No. 2689. PERTH. THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1974
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First Victorian for Rhodesian heads' interfaith Melbourne See meeting on "brutality"
The sixth bishop to lead the Archdiocese of Melbourne in its 125 years of history is its first Victorian, Most Rev. Thomas Francis Little. His appointment was announced by pope Paul this week. Archbishop - elect Little succeeds West Australian born CarJames dinal Knox who was appointed to the diocese in 1967 following a long career as a Church. diplomat in Japan, A frica and India, and who has now joined the central administration of the Church in the Congregations for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments. The towering figure in Melbourne's strong Catholic history is Archbishop Daniel Mannix who came to Australia from Ireland in 1912 to spend the next 51 years as an Australian bishop, 46 of them as Archbishop of Melbourne.
Archbishop - elect Little grew up in Essendon. He is one of three sons of the late Mr and Mrs Gerald Little; the other two sons are both doctors of -medicine.
West Australian clergy in the same ordination class in Rome were Bishop Quinn and Father Noel Tobin of Exmouth. Archbishop - elect
At the time of his death on November 6, 1967, he was within six months of his hundredth birthday. The first Australian to head Melbourne archdiocese was Archbishop Justin Simonds, the first Australian Archbishop (of Hobart, at the time), but who through declining health was only able to lead Melbourne for four short years after the death of Archbishop Mannix.
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Archbishop-elect LITTLE
The new Archbishop went to St. Patrick's College, Ballarat, then for his priesthood studies to Corpus Christi College. Werribee and Propaganda College, Rome where he was ordained in 1950.
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The bishops for some time have been urging an independent inquiry into brutality allegations. But the Government has rejected such an inquiry as unnecessary and possibly harmful to the morale of the security forces.
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and 'a liar'." In a pastoral letter last January, the Rhodesian bishops said the Government must change its "racist policies" radically if there was to be "any hope of permanent peace" in the country.
"Does it include people Since his return to Rhodesia, Bishop Lam- of all races?" he asked ont has questioned the an interviewer. The Bishop also said representative character of the Chichester Club. that the Pope, last November "gave me full approbation and he was very pleased with the The Bishops called for work I was doing and Other news from Rho• he asked me to continue the elimination of disdesia is that Protestant crimination based on with it". Bishop Muzorewa, presiBishop Lamont said race, for equality of opdent of the Africa Natthe Pope was aware that portunity, for pl.( per ional Council, has brokhe was considered a parliamentary represenen off in disgust negoLONDON ( NC ). —i rebel in Rhodesia and tation for Blacks and tiations with the Smith The Methodist Church had told him that "un- for more equitable disregime. voted at its annual conless the Church speaks tribution of land to the ference at Bristol to And a visiting Scottish up as the voice of the black majority. priest, Fr. Robert Stu- , drop its 41-year-old ban voiceless and denounces art, of Fraserburgh, Ab- ( on alcoholic beverages injustice it will lose its credibility." erdeenshire, has been // and to leave the question of drinking to the, telling the laity there to Bishop Lamont said listen to the bishops' ' personal consciences of ' that Fr. Stuart "is being members. Church / pastorals but then to PAINTING feted by all right-wing .The decision was made follow their own conracist groups in an efCONTRACTOR / by a show of hands afsciences. fort to embarrass the ter a storm of protest In a recent letter to Church." t 20 Mabel Street, t ' by anti-alcohol delegates. The Rhodesia Herald, 2 Condemning the deciThe priest, he said, SOUTH PERTH Alexander "has attacked me on Graham, ' sion to drop the ChurPhone 67 271 6' radio and TV and called chairman of the bishops ch's recommendation to Justice and Peace Comme 'a pleasant lunatic' MINIMINOWS".~~~~141 ,,s, , abstain totally from almission ( Bishop Lamcoholic beverages. 71ont is the president) reyear-old Lord Soper, a peated the call for an / former president of the/ independent commisConference, Methodist sion of inquiry on bru- ((said: tality. "I would suspect that if alcohol were taken "SUBVERSION" out of the situation in Meanwhile a Scottish ')Northern Ireland, a great' ( visiting priest, Fr. Stu- many of the savageries( art, has claimed that 2 which stain that unhapthere are subversive py land could to some elements among the extent be removed." Rhodesian clergy and The Methodist Church has about 759.000 has advised the laity to members in Great Britfollow their own conain. sciences with regard to The United Methopastoral letters of the dist Church in the UnitRhodesian bishops. ,ed States has for some Fr. Stuart recently told ).time had the policy of members of the Chi- (l leaving the question of chester Club, a Catholic ' abstinence from alcohol club for business and ; to the consciences of its professional men, that members. the Rhodesian bishops were virtually controlled" by Bishop Lamont ON INSIDE PAGES of Umtali, who has been an outspoken critic of Calendar Rhodesia's White minClassified ority regime. 10 Advertising The priest said Bish2 op Lamont lost no op- Education File portunity to injure Rho- Letters 10, 11 desia. News In Pars 9 In June. the ChichesHistoric Our Link ter Club asked Pope Paul to remove Bishop Sister Philomena amont from Rhodesia Earle 7 because of what the Sport 10, 12 group said was untruth8 ful statements he had Theatre made about Rhodesia. TV, Radio
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The Rhodesian bishops are to call soon an interdenominational meeting to' discuss evidence collected by the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission on alleged brutality by the security forces there.
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Little was both assistant priest and administrator of St. Patrick's Cathedral. He spent three years on the staff of Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop R. Carboni and later was parish priest of 1Brunswick. He was ordained an Auxiliary Bishop in Melbourne during the Eucharistic Congress in February last year. The new Archbishop's renown was preceded by that of a famous parish priest of Fitzroy, an uncle, the late Father Thomas Little. z
Father Peter Little, a cousin as are the Rev. Des i Dwyer, S.J., and Father B. McCormack, of 1 Melbourne. 4 Jesuit, is
In W.A. he is related to the McCormack family of Trayning, ; including Sister IrBusselton, of ene, and Mrs Meida Seward, of Cottesloe. Z
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