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No. 3486.
PERTH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1970.
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Pope Sends Message Of Peace To Hanoi COLOMBO, Ceylon.--Pope Paul VI messaged Hanoi while flying here from Hong Kong. His wishes were a just peace in Vietnam soon through "the sincere efforts of the interested parties".
The 16-hour visit began His radio message to China, and not as indiDuc vidual Ton President The quietly. The papal plane, tourists. Thang, of North Viet- source said this would coming in from Sydney, nam, as released by Ali- have given their intend- arrived in late afternoon airport, Jakarta's talia Airline, said: ed visit a political at "Already returning to rather than a religious where President Suh.arto greeted Pope Paul. Rome after our journey connotation. to Asia and Oceania, we Bishop Francis ChenThe main event was an renew to Your Excellen- Ping Hsu, of Hong Kong, outdoor Mass that evency our sentiments of denied reports published ing. A crowd estimated goodwill for all the elsewhere in Asia that he at 60.000 streamed in to people of Vietnam, and had received a message the stadium, which has express the wish that the from Peking warning room for 110,000. sincere efforts of the in- him not to allow the Then in filed some 500 terested parties may Taiwan bishops to take representatives of the promptly lead to the just part in the papal visit. myriad islands, cultures peace so greatly desired." and tribes that comprise POPE'S VISIT In a second message ( In London, the British the Republic of Indonefrom aloft, the Pope admitted sia. There were saris of thanked Bishop Dom government Paolo Tavares, of Macao, that its minister to the every brilliant colour, Desmond enough to -.nake a peaSee, for having travelled to Holy Manila and Hong Kong Crawley, had been in cock look like a nesting touch with the Vatican wren. There were native to meet him. Pope Paul celebrated on aspect§ of the Pope's cloth costumes of batik Mass during a two-hour visit to the crown colony. and hats of straw, velvet stopover in Colombo. the But it said Crawley had and nut shells. On the Pope's arrival, last city on his long not tried to advise the journey before he got Vatican on what the Indonesian boys riding back to the Vatican. Pope should or should native tiny horses followed the papal car arSeveral hundred thous- not say). and persons greeted him His talk in Hong Kong ound the entire ring in-. at the Colombo airport, made clear, however, side the stadium as the and Buddhist temples that the Pope knew the bands blasted away and their drums in Communist beat Chinese the choir of 200 persons competed with native tribute. would be listening. drum-and-bell bands for The reason he had IN HONG KONG - come to Hong Kong, he attention. Pope Paul VI preached said, could be summed the gospel of love—on up "in one word—Love". DIVERSITY IN UNITY The first ceremony of the very doorstep of Forty thousand people Communist China. He attended the ourdoor the night emphasised told some 40,000 per- Mass at the Sports Stad- Indonesia's motto divsons that "Christ is a ium. It began with mel- ersity in unity. With teacher, a shepherd and odic Chinese hymns. The stately presence and nata loving redeemer for crowd was orderly, silent ural grace, a whole phalanx of well-wishers adChina, too." and reverent. The Pope adroitly began The Mass in Eng- vanced on the Pope to Pone The gifts. Among avoided a host of politi- lish. After the Confiteor, present them Buddhist were connectpossibilities cal by was recited Mass the HIS HOLINESS, Pope Paul VI, says goodbye to the thousands of people lining the route to the airport ed with his visit of a the thousands present in monks in saffron robes, to see him off on Thursday morning. Sydneysiders, and the many tourists from the Pacific Islands, New few hours in the teeming Chinese, beginning with Moslems who offered a Z ealand and even parts of Asia, had become so att Iched to him and impressed by his fatherly and city of Hong Kong, the singing of the Kyrie. copy of the Koran, Hinport personal approach that they found it hard to say goodbye after his three-day stay. Sydney's Cardinal dus and Christian leadis not part of the which Mists shrouded the Sir Norman Gilroy accompanied him in his Rolls Royce. ( See Pages 3, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15). ers. mainland. hills as the Pope read While the Pope cele"We have around us— his address. His English we almost feel it—all was much clearer than brated the Mass in Latin people, it had been on other in deference to the multiChinese the wherever they may be," occasions, perhaps be- lingual people present, the Pope said almost at cause of an excellent pub- the readings of the scriptures were in Indonesian the end of his thousand- lic address system. word talk during Mass Among the Offertory as were the accompanycelebrated outdoors in gifts was a cheque for ing hymns. the rain in the Hong $5,000 to be used by the For the first time a QUESTIONS of evan- Kong stadium. THE BISHOPS of Aus- • to demonstrate the The proposed ConferPope for any mission he woman reader, wearing gelisation and develop- It was the closest chose. Another cheque of the native dress of Java, tralia and Oceania have Christian concern in ence will be a practical ment and the needs of Pope Paul got to any about $10 was donated read decided to sponsor a the first reading in Australia and New application of the prin- the Church in the em- direct reference to main- by 55 members of a lep. the Pope's c onference on Zealand for the full ciples of Pope Paul's presence. The developerging nations of the land China, with its 700 rosy colony in Hong Pope gave a brief serment to take place in a human development "Progressio Populorum". Pacific were discussed million developing people the Kong. mon in English but it of Pacific peoples. at the first-ever confer- world's most populous t he Pacific. country of was translater into Indo• to discuss Pacific deCONTRIBUTION BIG ence of the bishops of nation. The Pope raised nesian. velopment problems This was decided Australia and the Pac- his voice and emphasison Bishoo Francis Chenthe with local leaders on recommendation of ific. announced In his sermon, the ed his words when he Ping Hsu ground. a subown their Pope stressed the miscommittee comsaid "wherever they may later that the Pope had prising Cardinal McKee- • to furthe, the study The bishops met for be". The crowd applaud- contributed S20.000 to sionary drive which had fry (Wellington), Archof the theology of three days under the ed when he finished his the Hong Kong Commu- brought him to Indonebishop Gleeson (coadjusia. development in the nity Chest. A LARGE crowd pack- presidencv of Cardinal sermon. tor, Adelaide), light of the conditions Gilroy at St. Paul's Bishops NatBritish authorities who ed St. Mary's CathRodgers PRIOR to that, before "We are urged on by experienced in devel(Torga), Delaredral on Tuesday ional Seminary for Late administer the crown he left Hong Kona, Pope the same driving force gey oping countries. (Auckland), Klein Vocations, Kensington. colony had been worried Paul told the Indonesian as were your missionar( Bereina, for a special SerPapua), Gulch- • to help Commission that the papal visit could Government in Jakarta, ies in the past." Pointing et vice to mark the (Tarawa), A. R. E. Their final session cause complications in where he stopped over to the spread of Christmembers work to feast of the catheThomas (Bathurst) and took place in the this delicately balanced to celebrate Mass, that ianity throughout the with greater knowdral church. A shby (Christchurch). presence of Pope Paul area of the Far East. ledge and conviction he would be giving them world, the Pope said: The Service also marThe on Tuesday morning promoting the in development confour ambulances—one "The Christian is no The bishops of Natked the end of a in the crypt of St. ference is to be cause of development sponeach for Government, stranger among his own ionalist China were not novena of prayer for Mary's Cathedral. sored by the . . . as a good way. Christian a in Justice and Peace permitted to come to Muslim, Protestant and people the safety and succitizen should, he loves This would be part of Catholic AustraliaCommission of hospitals there Hong Kong from Taiwan cess of Pope Paul's The 24 papers aiven and New Zeathe on-going educato attend the papal Indonesia turned on his native land. And yet mission to Australia. land, in programme tion by various bishops consultation at Ivi.th the stopover on the Pontiff's all its oriental charm, the faith he professes is the Pacific and Asia. Catholic, the same faith which is essential for Pontifical Cornroute back to Rome. intertwined with Westconference the were for Justice and the work of Justice His Grace, the ArchPeace A reliable source here ern elt-, - nts that includ a s is professed by Afripreached presented in summary bishop, cans, and Americans and Peace CommisSociety (Rome), and the said the Taiwan bish- ed drdm majorettes and Europeans for Development the sermon. There form to Pope Paul on ." sions. !tild ops' glockenspie visas were nrobabls. The papal Peace, an internat- • to promote such pracwas also a torchional Tuesday: these summar- lv refused by the col- party itself was a conAs he spoke, thousands light procession ecumenical organitical as may activities sation in candles were lit ies will be published in ony's immigration ele.- trast in formality amid of Victoria ound r Geneva. be seen to be useful PUrpose partment because they the spectacular show nut throughout the grandof Square. the future issues of The wanted to come as a on for the conferand necessary by the ence is: Pope by 60,000 stands signifying the Conference. Record. b ody representing persons. light of the Gospel.
BISHOPS TO SPONSOR Bishops Discuss Evangelisation CONFERENCE
Big Crowd At Cathedral