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No. 1932. PERTH, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1975
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V ATICAN CITY. — In his 1975 World Communications (Mass Media) Day message, Pope Paul has criticised media that focus on human degradation, promote an insatiable greed for consumer goods and manipulate their audiences toward immoral behaviour.
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• The picture above was taken last week a few moments before the prayer of over a century of missionary endeavour for Aborigines was answered with the ordination to the priesthood of Father Patrick Dodson. Dressed as a deacon he Fittingly, the Broome is preceding into the Shire Hall — right oppochurch the parish priest site the Church of Our of Broome. Father M. Lady Queen of Peace. McMahon, Pallottine, highlighting the pearl in(left, in full voice) and dustry of Broome — Bishop O'Loughlin of turned out to be the only Darwin, who was the building large enough principal celebrant of the for the crowds attending ordination, the ordination and the Bishop O'Loughlin pre- Mass to follow the next cedes Bishop John Jobst day. of Broome (obscured). Boomerangs and native The aboriginal figure songs filled the hall to just visible to Father accompany the liturgy, Dodson's right on the celebrated largely in the extreme edge of the pie-- special aboriginal style, tare is Deacon Boniface that was prepared for the of Darwin. Eucharistic Congress in The ordination was not Melbourne. only a celebration for the Broome was filled to Church of Broome but capacity with the visitors for for whole of the poiir;-“, frnnl as far town. (CONTINUED P. 2) 0.041.14's"11,11P41 .4,4.~#4.4NISPO#411 ,41####4/141.41
In his message, Pope Paul official version of news and media coverage which made warned of processes and interpretation of news, a parade of human depratechniques which, under the should be offered the public vity or deliberately provided pretence of neutrality and in every country. the Pope stimulation of man's imindependence, actually set said. moral inclinations, dishonorthemselves to 'manipulate ed the media themselves Failing this possibility, while the facts and thereby maniat the same time it pulate the audiences to one was left with a sort of blunted the moral sense of cultural tyranny, enslavea .. which they are presented. . a community and corrupted The Pope gave examples ment, imposed by a faceless its young people. authoof "aberrations" of the and quasi-anonymous rity. Pope Paul said that abuses media. including: of this kind could not take • A biased concentration He characterised the shelter behind the plea of on human degredation. w orld's good people as sick • Working on public and tired of a relentless con- man's right to information. opinion in such a way as to ditioning which. on the one Neither could permissive create an insatiable greed part, tended to enslave The legislation be advocated or of succession endless for an mind and heart, and on the justified on this plea. consumer goods. other resulted only in the The Pope asked that the • The presentation as aggravation tensions of Church be given fair treatdesirable of manners or be- which are already severe. ment by the media. havious that are either imThe mass media, Pope moral or at odds with vvhat "It is the right of the is actually found in real life. Paul said, were obliged to Church also that public uphold moral principles and opinion should know her as to obey civil laws protecting she is and, that it be given "SUPPRESSION" • Suppression of facts. those principles. a true picture of her teachdistortion of facts, and selecIt should surely be e.\ ing. her aspirations and her •ive presentation of facts in dent. for example. thai life," he said. reporting important happen ines. which arise in proerammes aimed at ideological conditioning. • The fashion of urging new difficulties, sowing new doubts, thus shaking the certainly of people on ethical mattc_srs which are beyond dispute. In his message aimed at Press. radio, tele\ ision and cinema, Pope Paul also cautioned against "the fashion of representing as art what is simple permissiveness, corresponding the and fashion of throwing a .bad light on the disciplines imperatively are which necessary if people are to live together in civilised society, by representing them as inadmissable oppression."
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The papal text finally mentioned the device of presenting as justice what is, in fact, violence, vengeance, or r eprisal. Pope Paul said that the objectivity he was urging in communications would imply a definite about-face from habits that had been. regrettably too often, espoused in the past by the sources of information, by media professionals and indeed by a reading, viewing and listening public which was content to be a passive accomplice. News from a variety of sources, instead of one
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