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The Southern Cross, Page 2 Bishops praise arrest of suspect IN ABORTIONIST KILLING Washington (CNS) A spokeswoman for the U.S. bishops lauded the arrest of a man wanted for the 1998 murder of a Buffalo abortion doctor and said the church “un equivocally” condemns the use of violence in op posing abortion. James Kopp, 46, was arrested March 29 by French police in cooperation with the FBI. Kopp is suspected by U.S. authorities in the killing of Dr. Barnett Slepian in his Buffalo home. Slepian performed abortions at Buffalo’s GYN Wo- menservices clinic. “We are gratified by the pro spect of the suspected killer of Dr. Barnett Slepian being brought to justice,” said Cathleen Cleaver, director of planning and information for the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. “Every human life has inestimable value and no one has the right to kill,” she said in a statement. Greek Orthodox leader urges POPE TO ADDRESS CATHOLIC “intransigence” Athens (CNS) T he head of Greece’s Orthodox Church appealed for Pope John Paul II to take “further steps” to ward recognizing Catholic Church “intransigence” before his planned May visit to the country. Greek Orthodox Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens prai sed Pope John Paul for regretting past “church Etendltoe Hopscotch errors,” but said others also must be addressed. Archbishop Christodoulos said in a March 23 state ment: “For the first time in the Vatican’s age-old intransigence, this pope has shown serious signs of apologizing. But this is barely the first step. There are many further ones which need to be taken.” Merger of two Catholic media GROUPS NEARS COMPLETION Washington (CNS) T he merger of two international Catholic media organizations is nearing completion in a process that began in 1998. Unda, a group for Catholics in the television and radio industries, and OCIC, a body for Catholics in film, will become Signis during a world congress in Rome in November. Unda is the Latin word for “wave”; OCIC is a French acronym for the International Catholic Organization for Cinema and Audiovisual. The new organization, like the two that are merging to form it, will have Vatican sanction, according to Frank Morock, an Unda board member and president of Unda-USA. Barbara D. King, Director of Communications for the Diocese of Savannah, is a member of the Unda-USA board. Scientists, others debate human cloning on Capitol Hill Washington (CNS) R esearchers who intend to clone human beings clashed with genetics experts who oppose it in a seven-hour congressional hearing March 28. The Bush administration and members of the House Thursday, April 5, 2001 subcommittee that convened the hearing indicated a strong desire to create a federal law banning human cloning — a move thwarted three years ago by an inability to reach consensus on specifics of such a law. Human reproductive cloning should not be attempted because “it is simply too dangerous technically and raises far too many ethical and social questions,” said lead-off witness Dr. Thomas Okarma, president of the biopharmaceutical com pany Geron. He expressed opposition on behalf of Biotechnology Industry Organization. Cardinal, magazine warn against RAPID LEFEBVRE RECONCILIATION Rome (CNS) F ollowing news reports suggesting an imminent Vatican reconciliation with a group of followers of the late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, an influen tial French cardinal and an Italian Catholic magazine said the Vatican should proceed slowly and cau tiously. Cardinal Pierre Eyt of Bordeaux said the unresolved “doctrinal, liturgical, sacramental (and) institutional” differences with the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X appeared too great to overcome “with out profound study and sufficient delay.” In a similar vein, the editors of Jesus, an Italian monthly maga zine published by the Pauline Fathers, said they were troubled by reports suggesting that a formal reconciliation might be reached by Easter, April 15. Vatican sources have said that while contacts with the society have continued, it is too early to speak of concrete moves toward reconciliation. Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist Savannah Deanery 2001 Easter Masses Holy Saturday—Easter Vigil: 8:00 p.m. Saint James 222 East Harris Street, Savannah Easter Sunday: 8:45 (Espanol) & 11:00 a.m. 8412 Whitfield Avenue, Savannah Holy Saturday—Easter Vigil: 8:00 p.m. Easter Sunday: 8:00, 10:00 & 11:30 a.m. Saint Anne Holy Saturday—Easter Vigil: 8:00 p.m. Easter Sunday: 7:30,9:00 & 11:30 a.m. Blessed Sacrament 10550 Ford Avenue, Richmond Hill Holy Saturday—Easter Vigil: 8:00 p.m. Saint Michael 1003 East Victory Drive, Savannah Easter Sunday: 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. 802 Lovell Avenue, Tybee Island Holy Saturday—Easter Vigil: 8:00 p.m. Easter Sunday: 8:00, 10:00 & 11:30 a.m. Saint Benedict the Moor Holy Saturday—Easter Vigil: 8:00 p.m. Easter Sunday: 8:00 & 11:00 a.m. Our Lady of Lourdes 556 East Gordon Street, Savannah Holy Saturday—Easter Vigil: 7:00 p.m. Saint Peter the Apostle 501 S. 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