ARCHBISHOP FOLEY ATTENDS VARIOUS MEETINGS IN THE U.S.A.

VATICAN CITY, MAR 14, 2002 (VIS) - Archbishop John P. Foley, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, is presently in the U.S.A. where, between March 12 and 18, he is attending various meetings.

Yesterday, the archbishop celebrated Mass at the St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia. In his homily, he said that against "the sad days" the Church is experiencing due to charges of sexual abuse against the clergy, "our best defense is virtue." He went on: "We truly need holy priests, priests who are pure in thought, word and deed; priests who are men of prayer; priests who are generous in service; priests who are self-giving, self-sacrificing; priests who are dedicated to making known the saving knowledge and love of Jesus."

Archbishop Foley also made a speech yesterday to the National Press Club in Washington D.C. where his subject was ethics in the media.

"The priest and communications" is the title of the address the archbishop is due to make today at the Seminary of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein, Illinois. Tomorrow he will celebrate the Eucharist in the seminary and make an address on "ethics and ingenuity: a challenge to influence and evangelize through the media."

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