PERTH, WA: Dece ber 3, 1987
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Catholic and Anglican bishops combine for a live-in meeting at Wollaston College for sharing of ideas. See story page 3.
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"We are no a national church - we are a Catholic Church o en o all the p ople of the world," Australia's newest memb r oft e hierarchy, Melkite Archbishop George Riashi, aid in Perth last
"We do not feel tha t e treaures of an Eastern Church Ii e ours belongs to us alone. It belongs tot e whole of humanity becau
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tr dition, spirituality and the chmgs of the Fathers which b lo g to the w ol C tholic Church." Arch is op Riashi, h ad of an estim ted 0,000 Cat olics of the Melkite radition in Australia, was replying to a uery wh his church w s Mi Eastern i
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He cited the Unit d States where he work d for rn years and where the Melkites are part of the normal American scene, with the liturgy completely in English and understood by the p ople.
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