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A t the Fremantle fishing harbour last Sunday, faces strained as the men took up the heavy load of the statue of Our Lady of Martyrs past the ship on which it hadbeen carried through the fleet in a special blessing ceremony presided over by Bishop Quinn. Meanwhile, the queen of the festival, Miss Maria Citrigno, of Fremantle, was bearing up well but one of her young attendants was feeling the strain after the long walk from St Patrick's Church and the water journey.
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SYDNEY: "There appears to be a considerable improvement in the condition of refugees throughout Africa," Mr Michael Whiteley, National Director of A ustrlaian Catholic Relief, said recently. "The massive amount of aid given to those countries through international and local agencies had given some hope to the approximately 5 million refugees in Africa", Mr Whiteley added. Through the International Disaster Emergencies Committee, the Australian public has contributed over $500,000 towards relief programs Australian Catholic Relief has already given $100,000 to assist these programs and plans to allocate a further $150,000 towards relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction programs for refugees and displaced persons in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Uganda and Zimbabwe. At a resettlement camp south of Addis Ababa, three months ago 19 children were dying each day from malnutrition and disease. The Catholic Relief A gency in 'Ethiopia mounted a feeding program and Church personnel opened a clinic "The mortality rate had dropped to virtually nil and the people in the camp were physically in very good condition", he said. "However", Mr Whiteley added, "the biggest problem facing the refugees is one of despair.
QUEEN AT THE VATICAN
VATICAN CITY (NC) — Queen Elizabeth II and Pope John Paul II have expressed hope for greater unity between Anglicans and Roman Catholics.
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The Queen, accompanied by Prince Philip and an entourage of 15 people, spent more than two hours at the Vatican. She also welcomed the possibility of a papal visit to Great Britain in 1982 and said that such a trip could "enable us all to see more clearly those truths which both unite and divide us in a new and
constructive light." Pope John Paul although he did not say when he expected to make the trip,commented:
both as sons and daughters of the Catholic Church and as loyal citizens of their nation at the same time Ihope to greet with fraternal respect and friendship other fel" With great anticipation I look low Christians and people of good forward to having the opportun- will." ity of making a pastoral visit to the The Pope praised the Christian Catholics of Great Britain. "On that occasionIhope to meet them history of Great Britain and the
cultural achievements of its people. "The ideals of freedom and democracy, anchored in your past, remain challenges for every generation of upright citizens in your land," he said. Pope John Paul told the Queen
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