ADDENDA

National Catholic Reporter, June 2, 2000

TWO CARDINALS and the two top officers of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops are the elected U.S. delegates to the next world Synod of Bishops, to be held in Rome in October 2001. The four are: Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston, conference president; Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville, Ill., conference vice president; Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore; and Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago. Elected as alternates are Bishop J. Terry Steib of Memphis, Tenn.; and Archbishop Justin F. Rigali of St. Louis.

BISHOP BASILIO DO NASCIMENTO of East Timor was honored as a "peace activist" by the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding May 22. In a presentation at a New York synagogue, the award was accepted on behalf of the bishop and other clergy of East Timor by Jesuit Fr. Filomeno Jacob, who heads a national commission developing the school system of East Timor. The bishop is apostolic administrator of Baukau, a diocese established in East Timor in 1996.

THE VATICAN announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with the African state of Djibouti, a predominantly Muslim country. The Vatican said May 20 that the step was being taken to promote "ties of friendship" with Djibouti, where the church has a bishop, four priests and about 7,000 Catholics in five parishes, many of them members of the French military.

THE FIRST ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury to support the ordination of women, Frederick Donald Coggan, died May 18 at the age of 90. Coggan served as spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion from 1974 to 1980. Coggan first advocated the ordination of women in 1970. The Church of England allowed the ordination of women in 1994, while the Episcopal church in the United States has allowed women clergy since 1976. Coggan died after a lengthy illness at a facility near Winchester, according to Lambeth Palace, official residence of the archbishops.

ANGLICAN AND CATHOLIC BISHOPS who met for a week in May outside Toronto said they came away resolved to build upon the churches' areas of agreement. The bishops called for a joint commission to prepare an affirmation of faith and to work on other areas of mutual concern, such as how to deal with interchurch marriages, since couples cannot share the Eucharist.

THE "ILOVEYOU" computer virus incident, in which Filipino computer students are primary suspects, highlights the lack of ethics in the country's information technology education, a Philippine bishop said. Archbishop Jesus Dosado of Ozamiz said May 17 that values education should be the core of any curriculum. College students Onel de Guzman and Michael Buen have been questioned as the suspected creators of the virus. Beginning May 4, the virus spread through e-mail titled "ILOVEYOU" with an attached file named LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs.