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South Africa solution 'would be a miracle'
WASHINGTON (NC).— A peaceful solution to the problems of touthern Africa "would be a great miracle", a South African archbishop said here, as South African troops continued to hold a position in southern Angola.
Archbishop Denis Hurley, has brought in a new dimenSeparate development inof Durban, said also that sion." volves the establishment of the pressure exerted by the Cuba has about 11,000 homelands for the black triSouth African Prime Minis- troops in Angola and the bal groups in South Africa ter, Dr. Vorster, on the Soviet Union has supplied and the eventual indepenRhodesian Prime Minister. weapons to them and to the dence of these homelands. Mr. Ian Smith, to make con- Marxist Popular Movement "The separate territories cessions to Rhodesia's black for the Liberation of An- or homelands are economimajority did not mean that gola (MPLA), which with cally and politically unfeasVorster was ready to make this assistance, has defeated ible," Archbishop Hurley any changes in the segrega- two opposing Angolan said. tionist policy of his own groups country. FRAGMENTS FOR
NAMIBIA
Options a must in confessionals
Despite current educational programmes, some Archbishop Hurley, visit"I don't think Rhodesia ZULUS people, clergy and laity, may be opting to be a ing the United States as can He pointed out that the last as it is much bechairman of the Internalittle confused about the new rite of penance, homeland for the Zulu tribe yond this year," the archtional Committee on Eng- bishop said, "nor Namibia." which is to become inde- if random comments can be believed. lish in the Liturgy, said in Namibia. or South-West pendent, consists of 11 fragThe principal confusion churches will eventually an interview that South AfAfrica, is the territory, ments of the South African appears to be over the fact have to. face up to major alrica was unlikely to interabout twice the size of Cal- province of Natal. that individual confession. terations if the new sacravene militarily in a war be- ifornia, which -The biggest industry" of far from' being abolished, mental rite is borders Anto be comtween Rhodesia and Moz- gola independent nation, has been considerably stren- fortably served. and which South Af- the ambique, which had just rica rules in' defiance "would be customs," the gthened, principally by offof Closed its borders with Rhoarchbishop observed. "The fact has to be faced United Nations directives. ering an alternative face-todesia and cut all links in "It would depend on the face situation for those who t hat churches built formerly Archbishop Hurley disthat countr\ for different emphasis both cussed the contradiction be- roads and telephone system desire it. of another country." the Mass and confession in tween Vorster's pressure on "TRAITORS" What prevents the ruling Liturgists are stressing all have. proved rather inadeRhodesia to change and his "White Rhodesians think unwillingness to make chan- class in South Africa from over the world that peni- quate for new rites," a White South Africans are ges in South Africa's policy seeing the absurdity of the tents must be totally free to spokesman for the W.A. Commission said. traitors,' the archbishop said: of apartheid, or strict racial separate development poli- choose either situation. cy, Archbishop Hurley said .1 used to think revolu- segregation. Any misunderstanding • "It's not anybody's fault, tion in South Africa would Vorster "would say that was "the basic group spirit about the right to anony- least of all the architect or involve several years of the South African policy of of a privileged group." mity in the confessional the people who built those struggle ending with the to- separate development proplaces an obstacle in under- churches; but they, are no tal destruction of the coun- vides justice for all," the ar- "PRAGMATIC standing the true significan- longer with us and we have tq," Archbishop Hurley chbishop said, characterising ATTITUDE" ce of the reform. t o face the realities of our Archbishop Hurley, a 60said. "The coming of Cu- this position as "dreamThe W.A. Liturgical Co- own age in the Church. bans with Russian material land." year-old native of Cape Town, discussed the views mmission has recommended "If, as seems likely, of South Africa's ruling Na- that in any remodelling of priests will have to spend tionalist Party, whose con- confessional facilities the longer periods in the conforms, anonymous fessional, especially in dialstituency is composed lar- two gely of Afrikaaners, the de- screening or face-to-face, be ogue, it is clear that condiscendants of 17th-century available within the one tions regarding both soundroom which is entered by a proofing Dutch settlers. and general comThe Afrikaaners are about single door. fort will have to be vastly 60 per cent of the white Any . arrangement by improved, to say nothing of population of about 4 mill- which a penitent has to attacks of claustrophobia by ion. The total population is choose between doorways or penitents who stay longer about 24 million. between localities in the that the customary two or The Nationalist Party and church is believed to place three minutes," he commenthe Dutch Reformed Church an unfair burden on the pe- ted to which most Afrikaaners nitent. "Substantial expenditure belong, the archbishop said, Their privacy to choose on painting, ground work or have "adopted a pragmatic either form of confession other maintenance, is taken attitude. should be considered a mat- for granted, and it is strange ter purely between them- that some priests appear to CATHOLIC POSITION selves and the confessor in be quibbling over taking po"Because of sin," they order to avoid any semsitive steps to create the said, "there are divisions be- blance of difference between right environment for what —1:3E1 • • tween different human penitents. has been universally progroups. claimed as a great sacraprincipal The difficulty is "One can't do much about mental renewal in the them so it is best to go likely to occur with re-modChurch," he added. elling existing premises. Mimed Ka/me io caul along with them." Whatever is done for the 1308 ALBANY HIGHWAY CANNINGTON TELEPHONE 651826 ( CONTINUED PAGE 4) time being, it is likely that (CO SEE ALSO PAGE' 6)
• The centre confessionals in St. Mary's Cathedral (pictured) felt the blow of the hammer this week . as partitions and doors were removed to provide a new ambient for the revised rite of penance.
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