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POPE DEPLORES HIROSHIMA "OUTRAGE"
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LAST SUNDAY MORNING, CATHOLIC DELEGATES TO THE AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL CONGRESS, WHICH WAS HELD IN PERTH THIS WEEK, ATTENDED A SOLEMN HIGH MASS IN ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL TO MARK THE START OF THE CONGRESS.
"MAY THE WORLD NEVER AGAIN SEE A DAY OF MISFORTUNE LIKE THAT OF HIROSHIMA."
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The Pope declared: "During these days, as you know, the entire world press has taken note of the twentieth anniversary of the explosion of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima.
Unhappy City "The terror, ruin, destruction, grief and pity of that tremendous event have been amply and justly commented on. "We have noted that official ceremonies in that most unhappy city, which has been modernly rebuilt, have been voluntarily and nobly without any political or polemical character whatsoever. And we have observed, looking at some publications which were sent to us, the picture of a group of persons who are crying and praying, honouring the memory of the innumerable victims of the infernal massacre and imploring humanity and asking God that this slaughter of human life, this outrage of civilisation, may never repeat itself again. This is a Pious human and moving gesture. "And we. who many times have likewise in various W ays desired that atomic weapons may be banned, unite ourself with that plea and prayer and with that hope With this our humble prayer.
A t the Medical Congress Mass last Sunday were ( left to right) Doctor F. J. Kenny of Victoria, Doctor G. P. Ryan of Victoria and Doctor P. C. Hayes of Como.
QUARTER OF NATION Messagel IS NOW To Sudan l CATH OLIC Premier VATICAN CITY: VATICAN official has confirmed that Pope Paul VI recently sent a message to Sudanese Prime Minister Mohammed Ahmed Mahgoub. urging him to end hostilities in the southern part of that African nation.
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The official also confirmed that a papal message was sent to Bishop Ireneus Dud for Wau— "We pray that men may never again place their trust, who was shot at during their calculations and their prestige in weapons so fate- the fighting — to help as far as possible in arrangful and so dishonourable. ing a peaceful settlement. Meanwhile, it has been r eported from the Sudan's capital city of Khartoum that Premier Maheoub has answered the Pope's appeal "We pray that all may together and loyally outlaw by calling on the Pontiff the terrible art which knows how to produce., multiply to advise rebels to cease and preserve them for the terror of peoples. fighting and negotiate with the government. "We pray that that deadly device may not have also For more than a year killed peace, although it was to have sought it; may it civil war has been ragirw not always impair the honour of science and may it not between the government of have extinguished the Sudan—dominated by serenity of life upon the earth. Arabic - speaking Moslem= "We pray instead that brotherhood, peace and love from the northern part of IrlaY be granted and assured to the world. We remind the country who comprise You that only Christ can guarantee us these supreme about two-thirds of tho gifts, He alone, our Saviour Who became our brother nation's population — and when Mary pronounced the words 'be it done," which we the Negro people of the Tlely in her honour south, who are predomirepeat." nantly n25:Infl. hut include His Holiness, then began reciting the Angelus, which about 400.000 Catholics. he usually The northerners, who recites at Sunday noon audiences. are trying to impose Islam on the south in what they call the interests of national unity, have blamed "imperialists" and missionaries for southern-- resistance. Last year they expelled all Christian mis5- t0narie3 from the scuth. "We pray that never again may the world see a day of misfortune like that of Hiroshima.
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N A BRIEF BUT PASSIONATE DISCOURSE THE HOLY FATHER PLEADED FOR OUTLAWING OF ATOMIC WEAPONS AND REMINDED HIS HEARERS TIIAT ONLY CHRIST CAN GUARANTEE THE SUPREME GIFTS OF "BROTHERHOOD, PEACE AND LOVE."
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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN THE TWENTY YEARS SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR. In 1945 there were doubled while the general 1,237.136 Catholics. Today Australian figure is only one and half times what it they number 2,592.806. was in 1945.
Meanwhile, the overall population of Australia has increased from 7.391,692 in 1945 to 11,312.557 at the end of March this year, according to the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and 'Statistics. This means that the Catholic population has
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And from being 17 per cent of the population in 1945, Catholics today are close to 25 per cent. EVEN MORE Some believe that Catholics form even more than 25 per cent of the population. The true figure will be known after the Commonwealth census to be taken at the end of June next year. The main increase in Catholic population has been in the industrial cities of Australia. Comparative figures are: 1945 1965 Sydney . . 304.187 634.320 Melbourne 250.000 583.968 Brisbane . 121.000 202.500 Adelaide . 52.339 158.500 Perth . . . 62.000 130.000 Hobart . . 33.208 63.987 SCHOOLS Together with the increase in Catholic population, the numbers of children in Catholic schools have more than doubled. In 1945 the enrolment in Catholic schools was 206,731, Today it is 471,619. Taken with the population figures of 1945 and 1965, these figures show that Catholic schools are educating a slightly higher proportion of Catholic children than 20 years ago.
His Lordship Bishop M. McKeon, representing His Grace the Archbishop who is an honorary member of the congress, was present in the sanctuary. Father E. J. Stormon, Rector of St. Thomas More College, preached the occasional sermon. About 750 doctors took part in the congress, which was held at the W.A. University. They were concerned mainly with the pressing community problems in relationship to medicine rather than medical technicalities. The main themes of the discussions were the relationships between doctors and patients, road deaths, the problem of old age in the community and what could be done to ensure the health of the people of tomorrow. For the first time the congress devoted itself to general practice and a number of papers presented dealt with the declining popularity of "family doctoring" among doctors and the pressing need for a better and more comprehensive training of the general practitioner. GREAT CHALLENGE In the inaugural address, the president of the congress. Dr. H. Leigh-Cook. said that the decline of the family doctor in the face of specialisation was imPortant to the commonity because it left nobody skilled in human relationships and community nrohlems to whom patients could turn to for advice as well as specific medical t reatment He told the del-aates that the 'situation presented a tremendous cballonqe which should be accepted by the community and the medical nrofession.
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ARCHBISHOP Giovanni Battista Maury. the Apostolic Nuncio to CongoLeopoldville, presented his credentials to President Kasavubu of the Congo Republic. Archbishop Maury told President Kasavubu that Pope Paul VI has "demonstrated his concern for the Congolese people, particularly on the occasion of their trials, by his humanitarian interventions, his messages of encouragement and sympathy, his public prayers for massacre victims, among whom there are 50 many Christians"