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February 1997 Press Release Archives
- 'Life at Risk: A Closer Look at Assisted Suicide' Is Meeting Theme (97-024)
February 3, 1997
Life at Risk: A Closer Look at Assisted Suicide is the theme for an upcoming international conference exploring legal, medical, ethical and policy concerns about physician assisted suicide.
- USCC Official Applauds Court Decision Upholding Chapter 2 (97-027)
February 3, 1997
The General Counsel of the United States Catholic Conference (USCC) applauded a federal district court decision which upheld the constitutionality of the federal program that provides instructional materials to private school students.
- Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. To Donate Half Million Dollars to Support Bishops' Catechism Office (97-030)
February 11, 1997
Our Sunday Visitor Inc. will donate $500,000 to support the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' (NCCB) Office for the Catechism. The grant, which will be given in five annual installments of $100,000 each, was announced by Bishop John M. D'Arcy, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., in a Dec. 31 letter to Bishop Anthony M. Pilla, President of the NCCB.
- Jack Kemp, Robert Reich to Address Catholic Group on the Moral and Ethical Dimensions of Economic Life (97-029)
February 12, 1997
Former Housing Secretary Jack Kemp and former Labor Secretary Robert Reich will be among the speakers to address Catholic social ministry leaders at the 1997 Social Ministry Gathering in Washington, February 23-26.
- Bosnian Cardinal to Meet With U.N. Secretary-General Thursday (97-031)
February 12, 1997
Cardinal Vinko Puljic of Sarajevo, touring in the United States during February, will meet U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday, February 13, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
- Attendants at World Youth Day in Paris Must Register With NCCB (97-032)
February 12, 1997
Attendants at World Youth Day in Paris must register with the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) or they will not get an events pass to World Youth Day events. Registration with the Vatican alone is not enough.
- Official Expresses Dismay on Vote For Funds For Abortion Groups (97-033)
February 13, 1997
Today the House of Representatives voted 220 to 209 in favor of the Clinton Administration's resolution to release an additional $123 million to family planning groups including those which promote and perform abortions overseas.
- Pope's Lenten Message on Homeless Welcomed by Bishop (97-034)
February 14, 1997
Bishop William S. Skylstad hailed the Lenten message of Pope John Paul II, devoted to the plight of the homeless, saying it "calls for effective action on the international disgrace of widespread homelessness and lack of affordable housing."
- Bishop Chaput to be Archbishop of Denver; An Auxiliary in Pittsburgh (97-036)
February 17, 1997
Pope John Paul II has named Bishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M., Cap., of Rapid City, South Dakota, to be Archbishop of Denver. He succeeds Archbishop J. Francis Stafford who last August was appointed President of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for the Laity.
- Bosnian Cardinal to Give Progress Report on Balkan Situation (97-038)
February 19, 1997
A key player in the efforts to build peace in the former Yugoslavia will make several public appearances and attend a number of private meetings in Washington over the weekend, discussing the current situation in the Balkan region and efforts to strengthen the fragile peace currently in effect.
- Paulist Father Hurley Named to Evangelization Post at NCCB (97-040)
February 20, 1997
Father John E. Hurley, C.S.P., formerly pastor of Old Saint Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco, has been named Special Assistant for Evangelization at the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB).
- Ecumenical Speaking Tour on Northern Ireland Visits D.C. Area (97-041)
February 21, 1997
Catholic and Protestant leaders from Northern Ireland will be in the Washington area for several speaking engagements and meetings February 22-25. Fr. John McManus and Presbyterian minister Dr. John Ross will meet with several government and church groups to discuss the ongoing conflict in Northern Ireland and the challenges the churches face in their promotion of justice, peace and reconciliation.
- Baptists and Evangelicals Join Cardinal's Complaint to Sony; The Three Groups Represent 95 Million Christians in the U.S. (97-044)
February 24, 1997
The heads of the Southern Baptist Convention and National Association of Evangelicals joined the Cardinal who chairs the Catholic Bishops' Committee for Pro-Life Activities in asking the assistance of the Chairman of the Sony Corporation in Japan in the matter of Sony Music Entertainment's release in this country of a "Christmas album" to raise money to promote legal abortion.
- Efforts Against Toxic Waste, Noise Pollution, Lead Poisoning Among Projects Funded by U.S. Bishops' Environmental Mini-Grants (97-042)
February 25, 1997
Efforts against toxic waste in Phoenix, noise pollution in the Bronx and lead poisoning in Lynchburg, Virginia, are among 19 projects funded by the U.S. Bishops' Environmental Justice Program.
- Sister Mary Leahy, Georgetown Dean of Development, Named to Head Religious Retirement Office (97-045)
February 25, 1997
Providence Sister Mary Leahy, Associate Dean for Development at Georgetown College, Georgetown University, has been named Director of the National Religious Retirement Office.
- Oregon Decision Is Blow to the Vulnerable, Says USCC Official (97-046)
February 28, 1997
The General Counsel of the United States Catholic Conference (USCC) has issued a statement on the decision of the Ninth Circuit ordering reinstatement of the Oregon measure which allows physicians to facilitate the suicides of terminally ill patients.
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