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ABC religious programmes to stay: Director • From TONY RYAN, in Melbourne Religious broadcasts by the Australian Broadcasting Commission are under no immediate threat of being closed down, according to the Director of the Religious Broadcasts Department. The Director, the Rev. time you make an im- angered at reported presJames Peter, said: "There provement you make a sures by a Senate commitis no proposal I know of change." tee inquiring into broadwithin the A.B.C. to abolMr. Peter said this self- casting to abolish the A.B. ish the religious depart- examination of its pro- C. Religious Broadcasts ment." grammes was the normal Department or merge it into an augmented Talks Mr. Peter, a Presbyterian practice of the A.B.C. Church leaders in Syd- Department. minister, heads a team of 30 full-time production staff ney have reacted angrily The proposal has brought who produce eight hours to a proposal by a work- a more guarded reaction of radio and 90 minutes of ing party of the Depart- among Catholic Church television material each ment of the Media to re- sources in Melbourne who week. peal the present statutory doubted whether the so"While there is no pro- requirement for radio and called proposal is being posal to close down the de- television stations to pro- seriously considered by the partment, the whole pattern vide religious programmes. A.B.C. of religious programmes is Churchmen were also ( • Continued Page 2) under consideration," Mr. Peter said. "As an outcome of this changes could take place, but I have no reason to fear any close down by the commission. "We may, of course, do things differently — every
New trees, new school
A new school is more than bricks and mortar and this week at the new Girravvheen Catholic school, blessed and opened last Sunday, Deirdre Bernard and Angela Kelly were pictured attending to the newly Planted trees. The section of the school set aside for a community hall is in the right background of the Picture. (See also page 6)
"TO THE VERY LAST"...
VATICAN CITY, (NC) — Pope Paul has reaffirmed the Church's opposition to euthanasia and has called on doctors to support life to the very last. Addressing 1,000 dele- without ever accepting eu- (Psychosomatic medicine tradition, is one of the gates to the Third World thanasia or renouncing the deals with psychological principal hopes for the fuCongress of the College of very human duty to help a causes of physical symp- ture of mankind." Psychosomatic Medicine the person to end his days with toms.) . He noted that anxiety dignity." Pope said: Noting the importance of was a factor common to Pope Pius XII, Pope family support for "Concerning the value of those psychosomatic troubles and Paul noted, said in 1958 each human person, we afflicted with psychosomatic all other illnesses. Anxiety arose from psywish to remind you that that painkilling drugs could ills, the Pope called upon situations and it is the physician's duty to be used prudently by com- the delegates to stress the chosocial be always at the service of petent people, "but never role of the family for the from the strange insecurity life, and to assist the indi- so as to diminish personal physical and moral well- and doubt which we each bore within ourselves, he vidual to the very end, responsibility or against the being of individuals. rights that are proper to a said. He cited "especially the human person." The Pope urged delegata most vulnerable — the in- not to ignore in their refant, the aged and the sick, search "the possibility that COMMENDATION which is to say, of all those Pope Paul commended who are not productive, faith in God may bring a t he perspective of psycho- who are abandoned by .a remedy to human anxiety." He added: "The sure somatic medicine, which mentality not based on a father sees the doctor-patient re- true conception of man nor knowledge that a there that is and us loves lationship as one between on the Christian spirit." hope for our life is already two human beings, in The Pope continued: an indication and a rewhich the patient loses none "Family life, according sponse. of his human value because of his condition. to uninterrupted Christian (0 SEE ALSO PAGE 7)
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