Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 16, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Winnipeg free january 1995 the world pontiff prays for Harvest of Faith in the vast continent of Asia huge crowd nourishes Popes vision by Victor Simpson associated press Manila Pope John Paul Drew his largest crowd Ever yesterday for a final mass in the underscoring his View that the Church future lies in and for the first time in four de members of chivas state sponsored Church joined a Pope in Vatican officials estimated yesterday crowds Between two million and five but its sheer size defied any accurate peo ple filled the huge Rizal where the mass was and spread for Kilometres along wide the crowd clearly was larger than the two million people who attended the Popes final mass in his polish Home in 1979 during his first visit to his Homeland As John who arrived leaves today for Papua new Guinea to continue his he also will visit Australia and sri Lanka As part of his 11day after the the Pope told asian Bishops that the roman Catho Lic Church future lies in Home of two thirds of the worlds people but where Only three per cent Are just As in the first the Cross was planted on the soil of and in the on that of the americas and we can Pray that in the third Christian Mil a great Harvest of Faith will be reaped in this vast and vital Conti the Pope the Philippines is asias Only pre dominantly Christian and about 85 per cent of the 66 million filipinos profess despite the enthusiasm for the pontiff the Vatican faces obstacles to spreading the Faith to asias teeming airlines operating in the Pacific were alerted to a bomb threat from Muslim who and philippine authorities said were planning to attack an american air Craft to protest the Popes asian the which took place on the Church 10th world youth marked the first time that delegates from including the state sponsored patriotic had joined with a Pope in but japans Kyodo news service said All but six of the 24 patriotic association delegates walked out of the mass to protest taiwanese flags in the the the Glamor an equipment carrying musician from the Rock group Yel were making their Way to the first Rock on ice concert for Low Snow revival walks along the Ross ice shelf in Antar members of the National science foundation and Antarctic Tica yesterday with other band members and they support african Jurist to prosecute War crimes associated press to he Hague the former president of Madagascar supreme court has been appointed Deputy prosecutor for the in Rwanda War crimes a spokesman said Honore will take up the Post in february and will very Likely set up a prosecutors office in the rwandan capital said tribunal spokesman Christian chartier said the decision to appoint an african Jurist to head the Rwanda prosecution office was important to the work of the they wanted an african for the chartier the Rwanda tribunal was established by the United nations Secu Rity Council in november to try those suspected of War crimes in Rwanda civil an estimated people were killed in the civil War and genocidal Campaign last each has Many keeping take another look at the coins you use every among you will probably see a Dollar honouring Canadas the 1995 peacekeeping Dollar Coin is crafted by the Royal Canadian makers of Canadas circulation to Mark the 50th anniversary of the United it depicts the worlds Only Monument dedicated to peacekeeping the reconciliation in when you use the 1995 peacekeeping Dollar share the Pride of being a peacekeeping and share the Hope we give to the children of the the 1995 peacekeeping Dollar use share the Royal Canadian mint Minnaie Royale Ca Nadienne sponsor of the 50th anniversary of the United nations in for my information about rememlnwux1 Lowe from the Royal Canadian Call i of National 1 lie Huronian sculpture foundry National capital photographs Courtesy of Canadian state to seek electric chair for boys mom by Henry Eichel Knight Ridder newspapers Susan Smith will be in court today to hear a prosecutor announce that he intends to seek her execution if she is convicted of murder in the drowning deaths of her Smiths lawyer said Smith confessed in november to drowning her two and 14 by rolling her car into a Lake near Union on she initially claimed that the boys and car had disappeared in a car David Smiths said solicitor Tommy Pope of Union Tele phoned Friday morning to Tell Bruck of his decision to ask for the death penalty for Pope further advised me that he intended to have Susan Smith brought to court in Union and that he intended to have her arraigned on the indictments pending against and to serve notice of the states intent to seek the death penalty against her in open Bruck said in a Brief statement to re porters outside his Columbia the arraignment is a formality at which Smith will be expected to enter a Bruck he would not say How Smith would nor would he answer any other ques Bruck said he had objected to Smiths being brought to Union to Day from the Columbia prison where she is being held because he considered it notice of intent to seek the death penalty is handled by certified he Bruck state circuit judge Costa who is pre siding in Union this refused to reached yesterday by the associated refused to com his decision to try to put in the electric chair is sure to be controversial in Smiths Home town of where most residents believed her initial Story that the children had been stolen by for nine until Smith con fessed under police residents festooned the town of with yellow ribbons As signs of the nation watched along with them As Smith made several tearful televised pleas for their re in her confession to police in no Smith said she was suicidal and emotionally distraught Over a failed love she had intended to drown herself along with her Chil she but jumped out of the car at the last minute As it rolled Down a boat ramp into John Long near which is 100 kilo metres Northwest of the Shore of the Lake has since be come a shrine of with local residents and visitors leaving flow ers and other memorials to the dead Union county sheriff Howard Wells said last week that he thought the county would be better served by a plea bargain and a prison Pope said thursday that he had considered the Good of the comm along with the opinions of the the wishes of the dead Chil Drens David and basically anything you can imagine that out one Factor he weighed Pope was that we dont have a life sen tence that Means life in this if youre were single free if you Haven read the Winnipeg free press youre in for a Surprise we have introduced an exciting new voice mail feature that will make placing and responding to personals quicker and More personal than it is free to place your free to record your own voice greeting and free to pick up your messages 30 word print and in the newspaper record your greeting pick up your messages u i i myi in 1 8009525498 the phone cell thet Gould change your Utel ;