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Church was prepared to go bankrupt if necessary. But Bishop Coleridge said money in compensation was only part of the solution. "Money is the least of our worries. There has to be healing." the Bishop said. Bishop Coleridge returned to Melbourne at the weekend after nearly five years in the Vatican's Secretariat of State, in Rome. He said he knew he had returned to a sad Church - a Church in crisis. He would have liked to have been the bearer of joy, even for the saddest of people. "My job is to gather all the people together - and to reach out to the victims," he told Hamilton. He said any attempt to deny or underestimate the crisis was doomed.
"The only way to work through this is for the whole Church to draw together and work with no spirit of partisanship, antagonism, reproach or condemnation. "We are all wounded - we are all afflicted by what has happened. "Our first responsibility is to help the victims," Bishop Coleridge told Hamilton. He said the Church could not preach the Gospel of Jesus without attending firstly and absolutely to the very reasonable demands and requests of the victims. His arrival from Rome was met by headlines about new hush money claims; and abuse victim claims of payments for silence. Continued - Page 2
Hands of friendship and cooperation join By Peter Rosengren A rare meeting between Christians focussed on building friendship between members of the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches took place at the Catholic Church offices in Perth last Friday, June Z Archbishop Barry Hickey met with the Greek Orthodox Bishop of Western Australia and South Australia, Bishop Nikandros Dorilaiou. On hand were also retired Auxiliary Bishop Robert Healy, new Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton and seminary Rector Fr Tim Corcoran, as well as Orthodox and Catholic clerical and lay members of a group which has been working towards bettering relations between the two churches. During the meeting Archbishop Hickey told Bishop Nikandros, who will be based in South Australia but regularly visiting the West, that it was a pleasure and a joy to welcome his brother in the episcopate to the "hub of activity for our ministry to the Catholic people of Perth." The door of the Cathedral presbytery would always be open to Bishop Nikandros "In friendship and support for your own ministry among the Orthodox people of Perth." he told Bishop Nikandros.
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The Catholic Church in Australia would do whatever is necessary to help victims of abuse, the newly appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Bishop Mark Coleridge has told the Herald Sun newspaper. Bishop Coleridge's statement followed new 60 Minutes allegations that the Church had attempted to cover-up abuse complaints and compensation payments. Bishop Coleridge, 53, is in charge of 70 parishes in Melbourne's western suburbs and Geelong. He told the Herald Sun's John Hamilton that the Church would do whatever was necessary to clean up a Church reeling under the scandal of sexual abuse and accusations of hush money. He said the
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General: That the leaders and members of different religions may cooperate in their search for world peace, based on conversion of heart and fraternal dialogue. Missionary: That the lay faithful, in virtue of their Baptism, may strive with all their strength to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world in their own environments.
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Archbishop Hickey and Bishop Nikandros shake hands as brother bishops at the meeting watched by the Bishop's secretary, Orthodox laywoman Sussanna Dimitrakos, Catholic layman Philip Shields and St Charles' Seminary Rector, Fr nm Corcoran. Photo * Peter Roserigrer
Archbishop Hickey invited Bishop Nikandros to stand with him to assist the group that has been working at a local level towards building links and understanding
between Greek Orthodox and Catholics. Friendship is high on the agenda. Catholic layman Philip Shields, a founder of the Continued on Page 2
Our new paper for Catholic - Discovery - will be published on liresday, June 24. It will be circulated to all families with children at Catholic schools during the week and will be available in parishes on the weekend of June 29-30. Discovery will replace The Record that weekend and on each subsequent occasion it is published. The Catholic Education Office has accepted responsibility for circulating Discovery. Consequently, it will be available in all Catholic schools throughout the State. Archbishop Hickey announced plans for the paper late last year and preparations have been under way since then. The Archbishop introduced the paper as a more effective means of communicating with Catholic families. Catholics make up about 25 per cent of Western Australia's population, or close to half a million people. While they are served by many news media, the State's news coverage shows little awareness or respect for the fact that so many people share deep spiritual and social bonds with one another and with more than a billion people worldwide. While Catholics are totally integrated in all aspects of life in Western Australia, they also share interests and commitments that are largely not recognised or understood by the rest of society. Discovery is an attempt to provide a new medium through which Catholics - particularly those directly associated with the Church through parishes and schools - can share knowledge about the Church in WA and around the world. Depending on school holidays and a few other factors, Discovery will aim for monthly production. It will be a newspaper carrying both immediate news and magazine style articles. The first issue, for example, will carry a review of the soon-to-bereleased movie "Molokai" which is the inspiring story of Father Damien, the Catholic priest who gave his life in the service of lepers in Hawaii. Another feature will be about the "Pope's bombshell". US lawyer Mary Ann Glendon. Discovery is designed primarily for families, particularly parents and senior students, but it will have appeal for all. The style and content of future issues will be influenced by the response from readers.
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Bishops meet Cardinal rejects rumours Continued from Page 1 working group, has previously spent time as an observing student at an Orthodox seminary in Greece and is hoping that students from seminaries there could one day spend similar time at St Charles in Guildford. Speaking through an interpreter, Bishop Nikandros thanked Archbishop Hickey and the group saying their Christian love "has been affectionate" and he was very happy with the opening that had been created here in Perth. "We have nothing to divide us and we all strive for the salvation of our souls," he told the gathering. All those present had a responsibility in front of God, Bishop Nikandros added, saying: "One day God will ask us what we have done to unite with other Christians." First and most important, Bishop Nikandros said, there must be unity among the clergy and hierarchy of the two churches. However, he added, "I can see your love, and hearts speak louder than words." Bishop Nikandros also said he hoped for continuous communication between himself and the Catholic Church in Perth "and would like to see you more often as I come from Adelaide."
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Current photos of Pope John Paul II reveal how far the disease commonly believed to be a form of Parkinson's has taken a physical toll on him, compared to only eight or so years ago. But German Cardinal Joachim Meisner says 'resign' is a word John Paul II doesn't know the meaning of. Photo GALS,Reuters
of the congregations there. "Cologne is the German Rome." he said. He also told the newspaper he was not disturbed by the fact that much of the German media was very critical of what some call his theologically conservative positions. "It's an advantage," he said. that when Imeet someone personally, their opinion of me can only get better." Why resignation won't happen - Page 11
Continued from Page 1 It Is a baptism of fire for the new auxiliary bishop. Nlelbourne-born and educated, he served as a priest in several suburbs
before being assigned to Rome in 1980 for advanced scripture studies. He returned briefly and acted as the spokesman for the Melbourne Archdiocese. He has received several academic degrees, now speaks five languages and his years in the Vatican secretariat have prepared him with unsurpassed diplomatic and negotiating skills, after having experienced dealing with the 163 nations accredited to it. One of his most recent appointments was as chaplain
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to the Pope. He is renowned for crisis management. Bishop Coleridge said he kept a sense of perspective amid the splendour of the Vatican by putting a poster on his wall proclaiming in big headlines : "Do Not Lose Sight of Jesus." Walking to work each morning he would plan his course through the basilica to pass the tomb of St Peter, and Implore him each day "Peter - just help me not to forget." Bishop Coleridege told Hamilton "the only good and beautiful thing the Catholic Church has to say is Jesus."
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By Carole McMillen The queues for the St Mary's Cathedral jumble sale held last Saturday, stretched from the parish centre doors, clown the footpath towards Victoria Street. Within two minutes of the doom opening bargain hunters were sifting through boxes, opening and shutting cupboards and eagerly carrying their items to Cathedral Dean, Monsignor Thomas McDonald for payment. A few people could be seen guarding their purchase items too large to
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believe in God and have always used the 10 commandments as my rules for life. Istarted out as a Christian with the Anglican Church. My mother took me and the family along to St Peter's, the Wongan Hills Anglican Church in country WA where I was confirmed an Anglican at 14 years of age and received my first Holy Communion. Our family shifted to Northam in December 1960, so my two brothers and sister and I could attend Northam Senior High Schoo!, and we went to St John's Anglican church in Northam. One highlight of my time attending St John's was pumping the bellows for the pipe organ in the church. My mother used to sing in the choir and received her 50-year medallion recently for being a long-serving member of the Mothers' Union. From the age of 17 to 211 didn't attend church regularly. I lived in Orchid Street, Joondanna Heights, with my two aunties who attended St Dennis's Catholic Church nearby, but only went with them on me occasions. AfterIcompleted my engineering studies at WAIt a friend of mine invited me to come over to St David's Anglican Youth Fellowship in Applecross. I went on to
become the president of the AYF at St David's and had many good times there. My conversion to the Catholic Church started in 1979 when I married Glynnis. When Glynnis and I started courting I found out she was a practising Catholic and attended St Joseph Pignatelli Church in Attadale. We were married in her church by Fr Dan Foley on the 12th May 1979, the 150th year of Western Australia. We attended two pre-Cana conferences. We shifted into our home in Bentley and have attended Santa Clara Catholic Church for Saturday night Vigil Mass for
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While Glynnis was taking shorthand, I sometimes took photos for her, for which I received a byline in The Record, which made me feel an important member of the Church. Also, during this time, I caught up with Doug Williams, the Archbishop's master of ceremonies, on several occasions, who was the master of ceremonies at our wedding in 1979. Over the past seven or so years at Santa Clara, I have been rostered as a reader and usher at the Saturday Vigil Mass and have also enjoyed helping out as a cook on the barbecue at the church fete and also at the Christmas party. I have made many good friends at Santa Clara. The power of prayer has been important to me especially as a student. I always pray before studying and exams for God to help me to do a good job and he has helped me to obtain three university degrees. I love God and having been an Anglican and now a convert to Catholicism for the past nine years, I feel Christ is one of the most important persons in my life. I enjoy being a full member of the Catholic Church and being able to partake of the sacraments and singing along with the hymns.
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I attended Confirmation instruction in the Catechism with our parish priest Fr William M. Fitzgerald 0. Praem, now in America, at our home in 1993 and received the sacrament of Confirmation on 26th June. 1993 at Santa Clara from Mgr Michael Keating. My wife Glynnis was a journalist with The Record during 2000 and 2001 and during these two years I went with her to many Church services and functions, meeting many priests, nuns and dignitaries of the church, especially the Archbishop, Barry Hickey and the Dean of the Cathedral. Mgr Thomas McDonald, who had been our parish priest at Santa Clara.
Trinh makes her first vows and Fourteen years ago, Minh Duong arrived in Australia with her sister. refugees from Vietnam. On Easter Monday, with seventy members of her family round her, she made her First Vows as a Loreto Sister. It was a great day, a culmination of a long journey, of settling in to a new culture, acquiring a new language and qualifications, eventually establishing her family in Melbourne and then able to pursue her sense of calling to religious life. As part of her novitiate training, Minh has done voluntary work in palliative care, with the homeless, with women in crisis, and in parish based pastoral ministry. But the journey of the heart was the most important part of the two years: her thirty day retreat, doing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. was a time of deep learning. Now Trinh leaves the novitiate and takes up her ministry in the parish of Noble Park In Trinh's words: "WhenIlook back on my journey, I see how God has always been with me and has brought me to this Natalie, Trfnh, Lisa and Janet together at the celebrations. day of great joy. them his compassion and encourage- novices: Lisa Tse of Middle Park parish. "I know God will always lead me with ment and joy.' Following Trinh in the Melbourne, Natalie Houlihan of Warlove. With all my heart, I want to follow Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary nambool parish, Victoria and Janet his way and serve his people, bringing (Loreto Sisters) are three first year Palafox of Manly Vale parish. Sydney.
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Conference a prayer for peace A conference focussing on Mary and attended by about 500 people in Perth at the beginning of June was also "a prayer for peace" the keynote speaker told The Record Fr Paul Maria Sigl, a co-founder of a Catholic religious community known as the Family of Mary CoRtxlemptrix, gave several talks on the day while members of the new group sang hymns during breaks and met with Catholic laity. The conference, organised by a range of Marian groups in Perth was held at Mercedes College on Sunday June 1. Fr Sigl, an Austrian priest who cofounded the community that has attracted many young Catholics, said Pope John Paul II approved the Family in 1994. The Family currently has 20 priests, 10 religious brothers and more than 100 sisters, he told The Record It is a movement focussed on the sanctification of the priesthood and to spread the message of God's mercy to all parts of the world, he said. This, he added, is the first 'colmull' upon which the family rests. The sisters exenise a kind of spiritual motherhood of priests, praying and offering the daily sacrifices of their lives for priests everywhere. An important element of this is perpetual Eucharistic adoration in which they engage. The 'second column' of the movement is Its Marian spirituality. "We lead. prepare and teach people to umstxmte theniselvas to the Immaculate Ilean of Mary." Fr Sigl told lin. Wawa
Fr Paul Maria Segl, centre, with Sisters Angela, left, Elisabeth, Clelia and Michaela, all Sisters in the Family of Mary Co-Redemptrix. Sean Tobin, at right, has joined the community as a brother and has been a member for several years.
"We spread devotion to Mary under the marvellous biblical title 'Mother of all Nations'," he added. The new movement, he explained. is "very hidden." "We have mission stations in 15 different nations, including Russia, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Slovakia and the Netherlands." His key message for the conference that weekend, he said.is that those who know Mary already undersiand that Mary is
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their mother....Iwant them to grow in love and do what Our Lady asks in Church-approved messages from hen" "For those who don't know Mary" he added, "we must grow in love. which is infinite and has no measure. We therefore encourage believers to imitate Mary in her virtues." Fr Sigl defended the title chosen for
the Family - Co-Redemptrix- saying that many saints, theologians and even popes had used it. Even Pope John Paul II has used this title for Mary on at least six occasions, he said. He said that in his opinion it is only a matter of tune before the Church bestows the title of CoRedemptrix la Latin phrase meaning
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'Co-Redeemer'l on Our Lady." "I am convinced it will come and we have to pray that it will come as soon as possible," he said. The use of the title, however, has been somewhat controversial and debated within Church circles. Those who oppose the use of the title say that it would be contrary to the unique redeeming role of Jesus as the Son of God, a function which only God could carry out Mary's total cooperationin that role is not sufficient to accord her a title which only her Son can have, they argue. However Fr Sigl said the issue at hand was very similar to Our Lady's title of the Immaculate Conception. She gave the miraculous medal that carries her title 10 Mary conceived without sin...1 to St Catherine Laboure in 1830 in Paris. The popularity of the medal saw it spread to all pails of the world from that point on, but it was not until 24 years later that Pope Pius IX declared the dogma (an official Church teaching) of the Immaculate Conception. The priest said he believes a similar thing is happening now in relation to the title of Co-Redemptrix and that the official proclamation of the title will only take place after devotion to Mary under such a banner has spread throughout the world.
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hings move fast in the media age. means that more than any other generaAn incident on a World Cup soccer tion in history, we are all wired into the pitch in Japan or Korea is relayed big arguments and conflicts of our time. We're participants in whatever major worldwide in an instant - and suddenly, issue is happening in the world - whether there can be riots in three countries. Take the recent World Cup match we want to be or not. Catholics are caught between England and Argentina for up in one of those unwelcome arguments example. The match came down to one right now. "Should the Church change?" is a quescontroversial moment - the awarding of a penalty free kick to England, from which tion that is now receiving a thorough media airing. England captain David Beckham goaled. Was the free kick justified? Or did If Catholics are to give a sensible answer Argentina have cause to feel wronged - as to the question, it's imperative they don't England did all those years ago when let themselves get swamped by a tide of Argentina won another World Cup clash fast-moving events and exhaustive media after Diego Maradona scored that infa- coverage. mous "hand of God" goal? Think of David Beckham taking deep Soccer is only a game, of course. But it's breaths before running in for that matcha game, nevertheless, in which hundreds deciding penalty shot. A level head, and a of millions of people invest enormous pas- calm, cool look at the basics of what we sion, seriousness and national pride. must do are just as much in order for So a televised soccer moment can easi- Catholics now as they were for Beckham ly create a situation that is suddenly about then. much more than what happens on the For us, returning to "the basics" means field. remembering why the Church governs That is the power of media - and the herself as she does. As usual, when faced danger of living in a media age. Good or with a difficult situation, it means returnbad, right or wrong, everybody, every- ing to the Word of God Himself. in Scripwhere sees controversy as soon as it hap- ture. pens. Take just two verses: Matthew 16:19 and The speed of information dissemina- Matthew 18:18. In these crucial passages, tion, and saturation coverage by the media Jesus tells Peter and the Apostles that they penetrating deep into all our daily lives, hold true and lasting authority from Him. means something major to all of us. It "Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you
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make mistakes while acting in the Church's name. They do, however, mean that Jesus - the Word Incarnate, God Himself - intended these weak human vessels, these Apostles, to make important judgments and decisions affecting the life of God's people on earth through future generations. The Church, imperfect though she sometimes is in her earthly operations, has always taken this intention seriously. As well she should - for the words of Jesus are "instructions from the top," after all. Part of the business of taking it seriously has been making decisions about church government. Rules regulating the liturgy, rules regulating receipt of the sacraments, the rule of priestly celibacy - all follow from Jesus' clear instruction to the Apostles to attend to "binding and loosing." This is the unshakeable core of Catholic U.S. and Korean children play a soccer game belief in the authority of the Church, its at a Buddhist temple in Seoul. The game was bishops and priests. held in celebration of Buddha's birthday and They are not symbolic figureheads, set to promote the FIFA World Cup finals in South there to remind us all of what a nice guy Korea. Photo: t_ Jesus was, or host cheery gatherings at Church on Sunday mornings. They are part of the structure set up by bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be Christ. loosed in heaven," says Jesus to his gathHe is the boss - and we can't change His ered disciples (Matt. 18:18). way of running things, just because the Obviously, such words do not excuse the Church today is going through one of the Apostles, or their successors, when they many difficult passages in her history.
Ti) JESUS II IROUG1I MARY A column of Marian devotion
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oday's liturgy bids us to pray for voca- sions are increasing, missionary vocations tions. The gospel (Matthew 9.36-10.9) are declining. contains our Lord's words: "The harWe should be praying for vocations, espevest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask cially missionary vocations. the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to We should be praying hard for Australia's His harvest." own Order of Priests and Brothers, the ConIn the first reading (Exodus 19:2-6) we hear fraternity of Christ the Priest who are Mishow three months after the Israelites had sionaries to the Churchless, undertaking the escaped from Egypt, they came to the desert intensive apostolate. or wilderness of the Sinai peninsula and In the second reading (Romans 5:6-11) St they pitched their tents at the foot of Mount Paul says: "We were still helpless when at Sinai (called Horeb also). the appointed time Christ died for sinful Moses went up Mount Sinai, where he had men. It is not easy to die even for a good man previously received instructions to lead the - though of course for someone really worChosen People out of Egypt. thy, a man might be prepared to die - but This time the Lord called to him from the what proves that God loves us is that Christ mountains, saying: "Say this to the House of died for us while we were still sinners. Jacob, declare this to the sons of Israel, 'You "Having died to make us righteous, is it have seen what I did with the Egyptians'." likely that he would now fail to save us from God told Moses to remind the people (and God's anger?" they needed reminding) of the miracles he Holy priests and Religious save the world had worked to free them from the Egyptians. from God's anger. "I have carried you on eagles wings." The One of the ways they do this is by bringing journey to Sinai was relatively easy. The sinners to repentance by their prayers and expression is poetic rather than exact. their apostolate. "If you obey my voice and hold fast to my How much the world needs holy priests covenant, you of all the nations shall be my today! Whether they come in sufficient numvery own, for all the earth is mine." bers depends on whether we pray for vocaGod is Lord of all creation and of all peo- tions. ples and he may choose one race for his speNumerous holy priests are ours for the askcial purpose. ing. The reading concludes: "I will count you a The gospel passage exhorts us to pray for kingdom of priests, a consecrated nation." vocations. APREL, the Association for the The Jews were elected to give honour to Promotion of Religious Life challenges Austhe true God, and keep his name known on tralian Catholics to spend half an hour a earth until such time as the blessing week before the Blessed Sacrament praying promised to their father Abraham would for vocations or to attend an extra weekly bring the knowledge of him to all nations. Mass for that intention. APREL's address is We need vocations not just for pastoral PO Box 364, Mulgrave North Vic 3170. care, but more importantly for missionary Those wishing to help the Jesuits in India outreach. cleanse the lepers may send donations to the Pope Paul II is concerned that, in some Jesuit Mission Centre, PO Box 193, North places, while monetary offerings to the mis- Sydney NSW 2059. Page,6
he Church was willed by Christ, not by men. It is the new People of God since "God willed to make men holy and save them, not as individuals without any bond or link between them, but rather to make them into a people who might acknowledge him and serve him in holiness" (LG 9). Even if immediately before this it is affirmed that "at all times and in every race anyone who fears God and does what is right has been acceptable to him," an affirmation all that more important because it is true that the royal road to salvation is indicated by the Lord in these words: "Whoever believes and is baptised will be saved: whoever does not believe will be condemned" (Mk 16:16).
'Mary has a heart as big as all the world"
But it is just as true that God wills the salvation of all, that Jesus died for all for whom God reserves even other means to salvation which we do not know. It is necessary to insist on the fact that the Church was founded by Christ, that he wanted it to prolong his mission, that he loves it and guides it with his grace and has given it the Holy Spirit as its very soul; that Mary is its mother and as such assists it. These are all important truths which should be carefully kept in mind because today, in general, the Church is not loved. From Christians themselves it is seen as something external to them ("the Church are the priests" is the current mentality), and the most pernicious errors today turn on the false conceptions that are had of the Church. Certainly, the Church reflects, in an analogous way, the mystery of Christ, for which we can justifiably speak of "the mystery of the Church." The mystery of Christ is to be God and man: his contemporaries saw a man like- any other who needed to eat, to sleep to relax. And yet these human
characteristics, limited and weak, concealed the reality of his divine person in which his human nature and his divine nature were united. It was a mystery difficult to understand and at the same time tremendous. As a result. every time Jesus acted as God (forgiving sins or affirming: "Before Abraham came to be.I am"). he was immediately treated as a blasphemer. Even in the Church a mystery is concealed: it is made up of men, weak and sinners like the rest; and still it has been given divine powers: to preach the word of God with the efficacy of the Holy Spirit, to pardon or withhold the pardon of sins, to consecrate the Eucharist. It is the mystery of the Church: holy and human. A particular aspect which would merit still greater study, is that the maternity of Mary over the Church does not only have to do with Catholics or Christians, but all people since the Church was instituted for the salvation of all. This is the way the Latin-American bishops put it in their Puebla Document (1979): "Mary has a heart as big as all the world and she implores the Lord of history for the sake of all people." Jesus had said to Peter "Feed my lambs, feed my sheep" (In 21:15-17), that is, all humanity. I believe that the irresistible attraction that Pope John Paul II exercises over all peoples is a sign of this universality. In his trips, as in Thailand where Christians are very few, the crowds are unbelievable. It could not be solely because they are curious to see the representative of Catholics. We believe that, through an impulse of the Holy Spirit, the whole population feels a personal relationship with that white father come from Rome. From The Gospel of
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imes of scandal are a wonderful opportunity for each of us to examine whether we have any sort of preference for things good or bad. Which excites us more? To which do we give more PO Box 75, Leederville, WA 6902 time and attention? On which do we base Tel: (08) 9227 7080, Fax (08) 9227 7087 decisions about future actions and atticathrec@iinetnet_au tudes? Intellectually, we might rather fancy that the answer is simple: of course we prefer They know that if they can arouse in us a God who is waiting to write the wonders good; otherwise we wouldn't be reading feeling, a sensation, our attention will cer- of his love in our individual hearts. The Record! tainly be distracted, even commanded, In truth, the measure of this scandal will But in the moment by moment travail of and our opinions and beliefs may easily be not the procedures put in place to predaily life, is the answer so clear? Would a be manipulated. vent future abuse and to ensure that we measure of our time, our attention and our The traps for young players are numer- handle properly those which have already emotional state show that we spend far ous. For those of us who think we are occurred or may occur in the future. For more time open to goodness or that large strong, no amount of sensationalism about the most part, these things have been done amounts of all three are consumed by sexual abuse and 'hush money' will make here in Australia and will almost certainwhat is bad? us think ill of the Church because we ly be done elsewhere in the world. This is not merely the challenge in times know she is the body of Christ, the fullNor will the measure of success be the of scandal or danger, but the real chal- ness of him who himself is the completion reduction or complete cessation of abuse lenge of each human life. How often and of all things. by Church personnel, welcome and wonhow much do we eat from the tree of Instead, we allow ourselves to spend our derful though that will be. In fact, to a very knowledge of good and bad. time in anger and indignation about the large extent it may already be with us Psalm 120 "Of lying lip and treacherous inaccuracy, malice and bigotry of the because the scandals which are comtongue" describes the pain of someone media; the determination of the Church's manding so much media attention are exiled from the people of God - a enemies to attack her, and the persistence events that occurred 10, 20, 30 and more metaphor for being exiled from the pres- of the homosexual lobby in its efforts to years ago. It would be unwise to imagine ence of God - and concludes with the bring down Archbishop Pell in particular we have seen the last of it, but it would wonderful line, speaking of the author's and anyone else who might be in range. also be unwise to ignore the time span of own thoughts: "When I speak of peace, When I speak of peace, I am ready for the offences. The true measure of the strengthening of war! they are ready for war." From a spiritual perspective, the result is the Church through this trial will be the This is the real meaning of the word 'sensationalism' so often and so aptly applied pretty much the same either way. We so extent to which we conquer the scandal to the workings of the news media, the fill our minds with the things that do not within our hearts. This does not mean that entertainment industry, and advertising. matter that we interfere with the work of the evil can be ignored. It must be dealt
with, particularly by those who are charged with the responsibility for doing so, those at the centre of things and those with lesser roles to play. For example, here at The Record we can feel it is something of a waste of editorial space to have to deal with a subject so inconsequential as 60 Minutes (as we did last week) but we can also feel it is of value to point out the techniques of exaggeration and distortion which might otherwise shake the confidence of those untrained in seeing past them. Whether we keep our hearts and minds pure and dedicated to the goodness of God as we do it is a matter ultimately for our own conscience, but in the meantime it also matters whether we truly help others in the process. God asks all of us in our own ways to go into the world of negativity around us and carry his light into it. He does not want us to make the mistake of letting its darkness into us. The Church in Australia, in America and elsewhere in the world will be stronger and more truly Jesus among us as a result of the current scandals if we reside and act in his peace and love while we go through the experience of being buffeted by the storms of sin. If we prefer to give way to fear and anger, we will have to wait longer for the blessings he is trying to give us.
Praise for Carr story
"Cherie Blair", wrote Ms Burchill, "can call herself a feminist all she likes, but any feminist worth her salt would have made a point of having a termination - on the NHS, naturally - when she got knocked up the last time". That her comments display a breathtaking arrogance and a failure to appreciate the contingency of all human life, including her own, appears not to have occurred to her. Sadly, comments of this nature are now openly, even routinely expressed in the mainstream press with impunity, with some journalists seemingly intent on outdoing each other in their expressions of moral vacuity. In Ms Burchill's view, this child's life has value only as part of an empty sacrificial gesture at the altar of the feminist cause. Her reasoning follows a familiar course with the conclusion that anything, anyone is expendable in pursuit of the cause. That too has a familiar ring - was it the Nazis? Rory O'Hagan Applecross
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hank you for printing Mary Carr's story T In this week's Record. The family are thrilled with 'Last Word' story that featured
on the back page of the paper. Members of the family have had phone contact with friends from country WA and metropolitan friends who all have read the account and thought it wonderful. The family are probably the only ones who would know there was an error in the caption beneath the picture of the group of First Communicants. This was not at Beaconsfield but rather a group in Lake Grace - a class that Mary Instructed in the 1930's. We are advising you, in case one of the girls in the photo recognises herself. The only person in the photo we know is Mary Lyons of Wembley and we have told her of the error. Many thanks once again. Margaret Kerrigan on behalf of the Can family
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Tony Evans' Words of Wisdom Baron Friedrich von Hugel Page 10 cese. Many of these points are unfortunately lacking in our schools and parents are rightly concerned. If the above points were mandatory for our primary and secondary schools, I'm sure our children would be better prepared to face the secular world. Craig A Scarffe Thomlie
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'The Commission for Australian Catholic . Women thank Ms Judith Woodward I for her comments (Record, June 6). While efforts to dialogue with the people of the Archdiocese of Perth were not realised it is certainly not an indication of CACW's lack of intention to do so. CACW endeavours to work with the local Church and invitations to any gathering come from there. Ms Woodward's contribution to fostering a "more genuinely inclusive and participatory Church" will certainly be taken on board for similar opportunities for CACVV in the future. Therese Vassarotti Executive Officer CACVV
has given us a foundation on which Catholics in Western Australia can build a better future. One point of particular interest is on Catholic Education. This point, as with all of the points raised by the Archbishop, needs to be discussed and a plan developed before it will take life. Based on the vision set down in the Archbishop's 10 point plan, I would like to see the schools and Catholic Education Office publish their vision for the future. As Archbishop Hickeys stated, 'if we simply continue to do what we are doing we will get the same outcome'. To assist in this aim I here has been energetic comment and put forward the following points as an questioning regarding the Commission action plan towards rectifying the concerns Catholic Women in your Australian for In our Catholic schools: 1. Daily prayers before each lesson and paper in recent weeks and in a spirit of dialogue I offer some comments. reintroduce the Angelus. Following the research project and substudents. all for mass 2. Weekly 3. Minimum of four periods of religious sequent Report, Woman and Man: One in Christ Jesus, the Australian Catholic Bisheducation per week 4. Introduction of a standardised enrol- ops Conference decided to take steps to ensure that "the dignity of women is honment policy. 5. Increased percentage of Catholics oured and their gifts are given space to flourish for the sake of the Church's life attending our schools and colleges. mission". (si sr 2000) The decisions and Sunday school each in 6. Introduction of parish to reach out to non-Catholic chil- and proposals contained in the Social Justice Statement 2000 are, therefore, about dren wishing to attend our schools. the whole of life, not just life within the 7 School fees to be more affordable. 8. Modification of school policies to pro- "four walls of the Church." mote Catholic ethos in morals and stanThe role of the Commission, whose members are appointed and whose work is dards. 9. Religious education teachers to under- funded by the ACBC, is to facilitate and go regular RE formation by the Archdio- promote the implementation of these ini-
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tiatives at all levels of the Church in Australia. It has established many networks to enable this to happen and is encouraging dioceses, if they haven't already done so, to form similar networks and to offer people appropriate formation, so that the whole Church, particularly people at the local level, can participate fully in this moment of evangelisation. At the national level, many of the Bishops' Committees and other bodies named in the Social Justice Statement are already acting on the decisions and some of that work is already coming to fruition. Members of the Commission are well aware of this opportunity and challenges for the Church in Australia to gather the gifts, experience and insights of women for the benefit of the Church and for the society in which we live and work. And it recognises the potential for the greater fulfillment of women as well as for all of us in living out our baptismal call, as we open ourselves to the new life that will be brought about as women's experience and wisdom enrich the life and mission of the Church. The modelling of Jesus and the message he gave us will inspire us in these tasks and it is important then that we continue to give time and space to individual and communal prayer and reflection as we work together. Geraldine Hawkes Chair - Commission for Australian Catholic Women
• The opinions expressed in this editorial, and any other Record editorial, are not necessarily those of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Perth.
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rise of false gods in Australia is de-christianising he community, retired bishop Myles McKeon, told the annual pilgrimage at Bove's Farm in early May. Bishop McKeon said evidence of diminishing faith was that only 15 per cent of Catholics attend Mass. He associated this phenomenon with the rise of false gods such as materialism. Bishop McKeon stressed that Jesus never prayed for worldly matters, and warned His apostles not to be pulled down by the world. Bove's Farm, the home of Luigi and Louisa Bove, between Busselton and Margaret River, has become renowned for its shrine to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, its Stations of the Cross, its prominent sculpture of the crucified Jesus and as a place where the presence of Jesus and Mary is easily experienced. Pilgrimages there attract hundreds of worshippers, some travelling over vast distances. At the Marian pilgrimage on the first Sunday in May. Bishop McKeon appealed to Catholics who had neglected the Mass to return and rediscover its meaning. In doing so, he referred to a Calvinist biblical scholar who converted to Catholicism after discovering the Mass and its meaning. The scholar had begun from the position that Catholics were idolatrous and that the Mass was the greatest act of idolatry. With time and study this man had become aware that the parts of the Bible - and in particular the term Lamb of God in the Book of Revelations - could not be understood against a Calvinist background. He wondered whether the Bible could be understood through Catholicism. The scholar attended a Catholic Mass for the first time - with some trepidation given his anti-Catholic background. Nevertheless he was impressed
St Kieran's celebrates Pentecost A big congregation of worshippers gathered for the Osborne Park St Kieran's parish annual celebration of the Pentecost and the parade for the Maria Annunziatia on May 19. There was an annointing of the sick during the 10 am Mass followed by the public procession and benediction. The parade has a special significance for families of Italian descent who originally came from Messina. They form the backbone of St Kieran's Maria A.nnunziatia Association, maintaining a tradition begun in the village of Raccuia, which like most southern Italian villages, honours Our Lady as their patron. The Osborne Park committee continues the tradition that meant so much to them in their homeland and each year the statue of Mary is blessed at a special Italian Mass, then paraded in a street procession followed by a benediction and social gathering on the feast day. St Kieran's also features a Maria Annunziatia shrine which has large leadlight windows in an abstract design in brilliant blue in the background. The association began its association with the parish when the statue arrived from Italy in 1971, and in later years has extended it by supporting the St Kieran's school. The association inaugurated a scholarship to a student at the school who displayed Christian values within the school community. The successful student is awarded a perpetual trophy and receives a year's tuition fees.
by the respect shown by the people as they gathered for the Mass, blessed themselves with holy water and stood on entry of the priest. Bishop McKeon told how the scholar listened intently to the prayers at the beginning of the Mass and understood the act of sorrow. This had struck a chord because he saw himself as a sinner. When he had heard the readings he had wanted to shout you have the whole thing right - you have the word of God right." Bishop McKeon said when the scholar heard "this is my body" and later "this is the cup of my blood" he believed Jesus was really present and felt like shouting "Jesus you are welcome on the altar." At that point the scholar had realised he believed everything the Catholics believed. He had resolved his difficulty in discerning the meaning of the Lamb of God immediately he had Some of the congregation gather to watch as a young fan places the crown on the head of the statue of Our Lady at the Bove Farm pilheard the words "Lamb of God, You grimage in early May. take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us." The scholar had wanted to receive the Lamb of God in Communion, but resisted until he and his wife and their six children were received into the church a year later.. He understood the Lamb of God could take away his sins and would eventually judge each of us. Bishop McKeon said he no longer wanted to hear of children giving up Mass because their parents had done so. He stressed that Jesus will welWe are approximately 5,000 come back to Mass, those who have priests & brothers worldwide. neglected the Mass. He mentioned that Church We see ourselves as an international family. authorities have appealed to as many as possible to do everything We have given ourselves to God in their power to re-evangelise the for the most abandoned. Catholic community. are involved in a variety of We A further highlight of the Rosary missionary works in Australia rally was the choir that sang tradiand throughout the world. tional hymns such as Hail Queen of • parishes Heaven, Jesus My Lord and Bring • education Flowers to the Fairest. The choir • overseas missions was especially welcome given that • youth 11 out of its 12 members were non• prison chaplaincies Eleven out of the 12 members of the choir were non-Catholic. Catholics. • hospital chaplaincies • social welfare We are the
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The statue of Maria Annunziatia is borne through the streets of Osborne Park.
The shrine at St Kieran's Parish.
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nother great Catholic thinker and writer of the early twentieth century whose name is all but forgotten today is the romantically named Baron Friedrich von Hugel. His father was an Austrian diplomat but Friedrich lived most of his life in London devoting himself to the scholarly examination of Christianity, to wrtting, and courageously living his deep Christian Faith. He died in London in 1925. Among his published works are: Essays and Addresses on the Philosophy of Religion; The Reality of God; and perhaps the most accessible to the general reader, his Letters To A Niece. The recipient of these letters was Grendolen Greene and each one contains an uncle's loving advice and instruction, including comments on books which he recommends for study. He is much concerned with the problem of evil in the world: "...the power of evil in a world ruled by an omnipotent God the source of all good; we never get rid of this problem. We can only minimise it. There are people who pretend that the earthquake at Tokyo was a good thing - to have cancer in the face is somehow splendid, and shows the goodness of God! I hate all that talk. 'Evil is a mystery, and you don't do away with it by calling it good. People often find strange reasons for disbelieving in God. "They say so many things, ask so many questions - about the Inquisition, about Galileo but they leave out this - the great question - the problem of evil. "They strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. There is now a widespread opinion that the liability to sin and evil in human beings is inextricably connected with man's freedom, with our being capable of virtue. Without the bad (there would be) no possibility of evil, of virtue and sanctity. But is it true? I am sure it is not. On this point it is impossible to better St Augustine's words. To be able not to sin is a great liberty, but to be unable to sin is the greatest liberty.' We can at once see this to be true if we think of God." 'Paiji 10 •
Pregnancy Assistance co-ordinator Anne-Marie Langdon was asked to give an address to the Commission for Catholic Women, which met in Perth recently. The Record reproduces her talk here, which was titled Humanae Vitae and the Prophetic call of the Baptised.
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t Pregnancy Assistance we see the consequenuf -, of the rejection of the Church's teaching in this important area at the heart of marriage and family life. Daily we encounter women, mainly young women, and many of them Catholic young women, who have gone down the road that our society tells them will bring happiness and they have Pregnancy Assistance Co-ordinator Anne-Marie Langdon holds a model of a developing foetus, which is used to found - heartbreak, abandon- educate women and men about the miracle of the unborn child. ment, broken families, abortion students and in counselling, we the prophetic role that is ours by This teaching should be preand all too often repeat abortions. share the message of chastity baptism and proclaim this good sented each year to all Catholics, Pope Paul VI was prophetic in encouraging them to save sex for news that the truth about man young and old, single and marIdentifying the consequences of marriage. We also share about the and woman is served only when ried. contraception. dangers of contraception, the we follow the teaching found in Each year we will thus learn to Janet E. Smith summarised this physical & psychological dangers Humanae Vitae. live this teaching more fully, more catalogue well in her introduction to their health, and the ways in The beauty of the powerful joyfully, more courageously. to Why Humanae Vitae Was which contraception demeans description of the Characteristics We will enter into the mystery Right: A Reader, 1993. their womanhood making them of Conjugal Love that love is prop- of God's plan for each one of us "One of the prophecies made in sexually available to be used and erly human, total, faithful and anew each time we hear it. Humanae Vitae was that the abandoned when no longer want- exclusive, and fruitful - should be Conclusion widespread use of contraception ed, and treating their fertility as a known far and wide. would lead to a "general decline sickness. t Pregnancy Assistance we It makes it perfectly obvious In morality". Who can deny that see the joy and hope that Often this message is warmly why contraception is bad for such has happened, especially in received and is seen as good women, for men, for families and treating a young woman with care the sexual realm? news. This good news is the truth for society. The whole world is in and respect can bring. It makes a Premarital sex is now the norm, about man and woman. Both cre- need of this good news. The bad difference to hear the truth about pregnancy outside of marriage is ated in the image and likeness of news of contraception has the damage that abortion, contraat epidemic proportions, in some God - sharing in the love giving, destroyed so many lives, and the ception and premarital sex cause cities the number of abortions is self giving, life giving love of God. dignity of women has been and the true peace and happiness higher than the number of births, Thus we need to understand destroyed by adultery, premarital that comes from following God's divorce is a common experience, way. sex, pornography and so on. pornography is not isolated to profoundly the dignity of man and The human heart is made to We still have a long way to go to woman that is communicated in seedy parts of the city but has know the truth. We are reminded let the whole world know the entered our living rooms through the gift of self in the marital union good news that men and women of that whenever a young woman Ills total; it is exclusive; it is fruitprime-time television..., and AIDS has responded to the message of are equal in dignity before God. and other sexual diseases are ful; it is truly human. It is here that hope that we offer and has Contraception continues to tell we see how natural birth regularampant. women that they are only valued declared her desire to begin again tion respects the great gift of marThe fallout of the sexual holoIf they make themselves unable to and save sex for marriage. caust is pervasive; society houses ried love. Let us all take to heart the powContraception destroys this fun- conceive, like men. God, on the erful, life an incalculable number of the changing teaching of other hand, values women and walking wounded who suffer the damental truth by seeing fertility men equally making them both Humanae Vitae and become the psychological and spiritual after- as evil. Humanae Vitae is good sharers in His creative action in prophets we are called to be by effects and bear the scars of sex- news that allows woman to be the world, and no one can take baptism. If all of us lived and ual irresponsibility. That their true to herself, recognising the gift that away, no government, no shared this good news then wounds are invisible perhaps that God has given her in her other human being. women would begin to discover womanhood, and setting her free makes them all the worse." their dignity and the great gift of Recommendation The damage to families is so from the pressures of those their womanhood for themselves, widespread and we see the effects around her who do not recognise e ask the Commission to the world and the Church. in our work as it is played out in her dignity. work with the Bishops to I thank God for the continued At Pregnancy Assistance we see implement peoples' lives. Humane Vitae leadership of Archbishop Hickey At Pregnancy Assistance we try women (and some men) who throughout the whole Catholic in proclaiming the truth about to offer the good news of have already bought the lies of Church in Australia: through the human life and standing firm in Humanae Vitae in a practical way sex without responsibility or com- schools, seminaries, parishes, defence of the weakest, and for with an understanding that the mitment, and see their fertility as Catholic hospitals and other his support of Pregnancy Assiswomen we help have already an evil to be avoided, at least until Catholic organisations. tance in helping mothers and experienced the negative effects the "right time". The truth and beauty of God's babies. Humanae Vitae is relevant to plan for love and life is indeed of premarital sex, contraception We are pleased to join the efforts and abortion. So they recognise resolving these problems. At all good news. It needs to be taught of Pregnancy Assistance to those levels of the Church and in every clearly, with conviction and joy, of the Archbishop in the service the truth of this message. In our work with high school public forum, we need to take up and often. of life.
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Rediscover the meaning of Sunday and the Eucharist says Pope VATICAN CITY, (Zenit.org).Because of this John Paul II said, Pontiff added. "Faith is necessary, Rediscovering the meaning of "I again propose a reappraisal of or rather faith vivified by love is Sunday and of the Eucharist are Sunday and, in it, of the eucharis- necessary, to explore the fasciurgent priorities for the Church, tic celebration." He cited the rec- nating depth of this presence of says John Paul II. ommendations in his 2001 Christ under the 'signs' of bread On the solemnity of Corpus apostolic letter "Novo Millennio and wine," said the Pope, who Christi, the Pope addressed sev- Ineunte." From the very begin- plans to write an encyclical on eral thousand pilgrims gathered ning, from the early community the Eucharist. "Only the one who in St. Peter's Square to pray the of Jerusalem, Christians gathered believes and loves can undermidday Angelus. He explained on the day of the Lord to renew stand something of the ineffable "the Eucharist is the beating cen- In the Holy Mass the memorial of mystery, thanks to which God tre of the community," and "its the death and resurrection of comes close to our littleness, most precious treasure: Christ Christ. Sunday is the day of rest seeks our infirmity, reveals himreally present under the species and praise, but its real meaning self for what he is, infinite saving of consecrated bread and wine.' Is lost without the Eucharist," the love," the Holy Father added.
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A moral leader in a cosmetic world ROME, JUNE 8, 2002 (Zenit.org).- Hardly a press story comes out of the Vatican these days without a mention of John Paul H's health. More than a few use the topic, legitimate in itself, as a springboard for judging what's best for the Church. The coverage of the Pope's recent trip to Azerbaijan and Bulgaria is a case in point. A May 28 report in The Times of London said many in the Catholic Church - no names were mentioned think that John Paul leadership is now "grotesque." "His pilgrimages look like the last gasp of a fading figure of history who cannot see that his achievements are behind him and he should leave the stage," reporter Richard Owen wrote. He claimed the 82-year-old Pope is incapable of dealing with the Church's current problems. Further on, it becomes clearer what Owen really wants. He complains of a Vatican that is "hermetically sealed" and he expresses hope for "perhaps a Latin American or African Pope" who "would bring some fresh air."
In this undated photo, a young Karol Wojtyla smiles during a hike. "Witness to Hope: The Story of Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II" was released on video last summer.
Perhaps he should be careful of what he wishes for. Sydney Archbishop George Pell noted in a speech, reported in the May issue of AD2000, that theologian Hans Kang and some friends wrote
(coincidentally) to The Times on the death of Pope Paul VI. They described the Pope they wanted: non-Italian, preferably not from the First World, aware of social issues, an intellectual, and theologically minded. "With the election of Pope John Paul II they got exactly what they asked for and the opposite of what they wanted - which was a mandate for further liberalisation," wryly noted Archbishop Pell. Another example comes from the June 10 issue of Time magazine. The article relies on conveniently anonymous sources to describe the Pope's daily schedule. "The Cardinals just bring him papers and say, 'Sign this,- a "Vatican insider" is quoted as saying. The article portrays a Rasputinlike figure of Bishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, the Pope's private secretary, who now supposedly controls what decisions the Pope is making and who, according to Time, has "a degree of power only dreamed of by even the most ambitious prelates." How does this square with firsthand reports of those who recently met with
Pope John Paul ll raises the Eurcharist at Mass in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on May 26.
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Despite an obvious decline in his physical abilities John Paul ll keeps on keeping on. In doing so he is an example that runs counter to the developed world's fascination with trying to escape the one thing we can never escape - ageing.
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Pope John Paul II, who enjoyed the outdoors, is the subject of Catherine Wyler's documentary that explores the life he led before becoming Pope.
the Pope? A May 28 report by The Food and Drug AdministraZenit quoted the papal nuncio in tion approved medical use of Bulgaria, Archbishop Antonio Botox years ago and has now forMermini, as saying, "Despite the mally approved its cosmetic use. evident physical limitations, the Vanity comes at a price. Pope not only has great spiritual The treatment costs between energy but also an intellectual $250 and $1,000, and must be lucidity that has impressed me repeated every three to six very especially." months, the Wall Street Journal On May 24, Zenit reported on explained on April 16. comments by a Polish film direcPeople are now organising Botox tor and papal friend, Krzysztof parties. complete with chamZanussi. He had met with John pagne and group injections, disPaul II recently and said that it is counted to only $250 per person. easier to see his "lucidity and Botox isn't the only example of sharpness" in private than in pub- how baby boomers fear the signs lic. "The Pope is not a manager of aging. who, grown weak and infirm, is In 2000, some 74 million Amerreplaced because it is believed icans decided that cosmetic that he is unable to handle a busi- surgery was the answer to one ness's interests effectively," perceived bodily imperfection or Zanussi said. another. the Christian Science The Pope himself has declared Monitor reported on February 21. his desire to press on despite his Anti-aging treatments and prodphysical ailments. During his stay ucts are now a $30 billion busiin Azerbaijan, he declared: "As ness. long as I have breath within me I According to the American Socishall cry out: 'Peace. in the name ety of Plastic Surgeons. cosmetic of God!'" plastic-surgery procedures nearly tripled between 1992 and 2000. The Botox generation And it's not just older women John Paul ll's unwillingness to hide his age carries a countercul- who are opting for surgery: 35- to tural twist nowadays. Growing 50-year-olds now account for numbers of people can't even close to half the patients, with accept the idea of having a few men accounting for more than a wrinkles. Numerous articles in million procedures in 2000. Nor is it a practice restricted to recent weeks, for example, have the US. According to a BBCreport analysed the spreading use of Botox injections to smooth the last March 11 figures for the year brow and reduce signs of advanc- 2000 showed strong demand for cosmetic surgery in Brazil and ing years. Botox is an extremely diluted Great Britain. with the Botox injecsolution of botulinum toxin type tion being the most popular proA, which in a more concentrated cedure in the United Kingdom. Attempts to escape the effects of form is one of the deadliest poisons known, as Newsweek aging are nothing new. What is new, however, accordexplained in its May 13 issue. Botulinum is a paralytic which, ing to an April 7 article in the injected into the muscles control- British daily Obseiver is that "The ling brow furrows, temporarily genuine ability to combat the causes the former to relax, appearance of aging is coming at a time when the population is smoothing out the skin above. In the United States more than itself aging, increasingly affluent 1.6 million cosmetic Botox proce- and more than ever obsessed with dures were performed last year, the cult of youth." Botox is only one of a series of on about 850,000 patients, according to figures from medical asso- measures being used to reverse ciations. The drug's manufacturer, the course of nature. The contrast between John Paul ALlergan, says sales of Botox for all uses were $310 million last II's physical vigour at the start of year, a third of which was proba- his pontificate and his present bly for cosmetic uses. The com- state is certainly notable. But with a still-lucid mind and pany expects the cosmetic use to grow by 25% to 35% this year, undiminished spirit, his ability to helped by a $50 million advertis- continue as Christ's vicar is not in ing campaign. The use of Botox to doubt. His struggle with the physeliminate frown lines received US ical effects of aging is also a valugovernment approval. the Associ- able lesson to a society that finds it hard to accept growing older. ated Press reported on April 15.
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Cardinals named VNI1CAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II has named Cardinal Edward M. Egan of New York and four other cardinals as members of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature, the church's highest court. The other members named June 6 were Cardinals Jozef Glemp of Warsaw, Poland; Agostino Cacciavillan, head of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See; Sergio Sebastian', head of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See; and Walter Kasper, head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. The Apostolic Signature functions as the church's highest appeals court, hearing challenges to previous judgments of marriage tribunals Including the Vatican's own Roman Rota - Vatican congregations and local bishops.
Suicide appeal
PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) The US justice Department is appealing a ruling that has allowed Oregon doctors to continue prescribing federally regulated drugs for assisted suicide. Though fresh legal arguments are not being made public, federal lawyers filed papers on May 24 for an appeal to the San Franciscobased 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeal will contest an April ruling by a federal judge in Portland who said U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft overstepped his bounds when he ruled last November that federal drug law prohibits assisted suicide with regulated substances such as barbiturates. "Congress did not intend the Controlled Substances Act to override a state's decisions concerning what constitutes legitimate medical practice," Judge Robert Jones wrote in his April 17 ruling.
Abuse debate
WASHINGFON (CNS) - Archbishop Harry 1. Flynn of St. Paul-Minneapolis told journalists on June 4 that a proposal to allow possible return to limited ministry for some priests who have sexually abused a minor only once in the past is going to be hotly debated" when the US bishops work to adopt a national clergy sex abuse policy June 13-15. Without saying so directly, he indicated there is likely to be a strong consensus among the bishops for a general policy of laicising virtually all priests who abuse minors - anybody guilty of more than one offence in the past and anyone with even one offence in the future. "Our foremost goal is to protect children and young people. One essential way to do that is to say clearly, 'If you abuse, you are out of the priesthood,'" he said. The debate among the bishops, he said, is going to centre on a proposal to allow a narrow exception for some priests with a past record blemished by only one offence. Pate 12
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Freedom for all religions By Willy Thorn WASHINGION (CNS) - A federal advisory agency has recommended the State Department create a permanent position in the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, whose sole responsibility would be the promotion of religious freedom and other human rights. "If the U.S. government is not prepared to send such a person, our commission is," said Felice Gaer, of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom's executive committee. The commission did not set a deadline for the State Department to act on its recommendation, though commissioner Nina Shea said the issue will be re-evaluated after the commission's next meeting in June. The recommendation was one of eight the commission made for improving nationwide religious tolerance in Afghanistan as part of its annual report, released at a press conference on June 4. The commission, created in 1998, monitors religious freedom around the world and advises the President, Secretary of State and Congress on related matters. It is responsible for issuing an annual report on religious freedom and persecution in all foreign countries. This year's edition highlighted 22 countries of particular concern. including Afghanistan. -With Afghanistan about to begin the process of selecting a permanent government, now is the time for the United States to promote religious freedom and other human rights there." the commission said in a news release. "This is a crucial stage," Shea said at the press conference. "The United States must he paying close attention. Even if there's a bumpy road in the year or two
Afghan men sit at the Pol e Kheshti Mosque in Kabul waiting for the start of Friday prayers June 7. The majority of A fghanistan's 25 million people are Sunni Muslim. Photo
ahead ... it will pay off in the long the equal rights of all to religious basic human rights, including run." freedom and other human rights." freedom of religion." it added. "There is an opportunity to build When asked how important reli- "The Taliban movement imposed tolerance, respect and structure gious freedom is in a nation that on the 90 percent of the country that promotes stability there. is more than 99 percent Muslim, under its control an extreme and it is crucial that those condi- Shea noted that "there is concern harsh interpretation of Islam that tions be actively monitored and for the individual rights of Mus- manifested itself, among other advanced by U.S. and other inter- lims as well as minority groups in abuses, in the severe repression national players." Afghanistan." of religious freedom. including Among the commission's other The commission report said: the Muslims, and of the human recommendations are expanding "Religious tolerance and respect rights of Afghanistan's women the international security pres- for human rights are essential to and girls, including their equal ence beyond Kabul; using U.S. the security, recovery and recon- right to freedom of religion and influence to "unequivocally" struction of Afghanistan. Indeed, belief." oppose ongoing human rights the United States must be vigilant Women in Afghanistan were abuses; assisting Afghan military that human rights, religious plu- "denied most human rights, and law enforcement agencies in ralism, and tolerance are restored including their equal right to relisafeguarding human rights; sup- to Afghanistan, so that the coun- gious freedom," according to the porting efforts to establish and try does not return to the extreme report. strengthen the Afghan constitu- intolerance, brutality and repres"We've put a special emphasis tion, law and judicial system: nur- sion that characterised the Tal- on women's rights," Shea said, turing the "culture of democracy" iban rule. "because they've made it a practhere: and encouraging "religious "The Afghan people have suf- tice of denying basic rights to tolerance and the protection of fered greatly from violations of all women and girls."
Catholic-Orthodox discussion Russians By Mart Pattison
WASHINGIUN (CNS) - The issue of papal primacy and how it is exercised may rise to the top of issues to be discussed in future Catholic-Orthodox dialogues, according to Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore. He added the issue may out-pace the status of Eastern churches in communion with Rome and intercommunion as a primary topic of discussion in international CatholicOrthodox talks, which are currently stalled. Cardinal Keeler made the comments after a June 4 plenary address to the sixth "Orientale Lumen" conference, held at The Catholic University of America in Washington. The conference's theme was "Eastern Catholic Churches: Window Between East and West?" Maronite Catholic Chorbishop Seely Beggiant, who was scheduled to give his own plenary address on June 6, was among those invited to respond to Cardinal Keeler's remarks. Chorbishop Beggiani, who is assigned to Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Seminary in Washington and teaches at Catholic University, complained of what he called an "inflated view" of papal primacy. He said that when the Code of Canon Law for Eastern Catholic churches was being developed, there had been much discussion among Eastern Catholics about giving "complete jurisdiction" over episcopal appointments to the individual churches' patriarchs. Instead, he added, the code instructs Eastern bishops to follow the same procedure as their Latin-rite counterparts: submitting a lerna." the list of three names of prospective bishops to be considered, with the final selection made at the Vatican. "Should we, as Christians, not discuss what primacy really means?" he said to applause from the 100 in attendance for the session. In his talk, Cardinal Keeler outlined the
history of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue in the United States. He noted that during the 1988 dialogue in Finland. international Orthodox dialogue partners asked for a meeting to be held in the United States. When Catholics demurred, he recalled, the Orthodox said, "But it's much cheaper to buy a plane ticket to New York than ills to buy one to Helsinki or northern Finland." The 2000 dialogue found that Orthodox participants "were not of one mind" on how to treat the issue of Eastern Catholic churches in whatever statements that might be produced, Cardinal Keeler said. Dialogue participants considered the possibility of a statement that stated "here is where we agree, and here is where we don't." he added. But that idea was ultimately abandoned, and no new dates for dialogue have been set, he said. "We (Roman Catholics) must remain firmly committed to the dialogue," the cardinal said. Cardinal Keeler also dealt with questions on intercommunion submitted on cards by conference participants. After one question asked whether intercommunion on the parish level could be seen as the work of the Holy Spirit, Cardinal Keeler reminded participants that the Roman Catholic Church permits Orthodox to partake in Communion, but said Catholics must be "respectful" of Orthodox regulations which limit how their members may engage in intercommunion. In response to a second question on the topic, the cardinal said, "I have seen a great deal of enthusiasm" at the local level for intercommunion, "but ills not universal." He added that intercommunion may be less difficult to achieve "on the local level than it is on the diocesan level." "Orientale Lumen VI" was sponsored by the Eastern Churches Journal, the School of Religious Studies at Catholic University and the Society of St. John Chrysostom.
appeal decision By John Roscoe
ANCHORAGE. Alaska (CNS) - The Russian government is appealing a court decision that said an Alaskan priest is free to remain as pastor of a Catholic parish in the Eastern Siberian city of Magadan. A court date for the appeal has not been set. Father Michael Shields of the Archdiocese of Anchorage has worked since 1994 in Magadan, a city of 125,000 on the Sea of Okhotsk. Officials from the local Ministry of Justice said earlier this year that, as a foreigner, he could no longer lead the city's Nativity of Jesus Parish. After retaining a Moscow-based lawyer, Father Shields took the case to a Magadan court, which handed him the victory on May 15. The Justice Ministry had until June 1 to appeal the verdict, said Father Shields' lawyer, Vladimir Ryakhovsky. Observers inside and outside the Catholic Church in Russia have little doubt that antiCatholic sentiment stems from the reaction of the politically powerful Russian Orthodox Church to the Vatican's creation of dioceses for Russia. The February move was followed by anti-Catholic demonstrations in at least a dozen Russian cities. Orthodox bishops accused Catholics of "expansionism." "spiritual poaching" and proselytising. Nativity of Jesus Parish received the first letter questioning the legality of Father Shields as a foreign pastor two days after the announcement of the creation of the Russian dioceses. Two foreign Catholic clergy - an Italian priest and a Polish bishop - were stripped of their Russian visas in April without explanation from the Russian government. One of the men was Bishop Jerzy Mazur of the Diocese of St. Joseph in Irkutsk. Russia.
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BOSTON (CNS) - Boston Cardinal Bernard Law and two of his former auxiliary bishops gave sworn pretrial depositions in early June to attorneys suing the Boston Archdiocese on behalf of numerous alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse of minors. In another major development, Superior Court Chief Justice Suzanne DelVecc.hio on June 5 ordered that all the civil lawsuits over sexual abuse against the archdiocese will be assigned to Superior Court Judge Constance Sweeney There are currently more than 200 such cases and additional Lawsuits are expected. Over the past year Sweeney has been in charge of more than 80 lawsuits over the actions of John Geoghan, a defrocked priest currently serving a 10-year jail sentence for groping a child. Cardinal Law testified on June 5 and 7 in connection with lawsuits over another of the archdiocese's most notorious alleged abusers. Father Paul Shanley. On June 3 Bishop John McCormack of Manchester, New Hampshire, gave a deposition on his role in the Shanley case when he was an auxiliary bishop in Boston. Bishop Robert Banks of Green Bay, Wisconsin, another former Boston auxiliary, was deposed on June 4 by attorneys in the Geoghan cases and was expected to be called back later to contin-
ue his testimony. Cardinal Law Holsenbach, who was known as had given his deposition in the Brother Stanislaus before he was Geoghan cases in May. expelled from the order and left The Boston Archdiocese on June the school in 1961. In Minnesota 7 appealed a ruling by Middlesex on June 6, the Survivors Network Superior Court Judge Raymond of those Abused by Priests filed a Brassard that would have national class-action lawsuit to released the Law testimony in the void confidentiality agreements Shanley cases almost immediate- of all civil settlements made by ly. A similar order to release Bish- church authorities with sexual op McCormack's testimony has abuse victims - a move that proalso been appealed. Brassard had voked scepticism among experts made the rulings before jurisdic- in class-action litigation. tion over the cases was transArchbishop Harry Flynn of St. ferred to Sweeney, who said she Paul-Minneapolis, where the suit would not address other judges' was filed, reiterated his position. decisions made before the law- previously announced in March, suits were placed in her charge. that the archdiocese waives all Father Shanley, in jail awaiting past confidentiality agreements criminal trial on three counts of and "maintains that abuse victims child rape, failed on June 7 in an are free to make the decision to appeal to the state Supreme judi- share their stories should they so cial Court to get his $300,000 bail choose." reduced. Prosecutor Lynn Rooney Newspapers in Illinois and Kenwarned that the retired priest tucky sought through the courts could flee the country. She said to break seals on court records of her office has received numerous clergy child abuse cases, follownew allegations against the priest ing the example of the Boston since his arrest and expects to Globe, which won a courtbring additional charges. ordered release of church records Also in the Boston Archdiocese, on Geoghan in January, turning Marist-run Central Catholic High what had been a largely local case School in Lawrence has notified into a national church crisis. all students, faculty and alumni On June 3. about 1.000 more that three former students have pages of Boston archdiocesan accused two former faculty mem- records, regarding 10 other susbers of sexual misconduct dating pended priests, were released in back to the late 1950s and '60s. connection with lawsuits against The alleged offenders were the Father Shanley. It was the third late Marist Brother Edward large batch of records on the Michael and James Barron Shanley case to be made public.
Sectarian rioting flares in Ireland BELFAST. Northern Ireland (CNS) - Rioting between Catholic and Protestant groups in East Belfast was the worst the city has seen in four years, said Belfast's acting police chief. In early June, seven people were shot and 28 police officers had been hospitalised after trying to keep protestant and Catholic rioters apart. Chief Colin Cramphorn said it was likely someone would be killed if rioting continued. "Both communities are walking blindfolded toward the abyss," he said. Northern Ireland First Minister
David Trimble met with British Unionists want Northern IrePrime Minister Tony Blair, can- land to remain a province of Great celling a June 5 meeting with for- Britain, while nationalists want mer U.S. President Bill Clinton, Northern Ireland united with the who was in Northern Ireland to Irish Republic. open a peace centre bearing his For months, tensions simmered name. in North Belfast, where protesSummer is a traditionally tants picketed Holy Cross volatile time in Northern Ireland Catholic School. because it is the height of the Police escorted the grade-school Protestant marching season, girls into the building daily, as when Protestant fraternities cele- protesters shouted and, at times, brate historical victories over threw objects. This year, police Catholics and continued British have constructed "peace walls," rule. large fortifications that separate Northern Ireland's unionists Protestant and Catholic districts, have been fighting the national- and are using powerful water ists, for more than 30 years. hoses to disperse rioters.
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Documentary TV series to feature US marriages
The documentary program Married in America by filmmaker Michael Apted premiers this month on the A&E cable channel. Photo: CNSTieuters
By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) - Borrowing a page from his acclaimed "Up" documentary series, director Michael Apted begins a look at nine newly married American couples to explore, in their own lives and actions, how the institution of marriage works and where the rough spots are. Apted will also show viewers what their lives are like after two years of marriage, and after four years of marriage, and after six years, and eight years, and 10 years. "Married in America" will be shown on the A&E cable channel in America. Apted has used the same technique of revisiting his documentary subjects in the "Up" series, which began with a look at British schoolchildren in "7 Up." He has interviewed them every seven years, the most recent in the series being "42 Up." He tries to keep silent on his own views on marriage, saying that he doesn't want his opinions
to colour the opinions of any of the nine couples or the viewers who may see the program. However, in a telephone interview with Catholic News Service Apted noted that eight of the nine couples he features got married in a church. Apted said. "That, to me, is significant." Apted said he wanted one of the couples to be a "multifaith couple," and he found one in Cheryl and Neil. Cheryl is a Filippina Catholic, while Neil is a Jew from New York. "It's one of those things which is becoming more common in America," Apted said of interfaith marriages. He said his staff conducted video interviews with 100 prospective couples from Alabama. the Eastern Seaboard and Southern California and showed Apted the tapes. He whittled it down to 30, then interviewed those couples himself before settling on the nine couples whom he will visit every other year for the next decade.
Israeli tanks destroy historic Christian shrine of St Barbara By Judith Sudilovsky
Father Ariz Halaweh overlooks the rubble of the St. Barbara Shrine in Aboud. The shrine, venerated as the spot where St. Barbara was killed, was destroyed by Israeli soldiers searching for Palestinians.
JERUSALEM (CNS) - A thirdcentury Christian shrine in the small West Bank village of Aboud was destroyed on May 31 by Israeli explosives. The Israeli army said it was searching for terrorist suspects and did not know that the cave where the shrine was located was a holy place. Father Aziz Halaweh, parish priest in Aboud, said Israeli soldiers approached the cave, located on a hill some 550 yards away from the old centre of the village, "without warning and without explanation." He said the cave was destroyed by the soldiers.
"We asked the soldiers why they them because he was too far away did this, and they said they did and could not leave the parish not know it was a holy place. complex for fear the soldiers "But that is not true, because the would shoot him. soldiers in this area know every "The next day we saw the house, know each place in destruction ... that afternoon we Aboud." said Father Halaweh. went in a procession to the site "Their excuse is not accepted." and prayed there. We (felt) so sad He said crosses and writings and so sorry," he said. "There are were etched into the walls of the other holy places in Aboud, and shrine. Though the soldiers we told the soldiers that if they claimed they did not see the etch- did this to our St. Barbara shrine, ings and stopped once they saw they can go to our churches and them, Father Halaweh said the the do the same without telling soldiers went in with lights and anyone." should have been able to see the In a press statement the Israeli crosses immediately. army said soldiers in the area He said that, although he saw identified a suspicious gathering the soldiers making their way to on the hill, which dispersed as the cave, he was unable to stop soldiers arrived. Page 13
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Pope meets Malaysian PPM By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The prime minister of Malaysia, who also is chairman of an international Islamic organization, discussed continuing tensions in the Middle East with Pope John Paul II and top Vatican officials. When Dato Seri Mahathir bin Mohamad arrived at the Vatican on June 7, he was the first Malaysian prime minister ever to meet a pope, according to the Vatican. The meeting was held in the library and conference room next to the pope's private apartment on the fifth floor of the Apostolic Palace, rather than in the more formal papal library on the fourth floor. A Vatican employee, who often is present at papal audiences, said that beginning in March when Pope John Paul was suffering from pain in his knee, he began holding more and more meetings upstairs to cut down on the distance he has to walk. However, the pope did go down to the library on May 28 to meet U.S. President George W. Bush. In addition to heading the Malaysian government. Mahathir is chairman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, an International group formed in 1969 by the kings and other heads of state of mainly Muslim countries. Malaysia. a nation with a
Malaysian Prime Minister Dato Seri Mahathir bin Mohamad meets with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican June 7, where they discussed continuing tensions in the Middle East Photo CNS Reuters
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diplomatic relations with the Vatican. Speaking to reporters after meeting the pope. Mahathir said.
"First, I went on to make my plea for an end of terrorism in Palestine and Israeli actions against Palestinians." However, he said, with Pope
Catholic women unite
BAI.1, Indonesia (UCAN) - the grassroots level. It also start- that despite comprising more Catholic women from 11 coun- ed an Internet discussion group than half of humanity, women are tries have formed a network to for sharing ideas and problems excluded from the decision-makpromote women's issues in the confronted by women in Asian ing and development processes. Asia and Pacific region. countries. Various reasons are given to The "ICMICA Women's Net"We welcome women of the block women from participation; work" held its inaugural meeting region and like-minded men to for example, women were iden(luring a workshop organised by join this group." Kim said. tified as "incompetent, unqualithe International Catholic MoveAn Indonesian participant fied, lower class and weak," ment for Intellectual and Cultur- named Natalia told UCA News. Kumari said. al Affairs (ICMICA)-Pax Romana "In our first meeting, we decided "You see, we are strong." she said in Bali, Indonesia. to demand a place for women's raising both her hands. More than 70 people attended activities on the ICMICA-Pax However, the facts show that 90 the May 22-28 "Asia Pacific Advo- Romana website. cacy Workshop on Human Rights "We have to raise the voice of percent of decision and policy makers are men, she added. and Sustainable Development" women at every forum." To promote sustainable develorganised by ICMICA-Pax Group members also proposed Romana, a network of more than to conduct gender sensitivity opment, Kumar' said, women had 80 groups for lay intellectuals and workshops in countries like Pak- to be empowered to enjoy equal professionals. istan where women are bound by rights with men. Elisabet Anna Retno Widuri The women participants unani- their customs and traditions. mously agreed that ICMICA Fakhra Ashraf, coordinator of the from Indonesia called for more needs to form a separate forum women's desk of the Human involvement of Catholic women for women, Teresa Kim Sun-shil Development Centre in Toba Tek intellectuals in ICMICA. from South Korea told LICA News. Singh, Pakistan, told UCA News, The activist of Woman Villagers The Seoul-based Catholic "The forum will enable us to be Movement from Yogyakarta, cenWomen's Community for a New heard at the Asian level. tral Java, said she regretted the World is the only women's group "The women will join the local small number of women who in ICMICA Asia, she noted. ICMICA groups and we will form attended the workshop. The group, she said, will con- our separate groups." She asked whether the Catholic duct exchange visits and build the Leela Kumari, a member of the organization is doing enough to capacity of women in the Asia National Federation of Dalit (low show its concern for women and and Pacific region, especially at caste) Women India, lamented other marginalised groups.
John Paul, he mainly discussed his own country. But meeting afterward with Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Vatican secretary of state. Mahathir said.
"We discussed at length terrorism and the need to remove the causes of terrorism." He also said the cardinal agreed with him that "there should be third parties involved" in the Middle East "to separate the combatants and to try to put an end to this terrorism by negotiations." The Muslim faith of the majority of Palestinians is not the motivation of their actions against Israel, he said. "The Palestinians were expelled from their own territory and their own land has been occupied," he said. "It is not so much a religious war as a fight to regain their own territories." Mahathir also said one cannot blame the Islamic faith of Osama bin Laden and members of his terrorist organization for their actions. "This is not Islamic at all," he said of al-Qaeda. However, he said, "We believe it is related to what is happening in Palestine and many other Muslim countries where they have this feeling they are being oppressed. "Muslim countries are being attacked." he said, apparently referring to Afghanistan. and "sanctions are being applied against them." as in Iraq. Mahathir also said he did not invite the 82-year-old pope to visit Malaysia because "I don't think he'd be able to accept an invitation."
Teacher shortage MANILA. Philippines (CNS) Catholic schools teachers in the Manila region are being heavily recruited by schools in the United States, leaving schools in the Philippines facing potential staffing shortages. Licensed agencies have been recruiting non-U.S. citizens to teach mathematics, science, English and physical education as U.S. school districts have experienced a shortage of some 2 million teachers. reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. Estrelita Nabua of the Jesuit Xavier School for Boys in San Juan, east of Manila, said 11 of her fellow teachers left for jobs abroad early in 2002, creating "a huge vacancy" less than two months before the school year ended. Aside from breaking a contract with their Philippines employer, the teachers left "when we needed them the most," Nabua said. Most schools in the Philippines run from the second or third week of June to March or April, while the U.S. school year begins
in late August or September. Yolly Silang, operations manager of the Texas-based Omni Consortium Inc., said that schools in the United States prefer to hire Filipinos because they have a good command of English and have reputations for being "efficient, hardworking. patient and dedicated." In early 2000, up to 40 teachers in a school in Makati City, south of Manila, applied for posts in Texas. A teacher from that group who is waiting to be hired said she applied because she needs money to send her children to college. She earns about S8.800 a year, but could earn about $35.000 if offered a job in the United States. The Makati teacher said she has paid a recruiter $2,200 to help with her with visa processing, ticketing and other documents. The teacher said that once hired abroad, she would send $1,000 monthly to her family until her family joins her in the United States, where her children can go to college.
Singapore Archbishop takes a stand for the sanctity of life .SINGAPORE (UCAN) - The archbishop of Singapore has asked Catholic doctors to protect and safeguard life amid advances in bioengineering and forces that work against the sanctity of life. "We must be firm in our stand on this issue although we may be a voice crying out in the wilderness. Life must be protected from the moment of conception," said Archbishop Nicholas Chia at an inaugural lecture celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Catholic Page 14
Medical Guild in Singapore. "God entrusted the life and health of people in your hands. Have a deep and profound respect for life," he told some 300 doctors on May 19. "Christ continues his healing ministry through you. Handle health and life issues with great respect and be guided by the magisterium in ethical issues," the archbishop said. On the current question of embryonic stem-cell research,
Catholic doctors "must be clear about our stand, a good end does not justify an evil means. We cannot destroy life to bring about some benefits to others," he explained. In vitro fertilisation is another area where the sanctity of life is not upheld, he said. "The focus is on the success of bringing a child into the world, but nothing is said of the many fertilised embryos that were destroyed or made use of as
experiments in laboratories," he added. Archbishop Chia's lecture also touched on abortion, now legal in Singapore, and euthanasia. "Life begins at the moment of conception and must be protected and safeguarded. For that matter, abortion is a moral evil and cannot be justified. It is the direct termination of life," he asserted. On the issue of prolonged illness, as long as there is a possibility of the sick recovering, one must
make use of all possible means, he said. He cautioned that the disposal of life is the prerogative of God. "In active euthanasia, the doctor is the cause of the death of his patient, whereas in the case of the withdrawal of artificial life support when death is inevitable, the patient is dying because of some existing pathology or injury," he noted. He also spoke against the practice of freezing embryos and surrogate motherhood.
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HOLY FACE OF JESUS PRAYER GROUP We meet on Tues June 18 at Holy Trinity Church. 8 Burnett St. Embleton. beginning with Adoration at 7.30pm followed by prayer meeting. Please bring a plate for a 'cuppa'. MARRIAGE - A SACRAMENT OF HEALING Holy Trinity Prayer Group, Hilton will be having a guest speaker, Fr Bob Carden OEM at their prayer meeting at Mt Carmel Church, Collick St, Hilton on Monday 24 June. Prayer Meeting begins at 7.15pm with Prayer and Praise, followed at 8pm by Fr Bob's talk. All are welcome. Inq. Maria 9437 3224. ST BENEDICT'S PARISH, APPLECROSS Golden Jubilee Celebrations start with Dinner. Friday July 5, 7pm at Aquinas College. Sung Mass Sunday July 7, 9.30am St Benedict's Church. Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Hickey. Mass is followed by Morning Tea in the Parish Hall. Inq: Jill Norton 9317 6364. MEDJUGORJE SEER'S VISIT CANCELLED Due to Vicka being pregnant and under Doctor's advice not to travel, unfortunately the Australian tour has been cancelled. DIVINE MERCY HOLY HOUR The Divine Mercy Apostolate invites Catholics to a Holy Hour of Adoration on each Saturday of the month (except 1st Saturday). from 2.303.30pm at St Francis Xavier Church. 25 Windsor St, East Perth. Program: Exposition of the blessed Sacrament, Reconciliation in English, Maltese and Italian; Holy Rosary; Divine Mercy Chaplet; Three o'clock prayers and Benedic-
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EUCHARISTIC CONVENTION Hear Archbishop Barry Hickey speaking on the importance of Eucharistic adoration. Other speakers include Raymond de Souza of St Gabriel Communications. Learn how to explain it to non-Catholics and lapsed Catholics as well. St Mary's Cathedral, Sat June 29 at 2pm. Please advertise this Eucharistic convention in your parish, school and association. Inquiries: Fr Douglas Harris, St Mary's Cathedral 9223 1350. FULTON SHEEN ON AIR IN PERTH Listeners of the Layman's Hour will be able to hear the voice of the famous Catholic Apologist, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, on Sun 16 June at 730pm. immediately after the 'Children's Catechism on Air'. Hear also an interview with Fr Paul Maria Sigl and the answers to questions on Catholic doctrine. Switch on to The Layman's Hour' with Raymond and Theresa de Souza, Radio Fremantle (107.9 FM). Ring 9494 2100 to ask your question. C ATHEDRAL YOUTH FORUM The Cathedral Knights and St Gabriel Communications invite teenagers and young adults from Catholic Youth Ministry, Flame Youth Team. Young Christian Workers. Notre Dame Truth Society, True Love Waits. Disciples
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This month: Quokka ( tc-,_ ,,erly Capricorn) -nus is rising but .ifortunately the Voyager satellite is passing between Saturn ascendant and Orion. I am sorry to say that its influence on Quokkans will disrupt your own life for the coming weeks. You will, for example. experience an intense desire to 'beep' at 32 kilobytes per second. to spread your arms wide once every 24 hours and to transmit data to somewhere in Florida. On other matters your intense body odour problem needs to be addressed quickly. It took several police and ambulance officers more than an hour to revive those who caught the bus to work with you last Friday. Your family are still too embarrassed to raise the issue with you directly. Do not accept advice from charlatans. Lucky objects: Geraniums.
tion. followed by Veneration of the Relic of St Faustina. On the second Saturday only there is anointing of the sick. Celebrant: Fr Marcellinus Meilak OFM.The afternoon concludes with refreshments. Please bring a plate to share. Inquiries: John 9457 7771.
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Rome prepa for Blessed Padro Pio's can do, where he is buried and spent most of his life. Ahead of his canonisation, Rome's civil authorities said they were expecting John about 400,000 pilgrims but had continNorton gency plans in place for as many as 600,000. Some estimates went as high as 800,000, according to an official in the US bishops' Letters from office for Rome visitors. That's significantly more than the 300.000 Rome who turned out for the Capuchin friar's beatification in 1999, which was described lessed Padre No da Pietralcina's at the time as a record event and a test of canonisation looks set to go down in Rome's ability to manage the jubilee. For Rome's history as one of its largest that ceremony, officials allowed only 200,000 people in and around St. Peter's religious ceremonies. Spiritual and logistical preparations for Square - the rest followed the event by the June 16 event were reminiscent of those video and audio link in a large square for the liturgical megagatherings that were across town. That's about the record for liturgies at the a hallmark of the jubilee year 2000. But perhaps reflecting confidence born Vatican, though during World Youth Day in from their hard-won jubilee experience, August 2000 the pope celebrated Mass in civic leaders seemed virtually nonchalant a field on Rome's outskirts: that Mass was about the expected influx of hundreds of attended by more than 2 million people. thousands of people for the ceremony. Not As of early June, the Vatican already had even generalized concerns about post-Sept. distributed 250.000 free tickets for Padre 11 terrorist threats seemed to worry them. No's canonization. The Vatican was only "With a saint protector like Padre No, (we providing seating for 50,000 people in the have) no fear," said Emilio Del Mese, front half of the elliptical St. Peter's Square. A standing-room-only section stretches Rome's top law-and-order official. Padre Pio, a southern Italian priest who from there down the wide Via della Condied in 1968, is known to millions world- ciliazione to the Tiber River and Castel wide for his holiness as a confessor and for Sant'Angelo, about four-tenths of a mile his extraordinary spiritual gifts - most away. As they did during several of the larger remarkably, the stigmata, or bodily signs of jubilee events, Rome authorities planned Christ's passion. Nearly 8 million pilgrims travel annually to set up about a dozen television "maxito the remote town of San Giovanni Roton- screens" in the crowd's farther reaches so
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Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims packed St. Peter's Square and surrounding streets for the beatPhoto. CNS/Fleuters ification of the 20th-century Italian mystic monk Padre Pio in May 1999.
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dal exhibit, "The Great Light: Padre No," everyone could follow the liturgy. Most of the people attending the cere- which focused on the friar's stigmata. The mony were expected to be Italian. To sup- exhibit's centerpiece was one of the bloodplement an expected 3,800 privately caked gloves Padre No wore to cover the chartered tour buses, the Vatican's pil- wounds in the palms of his hands. The Vatican's Post Office created a special grimage and travel agency arranged 50 special trains to bring pilgrims from the commemorative cancellation bearing Padre Bo's image and the date of the canMediterranean peninsula's four corners. Organisers hoped to start moving pil- onization. It was to be available upon grims into the square at 4:30 a.m. The Mass request during the two weeks following the ceremony. was scheduled to get under way at 10. One Italian newspaper retold the story of In another trick learned from the jubilee year, authorities planned to deploy hun- Matte° Colella, the 8-year-old boy whose dreds of chemical toilets around St. Peter's medically inexplicable cure from multiple Square and in the square's colonnade. organ failure in 2000 was deemed the mirThey also provided for five first-aid stations acle for Padre No's canonization. Colella staffed by doctors and nurses, as well as 14 was scheduled to receive his first Commuambulances and 35 medical rescue teams nion from the pope during the canonizato pluck ill pilgrims from the crush of the tion Mass.ln preparation for the canonization, L'Osservatore Romano, the crowds for treatment. Civil authorities said their biggest logisti- Vatican's newspaper, devoted multiple cal challenge was transportation. They pages to Padre No's life, charism and work Writing in the May 30 issue, Cardinal Jose planned to coordinate traffic flow and public transport, as well as response to poten- Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregatial emergencies, from the city's new tion for Saints' Causes, called the Capuchin state-of-the-art "situation room," which was friar "a great apostle of the confessional." "He exercised the ministry (of the sacracompleted just in time for the canonisation. Meanwhile, a series of church initiatives ment of reconciliation) for 58 years, mornsought to draw fresh attention to Padre ing and night, hours and hours given to those who turned to him: men and women, No's life and spiritual teachings. His Capuchin confreres gave Vatican- sick and healthy, rich and poor, clerics and accredited journalists dozens of copies of laity, coming from nearby and far away," a small book containing a meditation for Cardinal Saraiva said. "In his canonization cause, this is defievery day of the year taken from Padre No's writings. The English version was nitely his greatest claim to glory: the proof titled, "Have a Good Day," and the front of his sanctity and the brightest example cover featured a picture of the white-beard- he has left to priests around the world, in ed friar with a tender expression on his the present century and in future cenface. The Diocese of Rome opened a spe- turies," the cardinal said.
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