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November
The Catholic News
26; 1993
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World and National Briefs Vatican Reiterates Call For Special Status For Jerusalem
UNITED NATIONS (CNS) Vatican observer reiterated the call
— The
United Nations for giving Jerusalem a at the
special international status in a state-
ment Nov. 15. While welcoming the Sept. 12 agreement of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, Archbishop Renato R. Martino emphasized that Jerusalem was among the "difficult issues" that remain unresolved. He said resolving it would not be easy, but could be done "with the good will of all parArchbishop Martino made his ties." comments in a statement to the U.N. General Assembly committee reviewing work of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Bishops Re-Elect General Secretary; Seattle Prelate New Treasurer
WASHINGTON (CNS) —The U.S.
Support For Cardinal...
Clinton Signs Religious Freedom Restoration Act
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Affirm-
ing what he called "the most precious of
—
religious freeall American liberties dom," President Clinton signed into law the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Among those attending the signing ceremony Nov. 16 on the South Lawn of White House were Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles, Bishop
the
John
J.
Leibrecht of Springfield-Cape
Girardeau, Mo., and Auxiliary Bishop Peter A. Rosazza of Hartford, Conn.
Leaders of other religious and civil rights groups also attended. The U.S. Catholic Conference had joined a broad coalition of religious groups in supporting the bill after changes in wording were worked out that eased concerns about how it might be used to justify abortion or limit the ability of church-sponsored agencies to apply for
government
social ser-
sexually abusing a teenager in the 1970s.
vice contracts.
bishops Nov. 16 re-elected Msgr. Robert N. Lynch as general secretary of the
Archdiocesan Panel Says Cardinal
National Conference of Catholic Bish-
Will Not
Have To Step Down
ops and U.S. Catholic Conference. They
CHICAGO (CNS) — In its prelimi-
Murphy
nary review of sexual abuse charges
treasurer
against Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin, a Chicago archdiocesan review board said the prelate does not have to step down
Thomas
elected Archbishop
J.
NCCB-USCC
of Seattle as
and elected more than a dozen new committee chairmen. Msgr. Lynch, 52, a priest of the Miami Archdiocese, has been NCCB-USCC general secretary for the past five years Under conference .
rules, a general secretary is initially
elected to a five-year term but after that is
eligible to
be re-elected only on a
year-by-year basis.
Robbery
Priest Arrested In
Innocent Says Diocesan Official Father (CNS) Patrick M.J. Moloney, an Irish-born Melkite priest, has been j ailed on charges connected with an armored car robbery last January, but the chancellor of his diocese said Nov. 15 he is confident the
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NEW YORK
priest
my personal opin-
innocent. "In
is
ion, the charges are all fabricated," said
during the investigation because he poses
no risk to children, the archdiocese said Nov. 15. Cardinal Bernardin was named Nov. 12 in a $10 million lawsuit filed in Cincinnati by Steven Cook, 34, now of Philadelphia. Under a Chicago archdiocesan policy instituted by Cardinal Bernardin, a review board of church and lay leaders begins examining any sexual abuse charges lodged against priests within approximately 48 hours
his duties.
Missed Story, Says
NCCB Head
Claims Of Sexual Assault MANCHESTER, England (CNS) The abbot of a well-known British
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The
arch-
bishop highlighted the crime problems of Washington and Denver and com-
pared that to the weeklong calm that took over Denver when 186,000 youths from around the world met there this
summer
for
World Youth Day
'93.
Pope Appoints New Bishops For Des Moines, Davenport Pope WASHINGTON (CNS) John Paul II has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Joseph J. Charron of St. Paul
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Benedictine monastery has resigned following claims that he sexually assaulted a male visitor.
Abbot Mark Hargreaves
resigned as head of Prinknash Abbey, Gloucestershire, in a letter to the
Benedictine authorities in 6.
Rome
Nov.
The resignation was made public
in a
statement by the prior of Prinknash, Father Fabian Binyon, Nov. 12, two days before allegations about the assault appeared in The News of the World, a
St.
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first
time
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addressed to
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Anglican Priests Resign Over Women's Ordination LONDON (CNS) At least 36 of the Church of England's 1 1 ,000 clergymen have resigned their ministries over the issue of women's ordination. Ac-
—
cording to information at the
made
available
church's General Synod, which
on Nov.
1 1
voted overwhelmingly for women, at least 3 1 of
the ordination of
the clergymen were planning to join the
Catholic Church and one to join the
FreeVATICAN CITY (CNS) dom of the press must be exercised with
Orthodox, the synod was told. The synod's vote followed the British Parliament's passage of laws approving such ordinations and the assent of Queen Elizabeth II to the measure. The synod also overwhelmingly rejected an amendment which would have barred from the ministry those who believe it is impossible for women to be effectively or-
honesty, truth and respect for the pri-
dained.
British tabloid
Sunday newspaper
that
specializes in scandal stories.
Vatican Official Says Press Freedom Must Be Used With Respect
vacy of individuals, said Cardinal
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told Catholic
Keeler said that while the news report-
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glowing," the media' s assessment of the Catholic Church in general during World
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sight to the
in
tragedies caused by the war. Father
Baltimore Archbishop William H.
WASHINGTON (CNS)— Like the
ing of the pope in Denver was "fair, even
facility
no end
that there is
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Franciscans.
immigrant Samuel
The
work, from his southern Mexico Diocese of San Cristobal de las Casas for what it considers the practice of Marxist-influenced theology. Bishop Ruiz
accused priest should be removed from
issued at the
Irish
—
Garcia, widely known for his civil rights
ence of Catholic Bishops in opening the bishops' annual fall meeting Nov. 15.
O'Connor and
Mexican Bishop May Be Facing Removal By Vatican WASHINGTON (CNS)
Hermann Schaluck, the order' s minister general. The Vatican newspaper criticized the killings and said they showed
the president of the National Confer-
F.
on social concerns. The 1993 theme focused on the powers and freedom of
into their friary, said Franciscan Father
FBI agents Nov.
rite
dressed to Catholics in France participating in an annual week of reflection
initial
The
former Rochester police
Thomas
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— Two Franciscan
Denver was transformed by the pope and World Youth Day was striking, said
1977, was arrested by
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(CNS)
in
land ordained in the Melkite
&
When
Muslim Troops Break Into Friary
ROME
Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state. "True communication does not consist in showing all or telling all to the detriment of persons whose private and intimate lives must be respected," the cardinal said. Cardinal Sodano' s message on freedom of the press was ad-
investigation merely determines if the
of receiving the allegation.
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the media.
Cacciavillan, apostolic pro-nuncio.
Two
New
Vatican reportedly is considering whether to remove Bishop Samuel Ruiz
Diocese of Newton, Mass. Father Moloney, a 61 -year-old native of Ire-
•
pope also has accepted the resignation of Bishop Gerald F. O'Keefe, 75, of Davenport, Iowa, and appointed Auxiliary Bishop William E. Franklin of Dubuque, Iowa, to succeed him The appointments were announced Nov. 1 in Washington by Archbishop Agostino
The
were killed in central BosniaHerzegovina when Muslim troops broke
contrast Charles Dickens painted in
Life
and Minneapolis as the new bishop of
Des Moines, Iowa, succeeding Bishop William H. Bullock, who was transferred to Madison, Wis., last April. The
Casella,
priests
interview from the offices of the Melkite
officer
(CNS photo by Frank
Schaluck said the violent killing of the two priests took place Nov. 14 at Fojnica, a city 40 miles from the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. Five other priests and several nuns at the friary were taken hostage, he said in a Nov. 16 statement
Father James E. King in a telephone
12, along with
Cosima Dean (r) signs a letter of support for Chicago Cardinal Joseph Bernardin at St. Lawrence O'Toole Church in Matteson, 111., after a lawsuit charged the Cardinal with
Thanks to St. Jude for prayers answered and favors granted.
RB,
CL
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