2 The Catholic News & Herald campaign he would meet as soon as possible with leaders of a rebel group in Mexico’s southern Chiapas state, a local bishop said more time is needed. Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of San Cristobal de las Casas said trust must be rebuilt between the federal government and leaders of the mostly indigenous Zapatista National Liberation Army before they can meet. “We all understand that we are in a hurry to resolve this problem, but we cannot march against history. We have to go bit by bit and, above all, recovering trust that was lost, that was so fundamental,” he said in an impromptu news conference after Mass July 9 in San Cristobal’s Cathedral of Peace. Berlin Archdiocese to investigate WWII slave labor COLOGNE, Germany (CNS) — The Archdiocese of Berlin plans to set up a commission to investigate the extent to which the church employed slave labor under the Nazi regime. A spokesman for the archdiocese said the new commission would ask to see the papers discovered by the Protestant Church. Catholic documentation was probably not available because the archives were destroyed by bombing during World War II. The archdiocesan commission also will examine the files of the Nazi state security service, the SS, which criticized Catholic priests for standing up for slave laborers. Debt relief funding vote in House called ‘amazing victory’ WASHINGTON (CNS) — A House vote to more than triple the amount of debt relief for poor countries that had been recommended by its appropriations committee was “an amazing victory,” said the head of the U.S. bishops’ Department of Social Justice and World Peace. The official, John Carr, said the 216-211 vote July 13 to increase debt relief funding in the Foreign Operations bill for fiscal 2001 from $69 million to $225 million “surprised the House leadership” and others who considered efforts to boost the funding “a fool’s errand.” Catholics in Laos struggle to keep faith alive, bishop says MILWAUKEE (CNS) — Bishop
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Israelites Demonstrate in Tel Aviv Rally Tens of thousands of Israelis take part in a demonstration against Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s participation in the Camp David summit July 16. The rally in Tel Aviv was held under the slogan, “Uprooting settlements tears the people apart.” African leaders urge churches to welcome HIV/AIDS patients DURBAN, South Africa (CNS) — Church leaders in Kwazulu-Natal province urged churches to become a “welcoming home” for those infected with HIV/AIDS. The statement on the role churches should be playing in response to the pandemic was issued to coincide with the international AIDS conference in Durban July 9-14. Kwazulu-Natal province includes Durban and is the South African province with the highest rate of HIV/AIDS. Paddy Kearney, who heads the ecumenical organization Diakonia in Durban, said the statement was drawn up partly in response to the problem that many people infected with HIV/AIDS experience churches as hostile. Chiapas bishop says trust must be rebuilt with government MEXICO CITY (CNS) — Although Mexican President-elect Vicente Fox Quezada said during his
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Bishop William G. Curlin will take part in the following events: July 23 — 11:30 a.m. Mass and picnic St. John, Waynesville July 29 — 12:30 p.m. Confirmation Mass Cristo Rey, Yadkinville July 30 — 11:30 a.m. Mass / Installation of Fa t h e r A n t h o n y M a r c a c cio as pastor St. Pius X, Greensboro July 31- Aug. 3 National Knights of Columbus Convention Boston Aug. 5 Permanent diaconate ministry of acolyte installation St. Joseph, Newton
Jean Khamse Vithavong of Vientiane, Laos, feels the grip of the communist regimes that have held his country since 1973. “We cannot run (Catholic) schools anymore. No social work, no hospitals, nothing,” he said in an interview with the Catholic Herald, Milwaukee archdiocesan newspaper. “Just pastoral work with our people.” Besides himself, there are only four other priests to minister to about 12,000 Catholics in Laos, many of them living in remote rural areas. Foreign missionaries are sometimes let into the country on tourist visas, but the bishop said they would be deported if their identities as priests were discovered by the government. During a July visit to Milwaukee, Bishop Vithavong was at St. Michael Parish to participate in a national gathering of four cultures — Laotian, Hmong, Lahu, and Khmu — hosted by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. New U.S. Book of the Gospels
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Coral Springs, Fla., 33067 or e-mail deserttraveler@aol.com. Ongoing ASHEVILLE — The Basilica of St. Lawrence, 97 Haywood St., hosts daily adoration from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. For more information, call Jane Sorrells at (828) 298-0334. BELMONT — Belmont Abbey, 100 Belmont-Mt. Holly Rd., hosts perpetual adoration in a chapel located on the grounds. For volunteer and other information, call Marie Siebers at (704) 827-6734. CHARLOTTE — All are invited to St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd., for perpetual adoration. For volunteer and other information, call Kathleen Potter at (704) 366-5127. HIGH POINT — Maryfield Nursing Home, 1315 Greensboro Rd., hosts perpetual adoration in the chapel. For volunteer and other information, call
approved WASHINGTON (CNS) — A new Book of the Gospels can be used liturgically in U.S. dioceses beginning Sept. 30, according to a decree by Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. When the Book of the Gospels is used at Mass, it is carried in the opening procession and placed on the altar. In a decree dated June 29 and made public in July, Bishop Fiorenza said the new book can be used as of Sept. 30 and must replace any other version as of Dec. 3, the first Sunday of Advent. The bishops approved an original introduction to the Book of the Gospels at their meeting last November and sent it to the Holy See for confirmation, as is required for all liturgical texts. The Vatican confirmation was dated May 23. Belfast bishop says Northern Ireland risks sliding into anarchy BELFAST, Norther n Ireland (CNS) — Northern Ireland is in danger of sliding into anarchy, a Belfast bishop warned as protests about the banned Protestant march in Drumcree continued. “What is happening across the whole of Northern Ireland is intolerable,” said Bishop Patrick Walsh, whose Down and Connor Diocese includes Belfast. “We are in danger of sliding into anarchy. Entire communities are being harassed and intimidated, and many families are living in dread. Once more, dark clouds envelop our streets.” In a comment directed at Portadown district Orangemen who called for loyalist protests against the banned march, Bishop Walsh said: “Those who are orchestrating violence and fomenting passions and hatred by bitter speeches bear an awesome responsibility. What they are doing cannot be justified. What they are doing is morally wrong.”
Theresa Hansen at (336) 273-1507. SYLVA — Eucharistic adoration takes place every first Saturday at St. Mary Church, 22 Bartlett St., following 9 a.m. Mass until 3 p.m. Upcoming dates are as follows: Aug. 5 and Sept. 2. For more information, call Annette Leporis at (828) 497-7464. Please submit notices of events for the Diocesan Planner at least 10 days prior to publication date.