Serra icon a major Milestone in Lio process of designation As a Saint. 5liis, diocesan loaders say they were shocked at the expenses of the visit they would have to share. Elisee estimated the Cost to the local diocese Al $2 million including about $500,000 to construct four temporary press centers Al Iho Laguna Seca raceway. Most cities on the itinerary Are Large and can share the expense among Many catholics he said but. He added. We Are a Small missionary diocese of 8.000 Square Miles with As parishes and 59 priests whose main mints try is to hispanic Larm  people think of Monterey and then Pebble Beach and Carmel and think n is a Rich area Elisee said but once you leave Here you re m grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck country it s nol fair to make poor farm workers pay the Cost of nes people doing Ihetu Job we Are no frying to Maki Money on the papal visit to Are just frying to recoup Are costs each diocese to be visited by the Pope was giant cd autonomy in determining How to would meet their costs but no other dioceses on have sought to sell broadcast it gals officials of Iho conference of cd Holic Bishops said. So far. A Flores by the conference of Bishops to gel Iho diocese to drop its plan have been unsuccessful but Russell b. Shaw Secretary for Public Flaus of the National group said he was optimistic that a Compromise would lie reached he said the conference of Bishops had opes cd concern to the diocese about various aspects of the proposals and on the basis of these convert in on it is now satisfied it will re think its position Elisee denied last acc a that hip diocese had abandoned its plan but to said he  Mel soon with a delegation of binary Carlois to discuss alternative ways of paying for Iho facilities needed Lor the papal Al self to said he had been advised that broadcasters Ollieu shaded the Cost of providing camera plut Koimn and Olhorn technical facilities while covering Mior events and that fhe Dicoio  willing to consider an approach that helps recoup our costs " the stars and stripes Page 13