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Show Makes Headlines ' ' i f A ! 4 t'A - ... ra STEUBENVILLE, OHIO - The Most Rev. Bishop John King Mus-i Mus-i sio, above, spiritual leader of 150 ! ' 000 Roman Catholics . in the 13! county, Steubenville diocese, made j the nation's headlines with a pas-I pas-I toral letter to all of the diocesan i priests, explaining the church's at-1 at-1 titude on the subject of gambling , The pastoral letter is receiving national na-tional attention, creating many discussions and debates. "Unfortunately there are many misguided, puritanical and narrow, minded persons to whom a game of chance is a serious crime," the pas. toral letter read, "to whom it is a violation of the whole moral code . . . gambling, considered in itself is not wrong or sinful. Apart from abuse, to play games of skill w even of pure chance for a stake is not immoral." Bishop Mussio further decried the fact that "Fathers, mothers good middle aged or elderly women, wom-en, who get relaxation once a week at some church bingo, must be subjected sub-jected to intolerable abuse raised up by the charges of local fanatics who would make them criminals in law and immoral characters befora God." |