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Help divorce’s children Pope urges sensitivity to inner burdens carried by women who have aborted, and people who end marriages Benedict XVI urges women who have had abortions not to be overcome by discouragement and hopelessness.
Pennies to - or is that from Heaven?
■ By John Thavis ■ By Matthew Biddle
VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope Benedict XVI said the Church must bring the “Gospel of mercy” to those involved in abortion and divorce, showing sensitivity to the inner burdens they bear. He made the remarks on April 5 in a meeting with participants of an international conference on the aftermath of abortion and divorce. The Pope said both practices had created much suffering in modern society, particularly among innocent victims, leaving wounds that affect people’s lives permanently. He said abortion in particular produces “devastating consequences” for the woman involved, for the family and for society, helping promote a materialistic mentality that shows contempt for life. “How much selfish complicity often lies at the root of the painful decision that so many women have had to make alone and whose unhealed wound they carry in their souls,” he said. The Pope urged women who have had an abortion not to be overwhelmed by discouragement and hopelessness and to open themselves to repentance. The Pope said the Church’s ethical teachings about abortion and divorce are well known. Although they are of a different nature, both acts are considered grave offences to human dignity and an offence to God, he said. In addition, he said, both abortion and divorce create innocent victims: “the child recently conceived and still unborn and the children affected by the breakup of family ties.” Continued on Page -2
St Bernadette’s parish in Port Kennedy has raised more than $5000 to fund the building of its new church by collecting five-cent pieces. The small parish has been celebrating Mass in a school hall for the past 13 years, but within months will have its own brand new church. To help pay for the new church, parishioners have been taking home small containers, filling them with five-cent pieces and returning them to the parish since May 2006. Parish priest, Fr Gavin Gomez, described the amount raised by the five-cent piece collection as “astonishing”. “This will certainly help to pay some of the costs of the new church,” he told The Record. “Maybe it will buy four chalices, it might go towards paying for pews, but certainly we’ll spread it around and use it wisely for the church.” Parishioner Betty Burgoyne, who organised the collection, said she never expected the simple fundraising initiative to raise so much money. “I don’t think anybody did really, everybody’s quite amazed,” she told The Record. “I think it’s been absolutely magnificent … for a small parish it’s been wonderful.” Mrs Burgoyne said a number of small jars and containers are left at It all adds up: Parishioners Mary Coton (left), Betty Burgoyne (centre) and parish priest Fr Gavin Gomez (right) with more than $50 worth of five-cent pieces which will go towards the new church. PHOTO: MATTHEW BIDDLE
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