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No. 3365.
PERTH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1968.
Illegistered at the (3.P.O.. Perth .or t ransmission by post as a Newspaper.
Price 84-..
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J OHN A. GREAVES WRITES FROM LONDON.
INE English and Welsh bishops defended Pope Paul VI's ruling on birth control in a statement on September 24, but NO tolerant line towards couples using artificial contra:eption and individual hard cases, and stressed the primacy f pn informed conscience. The joint statement on the Popes encycl ical, "Humanae ke," fol lowed the meeting of the bishops a week earl ier under the chairmanship of John Cardinal Heenan of Westminster. lig statement appeal- question of contracep- should not rest upon one
ed to opponents of tion. The impression is man even though he is k papal ruling not to given that the Pope set the Vicar of Christ. out merely to condemn 'Ise their minds. "At the council it was artificial methods of gener a 11 y recognised stated: It birth control. This he that a question of such "In view of the con- could have done in a delicacy as contracepnversy which the en- single sentence. The en- tion could not properly Y oung Catholic Students from C.B.C., Fremantle, spent an energetic day during the last term holidays Itlical has aroused, the cyclical speaks at length be debated by that vast dons of England and of the dignity of mar- assemb r educing unwanted trees Karrakatta at Cemetery into suitable blocks for firewood. Last week -end the job Collegiality 1116 call upon all Ca- riage, the beauty of must ly. began of splitting the blocks and delivering them to needy families nominated by the local Conference of dye be the subject of ges to conduct their married love and the further study, but it St. Vincent de Paul Society. The photographer inissions in a respon- obligation of responsible was just in time to catch Barry Fatovich, Bill Christensen cannot be invoked as a ile and temperate parenthood, although it reason for refusing as- ( partly obscured), John McManus and Alf Paganoni almost ready to set off with their first trailer load. slier and in a mutu- has not been sufficiently sent to the encyclical. kcharitable spirit. appreciated that the en"An encyclical is a 'Discussion has so far cyclical was not intend- statement of principle. F.'red mainly on the ed to be a complete not a detailed personal treatise on Holy Matri- guide . . . mony. "The Pope does not attempt to tell parents how many children they ought to have. This decision is one to be taken by the parents alone in the light of all the moral cary trucks donated • 'Pope Paul wrote his considerations laid down / by Pope Paul VI in encyclical only after in the encyclical. One of 4. 1966, to help rush years of study and these considerations is THE South African Council of Churches lives of men." posing groups, this is "Where differences be- due to human sin," the *rains from the prayer. In the heat of that each exercise of the isto the interior are controversy some wri- marriage act must re- has condemned South Africa's policy of tween people are used statement continued. SEE PAGE TWO 111111— *kg on the docks ters appear to have for- main in itself open to apartheid, strict racial segregati on, as as badges or signs of opthe effects of the gotten that the Pope is the transmission of life. the Vicar of Christ. It is although, as the Pope "the most complete refusal of truth" lian monsoons. points out, in fact, not 60 heavy-duty for him to issue encyclievery conjugal act is and the "most plain denial of life.' cal letters whenever he made trucks thinks it his duty to do followed by a new life. Isigns of In a statement issued Christ declai es that, by heavy so . . . No member of N evertheless, it is '-rage, supposedly due the commission thought against the plan of God on September 20 by the this work of Christ. men ecidents. council on behalf of its are being reconciled to Dock worciairo that the "ac- the questions proposed to take positive steps to member churches and God and to each other, destroy the possibility to it could be resolved are s ome non _ member and that excluding bar:der to deliberate by a majority vote. Its of the transmission of churches, the council riers of ancestry, race, facilitate the life. task was to sift the evi; sal of the said that, because apart- nationality, 1 a n guage. trucks as -The use of marriage heid "is based on the t he near future. dence and to present the * Are you getting the most out of and culture have no Pope with its findings. It during infertile periods, ,heir arrival domination of one group rightful place in the inyour camera? icks were here. was always understood on the other hand, does over all others" and "de- clusive brotherhood of handed that the decision must the not destroy the act's * Arc you interested in processpends on the mainten- Christian disciples." Maharashtra d Transport Corpor- be made by him alone openness to the trans- ance of white supremacy ing your own film? The statement added as Christ's vicar . . . nd mission of life." . . . it is rooted in and that the message H:erred were later "is to * Would yo...1 like to have consisto the Cendependent on a policy of be understood in From the beginning a cul: Road Transport sin." the Pope regarded this tently good results? tural, social (and theredecision as one which he tended to fore political), cosmic Churches involved in * What is it that makes a good transport personally must make i . raios from producing the statement and universal sense, as the . . . The photograph? encyclical has to included the Anglican, the salvation of the . roundwarehouses in evoked serious discusworld human and of ex* Do you want to save money — The statement said C atholi c, Methodist. ,44 wereBombay, the sion on the whole exerPresbyterian and some istence in its entirety. or possibly make some? 1! use, never put cise of the magisterium that the fact that the Dutch Reformed Further, the Gospel of ( the Church's teaching Pope had created a com61 vehicle not only is Christ the arrived authority). It is being mission to review the Churches. object of our hopes; it coMplete set WE HAVE COURSES FOR-Archbishop Denis should of argued that in a matter question of contracepParts, be experienced since tion tended confirm to Dur0.M.I.. Hurley, of these intimately so affecting M r reality a as the prein .11a.eadil-3' available the lives of millions., the doubts (a) Beginners about the ban was among the ini- sent." tial signers of the mesburden of responsibility SEE PAGE TWO ( b) The experienced amateur and For many, the statesage to the people of South Africa, as was ment said, the doctrine ( c) Vocational courses for the Anglican Arch bishop of separation has be-, professional of the future. Robert Selby Taylor of come "a false faith, a novel gospel which ofCape Town. fers happiness and peace The message received for the community and fair coverage in the for the individual. It WEST AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL daily papers, and the holds out to men a secu"Southern Cross," the rity built not OF PHOTOGRAPHY on Christ South African Catholic but on the theory of 3094 STIRLING HWY., CLAREMONT. 6010. weekly, had a frontseparation and the prepage story and, inside., servation T elephone 3-5245. their racial of the full text of the mes- identity. Such a claim Please send ire free literature on your photosage. inevitably conflicts with graphic courses. The statement said: the Christian Gospel "The Gospel of Jesus which offers salvation, ( Mr., Mrs., Miss Christ is the good news both social and indi',ardinal will be at ST. PATRICK'S HALL, Address that, in Christ, God has vidual, through faith in .. FREIL.E, from 8 broken down the walls Christ alone." p.m. on FRIDAY, 18th OCTOBER. Post Ccde of division between God be celebrated at 9 p.m., followed The statement pointed and man, and therefore by supper. Age out that in -South Africa, Phone N^ also between man and Note: Ladies please bring a race has been made the plate man . . . Occupation "all - important deter"The Gospel of Jesus mining factor in the
'A POLICY OF SIN' I N SOUTH AFRICA
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CEYLONESE FAMILIES
s Eminence Thomas Cardinal Cooray, 1L3.M.I., from Colombo, has expressed S WISH to meet all residen t Ceylonese f ami l ies in Western Australia. the r