European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 07, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes religion saturday january 7,1995 v California county to vary invocations at meetings from the associated press Martinez Calif. Contra Costa county supervisors decided to meet a Challenge that their opening invocations Are exclusive by having More diversified prayers in the Board Chambers. Supervisors said they would turn to a wide variety of faiths As Well As nor religious inspirational material rather than a moment of silence. If silence is the Only thing that Speaks for our whole Community then we Don t have much supervisor Jeff Smith said. The Board had drawn complaints that its opening invocation once a month violated constitutional prohibitions against the establishment of religion. The members decided recently to broaden the scope by having prayers at each weekly meeting and turning to different sources instead of relying on the predominantly Christian Council of churches of Contra Costa county. We arc eco mainly not trying to establish a religion Here said supervisor Gayle Bishop of the san Ramon Valley. I want to respect the Rich diversity we  ". V jail May drive put Church Wichita Kan. A Church that houses the _ first National Black historical society May have to move to make room for the expansion of the Sedgwick county jail. _ _ _ _ _ _ the county commission voted 4-1 last month to Mbye the to year old Calvary Baptist Church from its historic site one Block East so the jail can be expanded to add 460 More Beds. R the vote is a bitter Pill to Swallow especially during the Holiday season said the Rev. Andrew l. Simpson jr., president of the historical society aboard of directors. On the 12th Day of Christmas what do we get he asked. A Lemon county manager Bill Buchanan said it will probably be Spring before county officials will request approval from the Kansas historic preservation office to move the  said the museum Board would state it opposition to the historic preservation office. Crime victims Charleston . A support group that usually focuses on criminals has started to help the victims of crime. Neighbors who care an offshoot of prison Fellowship ministries has started a victims assistance program in South Carolina. The program gets its volunteers mostly from Community churches and Law enforcement. Leaders of the prison ministry decided about five years ago to expand their services said Lisa Barnes executive director of neighbors who care. V we realized that to really address the problem of crime it was t Only important to address the needs of the offender. It was also essential that the Church Community provide assistance and ministry to victims she said. After starting a successful program in Montgomery Ala., chapters expanded to Birmingham Ala. Charlotte  Cleveland an Denver. There Are plans to set up five chapters in South Carolina. The. Program s volunteers receive about 20 hours of training. A Volunteer might help install dead Bollocks in a victim s Home or help cancel credit cards of someone who was robbed she said. Although neighbors who care has a Christian base the goal is to help not preach Barnes said. Airport outburst a woman one of eight iranians denied entry to the Philippines on suspicion they might disrupt Pope John Paul i s visit next week vents her anger at cameramen and photographers covering the deportation Friday at the Manila Airport. The iranians were barred thurs Day after travel documents showed inconsistencies. Sex by David Briggs a religion writer you be read the books seen the movies and heard the stand up comics describe Catholic sexuality As a procession Between the bedroom and the confessional. Now hear the facts Catholic sex is not an oxymoron a prominent sociologist says in a new study. Catholics have sex More often approach sex More playfully and Are More Likely to enjoy sex than non catholics concluded the Rev. Andrew Greeley in a new Book sex the Catholic experience. The Book reviews Survey data from 1989 to 1991 on americans sexual behaviour in fact the data suggest those peo ple looking to spend More time Mak ing love than falling asleep watching television on the Couch should cons id religion or Catholic spouses. In one Survey of protestants More than 60 percent who were married to Catholic spouses re ported haying sex once a week or More. In comparison 54 percent of protestants married to protestants and 40 per cent of protestants with jewish spouses reported having sex with the same frequency. ,. They catholics May Well be repressed Greeley said in an interview. The Only Point in my Book is that they Are less repressed than  Greeley a Catholic priest am senior director of the National opinion research Center at the University pm Chicago said the findings will burst a few bubbles. Both those people who desperately want to believe catholics suffer from terrible sexual inhibitions an Church officials who continue to warn even married couples  the dangers of unbridled lust will be offended by the results he said. But findings from representative surveys of More than 4,400 people from 1989 to 1991 collected by the research Center and Greeley s own research into More than 1,300 cases for a study on american marriage in the Early 1990s portray a Catholic flock that is More sexually liberated than other groups. According to his findings on Narried americans More than two thirds of catholics engage in sex a least once a week compared with 56 percent of non catholics. .1.1. Among older people half of catholics age -55 and older report having sex at least once a week compare with 40 percent of others. _ catholics also scored higher on sexual playfulness Scales. For example 30 percent of catholics say they have purchased erotic undergarments either often or sometimes compared with. 20 percent of non catholics. In Greeley s analysis there arc two Catholic Trade ions the High tradition one pm in schools and thet ions the g tradition popular tradition that is found id the rituals Artar a chit cure music and devotions. In the popular tradition which Greeley says Ordinary catholics find More compelling transcendence is bund in  eucharist is god among humans at a family meal. Every thing is Grace including sex he said. " 10 new Bishops in St. Peter s rite a Vatican City a Pope John Paul ii consecrated 10 Bishops from seven countries Friday during an Epiphany mass. They included the head of the influential conservative Lay group opus Dei. In the three hour ceremony in St. Peter s Basilica John Paul Laid his hands on the head of each new Bishop anointed them with Oil and gave each a Bishop s m iter ring and pastoral staff. The group was made up of three ital ians two poles and one each from Spain the United states Ukraine Bulgaria and the Philippines. John Paul has Long supported opus Dei which emphasizes discipline to Church tradition and teachings and beatified its founder monsignor Josemaria Escriva de Balagur of Spain in 1992. The new head monsignor Javier eche Varria 62, also a spaniard was named in april. The group claims 77,000 members worldwide. _. Also consecrated were monsignor Raymond Burke of la Cross wis. Monsignor Bruno Musaro of Italy papal envoy to Panama monsignor Petko Christov Bishop of Nik Opol Bulgaria and monsignor Antonio Napoletano Bishop of Sessa a Runca Italy. The others were monsignor Zacharias Jimenez Bishop of paladian Philippines monsignor pie Franco Pastore of Italy a former Deputy Vatican press spokesman who is Secretary of the pontifical Council for social communications monsignor stanislaws pro Poradiuk auxiliary Bishop of Zyto Mir Ukraine monsignor Pawel Cieslik auxiliary Bishop of Kos Zalin to lob leg Poland and monsignor Stefan Regmont auxiliary Bishop of Legnica Poland. The feast of the Epiphany Marks the presentation of the baby Jesus to the vis iting three Kings. " ". The ceremony came five Days before the Pope begins a major tour of Asia his first foreign trip since he cancelled a visit to the. United states in october because of slow recovery from hip surgery. John Paul said during the mass that he wants to build a Bridge toward the new generations in  he will be visiting the Philippines. Papua new Guinea Australia and Sulanka