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Violent Repression In Sudan -I— Christians Fear Mass Slaughter
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THE ANNUNCIATION
K AMPALA, Uganda: The half million Christians in the southern Sudan fear that massacres are not far off for them, now that all their m issionaries from abroad have been forced out by the Moslem government. This widespread apprehension is reported by refugees arriving in this neighbouring capital. They brought another report that may indicate a new pattern in Sudan's drive against Christians. It is that missionaries will soon be expelled from Northern Sudan, where the tiny Christian body has not yet been touched by government repression. In Verona, Italy two expelled mission prelates told newsmen they expected a campaign of genocide, or mass killings, now that the Southern Sudan has been cleared of outside witnesses. Bishop Sisto Mazzoldi, Apostolic Vicar of Juba, and Monsignor Domenico Ferrara, Apostolic Prefect of Mopoi, said: "We Catholic missionaries deported from the Sudan following a decision taken by the Council of Ministers at Khartoum on February 26, 1964, affirm that the reason the Sudanese government has made us leave the country and and the reason it has placed severe restrictions on the movements of foreign merchants who are still there is that it does not want any witnesses to the measures of violent repression and reprisal which the Arab police and soldiers have already started to adopt against the innocent populations of the 'closed districts' and
THE PILL. . It should be noted that in the second column of the above Page One article in last week's issue, a sentence reads: " Direct sterilisation, whether permanent or temporary, is unlawful by virtue of the natural law from which the Church has now power to dispense." The final phrase should of course read: ". . . the Church has NO power to dispense," A clearer presentation of the question under discussion in column four would be: "Is .it licit to use the pill during the infertile periods as an extra safeguard?" Later, in column five. the explanation would be clearer if read as: . . because if the cycle is regular, there is no ovulation in these infertile periods to suppress."
which are in the technical form of genocide."
Sudan becomes wholly Moslem. Meanwh Those here who expect ese Interiorile, the SudanMinistry conviolence on a wide scale tinues to maintain officialpoint to the systematic ly that it is way in which the Sudan- freedom of for complete religion and ese government is sealing will give financial support the southern provinces to the native Sudanese from "foreign eyes," a priest s who now adminiterm used by officials. The ster the Church alone. expulsion of missionaries Cut off from all other from outside, both Catho- means lic and Protestant, was ac- Sudanesof support, these companied by an order to twenty-fe priests — about foreign traders forbidding 400,00 ive in all to serve them to travel except have 0 Catholics — may to live on this gov within three towns. ernment aid. A realistic al till of grace the ford is 1.)th i thee The government's intent assessment is that the priests will under be ex to use terror and death has This masterpiece depicting The Annunciation is the work of,Sir Peter Paul Rubens, already been revealed in treme pressure to support ( 1577-1640) artist of the Flemish school. The artist depicts the scene of the individual instances. One all government policies Archangel Gabriel announcing to Mary that she was to become the Mother of Christ, expelled bishop said that aimed at achieving popuas recorded in the Gospel, Luke 1:26-38. The feast of the Annunciation of the 15 Catholics had died lar unity. Blessed Virgin Mary will be observed this year on April 6, (transferred from March In the towns it is ex from tortures after im25 because of Holy Week.) prisonment in recent pected that a campaign —Photo N.C.) weeks. A reported method using the lure of money or of torture is to apply pep- other advantages on the per irritants to the faces one hand, and terror or and wounds of those al- economic reprisals on the ready seriously injured by other, will be accelerated to achieve a mass defeclashings tion of Christians. In the The death occurred last week of one of the best-loved priests of the , Perth bush areas and villages Moslem Unity remote from towns there Archdiocese, FATHER FRANCIS REGAN, parish priest of Rivervale. T h e Southern Sudan is danger, He died Christians are the target the refugeesin the view of in St. John of God Hospital, Belmont at the age of 54. here, that the of a drive towards unity same end will be obtained Father Regan had suffered by the country's Moslem by mass slaughte Father Regan's rs. a heart attack about a rulers, who are apparently priestly quali t i e s, month convinced that solidarity ago, but did not Catechist Killed cultivated during his consult a doctor until among the nation's Arabs life, shone brilliantly An indication of what some in the North and Negroes time afterwards. during the hours bein the South must be built may be ahead for the When his condition was fore his death. When South Sudanes e Christian s diagnosed, a complete rest on an acceptance of Islam. the last heart attack was the treatment of a lay was recommended, but he began about 11 p.m. After the expulsion of catechist named Baptista asked to go back to his on Wednesday of the foreign missionaries, Mufidi of a village in the presbytery where he could Holy Week, his lifeGeneral Hassan Beshir, Deim Zubeir area. Shortly still do a little useful work. long friend, Father the Sudanese army head, after the government put However, he was prevailC. Stinson, found toured the southern pro- down an uprising by 'Sou- ed upon to retire to his him in pain. Collapsvinces to "make plans for therners at Wau, Mufidi mother's old home in Mosing on the floor, the settlement of the was taken to gaol and man Park. It was there Father Regan said: southern troubles." in the questioned about giving that he suffered a second "My oils are in my words of a government money to the rebels. heart attack which proved coat pocket." spokesman. Among the The 37-year-old mission fatal. places he inspected was worker, who had instructBorn at Mosman Park After being anointPochala, where a group of ed hundreds of villagers ed, he made two rerebellious 'Southern Su- and was widely known in in 1909, Francis Regan requests. The first condanese had defeated gov- the area, was severely tor- ceiyed his early education outstand ernment troops last Sep- tured throughout the night at Iona Convent and later orator ing as either an cerned the care of his or a businessman. mother, the second was tember. He also visited and died about 4 a.m. His attended the Christian He had an air of ap- that Father Stinson, if it Broth Colleges ers' Frein areas near the Uganda and relatives were summoned parent helplessness which wasn't too much trouble, mantle and George's St. Congo borders, beyond to take his body away. assistance from would stay with him. which are concentrations They found his skull frac- Terrace. He then went to brought even unlikely quarters. "When it comes to pain," New South Wales study to of exiles. tured, scourge marks over His efforts to enliven he said, "I'm a coward." his back and legs, and to become a Christian Bro- parish activitie s never Press Campaign His pain was severe and clear evidence that ground ther. The Brothers there went to the extent of trydiscovered his desire for Movements of troops red pepper had been put the priesthood and ad- ing to sting people into lasted for several hours. After being taken to and supplies to the south in his eyes, nose, ears and vised his parents. action. "I hope Father in unusual numbers are body wounds. He then went to St. Col- doesn't get transferred," hospital, he received Holy reported here. Fears are umba's Seminary in one of the parishioners Viaticum and the Last Teachers Accused expressed that these units Springwood and from said recently, "even when Blessing. About 3 a.m. the of the Northern Sudanese Then the police called there to St. Patrick's Col- he growls, he growls pain become more intense. army will initiate an ex- in all the mission school- lege, Manly — from where nicely!" Father Regan was He rose up in the bed: put termination of the south- teachers and claimed that he was ordained by Arch- also widely appreciated as his arms around Father Stinson and said: "The ern villages by fire and the dead Mufidi had linked bishop Prendiville in 1933. a confessor of nuns. bullets, starting at the them with the rebels. 'Stationed as a curate in His strength was in his pain Our Lord suffered must have been terrible." southern border and con- Some made admissions to Subiaco under Monsignor kindliness and enduring A few minutes later he tinuing northward. escape torture, but at least Verling, Father Regan be- patience. His gift of warm died. two of the teachers re- gan his priestly work welcome for all and his The press in Northern fused to acknowl edge the which was soon to take hospitality was an exerThe Office for the Dead Sudan is promting a cam- charges, and they him to Leonora, then for cise in thoughtfulness. were Pontifical Requiem and paign for the complete Is- scourged and burned eight years to York and interests ranged from His Mass for Father Regan the lamisation of the southern the pepper until they with later to Beverley and Ka- deeply spiritual to the were sung in the Rivervale died. provinces. Rank-and-file tanning. In 1953 he was passing fads of the church on Tuesday, March government officials have appointed as first parish Even the intricaciesday. r epeatedly asserted that • EXPELLED of 31. The celebrant of the priest of Rivervale, where racing systems could hold Mass was His Lordship after the expulsion of the MISSIONARIES he built a new church and f ascination for him Bishop McKeon with His on foreign Christian missionpresbytery and made ad- casions — he enjoyed oc- Grace the Archbishop preP ICTUR ED his ariet, efforts must be made ditions to the school. appointment as chaplain sent in the sanctuary. to see that the Southern — Page Five. Father Regan was not to the trotting fraternit y. May he rest in peace.
FATHER REGAN DIES