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PERTH, WA: MARCH 19-25, 1981 TELEPHONE: (09) 328 1388
Vatican City (NC) -- The abortion of deformed fetuses or killing of newborn handicapped babies is 'pseudohumanism," according to a Vatican statement on the United Nations International Year of The Disabled Person. (IYDP). Abortion of deformed fetuses 'compromises the ethical order of objective values and must be rejected by upright consciences, the Vatican statement said.
"It is a form of behaviour newborn, the Holy See which, if it were applied at defended the protecting of a different age, would be life whenever possible in considered gravely anti- the delicate area of medical human." ethics when doctors and The Holy See's statement, families are faced with urged a comprehensive babies who are severely approach to integrating handicapped, mentally or the handicapped into fam- physically, but able to live ily, social, civil and work if provided with the modlife. ern medical care available. It stressed that the 'dig- Underlying the comments nity and worth' of every was the Catholic ethical human person is the basis d octrine that truly on which society at every extraordinary or disprolevel ought to approach the portionate means need not rights and needs of the be applied to save a perhandicapped. son's life. The Vatican statement On the other hand ordia ttacked euthanasia nary means such as nutri(mercy killing) for disabled tion and available medical newborn infants. and surgical care may not "The deliberate failure to be withheld or withdrawn provide assistance, or any simply because the person act which leads to the sup- to be saved is severely pression of the newborn handicapped. disabled person, represents "Christians, responding a breach not only of medi- to Gospel demands of cal ethics but also of the human solidarity, love and fundamental and inalien- witness, will stand side by A t the Saint Mary's Cathedral Mass last Saturday ble right to life. side with their brothers "One cannot at whim dis- a nd sisters, of all morning during which Archbishop Goody had ordained pose of human life by organisations. him priest, Father Joseph Parkinson is pictured giving claiming and arbitrary "They foster support, the sign of peace before communion to his father Mr Bob power over it." increase initiatives suitable "The respect, the dedica- for alleviating the situation Parkinson (seated) and his mother Mrs Margaret Parkintion, the time and means of the suffering, and for son, of Tuart Hill. required for the care of inserting them harmonWith them were their handicapped persons, even iously into the context of of those whose mental normal civil life to the other eight children, 13 f aculties are gravely extent that this is possible,' grandchildren and relatives from Sydney, Daraffected, is the price that a the Holy See said. society should generously It specifically called for a win, Melbourne and Pay in order to remain portion of the funds used Adelaide. Later in the day the truly human," the state- in the world's arms race to ment said. be used instead to aid the Osborne Park home where the Parkinsons have lived Wi its comments on the worlds suffering. M ELBOURNE: Ninety-four since their marriage, burst NSIDE WA 'S OLDEST v ,F4tV to the seams with over 200 adults who want to be received into visitors, 77 of them WEEKLY NEWSPAPER the Catholic Church at Easter took relatives. "We come from large a major step in their initiation at a families, Mrs Parkinson ceremony in St. Patrick's Cathedsaid. "I am one of seven children and my husband ral recently. is one of eleven descended For 19 of them who have never received from a pioneer Bunbury the sacrament of Baptism, there was the family. Rite of Election of Catechumens. "Mr Parkinson has been • 4, The other 75 have already been baptised and now invalided for the past two want to be received into full communion with the years, and it was only the Catholic Church. They took part in the Rite of daily prayers of the Christian Initiation of Adults into the Church. Osborne Park prayer The rites are recent revivals of the ancient catechu4r group that kept him well menate or series of planned steps by which adults the ceremony' enough for became members of the Church. she said. Archbishop Little conducted the Thursday evenOn Sunday, Father Par- ing ceremonies before a congregation of about 1000 kinson said Mass in the people. It was the first time the rites had been conchurch of St. Kieran where ducted on a diocesan basis. Previously they had been he had been baptised, held in parish churches. received penance comAbout 20 parishes were represented at the munion and confirmation, cathedral. and was an altar server The catechumens were accompanied by individwhile attending St. Kie- ual godparents who publicly vouched for the aderan's school and Servite uate formation of their charges and indicated College. pproval of their being permitted to come to- the Over 350 parishioners Easter sacraments. attended a parish social in his honour afterwards.
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