Monday, August 21, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 17
Nation/World
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Pope promotes religious vocations
The Associated Press
ROME — Pope John Paul II brought home the anti-
ROME — Pope John Paul II b
materialist message he has taken
around the world yesterday, urging
a mostly Western crowd to resis
t the pursuit of prosperity
that is increasingly drawing
young Catholics from religious
vocations.
Speaking of young people "tempted as they often are by the illusion of an easy and comfortable life, by drugs and pleasure-seeking," the leader of the world's one billion Roman Catholics repeatedly expressed hope during his homily that his listeners would turn to religion — and many to a religious life.
Pope John Paul It: urged youth to embrace religion
"May every community always have a priest to celebrate the Eucharist," he said. "I ask the Lord, there
fore, to raise from among you many holy vocations to the priesthood."
It is an urgent appeal particularly for Catholic communities in Italy, where some villages and towns today have to beg for parish priests.
The trend prevails throughout the West. A study presented to the United States' National Conference of Catholic Bishops in June found a 20 percent drop in the number of U.S. priests since 1965, despite overall growth in the U.S. population.
For the Rev. Romeo Barrion, a Philippine priest in the audience, it was simple: "When technology increases, faith decreases."
The pope and his clerics have pointed to a range of reasons: materialism, secularism and fewer Western parents encouraging offspring toward religious vocations.
"Shopping, the beach" distracts people from serious duties like parenthood and priesthood. Barrion said.
Youth Day banners urged, "Don't be afraid to be the saints of the new millennium." John Paul sought to drive that message home.
"Don't be afraid to be saints of the new millennium."
Pope John Paul II
But with the numbers entering religious orders plunging in the West, it was the minority of developing-world pilgrims at the World Youth Day celebrations who were most likely to answer his direct call to the priesthood.
"It used to be where Europe was the source of missionaries to Asia," Barrion said. "Now it's us in the Third World, sending priests to the First World."
The 80-year-old pope, looking tired after a candlelight prayer service that stretched near midnight Saturday, returned by helicopter just eight hours later to send the estimated two million World Youth Day pilgrims home with a closing Mass. But he stayed involved and intent during the service.
Privacy concerns Internet users
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — An overwhelming majority of Americans on the Internet worry about businesses and strangers getting personal data about them, yet few take basic precautions while they surf, according to a study released yesterday.
In fact, a majority of Internet users are willing to give Web sites the same information they claim they want to keep private, the survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project found.
Much of the worry stems from a fear of the unknown, rather than a sweeping mistrust of Internet businesses, said Lee Rainie, the Pew project's director. The study found new users more concerned about privacy than online veterans.
Many Web sites create user profiles containing such data as e-mail addresses, favorite books or clothing sizes. Some sites also track users' surfing habits, often without their knowledge, to better target ads and products.
Internet companies argue that such tracking is often performed anonymously and helps them customize sites and content to match users' interest. But only 27 percent of Internet users accept the industry's claim that tracking is helpful.
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Federal Trade Commission
Business coalition: http://www.networkadvertising.org
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According to the survey, 86 percent of online users are "very concerned" or "somewhat concerned" about others getting their personal information.
But only 10 percent of all users set their Web browsers to reject cookies, the basic tools that sites use to track surfing habits. Fifty-six percent do not even know what cookies are, and only 5 percent use special software designed to permit anonymous surfing.
And 54 percent of users have chosen to give personal information such as a name or e-mail address, with another 10 percent willing to do so.
Divers find no life signs in submarine
Such an "opt in" requirement lets users set the terms for when they give personal information. But sites now generally assume such consent unless users specifically "opt out" of such surveillance.
The Associated Press
Eighty-six percent of Internet users believe sites should ask permission before collecting personal information.
MOSCOW — Norwegian divers struggled to open the escape hatch on a Russian nuclear submarine that sank with 118 men aboard, but they found no sign of life Sunday as Russian officials said most of the vessel was flooded in minutes when it went down.
The Russian navy has all but ruled out hope that any of the crew remains alive nine days after the Kursk sank.
indication of what rescuers are likely to find, Klebanov said there might be a body in the escape chamber.
The Norwegian operation appeared to be the first time divers had descended to the Kursk since rescue efforts began a week ago. Russian escape capsules tried to reach the Kursk repeatedly, but the Russian navy reportedly had no skilled divers.
The divers worked for most of the day and well into the night. They tried several times to wrest the hatch open with a crane but failed, Russia's RTR television network reported.
With hope for survivors all but gone, officials indicated the emphasis was shifting to what caused the tragedy on the Kursk.
The divers found signs that some of the 118 crewmen may have tried to get out but were unable to open the escape hatch, Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov said on RTR. In a grim
A probable scenario was that a torpedo in the Kursk's forward compartment blew up, setting off a much bigger explosion. Klebanov said that a World War II mine or a collision with a foreign submarine were possible causes.
Klebanov said there were up to three foreign submarines in the area when the Kursk was lost.
Conflict between Arabs, Jews rips West Bank town
The Associated Press
David Wilder, a Jewish settler, says it began when fruits and vegetables flew out of the market, aimed at Jewish worshipers returning home for a quiet Sabbath meal.
Whatever version of Saturday's clash you hear, both sides draw the same conclusion: A recent escalation in violence in this troubled West Bank town was caused by last month's Camp David summit.
HEBRON, West Bank — Usam Jabarl, a vegetable vendor in Hebron, says the trouble started when Jewish settlers marched in and overturned market stalls.
The ancient town, home to 130.000 Palestinians, is known for its religious fervor. Hamas, an extremist Islamic group, does well in elections here.
But Hebron is also home to 400 Jews who see themselves as guardians of Judaism's second-holiest city. Parties that advocate emptying Israel and the West Bank of Arabs do well here.
Relations reached their lowest point in 1993-94, the year when a series of Jews was killed, and Baruch Goldstein, a Jewish doctor, gunned down 29 Muslim worshipers in a mosque. That act nearly scuttled emerging peace talks.
Still, a truce of sorts has been maintained since 1997, when Israel handed much of Hebron to Palestinian control. Israel still administers the quarter in the center of the city where the Jews and about 30,000 Arabs live.
Things began to deteriorate on July 15, when Shlitom Arnon — the 14-year-old daughter of Noam Arnon, the Jewish community's leader — claimed she was sexually assaulted by an Arab.
That led settlers to attack Arab passers-by and rampage through the market. Israeli troops separated the sides.
Jabari said Palestinian vendors in the market started packing up their stalls as soon as they heard of the hit-and-run, knowing that stall-overturning was inevitable.
The pattern has repeated itself. On Saturday, the spark was an Arab cab driver hitting a Jewish boy, injuring his leg, and fleeing the scene.
The idea of Arabs starting the provocations made no sense, Jabari said — they had everything to lose. Wilder said the settlers couldn't be at fault.
"No one would start this just as the Sabbath lunch is beginning," he said. Wilder said it was hard for settlers to accept that the incidents were not part of an organized effort to
"There's a limit to how long people can sit and say 'Maybe he didn't mean it,'" he said.
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