It was never actually instituted because of ongoing litigation. After a lively debate about asking Catholics to make moral pledges in church, the U.S. bishops June 16 approved a five-year media campaign that will call on Catholics to pledge specific actions to support good programming and discourage immoral and demeaning fare. U.S. bishops meeting in Milwaukee June 15-17 discussed a proposed restructuring of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy. Robert Paul Lucas of Clarksburg, Md., was arrested June 17 and charged with the murder of Msgr. Thomas Wells, who was pastor of Mother Seton Parish in Germantown, Md., a Washington suburb.
Police say Lucas, who is homeless, has confessed to the crime.
Mexican church leaders insist that the best way to beat those who would perpetrate fraud is to participate in the voting process. With other Mexican bishops, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City has repeatedly encouraged Mexicans to vote. The murder of a Franciscan brother in a northern Indian mission station took a new turn when his cook died in police custody. Archbishop Vincent Concessao of Agra asked at a press conference in New Delhi June 18. At an evening liturgy June 18 in St. Peter's Square, the pope said the focus on the Eucharist highlighted the essential message of the jubilee, which is dedicated to Christ as savior.