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The Southern Cross, Page 2 Chicago pastor appointed AUXILIARY BISHOP Washington (CNS) F ather Jerome E. Listecki, pastor of Saint Ig natius Parish in Chicago, has been appointed an auxiliary bishop of Chicago by Pope John Paul II. The appointment was announced November 7 in Washington by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, the papal nuncio to the United States. Bishop-des ignate Listecki, ordained 25 years ago, was appointed pastor at Saint Ignatius earlier this year. Bom March 12, 1949, the Chicago native attended Quigley South High School, Loyola University, both in Chicago, and Saint Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois. He later earned a law degree at De Paul University College of Law. British archbishop, urged to RESIGN, ASKS POPE FOR COADJUTOR Manchester, England (CNS) F ollowing calls for his resignation and allegations that he ignored cases of pedophilia, Archbishop John Ward of Cardiff, Wales, has asked Pope John Paul II to appoint a coadjutor archbishop to work alongside him. A television documentary program, “Panorama,” shown November 5 on the British Broadcasting Corp., included allegations that Archbishop Ward, 71, ignored warnings about two pedophile priests who worked in his archdiocese, enabling them to continue abusing children in their care. But the archbishop said he had been consider ing requesting a coadjutor bishop since his strength was diminished by a recent stroke. Religious worker visa program EXTENDED THREE MORE YEARS Washington (CNS) A bill temporarily extending for another three years a program that grants visas to nonclergy religious workers was signed into law November 1 after efforts to make the program permanent failed. President Clinton signed the bill after the House ap proved it September 19 and the Senate signed off on it October 19. The extension came a full month after the previous temporary law expired, leaving the ap plication process in limbo during that time. The pro gram has been “temporary,” for 10 years, and sup porters had hoped to end the periodic reauthoriza tion hassle by making the visa category permanent. Cardinal Law lauds debt relief, shift on Cuba embargo Washington (CNS) C ardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ International Policy Com mittee, has praised congressional action on debt relief for poor countries. He also welcomed “the fact that, for the first time in many years, the majority of the members of Congress have expressed their clear will that the outmoded Cuban embargo must, sooner rather than later, be aban doned.” He said those two international issues “have been of particular concern to the U.S. Catholic bishops.” Vatican confirms papal trip to Ukraine in June Vatican City (CNS) P ope John Paul II will visit Ukraine in June, Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said. The spokesman confirmed the trip in a November 6 statement after months of Vatican evaluation of a trip’s potential impact on ecumenical relations. As soon as Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Catholics in the country began asking for a papal visit. Initially it was hoped the pope would travel to Ukraine to mark the 400th anniversary of the 1595-96 Union of Brest, which re-established full communion between Rome and the Ukrainian Catholic Church. Verdict in Salvador generals’ CASE CRITICIZED BY BISHOP West Palm Beach (CNS) A Florida jury’s decision to clear two retired Salvadoran army generals of all responsibility for the 1980 murder and rape of four U.S. mission aries provoked mixed reactions in El Salvador. Auxiliary Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chavez of San Salvador said November 5 he regretted the verdict, but added that the civil case had been “an interest ing lesson” for those accused of human rights vio lations. Bishop Rosa said: “The two men accused felt safe in that country (the United States). This has been an interesting lesson showing that human rights violators have nowhere to hide.” Canadian bishops hope for canon ization of Kateri Tekakwitha Vatican City (CNS) I n conjunction with World Youth Day 2002, Canadian bishops are hoping for the canoniza tion of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha. “She would be a model of inspiration, of encouragement for young people,” said the president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop Gerald Wiesner of Prince George, British Columbia, in a November 3 interview with Catholic News Service. Blessed Kateri is the first Native American to be beatified. The July 18-28, 2002, World Youth Day celebrations will be centered in Thursday, November 9, 2000 Toronto. In a meeting with Pope John Paul II dur ing the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops’ officers’ annual visit to the Vatican October 26- November 3, Bishop Wiesner said he brought up Blessed Kateri’s sainthood cause. “The Holy Father was quite enthusiastic,” he said. Catholic, Lutheran leaders praise Jewish statement Washington (CNS) Tf ey U.S. Catholic and Lutheran leaders have JN^publicly thanked a group of Jewish scholars and religious leaders for issuing “Dabru Emet. A Jewish Statement on Christians and Christianity.” A group of Catholic bishops said they welcome the “gesture of reconciliation” and “urge Catholics throughout the United States to read it with care and loving respect.” Lutheran representatives called the document a “bold step” and thanked the Jewish scholars for their efforts. Dabru emet, Hebrew for “speak the truth,” is an instruction from the Lord in the book of Zechariah. The Jewish statement, signed by 170 scholars and religious leaders, was issued September 10 as a full-page ad in The New York Times and The (Baltimore) Sun. It said that “Christianity has changed dramatically” in its views of Jews and Judaism, and it urged Jews to respond in kind with a new attitude toward Christians. Nun, priest dismissed in Boston after she baptized baby Boston (CNS) A Catholic nun who was relieved of her duties at the Jesuit Urban Center in Boston for help ing to perform baptismal rites normally reserved for priests said she was shocked and upset by the punishment’s severity. Sister Jeannette Normandin, a Sister of Saint Ann who had worked at the center for 11 years, maintained after her October 24 dis missal that the baptism was not an attempt to make a statement about the role of women in the church but rather a matter of liturgical naivete. Mean while, Jesuit Urban Center officials said they were not convinced of the nun’s naivete and said the baptismal action and other sacramental irregulari ties associated with the nun and her ministry at the center are just cause for her dismissal. Sister Normandin and Jesuit Father George Winchester, the celebrant of the October 8 baptism in question, were dismissed from their duties as members of the pastoral staff of the center in the South End after each reportedly baptized and anointed one of two boys. To Subscribe Send this in to your parish, together with your check for $15, made out to the parish. For more information call The Southern Cross (912) 238-2320 Name Address I Phone (. M-— j Uti hern C * (USPS 505 680) Deadline: All material for publication on Thursday Publisher must be received at the latest by noon Most Rev. J. Kevin Boland, D.D. on the previous Friday. Director of Communications: POSTMASTER: Mrs- Barbara D. King Send Change of Address to circulation office: |( c P a )| Chalker Publishing Editor: Southern Cross Subscription Department '* fss Rev. Douglas K. Clark, S.T.L. P. O. 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