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FOR AUSTRALIA'S POSSIBLE SAINT The Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith is supporting the request of the Australian people to the Pope to have the cause for the beatification and canonisation of Mother Mary of the Cross McKillop introduced. This was indicated Cardinal Gilroy, Archbishop of Sydney, who zaturace, from Rome on April 6. Mother Mary McKillop was the Foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart; which has spread to all parts of Australia. Many Australian Catholics arc praying that she will be named the first Australian born saint. The Cardinal said that the preliminary diocesan examination of Mother Mary's writings had been made. Witnesses who knew her personally or by repute had been examined and their
Morals and Govt. In Philippines President
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Macapagal of the Philippines has sent a message to his country's Congress proposing that a Moral Commission be established to promote morality in public life. President Macapagal said in his message: "The ap-
parent indifference which both our officials and the public have shown towards anomalies and venalities in the public service and the With seeming adulation which our people regard the ostentatious display of wealth and pompous living, have contributed in large measure to the disquieting state of public morality and the existence of rampant graft and corruption in the government service."
tices allowed by law in every area of national endeavour do not contravene the moral order; To keep inviolate the Bill of Rights as a guarantee of individual freedom
and human dignity and to foster vigilance in the enforcement of law; an d IP To disseminate strengthen among public officials and the people the virtues of integrity, honesty, simple living and love for 1...:7nost labour; To create a climate conducive to the attainment of the common welfare.
testimony sent to the Sacred Congregation of Rites. Petitions had been rei:cived in Rome from Bishops and heads of Religious Orders in all parts of
Australia, expressing their belief in the heroism of the virtue of Mother Mary. His Eminence pointed out that the support of the Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith foil these petitions was a most important step forward. Discussing the Second Vatican Council, Cardinal Gilroy said that its preparations had now reached a most advanced stage. He had visited Rome to
attend a meeting, of the Central Commission, whose task was to recommend to Pope John whether in what form the findings of the various commissions should be sent before the council. It was impossible to soy how long tha council would last. Its sessions would start on October 11 and 'continue until early December. If the business was not finished, the council would probably adjourn until after the following Easter. More than two thousand bishops would attend the council meetings in St. Peter's Basilica, which was now being prepared to accommodate them. His Eminence added that before he left Rome, Pope John's personal physician, h:td told him: "The Holy Father is in better health than at the beginning of his pontificate."
Brigidine Staff & Mother General
Among the objective of the proposed commission are; To uphold and safeguard as religious freedom embodied in the constitu-
ROME A
jubilant priest gets
a good position to wave to the Holy Father during the Easter Sunday celebration in St. Peter's Square in Rome. This happy moment was one man's climax to the year's Easter preparations. Thousands and thousands of the faithful thronged to the square to receive the Pontiff's special Easter
into
tion;
blessing.
AT IT AGAIN!
PERTH
To see to it that the prac-
Stockholm (NC): The
In St. Mary's Cathe-
Soviet Government has decreed that the Russian Orthodox Easter will be a working day this year. This is the latest tactic in a stepped -up drive against religion. said: The broadcast "To meet the wishes of U.S.S.R. workers, the Council of Ministers has decreed that the rest day
transferred from SunApril 29, to Monday, April 30." The Orthodox Church
dral people
ceremonies
5,000 Holy
during the of Maundy
Friday and the Easter Vigil on Saturday night. The three ceremonies were packed, particularly the Liturgical Action on Gcod Fri dal when there was not room. standing even Other parishes in the metropolitan area also had packed churches and large numbers receiving Holy Communion.
Thursday, Good
be
day,
observes Easter a week later than the Western Easter this year.
alone, over received
Communion
Seated I left 1, The Mother General of the Brigidine Sisters Mother M. Chanel of Tuflow, Ireland, who has Just completed her visitation of the Australian houses, and Rev., Mother Gerard, Superior at Subiaco. Standing, left to right: Mother Catherine, Mother Marietta, Mother Imelda, Mother Roniface, Mother Sebastian and Mother Colombiere; all staff of the new school.
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