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Hendlltoe Hoipscottdh
Thursday, July 5, 2001
Bishops named for Rockville
Centre, Saint Augustine
Washington (CNS)
ope John Paul II has named Auxiliary Bishop
William F. Murphy of Boston to head the
Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York He also
appointed Monsignor Victor B. Galeone, pastor of
Saint Agnes Parish in Baltimore, as the bishop of
Saint Augustine, Florida. Bishop Murphy, 61, suc
ceeds Bishop James T. McHugh, who died last
December. Bishop-designate Galeone, 65, succeeds
Bishop John J. Snyder, who retired in December.
The appointments were announced June 26 in
Washington by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo,
papal nuncio to the United States.
Archbishops receive pallia, told
TO FULFILL MISSIONARY
MANDATE
Vatican City (CNS)
n an outdoor liturgy disrupted by a thunderstorm
and torrents of rain, Pope John Paul II told 36
new archbishops the church must conserve the
Christian faith by passing it on to all men and
women. During the Mass June 29 in Saint Peter’s
Square, marking the feast of Saints Peter and Paul,
the pope gave each archbishop—named over the
previous year—a pallium, a circular band of white
wool that symbolizes their authority and unity with
the pope. In a last-minute change announced by the
pope at the start of the Mass, Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doc
trine of the Faith, celebrated the liturgy, which fell
on the 50th anniversary of his priestly ordination.
The pope gave the homily and the final blessing.
Cardinal Dulles says church
NEEDS DIALOGUE, NOT DISSENT
Washington (CNS)
he church needs respectful internal dialogue,
but not the kind that tolerates dissent from
church teachings or substitutes “civility for truth,”
Cardinal Avery Dulles said in a lecture June 22 at
Georgetown University. “For Catholics the only
acceptable common ground is the teaching of
Christ and the church,” he said. “To seek a com
mon ground between approved and disapproved
doctrines would be to give all the trump cards to
the dissenter. ... Authentic dialogue, on the con
trary, keeps the fullness of truth as its norm and
goal.” The U.S. Jesuit theologian, who was made a
cardinal earlier this year, delivered the third annual
lecture of the Catholic Common Ground Initiative.
His topic was “Dialogue, Truth and Communion.”
Pope urges intensified relations,
DIALOGUE WITH ORTHODOX
Vatican City (CNS)
ope John Paul II said Catholics and Orthodox
must step up efforts to resolve theological
sticking points that prevent full union between the
churches. Meeting June 29 with a delegation from
the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox believ
ers, the pope said the work of a joint Catholic-
Orthodox dialogue commission “must be complet
ed according to the program that has been set.”
Recent commission work has been stymied by dis
agreement over the theological and canonical status
of Eastern Catholic churches, which share Ortho
dox traditions but are in communion with the pope.
The delegation represented Ecumenical Orthodox
Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, the
Orthodox leader based in Istanbul, Turkey.
Abstinence, respecting human
dignity seen as key to stopping
AIDS
United Nations (CNS)
he president of the Pontifical Council for
Health Care Workers told the U.N. General
Assembly’s special session on AIDS that the path
to preventing the disease lay in “respecting human
dignity and the person’s transcendent destiny.”
Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan, who headed
the Vatican delegation to the session held‘June 25-
27 at U.N. headquarters in New York, also said
prevention was aided by “excluding campaigns
associated with models of behavior which destroy
life and promote the spread of the evil in question.”
Speaking on the last day of a session that often had
condoms at the center of attention, he said the most
effective way of preventing sexual transmission of
AIDS was through “training in the authentic values
of life, love and sexuality.”
Fellow ecumenists reflect on
Father Hotchkin’s life, work
Washington (CNS)
ather John F. Hotchkin rarely appeared in the
public spotlight, but behind the scenes he was
Corrections
n page 1 of the June 21 issue, the ordination
on May 26 was said to be to the “permanent
diaconate”; it was to the “transitional diaconate.”
On page 6 of the same issue, the deacon being pre
sented with the Book of the Gospels was misiden-
tified. He is Deacon James Hunt.
easily one of the most significant and influential
Catholic ecumenists of the past third of a century,
according to those who knew him best. In inter
views with Catholic News Service and public state
ments, other leading ecumenists painted a portrait
of a man of grace, humility and a passion for
Christian unity—and one who perhaps more than
any other person has shaped the Catholic ecumeni
cal enterprise in the United States. Father Hotch
kin, 66, died unexpectedly June 24 from a severe
bronchial infection. A Chicago priest, he was exec
utive director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for
Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs in Washing
ton for more than 30 years.
Actor O’Connor’s commitment
TO FAITH RECALLED AT FUNERAL
Los Angeles (CNS)
amily, friends and many leaders in the enter
tainment industry gathered for the funeral Mass
for actor Carroll O’Connor at Saint Paul the
Apostle Church in west Los Angeles June 26.
O’Connor “symbolized in such a beautiful and
courageous way a commitment to faith he allowed
to be part of his personal life and his professional
life,” said Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los
Angeles, the principal celebrant. “Dallas” star
Larry Hagman and Martin Sheen of “The West
Wing,” the actor’s friends, served as lectors. Liam
Gannon recited an Irish blessing and Mary
Reynolds played a violin solo of “Danny Boy” that
left many in tears. Known for his TV portrayals of
Archie Bunker on “All in the Family” and “Archie
Bunker’s Place” and police chief Bill Gillespie on
“In the Heat of the Night,” O’Connor died June 21.
Puerto Rican archbishop asks
IMMEDIATE END TO BOMBINGS
San Juan (CNS)
he U.S. Navy bombing exercises in Vieques
must end immediately, said Archbishop
Roberto O. Gonzalez of San Juan. While praising
President Bush for deciding to terminate the bomb
ings in 2003, the archbishop said, “I am deeply
saddened by the fact that the bombings can be con
tinued for another 23 months.” He said in a June
19 statement, “I am committed to continue plead
ing for the immediate end of the bombings.” The
statement came a day after the Navy resumed its
exercises amid widespread protests in Puerto Rico,
a U.S. possession in the Caribbean.
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