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WORK FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY FESTIVAL ART OPENING HAS NOT STOPPED SAYS POPE VATICAN CITY (NC) : Pope Paul VI denied the cause of Christian ecumenism has come to a halt. The day before he was to take part in a unity prayer service on Rome's Cathedral of St. John Lateran, the Pope told a noontime crowd in St. Peter's Square that the modern ecumenical movement had filled Christians "with great visions and great hopes." Ecumenism "founded logue), which is a col"not were These dreams," he said. "They on sincere study and lection of letters and are graces which we im- common prayer," he said, documents exchanged continued to make pro- over the past 12 years by plore from God . the patriarchate and the Taking note of criti gress. Vatican. cism of the present state GREEK ORTHODOX which of ecumenism, That evening, MetroThe following day, the politan many say is in the dolMeliton took part Pope received Greek Or- with Pope Paul in an drums after the high ecupoint of the second Vati- thodox Metropolitan Mel- menical prayer service in can Council, Pope Paul iton, of Chalcedony, who the Pope's cathedral in maintained that it was had come to Rome with a Rome. The service, atnot true the cause of delegation representing tended by many of the Orthodox cardinals living in Rome ecumenism had come to Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I, and thousands of Cathoa stop. He said perhaps a type of Constantinople. lics and non-Catholics, of "superficial ecumenThe metropolitan pre- marked the highpoint of ism" or one that tried to sented the Pope with a this year's observance of resolve the problems of copy of "Tomos Agapis" Christian Unity Week Christianity merely by (Book of Loving Dia- in Rome. fusing religious beliefs had slowed because it "neglects its (ecumenism's) real demands of true faith and effective communion."
On Tuesday night the Lord Mayor of Perth, Sir Thomas Wardle, opened the Exhibition of Religious and Liturgical Art before an audience of 300 people. Sir Thomas is pictured talking with Very Rev. Christopher Ross, OSM, Chairman of the W.A. Liturgical Commission which initiated the project. The exhibition is a feature of the Festival of Perth and continues at The Old Fire Station Gallery, McCourt Street, Leederville till February 17, Tues.-Fri.: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Wed.: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Sat.-Sun.: 2 - 5 p.m.
WCC delegation for Aust. THIRTY EXECUTIVE and staff members of the World Council of Churches will visit Australia this month to attend the 1972 general meeting of the Australian Council of Churches at the University of Sydney.
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THE STAGE is set for Their Australian visit the catechists course will follow a meeting of due to begin soon. Al l the 19 member executive arrangements are outcommittee of the World lined on Page 3. Council in Auckland, New * * Zealand, JESUS FREAKS — do they turn you on? An opinion .—Page 4. INTERNATIONAL * * Among the visitors to JERUSALEM'S future Australia will be three of comes focus. under the six presidents of the Turn to Page 5. WCC, Mrs. Kiyoko Tak* * edo Cho (Japan), Rev. Dr. A RE YOU RESTLESS A NOW FAMILIAR scene . . . the Pope at one of his general audiences. Ernest A. Payne (UK). during Mass? Do you and Bishop Alphaeus OaY attention to proZulu Africa). (South ceedings? Read 'No Other executive members one's praying' on Page 6. include Dr. M. M. Thomas * * (India), Metropolitan A BORTION AND Nikodim (Russian OrthWOMEN'S LIB. A view, odox Church of USSR). Page 7. Abortion and Maternal health is disNASHVILLE ( NC): Bish- Earl of March (UK), and op Joseph A. Durick, of General T. B. Simatupcussed on Page 15. VATICAN CITY (NC).—Pope Paul has named Nashville, publisher of ang (Indonesia). * * weekly PROJECT diocesan COMPAS- four Vatican officials to the rank of Archbishop, the SION provides money including Fr. Edward Heston, head of the Pontifi- newspaper here, has re250 CHURCHES fo• r numerous projects cal Commission of Social Communications, the jected an advertisement The executive commitin underdeveloped coun- Vatican's equivalent of a Public Relations Depart- calling for discussion of tee is responsible for imtries. Turn to Pages 4 ment. celibacy and its effect on plementing policy decidand 9. the Church. ed by the central com* * Fr. Heston, a 54-year-old ments; Abbot Augustine mittee of the world The advertisement was DR. COLIN CLARK, American, has spent Mayer, OSB, secretary of church body. Its memnoted submitted to The Teneconomist, discus- more than 30 years in the Congregation for Rebers are appointed from the misconception of Rome. He took over his ligious and Secular Insti- nessee Register by about among the official deleT00d suppl ies—Page 10. present job last year tutes (a post which Fr. 100 lay people in Nash- gates of member chur* * from Archbishop Martin Heston previously held); ville who call themches to the five yearly PRESIDENT NIXON O'Connor, another Amer- and Fr. Annibale Bugnini, selves Concerned Catho▪nas definite ideas on ican. CM, secretary of the Con- lics for Optional Celibacy. assemblies. t hoIic gregation for Divine Wor- In the proposed ad, the education. There are more than 11'ese are aired on Page group appealed for seriOther Curia officials ship. 1 Fr. Heston served as ous discussion of celi- 250 member churches of raised to the rank of * r archbishop are Mgr. Gius- English-language * press , THESE STORIES and eppe Casoria, secretary officer for the last three bacy by lay persons, the council, including five Ic)ts more in this week's of the Congregation for sessions of the Vatican priests and members of churches in Australia. issue. the Discipline of Sacra- Council. The delegation will also the hierarchy.
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include the general sec- ber of other senior staff retary of the WCC, Dr. members. Eugene Carson Blake, Most members of the the director of the Com- delegation will visit Sydmission on World Mis- ney and Melbourne besion and Evangelism, Dr. tween February 14 and Philip Potter, and a num- 21.
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