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Pope accepts resignation of
Anchorage Archbishop Hurley
Washington (CNS)
P ope John Paul II has accepted the resignation of
Archbishop Francis T. Hurley of Anchorage,
Alaska. The resignation means that Coadjutor
Archbishop Roger L. Schweitz, appointed last
March, automatically becomes archbishop of
Anchorage. Archbishop Hurley, who turned 74 on
January 12, has been a bishop in Alaska for nearly
30 years, first serving as bishop of Juneau from
1971 to 1976, when he was appointed archbishop
of Anchorage.The changes were announced March
3 in Washington by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo,
apostolic nuncio to the United States.
Seal of confession comes into
PLAY IN INQUIRY ON ALLEGED SPY
Arlington, VA (CNS)
E ven if accused spy Robert P. Hanssen con
fessed his crimes to a Catholic priest, the priest
is forbidden by church law to discuss the confes
sion to anyone, including the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. It was reported in late February that
FBI agents have been interviewing Catholic priests
from St. John Parish in McLean to glean informa
tion about their possible spiritual relationship with
Hanssen. The accused spy, the FBI deduces, must
have told someone about his alleged 15-year espi
onage career, which included reportedly passing
along thousands of classified federal documents to
his KGB handlers. “Hanssen hasn’t expressed
regret over his actions,” said one FBI source. “But
we’re interested in finding out if maybe he dis
cussed this stuff with a higher authority.”
Abortion making inroads in Latin
America, pro-life activists say
Miami (CNS)
F inanced in large part by groups in the United
States, radical feminism is making inroads in
Latin America, exporting an abortion mentality that
runs counter to the indigenous culture’s traditional
respect for life. That was the observation made by
several pro-life activists from Latin America who
took part in Human Life International’s regional
conference February 24-25 in Miami. The panel
discussion featured pro-life leaders from Colombia,
Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Spain. “Radical
feminism has been exported to our country. It does
not represent the voice of Mexican women,” said
Osiris Reyes, a Mexican pro-life activist who re
cently founded Mujeres por los Derechos Humanos
(Women for Human Rights).
Headline Hojpscotcih
Diocesan leaders report on what
HELPS, HINDERS WOMEN IN CHURCH
Washington (CNS)
W omen in diocesan leadership positions in the
United States say their participation in church
decision-making is sometimes hindered by sexist
attitudes, church structures or the strident voices of
women themselves, according to a new survey. The
results were compiled by the Life Cycle Institute of
The Catholic University of America in Washington
from questionnaires sent to 378 women in 128 dio
ceses who had been identified by their bishops as
diocesan leaders. The aim of the survey, which was
released February 27, was to “examine how wo
men’s voices are heard in church decision-making,”
said Archbishop John G. Vlazny of Portland,
Oregon, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee
on Women in Society and in the Church, in a letter
sent to bishops with the survey results.
Court refuses to hear case on
GRADUATION SPEECH
Washington (CNS)
T he U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case
of a California high school valedictorian who
was prevented from giving his graduation speech
three years ago when he would not tone down its
religious references. Without comment, the court
rejected the former student's argument that public
school district officials had violated his rights
when they did not allow him to give his prepared
speech. The student, Chris Niemeyer, was co-vale-
dictorian of the 1998 graduating class at Oroville
High School in Oroville, California. His speech
had numerous references to God and pleas to the
audience to “pattern their lives after Jesus’ exam
ple” and to realize that “God seeks a personal rela
tionship” with each of them.
Pope names Cardinal Kasper head
of Christian unity council
Vatican City (CNS)
P ope John Paul II has named German Cardinal
Walter Kasper, an internationally known the
ologian and ecumenist, to be president of the Ponti
fical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Cardi
nal Kasper, who had been secretary of the council
since 1999, celebrated his 68th birthday March 5.
The German cardinal succeeds 76-year-old Austra
lian Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy, who had been
president of the council since 1989. The Vatican
also announced that Sulpician Father Marc Ouellet,
a Canadian professor at Rome’s Lateran University,
had been named a bishop and secretary of the
council.
Thursday, March 8, 2001
Pope names Cleveland native as
nuncio to Dominican Republic
Vatican City (CNS)
P ope John Paul II has named U.S. Monsignor
Timothy P. Broglio, currently chief of staff to
the Vatican secretary of state, to be an archbishop
and papal nuncio to the Dominican Republic and
apostolic delegate to Puerto Rico. The 49-year-old
Cleveland native, along with several other new
nuncios and bishops, will be ordained to the epis
copacy by Pope John Paul March 19 in Saint
Peter’s Basilica.
During trip to Syria, pope expect
ed TO VISIT MOSQUE
Vatican City (CNS)
I n a historic overture toward Muslims, Pope John
Paul II is expected to enter a mosque during his
visit to Syria in May, a Syrian bishop said. The
pope plans to go inside the mosque of Ommayad in
Damascus, where a shrine is dedicated to Saint
John the Baptist, according to Melkite Catholic
Archbishop Isidore Battikha, the Syrian prelate in
charge of organizing the papal visit. Vatican sour
ces said in early March that definitive plans for the
mosque visit had not yet been made. If the pope
does make the visit, he would become the first
modem pontiff to enter a Muslim place of worship.
Dallas bishop visits Libya at invi
tation OF CHURCH LEADER
Dallas (CNS)
B ishop Charles V. Grahmann of Dallas, who
took a rare trip to Libya February 15-20, found
himself humbled by the faith of Christians there
and convinced of the need for more U.S.-Libyan
dialogue. Bishop Grahmann, who also met with top
Libyan officials during the trip, made the visit at
the invitation of Bishop Giovanni Martinelli of
Tripoli to learn more about the 50,000 scattered
Christians in the mostly Muslim country. He told
his staff about the trip at its annual Lenten retreat
February 23, and said he was hosted by the World
Islamic Call Society, a government humanitarian
organization.
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