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PERTH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1971.
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REPORT ON CONFESSION CHANGE SURPRISES
ROME. — A news report that Pope Paul has asked the world's bishops to study the idea of dropping the Catholic obligation for private in French that was beamed to Africa and could be heard in Cameroun. confession, except when head the made on of state, and we clemency." tent to harm the PresidThe plea was there is "grave" sin, defendhave the faith three president "Even if the bishop of ent. ehalf b caused surprise in the ants sentenced to death of the Republic of the had not been among However, he testified Vatican congregations Cameroun would want to those sentenced to he knew Gabriel Tabeu, that would be involved. on January 6 after trials accept the requests of death," the broadcast who by military tribunals. the prosecution A major news agency mercy that come to him said. "we would have claimed had tried to kill had reported from Rome Among them is Bishop from everywhere." asked for this favour." the President through an Albert Ndongmo, 4.4, of that the Vatican CongreThe broadcast was organisation called "The He had Nkongsamba. gation for Discipline of The Vatican Radio made the same day the Holy Cross for the Natalso received a sentence broadcast said: "It is not Sacraments recently sentences were imposed ional Liberation of Cam- the of life imprisonment in our business to judge the sent to all bishops, for Yaounde, in capital of eroun." a separate trial earlier. theoretical gravity of a comment, a document Cameroun. persons that suggested letting a Following the broad- plot against the security There is no appeal, Twenty-nine cast, the Vatican's press of a state, or the reality and if Ahidjo were not were accused of partici- prayer of general con- ANNE ST. JACK, of York, was awarded a Governofficer, Federico Alcssan- of deeds attributed to •to commute the senten- pating in a takeover plot. fession at Mass take the ment Exhibition for achieving highest marks in "At no time in my life place of individual pridrini, said the news of the accused, or even to ces, the bishop and the the State at Mercedes where she was Dux of the death sentence given judge the merits of the other two men would be have I organised activity vate confession. the Humanities Course last year. trial. to the bishop "was reSources in both that executed publicly by fir- tending to destroy the Other outstanding Exhibition Winners were Paul ceived in the Vatican regime," Bishop Ndong- congregation and in the "What alone matters ing squad. mo said. with with pain and sor- for us is to proclaim in Apostolic Penitentiary Emil Nulsen, and Michael Stacey, both of Aquinas row." a loud voice that the life DENIES AFFILIATION Independent since 1960, said their offices did not College, Manning. WITH PLOTTERS He also released a of man is too precious the Federal Republic of prepare such a docualthough one statement from the Vat- to be brutally wiped out, At his trial for alleged- Cameroun in West Cen- ment, ican saying: "We hope and that above all a head ly plotting to overthrow tral Africa has been source did say the whole for a humanitarian senti- of state should show an the Government, Bishop troubled by UPC guer- question of general conment of clemency from open heart by giving Ndongmo denied any in- rilla activities since 1955. fessions and penitence was being looked at in t he Vatican. DRUG USERS IN PERTH. The agency report referred to was AREN'T Published here last week. It said Vatican sources R ELIGIOUS had indicated that the Drug users generally document could become tend not to - have a re- part of Church law withligious affiliation, declar- in a year—if the bishops ed a speaker at an inter- were in favour. national conference on It indicated that the sodrug abuse research in called recommendation California. would allow Catholic congregations to confess Professor Erich Goode their sins jointly in a also revealed that his prayer of general confessurvey of the nation's sion. college campus — includThe priest would give ing his own — showed joint absolution to all that 70 p.c. of the stud- who had confessed, alents had tried marijuana lowing them to receive at least once. Holy Communion. ROBYN OWENS, of 61 Park Street, Como, who has just completed Leaving Certificate at Mercalcs College, Victoria Square, obtained the maximum number of distinctions in the Leaving ( 7) and passed the maximum number of Matriculation subjects (4). She received her Primary education at St. Joseph's South Perth. Robyn intends studying Science at the UniverDiocesan Vocations Director Rev. Father W. Foley with Rev. Father O'Donnell sity of WA. She was Dux of Mercedes Science in Perth. Course.
T HE VATICAN has sent pleas to President Ahmadoua Ahidjo, of Cameroun, to spare the life of a bishop condemned to death for helping to plot Ahidjo's assassination. - The life oi man is too precious to be brutally wiped out," said Vatican Radio in a broadcast
Peace Money to go Toward Building Top Clinical Psychologist Lepers' Homes to speak at Seminar
MOTHER TERESA, winner of the first Pope John XXIII peace prize, told a news conference she would use the $25,000 prize money to build
A PRIEST clinical psychologist, Rev. FafteFOOTNOTE: Father Desmond O'Donnell, OMI from Penhurst, NSW, Ricardo Lombardi, Si., homes in India for some of the 35,000 lepers cared for by her Missionary Sisters of Charity. w ill conduct a seminar, organised by the Diocesan Director-General of the Vocations Council, Movement for Better a She also said she Church was too rich. at Trinity College on January 25 and 26. World, will lecture to would go to the United "No one has ever said The main purpose of the seminar is to up-date a seminar on Christian States in May to open a that to me. When the methods, techniques and goals in carrying out the Renewal at Trinity Col- house in Harlem for poorest of the poor are work of Christ, lege on January 17.18. work among New York's dying on the ground and branches just
of the as in all economy and in we come to help them, The seminar program- poor. every sphere of science new and The 60-year-old mission- they do not ask how rich r evolutionary is as follows:— me advances are being made. ary nun, who has worked we are." SUNDAY, JANUARY 17. New modes of among the world's poorthink- ologist who brings with A rchbishop Theme: "Signs of the irig in regard to the Benelli est, was introduced to said vo- him years of experience he felt that Pope cation to religious and in the field of counsell- Times and Vatican II" the press by Archbishop Paul had Priestly life are needed "Tensions in the Church" found in ing. He will deliver the Giovanni Benelli, substi- Mother to keep Registration 3.00: Teresa and her for abreast with a opening talk on `The ortute secretary of state. life which is nuns "the incarnation of Sunday Conference She received the peace changing and constantly igin and discovery and the tenet that man is my only). presenting development of a vocaprize from Pope Paul the broth new Opening Official 3.30: er." challenges. tion . . . the view of a previous day. and Conference. The Diocesan The archbishop admitclinical psycholopriest Mother Teresa told 5.30: (app.) Holy Mass. Commission, Vocations gist." newsmen that everyone ted that many internatcomposed 7.30: Conference. of priests, loved and respected her ional organisations would lay people, religious and The official opening of MONDAY, JANUARY 18 nuns—even in some of have been worthy rehas organised this the seminar to assist the seminar will be pertoughest sectors of cipients of the peace Theme: "Steps and formed by the Auxiliary Clergy, the world. The religious and lay fact that prize, but felt they lackBishop, the Most Rev. P. Exercises in Building People in a they were Roman Cath- ed the human element of deeper un- Quinn. Community". derstanding of olics had been no barrier an outstretched hand of 9.00: Conference. in promoting, their roles in dealing with persons help epitomised by ' Tc)-'detecting Enrolment fee is $3.00 10.45: Morning tea. and developing voca- and applications can be 11-12.30 (app.): Confer- of other religions or no er Teresa. tions to serve Christ religion. in r eceived at Vocations ence. Mother Teresa's work his Church. Office, Conference. 77 3.30: St. George's The nun won loud ap- showed that Father money O'Donnell is a Terrace. The seminar is 5.30 (app.): Holy Mass. plause when she explain- alone does not brim highly qualified and ex- open to all, both young 7.30: Concluding Confer- ed how she would answer peace, Archbishop Benperienced clinical psych- and old. ence. the criticism that the elli told newsmen.
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