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ducted a mock Mass in St. Peter’s Ba
silica on Wednesday “to dramatize
the plight of all women who want to
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of the church's discrimination.”
A Vatican official called it an “act
of stupidity” that “does not prove or
enhance anything." He spoke on
condition of anonymity.
Babi Burke of Fort Lauderdale,
Fla., approached the Altar of the
Throne of St. Peter in the rear apse
with a lighted alcohol lamp and
kissed the altar. She blessed herself
with a sign of the cross, then spread
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l erese Sonmoy, a former nun from
Belgium. “She is finally saying
mass!” Sonmoy applauded as she
watched Burke along with several
other spectators, including four
journalists.
When she entered St. Peter’s, the
largest church in Christendom,
Burke was dressed in a {lowing black
dress embroidered with golden
threads that resembled clerical garb,
a knitted grayish skull cap and white
shawl.
When she appeared in the apse,
behind the modern bronze altar
fashioned by American sculptor Al
bert Friscia, she had over her neck a
long off-white stole of the type nor
mally worn by priests when celebrat
ing Mass. On the wall behind her
was a bronze chair that tradition
holds belonged to St. Peter, consid
ered by the church as the first pope.
On Saturday, the two women in
terrupted a Vatican news conference
with a call on the church to end “all
discrimination based on race, social
class or sex.”
Burke, who is 44 and has four
children, drank from the chalice
Wednesday and blessed the alter,
then two Vatican guards rushed up
and took her from the basilica to the
Holy See’s security headquarters.
Guards also took Sonmoy away.
Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro
said both women were released later.
“I celebrated Mass to dramatize
the plight of all women who want to
become priests but cannot because
of the church’s discrimination,”
Burke said as she was escorted from
the apse.
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Joe Kennedy to campaign
for JFK's old seat in Congress
Associated Press
BOSTON — Flashing a famil
iar smile, Joseph P. Kennedy II
made his political debut Wednes
day, declaring he will run for the
seat in Congress once held by his
uncle John so that he can “fight
for the rights of ordinary peo
ple.”
The 33-year-old son of the late
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy became
an instant front-runner in a
crowded field for the 8th Dis
trict’s Democratic primary next
September.
The seat is now held by House
Speaker Thomas P. “ l ip” O’Neill
Jr., who is retiring after 17 terms.
“This is Joe Kennedy running
for office . . . and no other mem
ber of my family,” he emphasized
at a packed news conference.
He added that he would wel
come support from his uncle,
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.,
and his many brothers, sisters
and cousins.
“I’d like to go to Washington,
D.C., because I think we can use
the government as a catalyst,”
Kennedy said.
He attacked President Reagan
for military spending that he said
has created a “huge federal defi
cit.”
“The days of taxing and spend
ing are gone” Kennedy declared.
“We need to find new ways of cre
ating wealth.”
He called for a more efficient
“This is Joe Kennedy run
ning for office . . . and no
other member of my fam
ily. . . . Td like to go to
Washington, D.C., be
cause I think we can use
the government as a cat
alyst.”
—Joseph P. Kennedy II
federal government.
He stressed his own business
experience for the past six years
as founder and chairman of the
non-profit Citizens Energy Corp.,
which provides low-cost fuel to
the needy.
Backed by his wife, Sheila,
Kennedy tried to head off ques
tions about his decision to run in
a district 20 miles from his home
in Marshfield.
“My goodness, if there was
ever a congressional race I would
consider, it’d he the 8th,” Ken
nedy said, reminding reporters
that he was horn at St. Elizabeth’s
Hospital in the Brighton section
of Boston, which is in the district.
He also went to school in the
district, married his wife, had his
son baptized and founded Citi
zens Energy there.
In addition, Kennedy said he
had recently bought a house in
Brighton.
His name, wealth and experi
ence make Kennedy the candi
date to beat in the campaign to
represent one of the most liberal
districts in the country, say politi
cal analysts.
The primary field also includes
James Roosevelt of Cambridge, a
lawyer and Democratic party offi
cial who is a grandson of another
famous Democratic president —
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Other Democrats facing Ken
nedy are state Sen. George Bach-
rach; state Reps. Thomas Gal
lagher, Thomas Vallely and
William Calvin; lawyer Vincent
McCarthy; anti-nuclear activist
Carla Johnston, and former Bos
ton mayoral candidate Melvin
Kir, g- ...
Anticipating Kennedy’s deci
sion, Calvin issued a challenge to
all the candidates Tuesday asking
them to limit spending to
$500,000 per candidate.
“It sounded like a very rea
sonable idea,” Kennedy said. “If
all the other candidates went
along with it, I would have no
problem.”
But Vallely has rejected the
proposal on the grounds that can
didates who are not as well known
as Kennedy must try to outspend
him.
NASA administrator takes leave of absence
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — James M.
Beggs, praised by President Reagan
for having “revitalized” the nation’s
space program, took a leave of ab
sence from his NASA administra
tor’s job Wednesday to defend him
self against criminal charges of
fraud.
A White House statement said
Beggs, who has held the top post at
the space agency for more than four
years, had requested that Reagan re
lieve him of his duties until the
charges are disposed of. On Tues
day, in a dear signal, Reagan’s
spokesman, Larry Speakes, said
Beggs “will do the right and proper
thing.”
Beggs also received generous
praise from the president.
“I don’t know of anyone who
could have done a finer job than he
has done and is doing at NASA,”
said Reagan, at a news conference
called to announce the resignation
of another top government official,
Robert McFarlane, the national se
curity adviser.
The No. 2 man at the agency, Dr.
William R. Graham, assumed his du
ties as deputy administrator only last
week. He has no prior NASA experi
ence, having served for three years
as chairman of Reagan’s general ad
visory committee on arms control
and disarmament.
Beggs, who had been executive
vice president and a director of Gen
eral Dynamics Corp in St. Louis be
fore taking the NASA post, was in
dicted with three other present or
former officers of the firm in con
nection with events alleged to have
happened between Jan. 1,1978, and
Aug. 1, 1981.
Beggs took over at NASA on July
10, 1981.
The defendants, including the
corporation itself, are charged with
illegally billing the government for
cost overruns on a prototype of the
Sgt. York anti-aircraft gun.
Beggs has said he expects to be ex
onerated. General Dynamics, which
was suspended from obtaining any
new government contracts until the
legal matters are cleared, said the in
dividuals “were honest in their
judgments and acted in complete
good faith” and that the accusations
involved sophisticated accounting
matters.
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