ADDENDA

National Catholic Reporter, May 12, 2000 by Teresa Malcolm

THE AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE has nominated Denis Halliday and Kathy Kelly for the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize. Kelly is a cofounder of Voices in the Wilderness, a group that brings activists to Iraq to witness the effects of sanctions. Halliday resigned his position as U.N. assistant secretary-general and humanitarian coordinator in Iraq to protest the humanitarian impact of sanctions.

THE VATICAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER said April 27 that nations continuing to rely on nuclear weapons showed that "the role of law, confidence in others and the will to dialogue are not yet priorities." Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran addressed a conference at the United Nations in New York reviewing the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Tauran called nuclear deterrence "a distressing solution for a world overwhelmed with weapons." Instead, he said, expectations of the world's citizens at the beginning of a new millennium should lead nations toward "progressive and effective disarmament."

FR. STANLEY W. DEBOE has been named director of the office of justice and peace of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men, based in the Washington suburb of Silver Spring, Md. He succeeds Marist Fr. Ted Keating, who was named executive director of the conference last fall. DeBoe, a Trinitarian priest, is adjunct professor of theology at Trinity College in Washington. From 1993 to '98 DeBoe was a legislative aide to Rep. Christopher H. Smith, R-N.J., where he worked to address international human fights violations.

ARCHOBISHOP NICHOLAS CHEON6 JIN-SUK of Seoul, South Korea, said he is promoting a visit by Pope John Paul II to North Korea. The archbishop said the continuing thaw in North-South relations was stirring hopes for a papal visit to the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. Cheong said he hoped to visit Pyongyang soon to explore possibilities for such a papal visit.

A VATICAN OFFICIAL issued a stern rebuke of European and U.S. policies toward refugees, saying developing countries shoulder too much of the weight. "The poorest countries, the ones less prepared in terms of infrastructures, are the ones letting [refugees] in," Divine Word Fr. Michael Blume, undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers, said May 2. Blume spoke at a news conference to present the program for the June 1-3 Jubilee for Migrants and Travelers.