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WASHINGTON – Orthodox Christians in predominantly Muslim Turkey “don’t feel that we enjoy our full rights as Turkish citizens,” the spiritual head of the world’s 300 million Orthodox told the CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes” Dec. 20.

Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore will honor the Blessed Virgin Mary and pray for peace in a special way Jan. 1 when they celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.

The Catholic News Service article, “NIH grants approval for stem-cell line research” (CR, Dec. 10), reports that NIH Director, Dr. Francis S. Collins, said that the 13 stem cell lines created for government funding of experimentation on humans were created following a “very detailed informed consent process” and the “stem-cell lines were derived from embryos that were donated under ethically sound informed consent processes.”

Father Kevin A. Mueller should not require a large learning curve when he becomes pastor of Our Lady Queen of Peace in Middle River Jan. 1.

Father Robert A. DiMattei, pastor of St. Athanasius in Curtis Bay, is in the midst of a St. Rose of Lima parish crash course.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – When Ohio inmate Kenneth Biros was executed Dec. 8 with a one-drug lethal injection – the first person in the U.S. to be executed in this manner – the Ohio Catholic Conference did not specifically address the execution but instead reiterated the church’s opposition to all means of capital punishment.

COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Bishops in the southern Philippines said they would tolerate martial law for a short time, providing it is not abused, following the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao province.