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Pell condemns report Cloning report “out of step with human values” ■ By Paul Gray
A Federal Government report on human cloning and the creation of human embryos for destructive experimental purposes has been categorically condemned by Cardinal George Pell in a lengthy public statement. The Lockhart report, commissioned by the Federal Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, and released just before Christmas, reviews the laws governing the scientific creation of human embryos in Australia. The report recommends allowing human cloning and embryo research, with certain restrictions. The recommendations will be discussed by Federal and State Governments at the upcoming Premier’s Conference in February. Cardinal Pell said that the findings of the Lockhart report are “out of step with human values.” The report “points the way to a destructive dead-end and provides no compelling reason for parliament to change the existing laws,” he said. “We call on the Australian community and its legislators to reject it.” Cardinal Pell questioned the honesty of the Lockhart committee’s findings, saying it is unusual for an eminent group of specialists to seriously propose re-defining the meaning of the human embryo. “This has been done for the sole purpose of expanding experimental destruction of early human life for dubious medical purposes,” he said.
Devoted to Mary: Diana LaMattina prays the rosary. New Year’s Day is the Feast of the Mother of God. The Record’s centre pages pay tribute to Mary under one of her Photo: CNS/Paul Finch,/Catholic Sun. most popular titles, Our Lady of Guadalupe. See our feature The Quiet Queen on Pages 8 & 9.
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Priests on the move around parishes of archdiocese rchbishop Barry Hickey has ed Parish Priest of Notre Dame administration to Fr Andre Nahas 25 2005. Fr MC Arulraj, Priest in A announced several clergy Parish, Cloverdale, from the first in February 2006. Fr Nahas will live Charge of Midland parish, has been appointments for the archdiocese to week of February 2006. at Belmont with Fr McGrath. appointed Parish Priest of St Brigid’s take effect from Christmas through to February. Father Brian McKenna will move from Cloverdale Parish at the end of January to a full-time ministry in Spiritual Direction in the newly established Centre for Spirituality of the Archdiocese of Perth. He will be residing in Rivervale Parish. Fr Philip Fleay CM has been appoint-
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Fr Eamon McKenna will retire from the Parish of Rivervale in January 2006. The Administrator of the Parish of St Augustine, Rivervale, will be Fr André Nahas. Fr Eugene McGrath, Parish Priest of Belmont/Redcliffe, will continue with the pastoral work of the Parish and delegate the parish
Fr Brandon Crawford will no longer go to Applecross as Assistant Priest. He has been appointed fulltime to the Army Chaplaincy, to take effect from February 2006. Fr Paul Baczynski, Priest in Charge of East Fremantle has been appointed Parish Priest of Immaculate Conception Parish, East Fremantle from December
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Parish from December 25 2005. Fr John Cranley OMI, having completed a period of administration of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Lesmurdie, has now been appointed Assistant Priest from 28 January 2006. Fr John McGinty OMI is appointed Parish Priest of Lesmurdie from the same date.
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Archbishop Hickey’s message to the people of Perth for the New Year is inspired by his visit to Africa with new priests Fr Asabe from Kenya and Fr Nweke from Nigeria.
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