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DILI, East Timor – Officials of the Diocese of Baucau have expressed dismay over the rape of girls at a convent and the burning of church property following the announcement of the appointment of East Timor’s new prime minister. Father Francisco Pinheiro da Silva, vicar general of the Baucau Diocese, told the Asian church news agency UCA News that unidentified men raped about nine girls – one of them only 8 years old and the others 15-17 – at around 2 a.m. Aug. 10 in the Canossian convent in Baucau.

My family and I were appalled by the offensive cartoon (CR, July 26).

One month ago, the priest at our parish addressed the congregation on the clothes worn to Mass and their “rude manners” in church.

The fourth annual Knights of Columbus 10K run and one-mile fun walk and the kids’have fun run sponsored by the St. Louis the King Knights of Columbus, will be held Sept. 1 at 8 a.m. at the Shrine of St. Anthony, 12290 Folly Quarter Road in Ellicott City.

The Catholic Daughters of the Americas’ Court Infant Jesus of Prague of Woodlawn, has been supporting a 38-year-old seminarian who was recently ordained.

Cumberland native Sister Dolores Hudson, O.S.U., was one of 22 Ursuline Sisters who celebrated 50 years as an Ursuline Sister of Louisville, Ken.

A funeral Mass for Sister Mary Doris Flynn, I.H.M., was offered Aug. 7 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Pennsylvania. Sister Mary Doris died Aug. 4. She was 87.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – Too much wealth and greed could “seriously compromise” one’s salvation, Pope Benedict XVI said, adding that the real treasure humanity should strive for is Christ.

The Baltimore-based Ground Zero Car Club will present a custom car show Aug. 11 from noon to 5 p.m. to benefit the restoration fund at Shrine of St. Alphonsus, Baltimore.

VATICAN CITY – During his visit to Austria, Pope Benedict XVI plans to stop at a Holocaust memorial in Vienna and to celebrate the 850th anniversary of Austria’s most important Marian shrine in Mariazell.