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No. 1955. PERTH. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1975
Pope on 'suspect' missions
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VATICAN CITY.— Modern life had addsuspicion of local peoples that the misthe ed sionary came as a colonialist and exploiter, Pope Paul observed. "Once the great difficulty, the past; it is not optional which was an obstacle to in itself. missionary work, was the, "It is based on divine 'penetration' into lands. will, on the theology of among peoples, under ex- salvation, on the perennitremely arduous. difficult, ally affirmed authority of hostile, perilous conditions the Church and on the refor anxious and inexpert cent solemn documentation missionary footsteps," he of Vatican Council II. said in a Mission Sunday "No, dear and blessed statement. heralds of the Gospel to "Today, to these obstacles peoples not yet joined to another is added; countries the Mystical Body of which have reawakened to Christ, which is the Church, their own native traditions, your choice was not misno longer appreciate the taken, your efforts are not presence of the foreign in vain, your sacrifice, missoinary who comes from whatever may be the outother countries and who come, has not failed." often is suspected of cobo nialism, as an exploiter, as the bearer of a foreign and dominating civilisation."
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• Rain threatened and may have deterred attendance at the eucharistic procession at Aquinas College last Sunday. However, the bad weather held off. Archbishop Goody is seen above during his homily to the assembly. In the background are the buses and cars carrying the sick, who were given a special blessing as the Blessed Sacrament was c arried past them. The theme of the euchar:ctic clatherina was marriage, to conclude the recent study of the Bishops' of W.A. Pastoral Letter. ••••••-inanardr.####+++.4.#4,-#4.. 4,44PIIINIPN,04,11,0,0#4.P.ONIKM4,11.44,4,04P4M#4.....M4NP AINP..4. ,
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Pope Paul added: "A • national conscience has been born, too, in many countries in which the missionaries work and where c their efforts are no longer LONDON ( NC ). — More than 50,000 people gathered in Hyde Park to express oppositio welcome, almost as though n to they were opposed to cus- Britain's 1967 abortion law at a rally organised by the Society for the Protection of Unborn toms and traditional re- Children ( SPUC). ligions of the local peoples. "Where does this great Before the speeches at the our member of Parliament by the Government in order objection come from, that rally began, one of the or- for Pontypool, and Andrew to receive approval. the missionary is not nec- ganisers reminded the gath- Bowden, Conservative memThe amendment Bill inering that they were not ber of Parliament for Brighessary?" asked the Pope. cluded shortening the time "The Gospel does not "antis" but were proclaim- ton, asked the Government Concern us, say the natives ing the sanctity of human to keep its promise to re- limit for abortion from 28 LONDONDERRY (NC). to 20 weeks, prohibiting life. in certain areas. establish the Select Commitabortions for non-resident — The Catholic and Pro"It is not indispensible, testant bishops of the city He appealed for no viol- tee on the Abortion (AmenIt is not in our tradition, ence on the procession and dment) Bill in the next par- foreigners, stricter surveill- recently joined in an effort ance of private abortion cliit is not for our race. the demonstrators walked in liamentary session. nics, a new restricted licen- to calm the people of a "The era of the missions near silence, preceded by a sing system for pregnancy suburb where a bombing atis finished." group of children carrying AMENDING advice bureaus, a fixed ma- tack had damaged a new BILL KILLED flowers. ximum fee for private abor- church dedicated to the re"NOT IN VAIN" white cently canonised St. Oli‘er A letter handed in at the The failure of the com- tions and a clampdown on Plunket. "Mission, that is the pro- Prime Minister's residence medical research on fetuses. mittee to recommend acclamation of the Gospel to Catholic Bishop Edward at 10 Downing Street and tion by Parliament all men, is not a thing on the Daly of Derry (the ancient of signed by Leo Abse, Lab- amendment Bill has killed name for the city) and his ON INSIDE PAGES the measure for the curren' Church of Ireland (Anglisession. Calendar 4 can) counterpart, Bishop The letter asked also that Classified Robert Eames, with Father the recommendations of the C. C. Willoughby and the Advertising Select Committee, published Education Rev. J. Williamson, a MeFile in August. be implemented thodist. made a walking Letter s immediately. tour of the Strathfoyle area. The recommendations ca- Sister Philomeno Both bishops- had condeEarle 8 mned the attack on the lled for stricter controls on 1 2 church. where damage was private clinics and for re- Sport quiring such clinics to com- Theatre 8 confined to pews near the ply with a scale of fees set T.V. & Radio 8 altar which were badly dam-
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