SLP2001021512 - 15 FEBRUARY 2001 - ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, USA: U.S. Congressman Ray LaHood (R-Peoria), right, talks with Lebanese Ambassador to the United States Farid Abboud while the two attend the ordination of Maronite Catholic priest Rev. Robert Joseph Shaheen, at the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica, February 15, 2001. Shaheen is the first American-born priest to hold the position of Maronite Catholic bishop. rlw/bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI