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As Christians prepare to mark the
mual Week of Prayer for Christian
nity, efforts to heal the divisions
tat have separated Christians for
nturies face an uncertain future.
Events in the past year have given
e to both hope and hesitation
long ecumenists as they seek to
ake concrete the unity of the
lurch for which nearly all Christ
as profess to pray and seek.
This year’s observance, which be-
Friday, Jan. 18, is centered on
theme “Your Kingdom Come,”
ilected jointly by the Roman Catho-
'isease
msed on
'y dogs
United Press International
ATLANTA — There may be as
my as 80 million dogs in the Lin
ed States, half of them family pets,
1 therein lies a potential health
iblem says a parasitic disease ex
it at the National Center for Dis-
ise Control.
The problem is described in one
urd — toxocariasis — according to
Peter Schantz of the parasitic
lases division of the CDC.
Toxocariasis is caused by the com-
roundworm of dogs. It readily
fects people who ingest the infec-
eeg^s. The eggs hatch in the small
itestine and spread to the liver,
rom there they enter the blood
earn and are transported to other
rts of the body.
^“This early phase of migration is
^ flen accompanied by abdominal
ain, diarrhea and vomiting,” said
diantz.
[The larvae sometimes infect the
|'c, brain and the heart muscle and
] severe cases can cause blindness
I death. In people, the disease
ikes two forms, visceral larvae mig-
as and ocular larvae rnigrans.
| Physicians once raised the ques-
nofwhether roundworm infection
sasignificant cause of neurologic
|in children, such as epilepsy,
ntz said that although this has
tbecn proved, “it is apparent that
[.caniscan and does enter the cen-
ilhervous system of some children
lowing ingestion of infective eggs,
1 that the consequences can be
BUS.”
lie Graymoor Ecumenical Institute
and the Commission on Faith and
Order of the National Council of
Churches.
“To pray for the coming of God’s
kingdom is to pray for Christian uni
ty,” said Dr. Robet Huston, ecume
nical staff officer for the United
Methodist Church.
“When all persons live in love with
one another and regard God’s will as
supreme, could Christians still be
separated by attitudes, behavior and
self-serving structural barriers?”
Huston asked.
Begun in 1908 by Father Paul
Wattson, founder of the Atonement
Friars and the Graymoor Institute,
the week of prayer is widely marked
around the world and has in the past
been used as a time to announce sig
nificant ecumenical events.
This year, hopes generated by the
prayers for unity will be focused on
Cincinnati, Ohio, and the specially
reconvened plenary session of the
Consultation on Church Union Jan.
22-24.
COCU is a 20-year-old effort by 10
Protestant denominations to achieve
organic union.
At the Cincinnati meeting, the de
legates will be asked to approve a
document describing the roles and
functions of the ordained clergy in
the proposed new church body — a
major obstacle in past unity discus
sions.
If the document is approved — as
expected — it will be sent to the
10-member communions for their
consideration and approval and
could well end one of the major log
jams in Protestant unity efforts.
At the same time, however, both
Roman Catholic and Protestant ecu
menists are casting a wary eye at
Rome and the recent actions of the
Vatican in cracking down on theolo
gical dissent within Catholicism.
In particular, the Vatican’s action
in stripping the Rev. Hans Kung of
his official status as a Roman Catholic
theologian has ecumenists con
cerned.
Kung was stripped of his official
status for views on papal infallibility
— a key issue that is at the heart of
ecumenical discussions between Ro
man Catholics and both Protestant
and Orthodox communions.
The Kung action raises the ques
tion of just how committed to ecume
nical endeavors the Vatican will be
under Pope John Paul II.
But the Rev. Charles LaFontaine,
co-director of the Graymoor Ecume
nical Institute, says he believes the
Roman Catholic church in the Un
ited States “will remain firmly com
mitted to ecumenism and the
ecumenical movement.”
LaFontaine says that ecumenism
is indeed a papal priority and “not
just one more policy out of many.”
“How the pope understands ecu
menism and its practice is a different
matter, of course, but that Roman
Catholics must be involved ecume
nically at every level of the church is
absolutely clear,” he said.
December
jobless up
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The nation’s
unemployment rate rose slightly in
December to 5.9 percent of the
American workforce to finish 1979 at
exactly the same level as a year ear
lier, the Labor Department reported
Friday.
The new jobless statistics sup
ported administration forecasts that
the economy showed unexpected
strength during 1979’s final quarter,
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Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschper
Schantz says toxocariasis is gener-
a benign, self-limiting disease,
[obsiding within weeks if rc-
tion is prevented.
Of continuing concern, however,
fenafterall other systemic manifes
ts have subsided, is the possibil-
oflarval invasion of the eye with
Sequent visual impairment. ”
Schantz said texopariasis in man is
new disease, simply one about
Rich the public and the medical
fession are becoming more
c.
This new awareness of an infection
spread to humans through contact
with infective eggs of the parasitic
nematode in dog feces has led to pas
sage of dog wastes “scoop” laws in a
number of major cities, including
New York.
Schantz, who has written exten
sively in professional publications
about the dangers of texocariasis,
said it is not too surprising that the
disease may be highly prevalent in
humans “when we consider how
commonly dogs and human beings
share the same environment.
“There may be more than 41 mil
lion dogs distributed in from one-
third to one-half of all American
household,” he said.
“Estimates which include unown
ed as well as owned dogs, reach 60-
80 million.”
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