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December 2000 Press Release Archives

Brooklyn Priest to Head Bishops' Office for Doctrine, Pastoral Practices (00-296)
December 1, 2000
Msgr. John J. Strynkowski, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, has been named Executive Director of the Secretariat for Doctrine and Pastoral Practices at the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Manhattan Convent Site for Taping of Christmas TV Special (00-299)
December 1, 2000
The U.S. bishops' Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC) will tape host segments for an hour-long Christmas TV special on Wednesday, December 6, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Convent in New York City.
Pope Appoints Bishop Corrada Del Rio to Tyler, Texas; Names Successor to Bishop Chedid of Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles; Resignation of Bishop Kuzma of Byzantine Eparchy of Van Nuys Accepted (00-300)
December 4, 2000
Pope John Paul II has appointed as Bishop of Tyler, Texas the Most Reverend Alvaro Corrada del Rio, SJ, until now Auxiliary Bishop of Washington and Apostolic Administrator of Caguas, Puerto Rico.
Bishops' Head Urges President Commute Death Sentences of 31 Federal Prisoners (00-301)
December 4, 2000
The head of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) asked President Clinton to commute the sentences of all those now awaiting execution in federal prisons in the spirit of the Jubilee Year.
Cardinal Law Recalls Vatican II's 'Declaration on Religious Freedom' (00-302)
December 7, 2000
Marking the 35th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council's Declaration on Religious Freedom, Cardinal Bernard Law today reasserted that "religious freedom is not an arbitrary and subjective right but is one that defines fundamentally what it means to be human."
Church as Koinonia of Salvation Is Theme of Roman Catholic-evangelical Lutheran Church in America Dialogue (00-303)
December 8, 2000
"The Church as Koinonia of Salvation: Its Structures and Ministries" was the theme of the tenth round of the Roman Catholic-Evangelical Lutheran Church in America dialogue.
Pope Accepts Bishop Speyrer's Resignation, Names Bishop Braxton to Lake Charles; Bishop Snyder of St. Augustine Resigns; Msgr. W. Francis Malooly Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (00-304)
December 11, 2000
Pope John Paul II accepted the resignation of Most Reverend Jude Speyrer as Bishop of Lake Charles, Louisiana and appointed Auxiliary Bishop Edward K. Braxton of St. Louis as his successor.
Midwest Region Dialogue of Catholics And Muslims Holds Fifth Meeting (00-305)
December 12, 2000
Muslims and Catholics from Indianapolis, Louisville, St. Louis, Cleveland, Detroit, Toledo, Chicago, and Lafayette attended the fifth annual meeting of the Midwest Region Dialogue of Catholics and Muslim, November 8-9, 2000.
Catholic Campaign For Human Development Approves $550,000 Grant For Nationwide Immigrant Empowerment Project, Three-Year Effort Will Be Coordinated by Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (00-306)
December 13, 2000
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) today announced a $550,000 grant to help groups of low-income immigrants identify and overcome barriers to full participation in their adopted country.
Bishops Launch New Evangelization Efforts (00-307)
December 14, 2000
The U.S. Bishops have established a self-standing Secretariat for Evangelization and a Commission on Catholic Evangelization.
Sharon Heinle Named Director of Accounting Services at USCC (00-308)
December 15, 2000
Sharon Heinle, a staff member of the United States Catholic Conference (USCC) for the past five years, has been named the Conference's Director of Accounting Services.
Information on Papal Ceremonies Closing Holy Year Released (00-309)
December 15, 2000
The Holy See's Pontifical Council for Social Communications released a bulletin on coordination of the worldwide telecasts of the papal ceremonies related to the closing of the Jubilee Year on January 6, 2001.
Bishop Brown Announces Formation of Subcommittee on Interreligious Dialogue (00-312)
December 19, 2000
Bishop Tod D. Brown of Orange, California, Chairman of the Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs (BCEIA), announced formation of a Subcommittee on Interreligious Dialogue.
Down the Road, Events in January (00-311)
December 19, 2000
January is Poverty in America Awareness Month (00-310)
December 20, 2000
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development challenges Americans to look at the 32 million people who live in poverty as a number equivalent to that of a state of the union, and the second most populous state in America, at that.
Msgr. Pates Named Auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul And Minneapolis (00-313)
December 21, 2000
Pope John Paul II appointed Monsignor Richard E. Pates, pastor of St.Ambrose Church, Woodbury, Minnesota, as Titular Bishop of Suacia and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Mass Times Inquiries Increase on 1-800-Mass Times (00-314)
December 21, 2000
Usage of 1-800 Mass Times, the toll-free service that provides locations and times of Masses nationwide is on the increase, according to statistics gathered by 1-800 Mass Times Trust, a ministry to aid traveling Catholics.
ABC-TV Stations to Air Catholic Communication Campaign Documentary on Inter-American Missionaries (00-315)
December 28, 2000
Church Without Borders, a new hour-long television documentary from the Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC), examines the experiences of young people from the United States and Latin America who share their faith through creative Inter-American missionary programs.