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No. 1713. PERTH. THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1975
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'The unchangeable teaching of the Church' Archbishop "Today is of all days the Festival of Life, the day when God was born a man and dwelt amongst us, the day when human life so uniquely important for all of us and yet so fragile, so dependent on support from others became united in a most extraordinary way to the divine life of the Son of God, who came that we should have life and have it abundantly.
"But this very fact emArchbishop Goody said "Unique", phasizes the need for bishthis in his homily at the -What might be the fate ops to speak out clearly, midnight Mass of Christmas of the human race if the even at such splendid gathin St. Mary's Cathedral. future leader intended for its erings as this, when we are "As I have said, today we elevation is destroyed by celebrating the most momcommemorate the birth of persons who have in arro- entous birth that ever took behad Christ. He Jesus gance snatched from God place and rejoicing that Jescome man in his mother's Himself His unique right of us Christ conceived and womb some nine months giving life or withholding born of a Virgin is our previously." the Archbishop it? . Lord and Saviour. said. Church -The is the cus"During this period — "Misguided what stresses bore upon the todian on earth of God's Promotion " law and it is her duty to Blessed Virgin Mary? -Why, when there is so proclaim and defend it it. "What \:as to become of much justified insistence to-Though her insistence day on the importance of her proposed marriage to goes contrary to the ethical the human person and of Joseph? , h• fashions of the moment, the his right to be free from ex- -.„.. really was is t "Why emu i at wasr-gr —ptiotrert-tcrrr,--15—There also so in hde Was she to take to her misssion if she did much misguided promotion • On Christmas Day, Archbishop Goody visited the de Paul Centre, West Perth, and literally what the divine not insist in and out of sea- of a practice which leads to mingled with the nearly 80 guests who had been provided with a festive Christmas dinner. He son that the right to life is the very disintegration of mes,§enger had told her? all is pictured above speaking to some of the people while in the background at the left, singers every human person's first human dignity? "Mary at this time cerfrom the Morley Prayer Group lead the singing of Christmas carols. right. ( • Continued page 2 ) tainly did not have all the 0#41.41.04 ,04,41 "It does not belong , 041,41 , 00~4.41N4P4AMI"I".41~41 to , 114.41#00#04,111.000000 answers. IVNP4.41,04 , ....4.#4 041 .4•4411,POMNIV.P. . , ""IPM#4 M04 , , 1 .4114,40,004.4 , 41.4 1 . 0. society not may public authority recognise this right for "God's Greatest some and deny it to others. ,- Gift" -That many well-meaning . "Oh, yes! Mary was wor- people are confused is ob. ried and concerned — so vious, otherwise the everwas Joseph. But what a growing number of aborworld shattering tragedy tions would not be a spreadwould it have been, if, pure- ing stain on our society," Ay humanly speaking, this the Archbishop continued. i ‘ unexpected pregnancy had, tt in the misleading contem- "Contradictory" porary expression, been terBELFAST (NC). — Leaders of the four main religious denomina "Hdiw strange it is and minated. tions in Ireland have launched a joint campaign "to seek a cessation I. "God's plan for mankind how contratlictory that, toof the violence in our land, in the hope that this may be the ! ' would once again have gether with widespread profirst step on the way to better days." been thwarted by the mis- tests against capital punishment and war, there should guided and evil use of man's Urging "another specto both Northern Ireland each da or at some othalso be this loud cry for , freedom — God's ial effort . . . in all greatest the liberalization of aborand the Republic of Ireer time. r and irrevocable gift to our churches and by all land, and they made the tion laws which implies the They also suggested most elevated of his our people," the four leaworldly killing of innocent human their appeal in a joint that the clergy encourcreation! ders said: letter to the clergy in age people "to speak up persons yet unborn. -Before even the gift "We aim to \ begin -all our churches" for this cause daily to of "The Catholic Church free choice. God's something this Christmas t hroughout the politically their family, their friends gift to has always and will always every man is life. season which may yet divided island. and neighbours, and even uphold the right of the unlast when Christmas is "What are a man's The conflict involving the strangers whom they born to his life. prosgone." Northern Irish police, the meet." pects of advancement of de"That many Catholics do The appeal was signed British Army, Protestant velopment. of becoming The campaign is to ina not listen to the voice of by Cardinal genius and a William extremist groups and the clude newspaper adverConway, of all mankind ifbenefactor of Clod spoken through His Armagh. I.R.A. has led to more tisements. sermons and his life is C hurch is president unfortunat snuffed out soon ely onof the Irish Cat han 1,140 deaths in radio and television after it ly too clear from the tholic Bishops' Conferen- Northern Ireland in the b has begun? eviroadcasts. 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