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The Southern Cross, Page 2 Bishop Hughes of Baton Rouge NAMED COADJUTOR OF NEW ORLEANS Washington (CNS) P ope John Paul II has named Bishop Alfred C. Hughes of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as coadju tor archbishop of New Orleans. The appointment was announced in Washington February 16 by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Archbishop Hughes, 68, will assist Archbishop Francis B. Schulte in the gover nance of the archdiocese, the second-oldest diocese in the United States, and will succeed him as the 18th leader of the archdiocese when Archbishop Schulte steps down. “Life is full of surprises!” Archbishop Hughes said at a news conference at the Notre Dame Seminary chapel. “I thought that after Baton Rouge there was only heaven!” Cohabitation a challenging issue FOR CHURCH LEADERS Erie, Pennsylvania (CNS) W hen engaged couples send applications to the family ministries’ office in the Erie Diocese to attend marriage preparation programs, Mary Maxwell has noticed a disturbing trend. A growing number of engaged men and woman share the same address. Maxwell, director of the diocesan Office of Family Ministries of Catholic Charities, said there has been a 45-percent rise in couples cohabiting, without being married, since 1970. Marriage, she added, does not have the central place it once had in our society. “It’s such a perva sive phenomenon. It’s an anti-marriage kind of a climate out there,” she said in an interview with the Lake Shore Visitor, Erie’s diocesan newspaper. Bishops of Americas discuss GREATER TIES ON MIGRATION ISSUES Washington (CNS) B ishops from the Americas, meeting February 12-14, pledged greater cooperation on migra tion issues and asked government leaders to solve economic problems that cause massive migrations. Closer cooperation is needed to find pastoral re sponses to the causes and effects of migration, said the bishops from Latin America, Canada and the United States. More than 20 bishops representing the Latin American bishops’ council, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops of the United States met in Clearwater, Florida, to talk about migration in the Americas. Government leaders need “to humanize economic globalization by tak ing more fully into account the challenges of migration,” they said in a closing statement. 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 £=2q]rossyjsu Address Priest says Pius XII knew Rome INSTITUTIONS SHELTERED JEWS Rome (CNS) T he Catholic convents, parishes and institutions in Rome that hid and saved more than 4,400 Jews from the Nazis would not have taken such a risk without the approval of Pope Pius XII, said Jesuit Father Peter Gumpel. The priest, who is working on Pope Pius’ cause for beatification, said the stories of Jews sheltered by Catholic priests and religious in Rome have been “unknown or pur posefully ignored” in discussions about the pope’s actions during the war. Within one of the most “barbaric periods of history, there were lights of humanity, courageous actions by a wide variety of people, including Pius XII in an exceptional way,” he said. Father Gumpel spoke February 16 during the presentation of an Italian language book, The Jews Saved by Pius XII by Antonio Gaspari. Religious leaders acclaim new Ukrainian Catholic leader Lviv, Ukraine (CNS) R eligious leaders in Ukraine expressed enthusi asm at the election of Cardinal-designate Lu- bomyr Husar as head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. “I know Husar personally and this is a po sitive development,” said Lviv Pentecostal Bishop Vasily Boyechko. “He lived practically his whole life in America, and he has a more progressive out look than many local clerics.” The 7-million-mem ber Ukrainian Catholic Church is based in Lviv, Western Ukraine, the region where it is strongest. It is in union with Rome but keeps most of the tradi tions of the Eastern churches. Banned and persecu ted for more than 40 years by communist authori ties, the Ukrainian Catholic Church now enjoys considerable political clout in Western Ukraine. Russian Orthodox describes rela tions with Catholics as ‘cold war’ Rome (CNS) T he head of ecumenical relations for the Russian Orthodox Church has described relations with the Roman Catholic Church as being in a state of “cold war.” A visit by Pope John Paul II to the “ca nonical territory of the Russian Orthodox Church,” including Ukraine, would not be appropriate when relations are so strained, said Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, chairman of the church’s department for external church relations. Pope John Paul is scheduled to visit Ukraine June 23-27. Officials of the Russian Orthodox Church and members of its hierarchy in Ukraine have asked the pope to postpone his visit. Members of Thursday, February 22, 2001 the two other Orthodox churches in Ukraine have not opposed the trip. Judge delays start of trial for 1998 MURDER OF GUATEMALAN BISHOP Guatemala City (CNS) O utside the Guatemala City courthouse, church and human rights workers extended colorful banners demanding justice for the death of the “martyr of truth,” as many refer to the late Auxili ary Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera of Guatemala City. But the protesters and many around the world waiting anxiously for the Bishop Gerardi murder trial to commence will have to wait: At the hour the trial was set to open February 15, the president of the three-judge tribunal announced the trial would be suspended until further notification. This most recent delay in the case is a result of an objection filed by defense lawyers against one of the three judges selected to preside over the trial. Vandals burn controversial Vatican Christmas tree Rome (CNS) V andals burned a controversial Christmas tree given to Pope John Paul II by a right-wing Austrian politician and later replanted in southern Italy, police said. Only the top branches of the 89- foot-tall fir tree remained after the arsonists struck February 12 near the city of Acerra. The tree had been replanted two days earlier at the site, where a dispute has raged over plans to build a large treat ment plant for garbage. The tree was the object of protests in December at the Vatican, where it was erected in Saint Peter’s Square. It was presented by a delegation led by the governor of Austria’s Ca- rinthia province, Jorg-Haider, who is known for his anti-immigrant views and past statements of sym pathy for some Nazi policies. Bishop says Brooklyn art exhibit shows ‘religious insensitivity’ Brooklyn, NY (CNS) B ishop Thomas V. Daily of Brooklyn said in a statement February 15 that he was “disturbed by another display of insensitivity toward religion at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.” The statement refer red to an exhibition, “Committed to the Image; Con temporary Black Photographers,” opening February 16 and on view through April 29. Controversy arose over a 15-foot, five-panel photographic work by Re nee Cox titled “Yo Mama’s Last Supper.” It includes a picture of herself nude taking the place of Jesus in a depiction of the Last Supper. The apostles she pic tures are 12 clothed black men. Cox’s work is one of 188 by 94 black Americans. Phone Parish The Southern Cross (USPS 505 680) Publisher: Most Rev. J. Kevin Boland, D.D. Director of Communications: Mrs. Barbara D. King l(cpa)| Editor: '“♦fss ^ Rev. Douglas K. Clark, S.T.L. Editorial and Business Office: Catholic Pastoral Center 601 E. Liberty Street Savannah, GA 31401-5196 (912) 238-2320 FAX: (912) 238-2339 E-mail: DCIark573S@aol.com or Southerncross@ix.netcom.com Internet Home Page: http://www.diosav.org Deadline: All material for publication on Thursday must be received at the latest by noon on the previous Friday. POSTMASTER: Send Change of Address to circulation office: Chalker Publishing Southern Cross Subscription Department P. O. 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