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Perth, Thursday, July 28, 1960
Castro Makes First. Attack On Priests During the demonstration Havana: Premier Fidel Castro has launched his first open attack that took place the day of on Catholic priests. In a three-hour television harangue to the Premier Castro's broadcast, an American family was Cuban nation, he called Spanish priests in Cuba "fascists and manhandled by anti-Catho"falangists," or supporters of the Spanish regime of Gen. Francisco lic hecklers outside the Miramar church. Franco. The majority of Cuba's 700 priests are from Spain. The melee began when
Premier Castro lashed out at the clergy hours after the second of two anticommunist demonstrations in as many days erupted into violence outside a Catholic The demonstrachurch. tors had attended a Mass for victims of communists in a Capuchin church in Havana's swank Miramar quarter, and clashed with pro -communist demonstrators who waited for them outside. The previous day's clash took place outside Havana cathedral, where Catholics had heard another Mass for victims of Red persecution. There, too, pro -communists were waiting for the Catholics as they emerged from church. -Premier Castro urged "good Christians" to root out those who "turn churches into counter-revolutionary trenches.' He denounced "false Christians who go to church to conspire instead of to pray." He branded the Catholic University of Villaneuva with some of his worst epithets: "Yankee" and "counter-revolutionary." The university was founded by American Augustinian Fathers. The following day Cuban police announced the arrest of Gaston Fernandez, a pro-
fessor at Villaneuva, on charges of acting against the government. Until his televised attack, the Cuban premier had refrained from public assaults against CuHe ba's Catholic clergy. had said privately that religion is a divisive force
C.W. Leader
Visits Here The past general president of the Catholic Women's League will be arriving in Perth on her way to Instanbul on
Saturday, August 6. She is Mrs. K. Burrows of Sydney, known to quite a number of members of the C.W.L. in this State. Mrs. Burrows would like to meet as many members as possible. To facilitate this, the State executive have arranged an afternoon tea at Centre, the Catholic Victoria-sq., oommencat 2.30 p.m. on that ing day. Mrs. Burrows is the Catholic Women's League representative at the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations.
within the nation, but only last February he described his government's relations with the Catholic Church as "very good." In his television address he declared: "A small group of Pharisees wants to entrench itself in the sanctity of the temples. It is a group of the rich and privileged, who are irreverent enough to fail to keep those places of peace and devotion separate from the vile tactics of selfish people who exploit the poor." He asserted that the anticommunist demonstrations which triggered his attack on priests had been engineered by the U.S. State De-
partment.
To Pingelly At Wish Of Italians On Sunday last His Grace the Archbishop journeyed from Perth to perform the ceremony of blessing a bell, which was erected at St. Anne's Church, Pingelly. The parish priest, the Rev. P. Farrelly, welcomed His Grace and visiting clergy, and then conducted the church them into
through a guard of honour formed by the members of
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the Holy Name Society of Pingelly. The bell was imported from Italy at the express wish of the parishioners. Its weight is 1# cwt. Six medallions are embossed midway round the bell, depicting scenes from the life of St. Anne and her Immaculate Child. The Church at Pingelly is dedicated to St. Anne. The tower for the bell is steel, standing on a granite base, specially wrought in Italian masonry. At the top of this structure, a canopy protects the bell from the inclemency of the weather. This is surmounted by a golden globe, upon which stands a beautiful white cross an inspiration for devotion to the onlooker, as he approaches the church for Mass on Sunday.
Bell's First Peal At the conclusion of the blessing, the choir sang, in Italian and English, the lovely and devotional hymn "The Bells of the Angelus." At the termination of the hymn, the newly -installed bell pealed its initial announcement that Mass was about to commence. Mass was celebrated by Fr. Farrelly, at which His Grace presided, assisted by the visiting clergy. The occasional sermon was preached by the Rev. P. Quinn, D.C.L., the Archbishop's secretary. Afterwards the congregation adjourned to the Road Board hall where afternoon tea was provided. His Grace met there the Member for the district, Mr. Manning, the chairman of the Road Board, Mr. Watts, and other members of the Board. The ceremony was also in the nature of a farewell to Father Farrelly who is due to go abroad on furlough.
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appeal depends entirely on the number of people who make themselves available to collect on that day, readers are asked if they could sacrifice some of their time to assist the appeal by collecting before work, during the morning or during the lunch hour. By doing so, they will be assisting in a practical way in the work of those who care for 98 native and half-caste children who have found a home at Wandering Mission. If it is possible to help,
COLLECTORS ARE STILL URGENTLY NEEDED FOR PERTH AND FREMANTLE.
Tins and Badges may be picked up at the Sportsmen's Council Room, 2nd Floor, A.N.Z. Bank Building (opposite Commonwealth Bank), Murray Street, Perth, on Wednesday, August 3, and Thursday, August 4, from 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and' on Friday, August 5, from 8 a.m. Tins and Badges may be picked up at Fremantle Town Hall supper room on the day of the appeal, i.e., August 5, for collectors in that area.
Armenian Cardinal Gets Missions Post
Catholics emerged from the memorial service shouting slogans. anti -communist Youths waiting outside began retorting: "Cuba, yes! Yankees, no!" Priests said some of these youths were known to be communists. Police broke up the scuffle by firing into the air and hauling away some of the demonstrators. The previous day, Catholics at the memorial Mass for victims of communism began shouting anti -communist slogans in the cathedral itself. Announcement of the Mass in Informacion, only Cuban newspaper not under the control of Premier Fidel Castro's government, brought Continued on Page 16
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intending collectors are requested to fill in the slip below and return to Very Rev. Mgr. M. McKeon, Catholic Centre, Victoria Square.
602 HAY STREET The Town Hall is opposite.
His Grace Blesses Bell Brought
COLLECTORS WILL HELP THESE NATIVE
Permission has been received from the Chief Secretary's Department to conduct a Street Appeal on behalf of our native children at St. Francis Xavier's Native Mission, Wandering, on Friday, August 5. As the success of such an
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I shall be pleased to collect
on Friday, August 5, for the St. Francis Xavier's Native Mission, between the hours: (please cross out times not applicable) 8 a.m. 10 a.m. 12 noon 10 a.m. 12 noon 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 4 p.m. Please state if you desire any special position in the city. Name
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Cardinal Agagianian
Vatican City: His Eminence Gregorio Pietro XV Cardinal Agagianian has been named Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. The 64 -year -old Cardinal, who is Patriarch of Cilitia of the Armenians, had served as Pro -Prefect of the congregation for two years. He succeeds Cardinal Pietro Fumasoni Biondi. who died on July 12. In his post of Pro -Prefect he succeeded Cardinal Samuel Stritch, of Chicago, who died on May 27, 1958. As Prefect, the Armenian Rite Cardinal heads the Vatican body that governs more than 30 million Latin Rite Catholics in mission areas. A native of the Soviet Union, Cardinal Agagianian has been a citizen of Lebanon for the past 22 years. He speaks 12 languages, including French,
English, Russian, Greek, Italian, German and Armenian. He visited the United States in 1951, 1954 and earlier this year, when he addressed the annual convention of the Catholic Press Association in Washington. He visited Australia in 1959 and was accorded a Liturgical Reception in St. Mary's Cathedral on September 22. Born on September 18, 1895, in Tsarist Russiaat Akhaltsikhe, near the Turkish border of Georgia -Cardinal Agagianian went to Rome to begin his studies for the priesthood at the age of 11. He was ordained in 1917 and in 1919 returned as pastor to Tiflis, Georgia, by then a part of the Soviet Union. He went back to Rome in 1921 and was made assistant rector of the Armenian Pontifical College, remaining there for 14 years. He also taught at the Urban College of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, where some West Australian students have studied. He was named bishop in 1935 and took up residence in Syria. He was elected Patriarch of Cicilia by a synod of the Armenian Rite hierarchy in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1937, and his election was confirmed by the Holy See the same year. He was made a cardinal in 1946. In his new post Cardinal Agagianian will direct the congregation which deals with all matters relating to Catholic missions everywhere in the world, including Australia. The congregation has jurisdiction over some 32 million Catholics in approximately 700 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, which are served by more than 25,000 priests, close to 10,000 Brothers and over 65,000 Sisters.