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Proclaim the faith: Pope to French
PARIS: Pope John Paul II opened his four day visit to France telling Catholics to 'discard any faintheartedness" in proclaiming their faith. Emphasising certainty in their faith he said: "I came here to support you on the gospel path, a narrow path indeed but the greatest one, the secure one. The voyage was generally regarded as an effort to stimulate what the Vatican considers. the declining adherence to Catholicism in French life. Although 85 percent of the French profess Catholicism, only 20 percent are practising Catholics.
CONFLICT The pope's 24 speeches in France included: • Asking the French bishops to reconcile differences between Catholics rejecting many of the teachings of Vatican II and those wanting more liberal interpretations of the council documents. • Telling scientists they are threatening the future
of mankind through genetic manipulation and by creating increasingly destructive nuclear weapons. • Warning workers against viewing communism as the solution to the world's injustices. "The world has been led into an unstable situation due to geopolitical reasons, to wounded national pride, to the materialism of our age, to the decadence of moral values," he said on June 2 in a speech at the headquarters of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). A lthough science existed to serve mankind, it had often been used for destructive aims such as genetic manipulation and the development of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, he said.
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Using tradition to localise 'foreign' West Samoan church
SYDNEY: "In Western Samoa, the Church has been and still is a foreign Church and the challenge is to localise the Church," Cardinal Taofinu'u said here last week. "When I say 'localisation' I mean making Christ personal in the life of the people," he said. "Till now the Church has been — and still is -a foreign Church. "That is people's mentality, their understanding of it. It's something outside their culture." Cardinal Taofinu'u said that in the past, instruction had been in a moralising voice. "It has been something people could memorise, but did not really know how to put into practice in their lives," he said. "They have the faith now — a simple faith.
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"But it is not enough today as the islands open up to the outside world. "The influences of the outside world will shake that simple faith. "It's alright for the old folks. "They're settled with their spirituality. "They feel the more rosaries they say the holier they are.
"But that sort of spirituality is not acceptable to the younger people. "They live in a different world." Cardinal Taofinu'u said that one way to encourage the "localisation" process was to use elements of traditional ceremonies in the liturgy, especially the Mass. For example, the traditional royal welcome, the Kava ceremony, could be used. "We have the traditional royal offering of gifts," he said. "We try to use elements of this in the offertory procession — and deepen it by explaining how gifts of food represent God's gift to us of life. "The Kava ceremony is incomplete without what we call its consequence.
CELEBRATE "The consequence is a feast and a presentation of gifts. "We are trying to marry this traditional ceremony and the Mass. "And it's been most
In Sydney last week 42 Australian bishops met with 38 bishops from the Pacific region. The theme of their meeting was The Family, in preparation for the Synod of Bishops meeting in Rome this year. Nicholas KERR, of The Southern Cross, Adelaide has attended the meeting of behalf of the Catholic Press and has filed reports that appear on pages 1,2,3,4 and 5.
successful. "Of course, there are some who complain. But you can't please everyone. "In Samoa, when we celebrate we celebrate. "The old style of Mass was more like a mourning ceremony than the singing of the alleluii because Christ is risen and his victory is ours."
CATECHIST Cardinal Taofinu'u said that his diocese places great emphasis on the role of catechists.
Among 38 Pacific region bishops who met with Australian bishops in Sydney last week, left to right: Archbishop COPAS, Kerema, Papua New Guinea; Cardinal TAOFINU'U, Apia, Western Samoa; Bishop CRAWFORD, Gizo, Solomon Island; Archbishop TO PAIVU, Port Moresby, P. N. G.; Bishop KURONGKU, Honiara, P.N.G. — Picture "Catholic Weekly," Sydney.
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Catechists have been an important part of the Church in the diocese for more than a century. "The word 'catechists' can be deceiving," he said. "The catechist system is very common in missionary areas. "Catechists can be people who teach catechetics. "Their only preparation may be two or three seminars. "When I talk about catechists I mean people who have had four years of preparation in a theological college and who are then sent by the bishop to work full-time in a village. (CONTINUED P.3)
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