PERTH, WA: May 13, 1988
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Not only Perth's Redemptorist retreat house became an architectural landmark but also the flare given to its management by the new found vocation of its now famous manager Brother Dan Stafford, about to change care from bodies to souls. His departure story is on page 3.
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LA PAZ (Bolivia) C Po John Paul II trav lled o La Paz, the world's high st na ional c pital, to d nounce fund m ntalist
"Unfortunately, they can quickly dilute the coherence and unny of the evangelical message," he said
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Bishops should "provide your faithf ul with an adequate cap city for discernment so that. w1 h an attuud of sincere ecumenism with our brothers in oth r Christian confessions and with respec for all, they n v rthel ss remain and act like fa1 hf ul childr n of the church rn which th y w re b pn ed." th po said
It wa on o t ar on th mro m king in the traditionally C tholic population of Latin America Many Latin Am ncan bishops hav told th Vatican that the growth of sects rs a major danger to he health of Latin American Catholicism. The po noted that ects are on the ns m Bolivia and urged the Catholic bishops "d fend themselv m the face of the active pro lyt1smg of ts". "Th s s ts. of a f undamentallst cut" are sowing confusion amon h p o I ," he said.
Bolivians n .. our doctrinal gu1 ance" so t y can "purify and consohd te m truth th rr srnc re nd profound religious b Ii f s." h told the bish s There are about 150 church sand sects legally r istered in Bolivia, yet few have sought to develop relations with the Catholic Church, the majority religion. Television stations regularly air Spanish-speaking evangelists who specialise in faith healing and who solicit listeners for money to sup ort their ministries. Many of these television ministries originate outside Bolivia.
CANBERRA: Over 25,CX)() people gathered in three different parts of Canberra and marched to State Circle completely encircling the new Parliament House on last Saturday in a National Gathering o pray God's blessing on the new national home. from MICHAEL SULU VAN
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The group that left from beside Lake Burley Griffin was led by Chris-
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tian politicians and also by various church leaders, carrying a large wooden cross made from the remnants . of he blo -stained cattle railings at the site of the Myall Creek massacre in 1838.