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Rome reaffirms traditional stand on sex
VATICAN CITY (NC) — The Vatican has issued a declaration reaffirming traditional teachings on sex and specifically rejecting "certain errors" concerning the sinfulness of premarital sex, homosexual acts and masturbation. The document, the full ticular culture at a certain his acts, preserve the full sense of mutual self-giving text of which is printed on moment of history." Rather, revelation and and human procreation in pages 6 and 7, calls chastity the key element which al- philosophy both point to the context of true love." "These final words," the , lows human beings to love "the existence of immutable laws inscribed in the con- declaration continues, "briefone another. The "Declaration of Cer- stitutive elements of human ly sum up the Council's tain Questions Concerning nature . . . identical in all teaching . . . on the final- I Sexual Ethics" was publish- beings endowed with reas- ity of the sexual act and on the principal criterion of its ed with the approval of on." Turning specifically ,to. morality: it is respect for its Pope Paul VI and signed by Franjo Cardinal Seper, sexual ethics, the document finality that ensures the prefect of the doctrinal con- repeats the teaching of the moral goodness of this act." The document calls this gregation, and Archbishop, Second Vatican Council Jerome Hamer, its secret- that the morality of conju- principle "the basis of (the gal acts "does not depend Church's) traditional doctary. It rejects the idea that solely on sincere intentions rine . . . that the use of "so-called norms of the nat- or on an evaluation of mot- the sexual function has its ural law or precepts of ives. It must be determined true meaning and moral objective standards. rectitude only in true marSacred Scripture are to be by regarded only as given ex- These, based on the nature riage." pressions of a form of par- of the human person and
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It endorses the norms "clearly taught" in the en- • Bishop Thomas of Geraldton pictured looking over the new catechetical guidelines with cyclicals "Christian Mar- Mrs. Barbara Harris, a member of the Catholic Pastoral Institute, and Father J. Nestor, riage" issued by Pope Pius Director o Catholic Education. XI in 1930, and "Human Life" by Pope Paul VI in 1968. Noting that "today there are many who vindicate the right to sexual union before marriage," the declaration comments: "This opinion is contrary especially penance and A comprehensive set to Christian doctrine, which eucharist. of catechetical guidestates that every genital act In Grade 3, the child must be within the frame- lines covering all priis led to experience God mary grades has been work of marriage." as a loving father who published by the W.A. has cared for us through HOMOSEXUALS Catholic Pastoral InstiJesus' life, death and rethe former aiming at learns gratitude to Goci While urging a sensitive tute. surrection, how baptism statements of doctrine for the gift of his life pastoral approach to homoThe 221-page book prohas given us new life of God's and awareness drawing the latter and sexuals, the document con- vides an overall view of love in sending His Son and how Jesus remains cludes that "no pastoral the religious instruction on life experience. in the Church. method can be employed to be given children The introduction also Jesus and how to love, Grades 4 to 7 follow this pray, celebrate and which would give moral throughout their prim- caters for teachers who justification to these acts . . . ary course. are aware of cultural love with God's family on in similar vein, developing knowledge of at Mass. "Homosexual acts are inThe production is the and ethnic factors affecttrinsically disordered and result of concern felt ing their teaching and In Grade 2, the child's the commandments, worgratitude is deepened ship through the sacracan in no case be approved some years ago by tea- also the special difficulty and it is shown how ments and a study of the of." chers on the absence of a of dealing with Aborigin- Jesus shares the love of Old and New Testaments The declaration describes al children in the teachmasturbation also as "an good doctrinal course ing of religion. God through sacraments, of Sacred Scripture. to teach from which intrinsically and seriously Put together by a team disordered act," mainly be- children. catechetical working under the genEarlier cause "whatever the motive eral impetus of Bishop for acting in this way, the guidelines were found to F. X. Thomas, of Geralddocin insufficient be deliberate use of the sexual text has faculty outside normal con- trinal content and teach- ton, the new the jugal relations essentially ers found difficulty in- been approved by Western Ausof bishops programc ontradicts the finality of tegrating the tralia and is available at the act." me. about $4 a copy from Nedlands Resource the "PERIPHERAL" NTERLOCKING I Centre, Tyrell Street.
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The "current tendency to The new guidelines minimise as far as possible. give direction as to what AREAS TO BE when not denying outright, is to be taught in acthe reality of grave sin," is cordance with specific COVERED rejected. One copy will be availobjectives. This is done by some who In an introductory sec- able to each school and equate mortal sin with a tion emphasis is placed one to each priest out of tion" and deny that so- on the interlocking roles Pastoral Institute funds, so-called "fundamental op- of parents, priests, teach- hii4- if is honed that called "peripheral" acts can ers eventually all teachers in and students. be gravely sinful. The introduction ex- Catholic schools will The document calls it plains also how the have their own copy. "wrong to say that particuopen Typical of the areas lar acts are not enough to guidelines are both the inductive and covered are the followconstitute mortal sin . . . , the deductive approaches ing: ' to catechetical teaching, In C --:'cle I, the child (CONTINUED P. 3)
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