PERTH, WA: December 26, 1985 — January 1, 1986
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The latest Catholic landmark, sitting prominently on Pinetree Gully Road, Willetton is the church of Saint John and Saint Paul blessed last Sunday by Archbishop Foley. The building costing $338,000 plus another S70,000 for fornishings and other items completes a parish program that has seen $726,000 worth of buildings constructed on the site in six years. (See pages 2 aed 3)
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The 1985 extraordinary synod of bishops ended with an endorsement of the Second Vatican Council's openness to the modern world and its call for inner-church spiritual renewal. The Council did not want an isolated church, Pope John Paul II said in a synod speech on the final working day.
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-On the contrary, she wished to open herself more amply. We must make this desire more and more our own, since it is our duty," he said.
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Bishops' conferences have proven to be useful church organisations, the pope said. He also approved publication of two synod documents: A pastoral "Message to the People of God" and a final document summarising the thoughts and recommendations of the 162 delegates who attended the synod. The synod was called by the pope to analyse the teachings of Vatican II, which lasted from 1962 to 1965.
from NC NEWS SERVICE in Rome The final document said the council had produced "great fruits" but that "deficiencies and difficulties" have occurred in accepting the council's teachings. These problems were not caused by the council but are the result of misunderstanding, misapplication and partial readings of council documents, it said. The pastoral message said
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Pope John Paul also backed two proposals favoured by most synod delegates: The need for a Universal outline of Church teachings as a reference for local catechisms, and the need for deeper study into the nature of bishops' conferences.
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that the "characteristic element" of Vatican H was its "universal call to holiness." "The Church cannot renew herself without more profoundly rooting this spiritual note of mystery in the hearts of Christians," it said. The purpose of the synod was to develop a "deeper understanding of the true nature of Vatican II, in order to respond to the world's new challenges," the pastoral message said. "We experience with you, in an intense and vital way, mankind's present crisis and dramas," it added.
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