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Week of October 25, 1999

Canadian and Foreign News Highlights

Wiesner to head bishops' conference:

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has chosen Bishop Gerald Wiesner of Prince George, B.C., to lead it into the new millennium as its president. Wiesner, 62, replaces outgoing president, Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte of Montreal. Raised on a farm near Denzil, Sask., Wiesner was a professor of sacramental theology at Newman Theological College in Edmonton from 1972 to 1992, except for a six-year stint as provincial superior of his religious order, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. He was acting president of the college when he was named bishop of Prince George in November 1992.

Residential school abuses call out for healing - Wiesner:

The new president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says abuses at Church-run residential schools need to be addressed and assistance given for healing. But Bishop Gerald Wiesner also says it may also be an injustice to ask people who had nothing to do with the abuses to "pay extraordinary sums of money to alleviate that situation."

Nuncio plans to see Canada

Archbishop Paolo Romeo, the new apostolic nuncio to Canada, said he plans to travel widely to learn more about what he called "this vast country of Canada." "I will do all that is possible, as long as there will be opportunities to visit all the communities," he told the Canadian bishops at their annual assembly Oct. 14-19. The communities he expects to visit include "even the smallest or furthest away, so that the faithful can discover, through the presence of the apostolic nuncio, a concrete sign of the love and affection that the Holy Father holds for them," he said.

Bishops prepare for legislation on reproductive technologies:

The Catholic Church in Canada wants to be prepared for when the federal government introduces legislation governing new reproductive technologies (NRTs). "Once the proposed legislation on biotechnological issues is proposed, we will react to that and have some input to that with the help of our consultants," Archbishop Adam Exner of Vancouver told the Canadian bishops at their annual meeting.

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