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Bad 'influence' pope refrains from kissing and hugging ROME (CNS): When Pope John Paul II came down with the flu he made a joke of it last Saturday. But the next day there were no papal meetings or speeches and people wondered if the pontiff were seriously ill. "Perhaps you will be surprised that the pope, even though a few steps away from children, did not hug or kiss them," Pope John Paul told the people when he visited Sts Fabian and Venantius Parish in Rome.
"I was about to, but then I thought that the pope has a virus, and since he has had so much influence on you, it would not be right to add another kind." In Italian, "influenza" means both influence and influenza, the long name for the flu. The pope looked a little shaky as he stood up in his car waving to the crowd. But he brightened as he moved among the people, shaking hands and blessing babies.
Cambodia: Foley happy BUT SAYS THAT MUCH REMAINS TO BE DONE In a brief visit to C ambodia before Christmas, Archbishop Foley saw firsthand the troubles facing that nation and the help that Australian Catholic Relief is providing. According to the main the ACR requirement for Cambodia at the present
time is peace. After the shock and destruction of the Pol Pot years and the and dependency rebuilding during the last 10 years, the people of Cambodia are beginning to sense again that life with a hopeful future is possible. In their report, Arch-
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bishop Foley from Perth and Bishop Pell from Melbourne, said: "We were most impressed by what we saw. Much has been achieved, and yet much remains to be done. Reconciliation and peace are the main needs of this area. "It was also good for
us to see the high regard in which Australians are held. "The work of all agencies, including Australian Catholic Relief has been appreciated and the Cambodians who have travelled to Australia for training programs organised by Australian Catholic Relief have appreciated
their experience. "We do pray for, and encourage the politicians, diplomats and civil servants who work for peace in that country. "The ordinary people of Cambodia need the opportunity to continue their work to support themselves."
'Old' chapel takes shape
BISHCP'S POSER OVER KILLING OF JESUITS SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (CNS): Auxiliary Bishop Chavez of San Salvador praised the public implication of nine military men in the massacre of six Jesuit priests and two women, but said a military "conspiracy of silence" clouds the case. Bishop Chavez described as positive President Alfredo Cristiani's naming of an army colonel and eight others linked to the November massacre arrested in the case, but said the a nnouncement alone would not root out the causes of the slayings.
"Now that Mr Cristiani has made public the list of the principal implicated persons, the possibilities have grown that El Salvador will recover confidence in its institutions," the bishop said in his weekly homily. But, he added, "it has been insisted that we're dealing simply with a group of members of the armed forces who have tarnished the honour of the army." "It is difficult for us to accept such an assertion, because we know better than anyone what the military circles think of the mission of the church, above all in the
area of promotion and defence of human rights," Bishop Rosa Chavez said. He later told reporters he thought the massacre was the result of a military attitude viewing church and human rights workers as subversives, an attitude he said still prevails in the armed forces. "We think that such a grave act could not have been done just like that," he said. "We think it is the fruit . . . at least of a conspiracy of silence or a conspiracy of bad faith. "The death of the Jesuits is not an isolated case or just another incident," he
added. Cristiani said army and government investigators found that Col Guillermo Alfredo Benavides, two lieutenants, a sub-lieutenant, two subsergeants, a corporal and two soldiers played a role in the massacre. Benavides is head of the Salvadoran military officers' school and a of chief former intelligence. Cristiani's announcement marked the first time a Salvadoran president has named a highranking army officer in connection with a human rights violation.
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—1 The "old" and original chapel of the Perth Sisters of Mercy is taking shape on the Goderich St corner of their city convent. ft will serve as the community chapel for 11 sisters who will reside there when the restoration and renovation of the 1872 convent is completed. The larger 1936 red brick chapel will remain in use for the Mercedes college and for public and congregational use. Pride of place in the new/ old chapel will be given to three windows given by Governor Weld and which had been in different locations.