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The first. . . Perth's first Catholic church, and for a time its cathedral, took a new lease of life at a dedication ceremony dedication Mass last week on the feast of St. John the Evangelist. It was 136 years to the day since Father John Brady began building the church just 19 days after he had reached Fremantle with a stop at Albany. The foundation stone was laid on January 16 1844. It is estimated that there could have been as few as thirty Catholics in the Perth region at the time; nonCatholics gave generously to the project. Archbishop Goody told the rather small congregation that turned up for last weeks' ceremony that it was a nostalgic occasion. For that reason he offered Mass in Latin, the only Ianguage that the humble church had ever known. The vestments worn by the
archbishop and his assistants, Dean Foley and Father Barry Hickey, were the only decent ones that could be found from the turn of the century. Archbishop Goody noted that this first place of Catholic worship in WA is also the oldest standing cathedral church in the whole of Australia. In its uncompleted state it was a Catholic school in 1844 until Father Joostens moved down to Albany after Father Brady had left on February 11 after a stay of just two months. It was the first Catholic school to be staffed by Religious when the Sisters of (See also page 5)
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PROFESSOR KUNG V ATICAN CITY: Professor Hans Kung can no longer be considered a Catholic theologian nor function as such in a teaching role.
The ban on the controversial German churchman was issued by the V atican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith with the approval ( / of Pope John Paul 11, on / December 18. Professor Kung has 0 , been teaching theology at a secular university at ‘ N.
TUBINGEN West Germany (NC): "I am deeply ashamed of my church" said Father Hans Kung on the day of the Vatican announcement. "I am proud of my church" came the immediate retort Tubingen (West Gerwhen a document from from the United States in a many) in recent years. Rome declared that some statement by Archbishop The Vatican condemopinions of Professor Quinn, president of the US nation says that Hans Kung were opposed in Bishops' Conference. Kung "has in no way different degrees to the But as statements for and sought to conform to the doctrine of the Church against the Vatican decision doctrine of the magistwhich must be held by all grew louder, Cardinal erium". the faithful. Hoffner, president of the At the time, the Vatican West German Bishops Concongregation refrained It traces the present ference, delivered an even from further action, decision back to 1975 stiffer rebuke to the German presuming that Professor priest theologian than the Kung himself would Roman declaration. abandon those opinions. "HARM" He explained that Bishop Moser, of RottenburgThese opinions, it Stuttgart, in whose diocese continue, do harm to THE ISSUES DL No 0891 Tubingen is situated, had other points Catholic of The particular doctrinal faith such as the consub- , withdrawn the "nihil obstat" issues over which Profthat was given to Father stantiality of Christ with essor Kung was cited are: Kung 19 years ago. the Father and place the • Infallibility in the Tubingen University is of Blessed the Virgin Church; / under the control of the GerMary. • Interpretation of the man State of Baden Wur"The meaning ascribed Word of God; to these doctines is 0 temberg and the State •The valid consecration Education Minister is different from that which of the eucharist. reported to have said that the Church underhas The congregation said Father Kung will be offered stood and now underthat it expected Professor another post in the unistands", says the Vatican Kung would at the time versity. document. bring his opinions into The day after his prohibiThe document T that says harmony with the authtion by Rome, Father Kung Bishops of Germany and entic teaching of the defied it by giving a 90 minthe Roman Congregation Church. ute lecture to an overflow several times counselled It says that his opinion crowd of 2,000, with another and warned him to carry • on the infallibility of the 1000 hearing it relayed to a theological on his work in 0: Church reduces it to the nearby auditorium. full communion f with the possibility of error in authentic teaching of the Meanwhile th?. Swiss / doctrinal statements, Church. Bishops' Conference has • which, the teaching called on Father Kung to SEE PACE 2 authority of the Church revise his views. \\X\\N\s \NV •. &\-\\* ". VN.N.\\VN.N. \\\'\\ t eaches must be held definitively. The congregation says that he has recently, in 1979, proposed his view again in two publications, even though he had been warned that such opinions contradict the teaching of the First and Second Vatican Councils. The congregation goes so far as to call his opinions to be "contempt for the magisterium of the Church". They are found in other works published by him, it says.
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