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VATICAN CITY – The Vatican opposes the stoning of an Iranian woman convicted of adultery, but it does not intervene publicly in other nations’ “humanitarian” affairs, said the Vatican’s spokesman.

Father George J. Buettner, former associate pastor, social worker and tribunal advocate, died Sept. 4. He was 87.

DES MOINES, Iowa – Thieves electronically stole more than $600,000 from a Diocese of Des Moines bank account on two days in August, the diocese and the bank involved said.

“Iraq: peace is in the balance as U.S. troops leave” (CR, Aug. 26) addresses the question of our responsibilities to the Iraqi people. Bishop Shlemon Warduni states that very clearly: “If foreign troops leave, they have the duty to leave peace and security behind them.” Indeed, wasn’t that our purpose in invading in the first place, to create a free, peaceful and secure country?

MEXICO CITY – As Mexico began bicentennial celebrations of its independence from Spain, the Mexican bishops’ conference issued a wide-ranging pastoral letter, calling for a national reconciliation of the centuries-old divisions over ethnicity, historical interpretations and the often-strained relationship between church and state.

OXFORD, England – A spokesman for Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels said the transcript of an April meeting with a victim of clergy sex abuse has been interpreted out of context.

The date (CR, Aug. 26) for the special brunch reception and viewing of “A Blessing to One Another: John Paul II and the Jewish People” sponsored by The Catholic Review and the Baltimore Jewish Times, was incorrect. The special reception will be Wednesday, Sept. 15, 10 a.m. to noon.

On Sept. 8, in Washington, D.C., Father F. Richard Spencer, an Archdiocese of Baltimore priest, will be ordained an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese for the Military Service. The following are excerpts from the official history of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.