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StateIIent clefePiTtied By Peter Rosengren VATICAN CITY (CNS) Responding to sharp criticism from other religions and other Christian chturles, Pope John Paul ll defended a Vatican document on salvation, saying its affirmation of Christ as the one true saviour was "not arrogance." Speaking at a midday blessing on October, the Pope said the document had been subject to "rnistaken interpretations." He said the text, far from being an effort to weaken interreligious or ecumenical cooperation, offered a framework for meaningful dialogue. "The document clarifies the essential Christian elements, which is not obstruct dialogue but illustrate its foundations, dialogue without founLdations&awould 1 be destined to degenerate into empty verbosity," he said. "Our confession of Christ as the one Son, through whom we see the face of the Father, is not arrogance that shows contempt for other religions, but a joyful mist that Cu hrist revealed i fl [111111 • to us without anyi merit on our part," he said. The document, s

published on 5 September by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, affirmed that the Church of Christ eidsts fully only in the Catholic Church; it rejected the idea that "one religion is as good as another." It said that while others can be saved through a special grace, the Catholic Church is necessary for their salvation. It also criticised the danger of a growing acceptance of religious pluralism While most Catholic leaders cautiously welcomed the document, accentuating its more positive aspects, the reaction from other religions and other Christians was a steady stream of criticism. Many questioned to what extent the document really reflected the sentiments of the Pope, who has written eloquently about the value of such dialogue. The Pope appeared to answer that objection in his remarks, saying the document "was approved by me in a special form." He said his intent was to "invite all Christians to renew their attachment to (Christ) in the joy of the faith, unanimously witnessing that he is, today and tomorrow, the way, the truth and the life." He noted that the document does not deny that non-Christians

can be saved. but makes dear that I is possibility ultimately comes from Christ. Likewise, he said, when the document emphasises the Church's position that the one Church of Christ subsists in the Catholic Church, "it does not intend to express little consideration for the other churches and ecdesial communities." On the contrary. he said, the Catholic Church suffers to see that these other churc.hes which contain "precious elements of salvation" are separated from the Catholic Church. 'Thus the document expresses once again the same ecumenical passion that runs through my encyclical, 'Ut Untun Sint' (That All May Be One,')" he said. "It is my hope that this declaration, which I feel strongly about. after so many mistaken interpretations, can end up performing its function of clarifying and at the same time of opening up" logue, he said. The Pope's unusual public defence of a Vatican document came after verbal and written criticism by several groups and viduals involved in the various dialogues conducted by the Vatican. Editorial - Page 7

Pope John Paul 11 greets pilgrims gathered for the canonisation ceremony of 120 Chinese martyrs and a number of others including US-born heiress Katherine Drexel and a Sudanese slave on 1 October in St Peter's Square.

Former prostitute pleads for future of Stirling Street house By Glynnis Grainger A former drug addict and prostitute has made a plea for St joseph's House of Hope in Perth to be reopened. Zoe, 35, told The Record when she read in the papers about what was happening to St Joseph's, she was "hoffified." She visited The Record's office last Monday week and told her life story in a bid to make readers aware of the work of the staff at St Joseph's. The Town of Vincent Council turned down an application for rezoning last month that would have allowed the Holy Spirit of Freedom Community to keep using the building at 258 Stirling Street, Perth, as a dmp-in and outreach centre for prostitutes and drug addicts. The building has been run by the community for the last four years. Community volunteers at the house provide meals each week for the poor and homeless as well as occasional temporary S vernight accommodation. St Joseph's closd e on 20 September. Zoe said she had travelled around Australia a lot but called Perth her home; she was born in Sydney and her mother was a drug addict and prostitute. "I was shoved around from institutions and homes, things like that: she said. "I wanted to have my own child at about 18 as I didn't have any knowledge of my own family. "I raised my own daughter till she was about 12; my god-daughter died at seven

Zoe months from cot death. "Her Mum - a gle mother - was only gone for four hours. "She had asked me to be a godmother to her daughter." Zoe said she was led into drugs by a young man who lived down the road who was a hemin addict and he would comfort her on occasions and help her. He offered her heroin - before that she II was anti-drugs. "Idon't know why it happened, but it just did. I was 27 and in Perth. 'Basically. my life just sort of went down

from there." After about a year, she realised she couldn't cope with her daughter any more and suggested she go and stay with her father for a while. "I was having problems," Zoe said. "Before long, I attracted all sorts of nohoping people into my life and went downhill after that" Her daughter was 12 and she knew she was OK and rang her up on occ.asions. "For a few years, trying to get my drugs was getting harder and harder andIcouldn't work a nine-to-five job," Zoe said. "Another girl asked me if I was interested in working in the brothel industry. "Again my drugs got in the way;Icouldn't afford a roof over my head. "Iwas being stalked at this stage and was living on the streets." Zoe would go from one empty house to another empty house and squat. "Somebody would always screw it up for the rest of us," she said. "Inever liked the position I was in, especially with heroin - everybody became so desperate. "I would rather hurt myself than rob somebody or harm them. "I always had the thought I had had a good life before andIknew there must be some way of getting it back. "The Police suggested we move up to Stirling Street." Zoe was robbed, bashed and raped about three times and knows who organised it. She built up a 'pretty good" relationship with the girls on the streets, so

she Wali and helped them to conF'9.1 duct themselves on the streets. Liz Hare, the leader of St Joseph's House of Hope, invited Zoe in for a cup of coffee. had always been eager to learn about my God." Zoe said and asked "Can I have a look?" She lcnew she was "stoned" so she was a bit embarrassed, but sat through "the whole service." It was the first time she wasn't "being looked at strangely" and was being accepted. "I got closer and closer to people at St Joseph's, especially Liz," she said. About 18 months ago, Liz suggested a detox centre around the corner for Zoe and every day Liz went to see her. "Iknew they cared; nobody ever gave up on me," Zoe said. "I had no religion forced on me or anything;I belonged there somehow." Zoe said she asked lots of questions and "it all helped, definitely." She heard about a farm up north and "they said they would take me up there." She ended up having an accident and was "stuck" in Middle Swan Hospital. "Within an hour they were there to pick me up - the people from St Joseph's," she said. One of the passengers in the car with her nearly died. Zoe said she is "still soaking up Christianity and hasn't decided what [religion] she is going to be." Continued - Page 2

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his Sunday, 8th October, we join with the Holy Father in dedicating the New Millennium to the protection of Mary. A special prayer has been sent to all our parishes and schools to be used on Sunday and other times during the rest of this year. The person of Mary is a significant figure in this Year of the Jubilee. The year 2000 is, as we know, the 2000th birthday of Jesus. Mary therefore has a special place in this commemoration because it was through her ready acceptance of God's will that she conceived of the Holy Spirit and gave birth to the Saviour of the world. Catholics have a deep love for Mary, and rightly so. Our earliest Christian traditions record the honour and love in

which she was held, as anyone ply the mother of Jesus the man, who has visited the home of St not the mother of Jesus the GodJohn the Evangelist in Ephesus man. will know. The issue was resolved by a It was there that Mary lived with great Council of the Church held, John after he settled in Ephesus, significantly, at Ephesus where following to the letter the last Mary spent the last years of her wishes of Our Lord on the Cross life in the house of John. to John: "Behold your Mother", At this Council of Ephesus in 437, and to Mary: "Behold your son". the heresy of Nestorius was conDevotion to Mary grew marked- demned and the true Catholic ly in the early years of the Church, belief was declared and defined especially as the great debates on that Jesus was truly God and truly the true identity of Jesus were man. eventually resolved. Mary was then proclaimed, in The teachings of Arius, a priest Greek, because Greek was the from Alexandria, and those of spoken language then, to be Nestorius, a priest from Antioch, "Theotokos", or Mother of God. cast doubt on the unity of the At the conclusion of the Council humanity and divinity of Jesus in the President, St Cyril, the Bishop the one divine person. of Alexandria, stood up to give the The denial of the divinity of homily, full of praises of Mary. Christ meant that Mary was simIn one of his letters he said, "It

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MILWAUKEE (CNS) In Limerick, Ireland. there is a tour that includes sites Frank McCourt described in his Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, Angela's Ashes. The tour includes the Ozanam House, an office for the local affiliate of the St Vincent de Paul Society, where McCourt's mother, Angela, regularly stood in line to get vouchers, food, or some sort of assistance for her family. "I might not be here tonight if it were not for the St Vincent de Paul," McCourt said on 30 September to an audience of about 1.200 members and guests attending the St Vincent de Paul Society's national conference in Milwaukee. Pulitzer Prize winner Frank McCourt His memoir is about his Irish family escaping the bleak economy of the Unit- could feel humiliating, but he emphaed States for the shores of Ireland, where sised that the society remained the one he was born. avenue to those who had nothing. But instead of finding sanctuary or "What fascinates me about poverty isn't prosperity across the Atlantic during the the fleas and the rats and the cold, but Depression, the family is devoured by Its psychological affects on the hunger, unemployment and his father's demeanour," he said. alcoholism. "My mother was reduced to begging at "Going back to Limerick in the '30s was the St Vincent de Paul, to begging at the like going to Bosnia," McCourt said. house of a priest who handed out food "In Limerick we were starving, but the In the evenings," he said. fleas were feasting." "Her spirit was crushed by all of this, His mother could have consigned her and I wonder, how did she survive?" sons to a local reform school so they'd The lessons remained with McCourt have shelter and something to eat, but even after he returned to New York as a two of his cousins sent there spoke of young adult. even worse conditions, McCourt "Poverty teaches that you take nothing recalled. for granted," he said. Because the Irish government gave As a public high school teacher, he nothing in welfare, she turned to the St watched aghast as students in the school Vincent de Paul Society. cafeteria threw food away. "When I wrote Angela's Ashes, I want"I can't get used to this country's greated to show the face of poverty, and the est activity - waste," he said. lines outside the St Vincent de Paul were His students couldn't believe his childa way to do that," he said. hood stories, and "didn't understand the The lines led into a room where a group concept of having nothing." he added. of society members determined, through But McCourt recognised the students numerous personal questions, what was who suffered from poverty themselves, needed for each family, from a spare bed many of them minorities who acted out frame to a grocery store voucher. in rebellion. "At first I wanted to bang their heads In his book. McCourt's descriptions of those who made those decisions often together, but! began to understand their sound harsh, and he noted the process anger," he said. "I felt it myself when I

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came to New York, scared of the city and the world. Nobody walks out of the slums tall. You slink out. "People need food, need shelter, and clothing, but the need for self-esteem is greater, and I don't know how to give that," he said. McCourt told the VincenHans, "I feel a sweet circle has been closed, coming here to Milwaukee for the St Vincent de Paul conference.I think Angela's up there beaming." The choice of McCourt as a speaker was the idea of Eugene Smith. president of the society's national council. He told the Catholic Herald Milwaukee's archdiocesan newspaper, that the Invitation was triggered by seeing the author on the CBS show -80 Minutes." McCourt was shown in Limerick. standing in front of the St Vincent de Paul Society office and saying the organi sation kept his family alive. Smith got McCourt to agree to speak. and the author waived his normal fee of US $30,000. Getting someone like McCourt to

appear helped attract a bit of attention to the organisation. Smith said. A few society members who are Irish Catholics were a bit upset over the way Limerick was "put down" in the book. said Smith, but he hoped members would not only accept the accolades McCourt would offer, but his challenge to do a better job, too. "He's said very positive things about the St Vincent de Paul Society. . .. but he had been critical of it as well," Smith said. "He pointed to a real clear picture of the difficulties his family had, often times treated with less dignity than they should have been. "Some of our members don't always treat clients with the greatest respect, compassion and understanding, but we should because what we see, in essence. is the face of Jesus in the people that we serve," added Smith.

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St Joseph's "gave me a roof over my head.. .I would have starved to death," she said. She ended up in the street trade again and was having a meal at St Joseph's. "Holy Spirit of Freedom didn't give up on me, ever," Zoe said. "I could manage for while but you got weak and tired and sick of the same routine and feeling hopeless. "People there would always build my confidence up, even if it was just for a meal once-a-week. "You didn't have to be worried about being judged or have people taking advantage of you." Zoe could go to St Joseph's for a coffee and a chat. "We all got close there," she said. "I realised I had nothing. "The Police cracked down really hard on the girls in the street." Zoe

started getting very sick and having trouble walking and an old bloke said she could stay at his place for a few days. She had to wait till she got some dole money and collapsed on the floor. "He abused me [verbally] for twoand-a-half days; I was pretty sick," she said. Zoe went to Bridge House and wanted to go to Dr George O'Neil's detox centre. "From there I haven't really looked back," she said. Her daughter - now nearly 17 went to St Joseph's for Christmas Dinner. Zoe said she has got lots of goals now and wants to go on a real holiday somewhere. She sees her daughter a lot now. She is now cured of her addiction and no longer working on the streets.

Migrants flock to pilgrimage By Glynnis Grainger The Pilgrimage for Migrant Groups to New Norcia last Monday on the long weekend was affected by the heat. Archbishop Barry Hickey, who had broken his wrist playing tennis earlier, and had his left arm in a sling, concelebrated Mass with Fr Adrian Pittarello, who organised the day, and about 10 migrant priests and a couple of "dinkum Aussies." Fr Pittarello is the Vicar for Migration and told The Record on Tuesday that it was much hotter than he expected, though he had been praying it would not rain. He told the crowd Archbishop Hickey had been "training for the Olympics" when he had an accident. The 1500-strong crowd represented migrants from all nationalities, and their priests were from Malta, Ukraine, Italy. Croatia, Singapore, the Philippines, Poland, Vietnam, Goa and Indonesia. Because of the heat, people

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crowded beneath the shade of the two biggest trees and other trees, with their fold-up chairs and rugs. The Asian migrants attended the Mass with some in the sun under the shade of umbrellas, which they also used during the procession. About 30 buses conveyed the crowd to New Norcia and some people travelled by car or van. Organisation of the pilgrimage began last April, by Fr Pittarello, the migrant chaplains and migrant pastoral workers. Archbishop Hickey said in his homily, "Today Is for all of us a special day of pilgrimage to a holy place." "We are doing this in a special year of Jesus and the Pope has proclaimed, because it is the 200th birthday of Jesus," he said. "This is a multicultural pilgrimage - Fr Adrian has been the inspiration for this pilgrimage. "It is like the Olympic Games around here; the whole Church

rejoices." Archbishop Hickey said, "It is a time of rejoicing and in every country the Church is celebrating. "Those of you who have had the chance to go to Rome this year millions of pilgrims are going to those holy places land] the Holy Land where Jesus was born, where he lived, died and rose. "I have just come back recently from the World Youth Day in Rome. "It is a celebration of our Catholic faith of all followers of Jesus Christ during this holy year." He said ". . . it is so very important for us to ask ourselves whether we are moving in the right direction; perhaps we have got off the main road. "We want to stay on the main road which is a narrow road which leads to Jesus Christ." The Archbishop said it is now time to be reconciled with God and with one another. "Reconciliation is first of all per-

Refugee Week will prove a drawcard for New Aussies By Glynnis Grainger A Refugee Youth Forum organised by the Catholic Migrant Centre titled "Is Australia a Place that I can Call Home?" to look at personal issues and solutions to problems due to migration will be held on 14 October. Organised by young migrant and refugee people living in Australia. it will run from 9.30am to 3pm at St Brigid's Parish Centre. corner of Fitzgerald and John Streets, Northbridge. It will be part of Austcare Refugee Week, which runs from 7th to 15th October, and will include many activities. Community Aid Abroad's "Taste of a Nation" with food and wine stalls at South Terrace in Fremantle, will be held with the launch of the week on Saturday 7 October from 11am to 3.30pm. A Burmese Food and Photo Exhibition will be held at Sacred

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The migrants' procession makes its way back to the altar from the oval.

sonal; we must confess our sins and find the opportunity to restore the graces we have lost," he said. "In these days when families break down we must do whatever we can to restore peace and unity in our family. "If we have been angry, spiteful and jealous we must take steps to be reconciled to our brothers and sisters and parents." Archbishop Hickey said we should seek to be reconciled with one another and between countries at war with each other, we must be reconciled and become one people with God. He said, "Make the most of today; remember it is a spiritual occasion when we pray - in the bus or in the car. "This is a very historic and holy place. It was here that the Benedictine monks came from Italy mainly for the Aboriginal people. "We give thanks for the Benedictine Brothers, Fathers and Sisters who have been a beacon of hope and light to so many people.

"In the words of Almighty God: 'Let us go forward and let us never be afraid.'" After the Mass, representatives from migrant groups sang the verses of the "Ave Maria" in their own language, and people from their group joined in from the congregation. They also did the same thing at the Benediction which was celebrated after the procession from the Oval and back to the altar.

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New paper explores Eucharist-justice link The Chairman of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, Wagga Wagga's Bishop William Brennan, has challenged the false separation between the Mass and Social Justice. He said, "Sometimes Mass-goers can fail to do justice." "The basic tragedy is that all too often we are unaware of or just do not think about the kind of life that participation in the Eucharist entails. "When our lives are lived in compartments the meaning of the Eucharist for the behaviours and attitudes we exhibit outside the place of its celebration just slips past us." In an effort aimed at promoting a spirituality of justice that makes connections between the Eucharist and the rest of our lives, the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council has published a new paper, Eucharist and Justice, by popular Sydney Marist priest Fr Gerard Moore. Fr Moore is a member of the National Liturgical Commission and theology editor of the ecu-

menical journal National Outlook "Eucharist and Justice is an exploration of the potential of parts of the Mass for developing our sense of justice," he said. In his paper Fr Moore has considered specific parts of the Mass and drawn out some of their implications for justice. Specifically, he reflects on the Gathering Rites, the Liturgy of the Word, the various parts of the Liturgy of the Eucharist and the Dismissal. "If all those who regularly participated in the Eucharist were tuned to this wavelength, then they would learn gradually and more completely to respond to the requirement relayed to us by the prophet Micah, "to do justice, to love kindness and to walk humbly with their God," Bishop Brennan said. Eucharist and Justice is available from the ACSJC, 19 MacKenzie Street, North Sydney NSW 2060, telephone (02) 9956 5811, Fax: (02) 9954 0056, E-mail: admin@acsjc. org.au for $4.40 (including GM') plus postage. - G Grainger

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response," especially cut because it involved a widespread "ethical degeneration." Archbishop Lozano also criticised programs based on the liberalisation or legalisation of some drugs, saying that the programs had been "disastrous." distinguishing He said between light and heavy drugs was not useful, either. "The distinction between drugs is used to trivialise the problem. In reality, attention should not be focused on the drug but on the drug addict, and on the vacuum of values and the lack of love around him," he said.

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priest, Father Pierre Anatrela. He said the Vatican was being very careful about the text, and that two drafts of the document had been reviewed already. "It will be a pastoral manual dedicated to priests, social workers and health care workers, outlining the main principles in confronting drug dependence and the phenomenon of drugs in general," Archbishop Lozano said. In a speech to the drug conference, the Archbishop called drug abuse a "planetary emergency that is striking all nations and all levels of society." He said It calls for a "strong and clear-

Sponsored by the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of Perth around 400 people attended a public rally in West Leederville for a night of worship, preaching and ministry that challenged and inspired leaders, priests, religious and individuals to achieve their 'Personal Zone of Excellence.' Visiting Marist Priest, Fr Jack Soulsby compared secular positive thinking with that inspired by the Holy Spirit. Pointing out that secularist Positive thinking is usually based on Christian principles in the first place, "They tend to leave out all reference to Christ and use formulas which, Father Soulsby introduces listeners to 'Personal Zones of Excellence.' because they are founded on the entirely on Catholic teaching. Pauline relationship in the first truth, work." he said. Throughout the evening small Church, Fr Soulsby likened St Demonstrating how powerful groups prayed together and Peter as the backbone and St it can be to discover one's per- empowered each other as Fr Paul as the smile on the Body of sonal zone of excellence that Soulsby led them in various Christ. way, Fr Soulsby then began to prayers touching on personal Pointing out that the Church is put the Holy Spirit back into the needs and self-esteem in a step- both institutional and at the equation, going through the by-step process. same time charismatic, he same formulas using entirely It was clear from the joy and encouraged leaders and memChristian principles. laughter experienced by the bers of the Catholic CharismatThe result for around 400 par- participants, that hope and a ic Renewal in Perth to continue ticipants was a rediscovery of positive vision for their lives was to work closely with the Magistheir personal Christian faith making its mark. terium and bring a smile to the Referring to the Petrine and Body of Christ. and a vision for their lives based

Court ruling clears way for Ex Corde BALTIMORE. Maryland, SEPT. 26, 2000 (ZENM - A US federal court ruling is good news for the implementation of a 1990 papal document on Catholic higher education, according to the National Catholic Register. The 4th District Court ruled last month that Maryland cannot exclude Columbia Union College, a Seventh-day Adventist institution of 1,100 students, from a program that awards State money to private schools, the Register reported. The ruling appears to strengthen the hand of the US bishops as they prepare to implement Ex Corde Ecclesiae, John Paul II's apostolic constitution which aims to safeguard the identity of Catholic institutions of higher education, the newspaper said. US bishops are now preparing to implement the papal document, which aims to safeguard the identity of Church-related institutions. Legal analysts quoted by the Register say the federal decision undermines one of the key arguments of Ex Cordes opponents:

that federal funding of Catholic College is to provide a secular colleges will be jeopardised if education even though it has a they make their Catholic char- definite and strong secondary acter more explicit. goal to teach it with a 'Christian Maryland officials had vision.'" claimed in 1992 that Columbia The legal victory allows the Union College was "pervasively school, located just outside of sectarian" and that to award the Washington, DC to receive US school with funding under the $800,000 each year from the Rev Joseph Sellinger Program program, which amounts to 5 would violate what they said per cent of the school's budget were constitutional restrictions Maryland officials have not on State support of religion, the Indicated if they will appeal the Register reported. decision. The State claimed specific Notre Dame law professor aspects of the college's opera- Gerald Bradley told the Register tion put it off-limits for funds, that the ruling confirms that the newspaper said. Catholic universities can assert For instance, the college their faith without risking loss receives a quarter of its funding of government aid. and its entire governing board "No Catholic college will be from the Seventh-day Adventist called pervasively sectarian," he Church. It has a policy of hiring told the Register. Seventh-day Adventists as faculConsequently, Bradley said, ty, and it requires students to Catholic universities should not attend chapel. fear the adoption of Ex Cordo, According to the Register, which requires theology profesJudge Marvin Garbis in his rul- sors to receive a mandatum ing said, "The evidence does not. from their local bishop and . .. establish that it is pervasive- requires that Catholics constily sectarian. The primary goal tute a majority of a college's and function of Columbia Union hoard of directors.

Invitation goes out to Christian couples in Perth By Glynnis Grainger

Couples for Christ, a Christian Family Life Renewal Movement, invites married couples, singles, men and women _to attend a Christian Life Program at Santa Clara parish hall, Bentley, at 7pm on Tuesdays. It started on 26 September, in the hall at 10 Pollock Street, Bentley. There will be 12 weekly sessions for about two to two-anda-half hours each, consisting of a talk, discussion, fellowship and scripture-reading. A Christian Life Program (CLP) is an integrated course conducted by Couples for Christ which leads into a renewed understanding of God's call to live a full and meaningful Christian life. There is no cost involved. CFC was established in the Philippines in 1981 and is recog-

established in 73 countries and has 310,000 couples and one million members worldwide. according to WA Area Head Kinhon Lee. In Perth, the membership of CFC is currently five couples, four children, three Handmaids of the Lord and one Servant of the Lord. CFC draws its membership from all sectors of society young and old, rich and poor, it transcends all cultural, economic, educational, racial and other distinctions. Members meet together regularly for mutual support and encouragement in the Christian life. The most common form of meeting is in home groups composed of five to seven couples. Although CFC is a Catholic organisation, its membership is open to Christians of other denominations.

nised by the Bishops of the Catholic Church there as a National Private Association of the Lay Faithful in accordance with Canon Laws 321-329. It started as a group of mainly women, and then invited men to attend. It is a world-wide Catholic community for couples who have been validly married in a Christian church, and members of associated CFC Family Life ministries, namely: CFC Kids for Christ (five to 12 years); CFC Youth for Christ (13 to 20 years); CFC Singles for Christ (21 to 40 years); CFC Handmaids of the Lord (for mature, separated, divorced and widowed), and CFC Servants of the Lord (for mature, separated, divorced and widowers). CFC began in the Perth Archdiocese in November, 1995. with the approval of Archbishop Barry Hickey. It is currently

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ay I claim a little of your space to alert readers to the forthcoming National Chesterton Conference and Symposium to be held at New Norcia on the weekend, 20th22nd October - a first for Australia. G.K. Chesterton was one the greatest of 20th century Christian writers who influenced generations of readers and is credited with bringing many Catholics into the Church. Now there is a growing recognition world-wide that what he had to say about social, religious and political issues is more than ever relevant to the present, and that his wisdom, common sense and spiritual insight can be an inspiration and antidote to what's wrong with the modem world. The title of one of Chesterton's books was What's Wrong With the World? This question will be addressed once again at New Norcia and Chesterton's answers will be discussed by four prominent speakers including the eminent Dr Jerzy Zubrzycki, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, and Member of the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences in the Vatican; and Fr Ian Boyd from New York, President of the International Chesterton Institute. This is sure to be a powerful and important Catholic event; also Joyous, spiritual, friendly. Places at the Conference are necessarily limited but those interested in attending should telephone or fax me for further details: 9339 1403.

ell, if the opening ceremony was a "liturgy". I don't know what you'd call the closing ceremony. They even had a credo (Savage Garden and "I believe") and the priestesses from Greece! Jesus Christ did at least get one mention this time - the central stage was used 30 years ago as a key part of the set of "Jesus Christ Superstar"! Oh, God got a mention also - in the lyrics of "I believe". I have a feeling that tonight we might have Just witnessed the handing over of the torch of civilisation to a new secular "religion" centred around the Olympic rings and a set of secular humanist values embodied in the ideals of what Juan Antonio Samaranch called in his speech "Olympism" and the ideals of the United Nations. Having spent a century plus standing up to totalitarianism and the worship of the collective, Christianity has a new challenge on its hands for the new millennium. The new "god" is not the State, it is us - the human individual. We ... are capable of anything, even the building of heaven on earth. Who needs God anymore? Welcome to Utopia. Welcome to a Brave New World. But wasn't it spectacular - and a superb lesson in public communications.

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The family that prays together Why do Catholics through suffering, the leader who would take them to salvation." The Redemptorists used to tell the joke about the child who was asked in a Catechism class: "What is matrimony?" and who replied: "Matrimony is a oday's liturgy invites us to con- you." Christ restored the indissolubility state in which some souls suffer for a sider the sanctity of marriage, a of marriage. He said: "What God has time before going to heaven." While we can laugh about the child particularly important subject in united, let no man put asunder." No -confusing matrimony and purgatory, we this age of widespread divorce. valid marriage can be dissolved by need to remember that married people The first reading (Genesis 2:18-24), the divorce. can grow into better people by acceptcreation of Adam and Eve, reminds us Of course, there are criteria for a valid ing in a truly Christian spirit the trials of basic truths: for example, that both marriage, including free consent. that are part and parcel of married life. men and women have been created by It could be the case that some of the' One of the tragedies of the mentality God, and that woman was made as criteria are absent in a particular case. man's helpmate, and that they are to be In such cases an annulment - something that favours easy divorce is the fact that joined together in marriage to become quite different from a divorce - can be those people are refusing to avail themselves of the opportunity to grow one body. granted. through facing the trials of married life. In these days of widespread divorce A divorce looks at the end of a marThe reading says: and homosexuality, it is important to riage and says that there are reasons for sanctifies and the " For the one who ones who are sanctistress that marriage, the lifelong union ending it and allowing the partners to fied are of the same stock; this is why of one man and one woman, is God's remarry. he openly calls them brothers." plan. By contrast, an annulment looks at the When Our Lord appeared to St Mary In a brief but telling argument against beginning of a marriage, and says that Magdalene after His resurrection, He homosexuality, it has been said; "If God what is thought to be a marriage is not said to her: "Go and tell my brothers had wanted homosexuality he would in fact so, for such a reason as defective that I have risen." have made Adam and Steve!" It is pre- consent. His use of the term brothers should cisely an unwillingness to concede that Of course, another reason why a hardly surprise us as, when dying on marriage is a special relationship unlike Catholic may obtain an annulment is the cross, he had given us Mary as our any other which is dividing Australian failure to marry in the Catholic Church mother. society today. without having obtained permission to How could Christ have referred to His The push to put de facto relationships marry in an Anglican or Protestant Apostles as anything else than brothers, on a par with marriage is a key plank Church. now that they had the same mother? in the agenda of secular humanists. In the second reading (Hebrews 2:9May all married people then seek 'Ile gospel (Mark 10:2-16) gives Our 11) the writer of the Letter to the their Heavenly Mother's intercession, Lord's teaching on divorce. Hebrews says: as it was his purpose to and may they remember and heed the Our Lord conceded that Moses had bring a great many of his sons into glory, slogan used by the Servant of God, Fr allowed divorce, but said: "It was it was appropriate that God, from whom Patrick Peyton for his Family Rosary because you were so unteachable that everything exists and through whom Crusade: "The family that prays togethMoses wrote this commandment for everything exists should make perfect, er stays together." Peter Dwan continues with his meditations on the readings for Sunday Mass. This week the Twenty-Seventh Sunday, Year B

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e-enacting the 16th-century miracle of Juan Diego in Mexico, 6year-old Rigoberto Gomez held the corners of his folded tilma as he approached Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles. Flanked by six little girls dressed as angels, the youngster unfolded the tilma, spilling out rose petals and revealing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the cloth. The occasion was the unveiling and blessing of a new silvery-pink, sweetsmelling floribunda rose named for Our Lady of Guadalupe. during a ceremony at Our Lady Queen of Angels Church (La Placita) in Los Angeles on 21 September. The rose's creation, noted the cardinal, was a reflection of an extraordinary alliance between Jackson & Perkins, the world's largest rose grower, and the United Farm Workers, the union representing its workers. -This is a stunning example of how the two can work together," the Cardinal told some 150 people gathered for the ceremony, many waving roses and small red UFVV flags. Jackson & Perkins said proceeds from sales of the rose will go to the Hispanic College .Fund, a national organisation that gives scholarship aid to Hispanic students, and other assistance to Latino communities in the United States. Cardinal Mahony said he plans to plant the special rose to adorn the shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe in the outdoor plaza of the new Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. More than 40 workers travelled three hours by bus from Wasco, near Bakersfield, to represent their 1,400 co-workers at the ceremony and pay tribute to the Virgin Mary The new rose will be produced outside Bakersfield. "I'm very proud that they would name a rose after Our Lady of Guadalupe," lab technician Isabel Rojas told The Tidings, Los Angeles archdiocesan newspaper. "We're very honoured," she added, noting that most of the company's workers who will be growing and cultivating the rose are of Mexican heritage. Company spokesman Bill Ihle recognised the "strong and strategic partnership that Jackson & Perkins celebrates with United Farm Workers." "As a company, we have benefited, the union has benefited, and the workers

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A US rose grower and the United Farm Workers have joined forces to produce a new silverypink floribunda rose named after Our Lady of Guadalupe.

the alliance has "really set a new example in agriculture for how management and worker relationships should really exist," said UFW President Arturo Rodriguez. A rose cultivated by farmworkers and named after Our Lady of Guadalupe also serves to recognise her role in the struggle for worker rights, said Rodriguez. "There is never an event or march that takes place without (the image of) the Virgin of Guadalupe in front of us, really caring for us and giving us the guidance we need in our struggle to bring about dignity and justice for farmworkers throughout this nation," he said. Adam Chavarria, executive director of the Hispanic College Fund, said that in growing and selling the roses and making it possible for deserving Latino students to afford a college education, "at each step along the way Latinos will be touched by the Our Lady of Guadalupe rose." The idea for the rose was separately Dressed as angels and Juan Diego, children suggested by Dolores Huerta, co-founder re-enact the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe of the UFW, and by Mgr George Parnason 21 September in Los Angeles during the sus, pastor of St Victor Parish in West dedication of a new hybrid rose that bears the Hollywood. Virgin's name. Photo: CNS/Ellie Hidalgo Mgr Parnassus said it was "hard to have benefited," he said. The AFL-CIO believe" the rose had gone from an idea recently honoured Bear Creek, the pro- to reality duction arm of Jackson & Perkins, with He had suggested it to Ihle, with whom Its union-management award for having he became friends when Ihle was taking one of the best labour relations records classes in preparation for becoming a in the country. During the last six years, Catholic. - CNS

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cripture without the Eucharist is like a beautiful story without a living hero. And the Eucharist without Scripture is like a living hero without a story." So said the outstanding Archbishop Charles Chaput from Denver in a homily at Rome's Church of the Good Shepherd during World Youth Day two months ago. For many Catholics, the fact that the Eucharist is very important does not come as surprising news. But can we say the same of Scripture - the revealed word of God? Have Catholics yet woken up to the fact that the Bible is every bit as important as our Scripture-quoting Protestant brothers and sisters have always insisted that it is? Many of us.I think, have neglected the Scriptures throughout our lives, partly because we feel we get enough of them during Mass. And it's true, the "Liturgy of the Word" that precedes every Eucharistic celebration does keep the average Mass-going Catholic in touch with the word of God. So long as we listen while it's being read. The problem is, with poor quality reading in churches and the in-built human tendency to "nod off" during any familiar ritual, the dramatic power of the Word is far too easily missed. This is tragic. One of the hallmarks of the modern, post Vatican Ii era in the Catholic Church is that the faithful should be truly alive to the Scriptures. As all the most outstanding and inspiring leaders of today's Church are. Leaders like Pope John Paul II. Take the Pope's increasingly acclaimed book. The Theology of the Body. This book, a compilation of the Pope's weekly meditations on the Scripture teaching about marriage and sex, delivered between 1979 and 1984, is having enormous impact around the world. Author George Weigel, who wrote the recent biography of the Pope, Witness to Hope, has described the Pope's book as "a theological time-bomb set to go off, with dramatic consequences, sometime in the third millennium of the Church." Why? Because through this work, says Weigel, the Pope has almost single-handedly exorcised "the Manichaean demon and its deprecation of human sexuality from Catholic moral theology" Reading The Theology of the Body recently. I suddenly saw why this is so. It's because it's so fundamentally Scriptural. The Theology of the Body runs to 582 pages. plus index. Yet in all these pages, the Pope never moves away from the words of Scripture itself. He begins the first chapter, "The unity and indissolubility of marriage," with the words of Jesus in Matthew 19 - the conversation with the Pharisees on divorce. From there, the Holy Father mines deeply into God's word - e.g. Mark 12: 18-2Z Genesis 3, various passages from the Epistles of St Paul, the Song of Songs. By the end, the reader has an inspiring vision of God's entire plan for human life and love rooted not in the words of man, but in revealed Scripture. The theology of the body is just one fruit of modern Catholic engagement with the Bible's words. There are countless other fruits to he enjoyed as well, in the daily readings of the Mass. Even without a Missal, the readings are available as never before, via the Internet. Today, there are simply no excuses for refusing to engage with that beautiful story. For daily Mass readings go to www.catholic.org/dailyreadings.html or visit www.ewtn.com and click on "Today's Mass Readings and Homily."

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e pray in the creed each Sunday: "We believe in one, holy, catholic (note the lower-case 'c') and apostolic church." As Catholic Christians, if we do not believe this, why would we remain Catholic? However, just because Catholics believe this, one should not assume that we contend that other churches and denominations that are not Catholic are destined for damnation. A variety of media misrepresented a recent Vatican document - by pronouncing a change in Church teaching, or by emphasising an "only Catholics can be saved" aspect of the story. It would seem that if the stories misrepresented the case, the reporters had not read the document. In many other examples, the story was fine, but the headline erred by oversimplifying; in those cases, the headline writers failed to read the full story first. But the document broke no new ground. It merely clarified that the Catholic Church makes a strong stand - unusual in this "I'm OK, you're OK" age. If we say that Jesus Christ is "the way, the truth, and the life," then why would we acknowledge parallel saviours? We invest our faith in Jesus because he is the revelation of the truth. The Vatican declaration, Dominus Jesus, notes clearly that the salvific (saving)

action of Jesus Christ, "with and through his Spirit, extends beyond the visible boundaries of the church to all humanity." Those who are not Catholic, in fact even those who are not Christian, can be saved and that salvation will be through Christ because all salvation is through him. The document quotes from the Second Vatican Council: "All this holds true not only for Christians but also for all men of good will in whose hearts grace is active invisibly." What this means is that people can be Christ-like without knowing Christ. However, it is far easier and much more likely to be Christ-like if one knows Christ - knows him historically through the Scriptures (Old and New Testaments); knows him spiritually through acceptance of the Father, Son and Spirit; and knows him physically in the breaking of the bread and the sharing of the Eucharist, the body and blood, soul and divinity of Christ. It would be vain and prideful to say that God can only work in and through adherents to the Catholic faith. Dominus Jesus notes that others who are not formally or visibly members can be

as ignoring the last 35 years of ecumenical and interfaith work between Catholics and other faiths However, when Pope John Paul II took the unusual step of publicly defending the document on 1 October at the canonisaenlightened in a way that fits their spiri- tion of 120 Chinese martyrs and a numtual and material situation. God can bring ber of other individuals, he made grace into the lives of anyone. It is also comments which, in the light of the conincorrect to say that simply being Catholic troversy, certainly bear further reflection. is an automatic ticket to heaven. "The document," he said of Dominus It quotes from another Vatican Council Jesus, "clarifies the essential Christian eledocument: "If (members of the Church) ments, which do not obstruct dialogue but fail to respond in thought, word, and deed illustrate its foundations, because a diato that grace, not only shall they not be logue without foundations would be dessaved, but they shall be more severely tined to degenerate into empty verbosity." judged." "Our confession of Christ as the one Son. We cannot accept Jesus Christ as our through whom we see the face of the saviour once and then go back to living Father, is not arrogance that shows conlife as though it has no effect on us. tempt for other religions, but a joyful Accepting Christ must change our lives; recognition that Christ revealed himself to we have not truly accepted him if we do us without any merit on our part," he said. not live the GospeL "Thus," he went on, "the document Christ remains in and with the Church expresses once again the same ecumenihe established while he walked among us. cal passion that runs through my encycliOur faith affirms - and this recent Vati- cal, Ut Unum Sint (That All May Be One,')." can document clarifies - that the Catholic "It is my hope that this declaration, which Church has within it all the means that I feel strongly about, after so many misbring us toward salvation: Jesus, the taken interpretations, can end up perEucharist and the whole of Sacred Scrip- forming its function of clarifying and at ture. the same time of opening up" dialogue. And we would be foolish as well as neg• The opinions expressed in this editorial, and ligent if we did not try to share that hope any other Record editorial, are not necessarily of salvation with others. At the same time, those of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of this document has been criticised by some Perth.

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cent of women are bothered by this" issue be called to a more direct form of cooperbut rather that the use of gender-inclusive ation in the apostolate of the hierarchy language was not one of the highest prior- (Lumen Gentium, 33). ities for most respondents. The fact is that the Church does not exist The Australian Catholic Bishops' Confer- independently of the world. The Church ence has made a commitment to under- never has been an ideology like National wish to correct some misconceptions take a number of practical steps to promote Socialism, Communism, or Capitalism. The Church works in and on the world concerning the Report, Woman and the participation of women in the Church. response is a considered and sincere This and vice versa. A purely negative view of Man: One in Christ Jesus. presented in attempt to pay attention to the findings of the world is mistaken. If the world is good a letter titled 'Why pay attention?' in the 14 research. the enough for God to send into it his Son, it September edition. We must recall that, in all aspects of the should be good enough for us to love and To assert that the Report reflects the views of those who support the opinions of the research, the majority of women and men to work in. Today all Catholic people are challenged, authors is entirely groundless and without who participated in the research project requested that women's participation in as never before, to draw upon our rich foundation. The opinions of the eight members of the the Catholic Church in Australia be Catholic Tradition to think through new Catholic ways of working together both in Research Management Team, convened by increased. Church as a whole The Bishops and the the world and in the Church. Our faith in Bishop Manning. would be many and varclear mandate for action. have a God will be measured by our love and trust ied. in each other. This group did not hold a view on the Marie Macdonald Project Co-ordinator, 'The Participation of Terry Quinn Issue of women and the Church. There was one task for us to undertake as Women in the Catholic Church in Aus- Maylands researchers - the gathering and presenta- tralia' tion of data on the participation of women In the Catholic Church in a comprehensive wonder if the GK Chesterton Society and rigorous manner. rchbishop Hickey's Perspective colever took notice of his comment in his In the quantitative research methods, umn, "Lay mission is first in the book The Everlasting Man of Islam such as the Catholic Church Life Survey, a world not in the Church" (The being an imitation of a religion. statistical presentation of data was used. Record, 21 September). is a call for a reacThe rock in Jerusalem which supposedly In the qualitative research methods, such tivated lay apostolate. is the place where Mohammed ascended as the written submissions, a descriptive I struggle with an overly-negative mean- to heaven is perhaps a counterpoise to presentation of the findings was used, in ing of the term layman or laywoman. It Christ's transfiguration on the Mount. keeping with the conventions of such means one who is not a cleric or a reliChrist had three witnesses with him, research. gious. This term never had the richness of Mohammed no-one. On Mohammed's part Thus, the findings of the written submis- meaning that the term "people" has - the it was simply an effort to put Christ in a sions are described in terms such as 'a Greek word for people is laos - when the domain below himself. His denial of minority', 'a majority' or 'a great majority' Second Vatican Council spoke so effective- Christ's resurrection is a pointer in a simiof submissions. ly about the "People of God" (Lumen Gen- lar direction. Yet Mohammed who was not Through the use of a comprehensive and Hum, 9, 13). The term, "People of God" expected to die is still in the ground while rigorous coding system, the Report is able applies to all the baptised whether the resurrected Christ reigns. to describe each response with a wealth of Catholic, Orthodox or Protestant. When Any person who enjoyed the heavenly coded, recorded and collated data to sub- we speak of the Church we are speaking bliss just for a split of a second would never stantiate each statement. really of every single baptised person. return to Earth again. The letter also states, "There is to be At this wonderful and critical stage in the Our Church would have to do much betresearch on inclusive language at Mass, Church's long history, the "People of God" ter than to proclaim "Dominus Jesus". though the Catholic Church Life Survey have emerged strongly as a competent, showed that only three per cent of women well-educated, politically aware and Francis Hrubos Glen Forrest are bothered by this obsession." mature moral force for good, both within Despite the fact that the majority of society and the Church. This grace given respondents to the Catholic Church Life to the modern Church cuts across the clerSurvey had not experienced nor observed ical-lay divide. There are prominent clerichard Egan might have been a bit barriers to women's participation, a major- ics and religious influential in society, for more temperate in his criticism of ity of Church attenders stated that they example, Carlos Belo, Bishop of Dili, the article that appeared in The wished to see women's participation Desmond Tutu, former Archbishop of West Australian on condoms (Letters 28/9). Increased, in particular through prayer, Johannesburg, Fr Frank Brennan, Fr Brian The very same issue of The Record four increasing women's involvement in deci- Gore and Sr Veronica Brady. These join a pages further on carried an authoritative sion-making and Church administration, much longer list of other people of God report from CNS (Catholic News Service) and reforming beliefs and practices that do including Sir William Deane, Sir Ronald explaining that there was a factual basis for not promote the equality of men and Wilson, Geraldine Doogue, justice John what had been reported in The West women. Idisagree with Richard Egan that the TeleMcKechnie, Gerard Neesham, Matt ShirvAs stated in the Report (pages 160 -161), ington and Wallabies captain, John Eagles. graph Group, the originators of the story in only two per cent of women and men Furthermore, while there are critical tasks The West Australian, were attempting to thought that making greater use of gender- for the Church in society, the Second Vati- stir up mischief.Iwould go so far as to suginclusive language was one of the two best can Council declared that the lay aposto- gest it was his letter which was mischieways Increasing women's participation. late is part of the saving mission of the vous rather than the report in The West It cannot be claimed that only "three per Church itself. It stated that lay persons can Australian. The report in The West, as con-

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densed as it was, was no more than indicating that discussion of this matter was on the agenda. Indeed, the CNS report quotes Pope John Paul's in-house theologian, Dominican Fr Georges Collier, as saying: "There is an ongoing debate among Catholic theologians" on this matter. The article in The West gave as its source for this story the authoritative Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano. All have correctly reported that there has been discussion amongst theologians at a high level in the Church concerning the use of condoms and the moral rules that might apply in some situations where their use is to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. There has been no suggestion in any article I have read that any change in the policy that argues against the use of condoms to prevent conception is being contemplated or even discussed. The arguments being presented are hardly novel in moral theology. It is newsworthy though that some of the learned fathers in the Church are brave enough to discuss them in the highly charged atmosphere of sexual conduct that does lead to the sort of intemperate reaction reflected by Richard's letter. If any damage has been done in this matter,I suggest it has been done by Richard's letter. Sometimes we can be just a little too enthusiastic to defend what we might like to believe is Catholic teaching! Like most newspaper articles, the report in The West was condensed, but it was an accurate summary of the situation. We are lucky in this State that The West Australian does give us as much coverage of international Catholic news as it does. Mr Egan's criticism was not helpful to encouraging a continuation of this state of affairs, nor for reasoned discussion of a complex moral issue. Brian Coyne Secretary, Newman Graduate Society

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r Kerryn Phelps of the Australian Medical Association is pushing the idea of 15-year olds automatically getting their own Medicare card. Health Minister, Dr Michael Wooldridge, dismisses the idea as "silly". Which is an understatement. He's being very polite. Dr Phelps' proposal is all about getting girls on the Pill and getting them aborted without their parents knowing what is going on. Arnold Jago Mildura More letters - Page 5 The Record, Ocy:olnr 5 2000 • Page 7

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China gets its first official saints as Beijing criticism reaches fever-pitch By John Thavis

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n a religious ceremony that prompted a new outburst of criticism from China, Pope John Paul II canonised 120 Chinese and missionary martyrs and called them universal models of "courage and integrity." The martyrs - 87 native Chinese and 33 foreign missionaries killed between 1648 and 1930 - loved China and the church, the Pope said at a Mass on 1 October. Defending the new saints' reputation for holiness, he said the Holy Year was the right time to highlight their "heroic witness." Italian missionary Bishop Luigi Versiglia, pictured here sometime before 1920 as The Mass, celebrated in St Peter's a young priest in his Cantonese mission, giving a catechesis. The bishop was Square before some 30,000 people, killed by renegade Communist soldiers in 1930. Pnoto LAS, Salesian Central Photo Alt.; featured Chinese singing, readings spoke of the deep faith shown by from 13-21 September. China's curand incense-bearing processions. It also marked the canonisation of the martyrs in the face of death. He rent government has applauded recalled 14-year-old Anna Wang, the nationalistic fervour of the 1900 several other saints. Chinese authorities, who had who before being beheaded uprising. China's Foreign Ministry spokesbranded the martyrs as anti-Chi- declared to her executioners: 'The nese criminals in the days leading door of heaven is open to every- man. Sun Ywd, told reporters on 26 September that most of the martyrs to the Mass, expressed fresh indig- one." He said that 18-year-old Chi "were executed for violating Chination at the canonisations and said the move would seriously Zhuzi, even as he was being nese law during the invasion of damage future dialogue with the skinned alive, cried out: "Every China by imperialists and colopiece of my flesh and every drop of nialists." Vatican. He said their canonisation "disA Chinese Foreign Ministry state- my blood will tell you again that I torts truth and history, beatifies ment said some of the martyrs were am a Christian." At the end of the Mass, which was imperialism and slanders the "evil-doing sinners" who raped, looted and committed unforgivable broadcast to China by Vatican peace-loving Chinese people." Vatican spokesman Joaquin crimes against the Chinese people. Radio, the Pope told Chinese In his sermon, the Pope touched Catholics that he prayed for them Navarro-Valls said the Vatican was gently upon the political issues, daily, understood their trials and "deeply saddened" by Sun's saying the martyrs had lived dur- was sure they supported the canon- remarks, especially by his claim that many of the martyrs were ing complex and difficult periods isations. "I know that you are spiritually guilty of "enormous crimes." of Chinese history. "The misdeeds which were comMost were killed during the anti- united with us, and I am certain foreigner Boxer Rebellion of 1900. that you understand that this is a mitted by colonial powers" cannot He said the canonisation Mass, special moment of grace for the be blamed on the martyrs, the Vathowever, was not the moment to whole Church and for the entire ican spokesman said. "Howls it possible to imagine that "form judgments on these histori- Catholic community in China," he the Holy See would canonise percal periods; this could and should said. His words brought applause in sons who have committed 'enorbe done in other circumstances." "Today. . . . the Church intends the square, where Chinese mous crimes?" he asked. China had earlier objected to the only to recognise that these mar- Catholics from Hong Kong, Taiwan tyrs are an example of courage and and elsewhere were in attendance. date of the canonisations, which The Pope's words attempted to fell on the 1 October anniversary of Integrity for all of us and do honour to the noble Chinese people," bridge the growing rift between the the Communist takeover of China, Vatican and China's Communist a national holiday in the country. he said. The Vatican called that a coinciAt an audience with pilgrims on government over the new saints. In a crescendo of criticism that dence, saying it chose the date tra2 October, the Pope stressed that the canonisations were not an began in mid-September, Chinese ditionally used to honour the attempt to legitimise the colonial authorities first questioned the Church's missionaries. Sentiment among Chinese policies of past eras. He said critics motives and timing of the canoniwho see only errors and limits in sations, then said that most of the Catholics over the canonisations the missionaries' actions were not martyrs were agents of Western being objective; but if mistakes imperialism and deserved their were made in the missionary effort, fate. The public war of words overhe added, "we ask forgiveness." At the canonisation Mass, the shadowed a significant bridgePope said the foreign missionary building visit to China by Cardinal martyrs in the group had "sincere- Roger Etchegaray, a top Vatican ly loved China, giving all their ener- official, who met with a series of The lives of the representative gy to the country." The pontiff also government and Church leaders group of 120 martyrs - China's first saints - canonised by Pope John Paul H span three centuries. A majority of the martyrs - nearly 75 per cent - were killed a hundred years ago in China's anti-foreign Boxer Rebellion, in which an estimated 30,000 Catholics were killed. Those canonised ranged in age from 7 to 79, including 87 Chinese nationals, all lay men and women except for four priests. The others were missionaries from Spain, France, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands: seven bishops, 18 priests, one religious man and seven nuns. The group features China's first recognised martyr - Spanish Dominican Father Francesco Fernandez de Capillas, beheaded in 1648 - and two Italian Salesian priests killed in 1930 by renegade Photo: communist soldiers. Pilgrims pack St Peter's Square for the canonisation ceremony

A painting by Li Chien-yi depicts the 120 Chinese martyrs.

Bishop Luigi Versiglia (left) and Father Callisto Caravarfo, Italian Salesian priests killed in 1930 by renegade communist soldiers in China, are among the 120 martyrs of China. Photo A • . Photo. CNS, Sa.c

appeared sharply divided between the clandestine and the government-controlled wings of the Church. The Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association and the Bishops' Conference of the Catholic Church in China issued a statement on 26 September denouncing the canon-

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The other martyrs are: • Five Spanish missionaries killed in a wave of persecutions in south-east China in the mid18th century. One was beheaded; the others were suffocated or strangled. • 26 people killed between 1816 and 1862 in a series of anti-Christian edicts issued by two successive Chinese emperors, including a French priest betrayed by a Chinese Christian for 30 coins and a 57-year-old Chinese man who was executed two days after being baptised. •86 Catholics killed in the Boxer Rebellion, including 39 lay Chinese men and 27 lay Chinese women. Among them are two Jesuits killed at a church altar and a Chinese man who protested at his trial that he was a Christian over the attempts of his friends to testify otherwise.

isation of the 33 foreign missionaries. They also expressed dissatisfaction that the mainland bishops had been left out of the process and said the choice of China's National Day for the canonisation humiliates the Chinese people. Local Church celebrations of the canonisations were barred in mainland China amid repeated harsh condemnations by the Chinese government and top Chinese Church officials, reported UCA News, an Asian Church news agency based in Thailand. Bishops and priests in various Chinese dioceses, who all asked not to be named, told UCA News on 2 October that they had been pressured by the Government to avoid speaking publicly about the canonisations. One priest in southern China said local officials told him not to mention the canonisations at Sunday Mass. He added that officials even attended his Mass, apparently to monitor what he said. According to wire reports, on the day of the canonisations, government-backed Bishop Michael Fu Tieshan of Beijing told his faithful that "today is National Day, and more than ever Chinese Catholics should stand with the nation." But the Vatican missionary news agency, Fides, reported on 28 September that 57 bishops of mainland China, representing the government-backed and underground Church, sent a signed petition to the Pope requesting the canonisations. - CNS

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Heiress spent her fortune on Girl slave becomes a educating victims of racism saint of the Church By John Thavis

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ope John Paul il canonised the second US-born saint, Mother Katharine Drexel, and said her use of a family fortune of US $14 million to help educate the poor was a shining example of American generosity. At a jubilee Mass on 1 October, the Pope praised Mother Drexel, a Philadelphia heiress, for recognising the dangers of racism in US society, then giving all she had spiritually and materially - to fight It. She eventually founded more than 60 schools for African-Americ ens and Native Americans. 'Her apostolate helped bring about a growing awareness of the need to combat all forms of racism through education and social services," the Pope said. "Katharine Drexel is an excellent example of that practical charity and generous solidarity with the less fortunate which has long been the distinguishing mark of Amer-,.:an Catholics," he said. . A banner hung from the facade of St Peter's Basilica depicted Mother Drexel walking with two schoolchildren, an African-American boy and an Indian girl. The liturgy's second reading, from the letter of James, was a pointed warning to the wealthy: "You rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries. Your wealth has rotted, your fine

wardrobe has grown moth-eaten, your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion shall be a testimony against you." In his sermon, the Pope contrasted that warning with the conviction of young Katharine Drexel that "her family's possessions were not for them alone but were meant to be shared with the less fortunate." Born in 1858, she came to inherit an investment banking fortune worth US $14 million. He described how, as a young woman in the late 1800s, she was deeply moved by the suffering endured by many African-Americans and Native Americans. Using

her inheritance, she built missions and schools dedicated to helping them. She later decided to become a nun and founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, which carried out a teaching apostolate among the poor. The Pope noted that Mother Drexel taught a spirituality that combined prayerful union with the eucharistic Lord and zealous service to the victims of racial discrimination. Among those present for Mother Drexel's canonisation were many who had met her personally before her death in 1955, including some who had been taught in her schools. - Catholic News Service

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hristians everywhere now have a model of sanctity in a former Sudanese slave who has become a "brilliant advocate of genuine emancipation," John Paul II said on the day he canonised Giuseppina Bakhita. Born in Sudan in 1869, she was kidnapped and enslaved at 7 by Arab traders. The name Bakhita, which means "fortunate," was given to her by her captors. She was bought and sold five times before 1882, when she was bought by an Italian consular agent and taken to Italy. She worked as a nanny, heard about Christianity, and eventu- An image of Josephine Bakhita, a ally was baptised in 1890. Three former Sudanese slave who years later she entered the Con- became a nun, hangs from the gregation of the Canossian Sis- facade of St Peter's Basilica on 1 Photo. CNS/Fieuters ters, and lived in their convent October. In Schio in northern Italy, doing in the south of the country, menial tasks. While there, her because of the Islarnisation profame for sanctity grew. moted by the north. She died on 8 February, 1947, Sudan is "lacerated by a cruel and for three days, an uninter- war," the Pope added. The war rupted line of mourners filed has gone on for 17 years. passed her coffin. According to Pope John Paul urged: "I ask the Pope, the example of this the international community: "humble daughter of Africa" Do not continue to ignore this reminds the world of the Immense human tragedy" urgency to work effectively "to The Pope invited the whole liberate girls and women from Church "to invoke the intercesoppression and violence and sion of St Bakhita upon all our restore their dignity in the full persecuted and enslaved brothexercise of their rights." ers and sisters, especially in The Holy Father's thoughts Africa and in her native Sudan, were with the Sudanese, where that they may know reconciliaslavery continues to be a reality tion and peace.

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rchbishop Barry Hickey has be donated to the Catholic Church announced a joint initiative - $1.50 directly to the Archdiocese, with Sandalford Caver- and $1.50 to the school, parish or sham Estate, to mark the Great Church organisation through Jubilee in the Archdiocese. which the wine was ordered. Sandalford has released an out"The best part of this project is standing Commemorative Collec- that it provides a genuine win to tion of specially labelled wines to everyone involved," said Mark be marketed as part of the Jubilee Hales, of OPD Consulting, which celebrations. has been asked to organise the Peter Prendiville. proprietor of management of the project. Sandalford Wines, said last week "Buyers get excellent wine at very that he was delighted to have his attractive prices, individual company involved with the schools and parishes can raise Church's Year 2000 celebrations. considerable funds, and the Arch"The traditional link between diocese receives funds to assist in wine and Christianity has always the celebration of the Jubilee." been strong, and ills one that we Schools and parishes have been are very happy to acknowledge in asked to appoint a volunteer cothis way. From the wedding feast at ordinator to take on a role in proCana to the institution of the moting and marketing the project Eucharist, wine has had a special within their communities. place in the Christian life for 2000 Co-ordinators will distribute years, " he said. order forms and collate individual "As a winemaker myself, I see orders before passing them on to this project as a great opportunity Sandalford. both to help celebrate the Jubilee All wines will be delivered to the and to make a direct financial con- school or parish, and individual tribution to the Catholic Church in orders will be distributed through David Barrass, from the WA Catholic Primary Principals' Association, left, gets a look over the Sandatford operation with Western Australia." the co-ordinator. Peter Prendiville, owner of Sandalford Caversham Estate. Sandalford has specially labelled Catholic agencies have been six of its best wines which will be invited to participate in a similar the quality of what they would be tion regarding the project. Each opd@iinet.net.au. The project has promoting. They were all very group has been asked to nominate become a state-wide undertaking marketed within the Catholic com- way. a co-ordinator and to advise Mary as well. munity of Western Australia. "The co-ordinators are an impor- Impressed." Ciccarelli or Mark Hales at OPD of Bishop Quinn of Bunbury dioschools, parishes Enthusiastic The wines are offered at a dis- tant lynch-pin in the project," said the the contact details. cese and Bishop Bianchini of Geragencies will also be in co-ordinator's and counted price through parishes, Mark aldton have all given their further benefits from Mary and Mark can be contactrunning for schools and Church organisations. "As such they will be offered a approval for their parishes to take program. Prizes for the group ed by phone on 9380 8302, by fax the The Company has agreed to range of incentives quite apart make a substantial donation to the from the prizes that are available that orders most wine are offered, 9380 8300,or by e-mail at part in the project. Church based on the volume of to top-selling schools or parishes and can, if preferred, be used for wine sold. or agencies. They were also invit- further fund-raising. JUBILEE WINES The total prize pool for the top Three dollars from the sale of ed to a wine-tasting function at Premium Range marketers (school, parish or three every bottle of Jubilee Wine will Sandalford to allow them to test $16.50 Sandalford 1997 Chardonnay agency) is valued at over $16,000. Blanc Sauvignon 1999 $15.00 Sandalford 20 at Prizes include a dinner for Cabernet Sauvignon $18.50 Sandalford 1997 Blessing and Family Concert Sandalford Caversham Estate, a Standard Range Bring your family, some rugs and a picnic tea for a relaxing few private, catered yacht trip to Rot$14.00 Chiftering 1998 Chardonnay hours in the gardens of the Sandalford Estate listening to fabulous inest Island for 30 people, and the Merlot $14.00 1998 Cabernet Chittering music and soaking up the atmosphere of the vineyard in the Spring. ultimate wine cruise for 80 on the $11.00 Chittering 1997 Semillon/Sauvignon Blanc Archbishop Barry Hickey will also bless the Commemorative newly refurbished, Orient Expressavailable through schools and parishes, or contact Order forms are Jubilee Wines. style Miss Sandalford. including OPD Consulting Pty Ltd (ph: 9380 8302; fax: 9380 8304; e-mail: tasting of fine wines and lunch at opd@iinet.net.au. Orders can be made by bottle or by case; mixed 3pm, Sunday 8 October Sandalford Estate. cases may be ordered. Sandalford Estate, 3210 West Swan Road, Gaversham All parishes, schools and Church agencies have received informa-

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Pro-life, and pro-family By Mark Pattison

With Mary Busher, Perth Catholic Church Archives volunteer

Excerpts from the WA Catholic Record 6 October, 1900.

Better road bid Victoria Park Catholics wanted a better road to their church and school. A report seeking action stated: 'There are a large number of children from all parts of the district who attend the school daily. It is not right that they should be forced to wade through heavy sand, more especially in summer when the tracks are cut up. The Council will be making up their estimates for the new year presently and now is the time for the congregation to make a move and petition for a road or they will be left behind again.'

Act is inhumane A coroner's inquest into the death of an Aboriginal prisoner on the road between Marble Bar and Roebourne Gaol found death due to 'failure of the heart resulting from debility caused by diarrhoea and confinement.' The prisoner had been convicted of cattle stealing. A critical editorial asked: 'Who is accountable for the cruelty of sending out on a long, fatiguing journey an unfortunate creature whose condition at the time must have been apparent? Such acts as this go far to discredit British civilisation. The case should not be allowed to terminate with the Coroner's verdict. Someone or other is accountable for an act of deliberate inhumanity and should be made to pay the penalty.'

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ctor Kirk Cameron, best known for his starring role as Mike Seaver in the 1985-92 family comedy "Growing Pains," is experiencing real-life growing pains in his own family. Married to actress Chelsea Noble, who played Mike's girlfriend Kate in the series, Cameron has four adopted children and has been named co-Father of the Year with "Growing Pains" co-star Alan Thicke by the Gen. Colin Powellrun National Fatherhood Initiative. In a "Growing Pains" reunion movie slated to air on a Sunday evening in November on ABC, Cameron's and Noble's characters are now married and have six children of their own. "(In) one of my favourite scenes, Mike comes running in the door with one, two, three, four, and he grabs the last one. And he's like, 'Diarrhoea! Diarrhoea! Diarrhoea!" Cameron told TV writers in Hollywood. "You know, taking the kids here, changing diapers. Mike is in full swing as a dad." Not only on IV, but in real life. In a statement upon being named Father of the Year, Cameron said, "My kids are precious gifts from God.Iwant to do whatever it takes to give them the best future I can provide." What is it like to have a family that size at age 29? "It's wonderful to have that big a family right now. I can't think of anything more wonderful," he replied. "I'm running around chasing lots of kids, changing lots of diapers. And it's great." His children are aged 3. 2,

New electric tram 'The electric tramcars from the Esplanade to Highgate via Barrack and Beaufort streets were successfully started last Friday afternoon. By special invitation a distinguished party of citizens, including the Premier, the Commissioner of Railways. the Mayor, and others, were the passengers. Some pedestrians remarked on flashes of electric light between the wheels and rails. Some nervousness indeed, has been expressed about taking seats above such a remarkable phenomena. The advantages of the new Institution, however, are gladly acknowledged by residents of the district concerned.'

Appeal response Some editorial praise. *The prompt and generous response to the appeal of the local branch of the United Irish League does honour to the sympathisers of the Irish cause in Perth. It shows their goodwill is no mere sentimental pretence, but thoroughly sincere and practical. He gives twice who gives quickly, is a time-honoured saying and these donors form no exception to this rule.*

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and 6 months. But "I'm trying to catch up to Mike," Cameron added, referring to the number of kids his TV alter ego has. In late September, Cameron took his pro-life and pro-family message to Dayton, Ohio, on a trip co-sponsored by Dayton Right to Life and the University of Dayton Students for Life that included a talk on the campus of the Marianist-run university. In his 26 September address to an audience of about 850, Cameron said that when he first tasted stardom, "my only belief in God was that he was a crutch for people who needed something like that to get by." "Yet I also couldn't escape the reality of what was happening in my life at the same time," he said. Despite the limos, the bodyguards, and being young, rich and famous, "I felt so empty inside. I knew there had to be something more," he added. While on the

"Growing Pains," set, Cameron met Noble, who shared her faith with Cameron, then brought him to church. Soon after, Cameron discovered the true key to happiness, he told the crowd. "I realised I could fill myself up with riches, but nothing would ever fill the void inside except knowing God personally. That message grabbed hold of my heart and wouldn't let me go. And coming to know God was the most Incredible, most exciting, most amazing thing that's ever happened to me," Cameron said. "God is not this brutal cop looking down from heaven, saying, 'Hey, you partied too much last night,' and keeping this endless score sheet of your sins so he can punish you later," he said. "Instead, God put on flesh, he zipped up a human suit, he put on skin and became one of us." "My wife is also an adopted child," he said. "I'm not going to

stand up here and lecture you on pro-choice or pro-life, but I am going to tell you I've certainly been the beneficiary of those who made the decision to let their children be born." Eleven years ago, Cameron and Noble established Camp Firefly, a retreat for terminally-ill children and their families that is conducted each year in Georgia, and the Firefly Foundation to help keep the camp operating year after year. After Cameron's talk, University of Dayton graduate Katie Hahn noted how "Growing Pains" carried a positive message. "They were a happy family, but unlike other television families the Seavers had real problems," Hahn said. "But they worked through their problems together as a family, and the parents taught values to their children. That's such an important message for children to hear today."

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he son of a poor weaver. John of the Cross was born John Yepes, near Avila in

Spain. He was saved miraculously from drowning twice during his childhood by the Blessed Virgin, after which time one hopes he learnt to swim. His potential was recognised in childhood by Alvarez of Todelo. who saw that he received an excellent education from the

Jesuits. He entered the Carmelite Order in 1563 at Salamanca, the great university town of Spain and was ordained a priest in 1567.

The following year he met St Teresa of Avila. She immediately recruited him to join in her Carmelite reform. He was to reform the monasteries and she the convents. He also became St Teresa's confessor and close friend. In 1569 he opened the first Discalced Carmelite monastery; the reformed monasteries were called discalced because the monks wore only sandals, not shoes. This was only one of the ways these monasteries were more austere than the unreformed or CaIced monasteries. Bad feeling quickly arose reforming between the Carmelites and the rest of the Order. In 157Z those Carmelites who had not joined to be reformed, Imprisoned John in the city of An artist's impression of St John of Toledo. the Cross In prison he outlined some of

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his great works, The Living reformed Carmelites. He, and Flame ofLove, The Spiritual Can- Teresa of Avila received support ticle and The Dark Night of the from Rome in 1580, which affordSoul, which made him one of the ed them some practical protecmost prominent Western mysti- tion. He became vicar provincial cal writers and one of the great- of Andalusia between 1585-1587 est poets of the Spanish Nevertheless, even the language. reformed Carmelites were These are religious works, writ- racked with disagreements and ten as poems. Each poem is sup- infighting. plied with a commentary on John supported the moderates, Christian mysticism. and consequently was removed They express the experience of from office and sent to a remote the mystical union of the soul priory. Never fully recovered from ill with Christ. These poems are deeply complex, with many lay- treatment during his imprisoners of meaning, embracing the ment, he became ill and was complex intellectual tradition of moved to a monastery at Ubeda where he died in 1591. the Church. after Toledo He was canonised in 1726 and from escaped John nine months of imprisonment, made a Doctor of the Church in and returned to working with the 1926.

International News

US sanction of abortion drug By Nancy Frazier O'Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) Approval of the French abortion drug RU-486 for use in the United States will "further numb our consciences to the violence of abortion and the taking of innocent human life," the head of the US bishops' pro-life office said on 28 September. Gail Quinn, executive director of the bishops' Secretariat for ProLife Activities, said the approval given earlier that day by the Food and Drug Administration was "the last in a series of capitulations to abortion advocates who dismiss serious concerns about the drug and its effects." Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua of Philadelphia said he was "dismayed" at the FDA's decision, which represents "another assault ... on unborn babies and possibly the mothers." Bishop Joseph A.. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston, Texas, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, said the approval signals the federal government's introduction of "another way to kill new human lives in their mothers' wombs." "To some this may be scientific progress, but to the child destined by God for birth, it is a brutal and fatal chemical attack." he said. Gloria Fe1dt, president of Planned Parenthood, said the FDA approval would "create a new era for choice for women" in America, where more than 1.3 million surgical abortions are performed each year. Quinn said the Church and the pro-life community would "con-

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tinue to speak the truth about this deadly drug, while ministering to women who are in a crisis situation or who suffer after an abortion." Judie Brown, a Catholic who heads the American Life League, also pledged to continue efforts against RU-486, which is known generically as mifepristone and is used along with a prostaglandin drug to cause abortion in the first few weeks of pregnancy "We will shout it from the rooftops: RU-486 kills innocent human persons," Brown said. 'The U.S. Congress must resolve to conduct oversight hearings at once so that the Food and Drug Administration is held accountable for this raw, inhumane decision that will destroy babies and maim women." In announcing its approval of

mifepristone, which is to be marketed under the name Mifeprex, Dr Jane E. Henney, US commissioner of food and drugs, said the decision was based on "the FD/Vs careful evaluation of the scientific evidence related to the safe and effective use of this drug." "The FDA's review and approval of this drug has adhered strictly to our legal mandate and mission as a science-based public health regulatory agency," she added. Danco Laboratories in New York was expected to have the drug on the market in about a month. It would be sold directly to doctors and not through pharmacies. The National Abortion Federation, which accredits abortion providers, says it has 240 member clinics ready to offer the abortion drug, which was expected to cost about the same as a surgical abortion. Vicki Saporta, executive director of the National Abortion Federation, said the FDA approval marked "a milestone in the history of abortion in America." But Joseph Scheidler, executive director of the Pro-Life Action League. called 28 September "a black day in the history of the FDA and women's health." RU-486 "is a deadly poison to a tiny, defenseless unborn baby," he said, "and it can be lethal to the child's mother as well." J. La Verne Redden, president of the National Council of Catholic Women, said RU-486 "puts women's health at risk and destroys the lives of innocent children." "We are concerned that women who use RU-486 may be unable to become pregnant in the future

The drug mifepristone, or RU-486, as it is packaged in France, where it has been available for 12 years. Photo CNs

and that the long-term effects of given a guide that clearly explains the drug have yet to be deter- how to take the drug, who should mined," she said. "We grieve for avoid taking it, and what side the unborn whose mothers' 'right effects can occur. The agency said to choose' has left them no RU-486 should not be used in choice." cases of confirmed or suspected The FDA placed some restric- ectopic pregnancies, when a tions on use of mifepristone, intrauterine device is in place, or requiring doctors who use the by those with bleeding disorders drug to be trained in surgical or chronic failure of the adrenal abortions or to have plans in glands, those receiving long-term advance to provide such care therapy with codicosteroids or through others. those allergic to mifepristone or Absent from the regulations, prostaglandins. Women who however, was a requirement for smoke more than 10 cigarettes a doctors who plan to use RU-486 day are warned that its effect on to sign a registry. Abortion heavy smokers is not known. The providers had argued when that FDA also mandated that certain idea was floated by the FDA ear- follow-up studies be conducted lier this year that such a registry by the Population Council, which could make doctors who use RU- holds the US rights to the drug. "Many have misleadingly pro486 the targets of pro-life demonmoted mifepristone as a strators. The FDA also said each woman panacea," said Quinn of the US receiving mifepristone must be bishops' pro-life office.

Anaesthetise or not before death? 'Appalling trend' to LONDON - A professor has Register that no new evidence upset her pro-abortion colleagues had been presented to suggest the by urging that unborn babies be foetus could feel pain. given painkillers before they are However, Glover's view has aborted, according to the Nationbeen echoed by Professor Susan al Catholic Register. Greenfield of Oxford University, Vivette Glover at Queen CharBritain's most prominent neurolotte and Chelsea Hospital in Lonscientist, who has said that pain don said she believes unborn relief should be used in secondbabies should be aborted before their capacity for pain develops, trimester abortions to err on the or anesthetised if they are to be safe side, according to the Regisaborted after 17 weeks of age, ter. according to the 1 October ediDr Bernard Nathanson, a former tion of the Register. American abortionist who conGlover and other British doctors verted to the pro-life cause, told will debate the issue at London's the Register that the evidence of Royal Institution in November. foetal pain is well-documented. She will chair the conference. Dr Bernard Nathanson "I have not seen Professor "I have heard people say, 'Why give the foetus pain relief if it is had changed her attitude toward Glover's work," he said, "but the going to be destroyed?'" she told abortion Glover told the newspa- most comprehensive explication the Register. "But we don't say that per, "I think if anything it has on this subject came from Dr K. about animals before we put them made me favour early abortions Annand, a physiologist at Hardown. If we did that to a cat there before 13 weeks unless there are vard, who wrote a paper in the would be an outcry." exceptional circumstances such "I was stung to promote my as disability or risk to the moth- New England Journal of Medicine in 1985 that stated that the foetus research after a statement from er." the Royal College of Obstetricians Glover's findings have garnered first perceives pain, and we're and Gynecologists which said that fierce criticism from abortion talking about a very primitive sort, pain could only be felt at 26 weeks supporters. by 12 weeks. Nobody has written onwards," Glover told the RegisThe predominantly pro-abor- a more comprehensive, more ter. "One cannot be sure, but there tion Royal College of Obstetri- authoritative paper since then." Is enough evidence to suggest that cians and Gynadtologists set out Nathanson told the Register that 17 weeks is the more likely time." its own case in a position paper anesthetising the baby might well Glover's research team came to written by Professor Maria its conclusions after measuring Fitzgerald of University College be ineffective: "The chemical makeup of the foetus at 17 weeks the hormonal response of the London, the Register reported. is different to a baby that has gone baby in the womb to medical proFitzgerald told the newspaper cedures and observing a marked that "little sensory input" reaches to term. The gases used for a genresponse to treatment that could the brain of the developing foetus eral anesthetic would not be able cause pain. before 26 weeks, adding, "There- to fix on the brain, as the chemiSome 90 per cent of the abor- fore reactions to noxious stimuli cal composition of the brain tistions in the United Kingdom take cannot be interpreted as feeling sue is different." place before 13 weeks, when or perceiving pain." I n any case, Nathanson argued, many medical experts maintain Ann Furedi, director of commuthat an unborn baby cannot feel nications for the British Pregnan- the question of whether an pain. But concern has resurfaced cy Advisory Service, the United unborn baby should be anesabout those abortions carried out Kingdom's largest independent thetized prior to being killed during the next 11 weeks, the Reg- abortion provider, dismissed through an abortion should never ister said. Asked if her research Glover's research. She told the arise in the first place.

killing babies born alive

WASHINGIUN (CNS) - The states that any infant "who is House approved on a 380-15 completely expelled or extractvote on 28 September a Bill that ed from her mother and who is the head of the US bishops' pro- alive" is a person under Federlife office had called necessary al law, regardless of the child's to counteract an "appalling lung development, his or her trend" in the US courts toward expected chances of survival or approval of killing babies out- whether the baby survived an side the womb. abortion. Gail Quinn. executive director Babies who survive botched of the bishops' Secretariat for for example, would abortions, Pro-Life Activities, had commented on the Born-Alive be entitled to receive medical Infants Protection Act in a 21 care under the measure. On the House floor on 26 SepSeptember letter to members of tember, Canady called the Bill Congress. The Bill now goes to the Sen- "a simple but critical piece of ate, where passage was consid- legislation." ered unlikely before the "We may ask why such a legexpected 6 October adjourn- islation is necessary," he said. ment of Congress. "Has it not been long accepted In her letter, Quinn said the as a legal principle that infants US Supreme Court's 28 June who are born alive are persons decision on partial-birth abor- who are entitled to the protection in Stenberg vs. Carhart tion of the law? "extended its abortion jurispru"Indeed it has, but the cordence to protect the killing of influence of a seemingrupting partly-born children - giving illimitable right to abortion ly encouragement, however brought this well-settled has unwittingly, to those who would principle into question." justify outright infanticide." Quinn said the Supreme In addition, she noted that the "has made it clear that, Court 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals In July struck down New Jer- until the Court's own thinking sey's ban on partial-birth abor- changes or a constitutional tion, saying that the child amendment can be passed, no involved is not in the process of child in the womb (or even partbeing born because "a woman ly in the womb) will have meanseeking an abortion is plainly ingful legal protection." not seeking to give birth" "Our immediate task, as this 'This appalling trend is suffi- Congress nears its end, is to cient in itself to warrant imme- ensure that the lethal mentality diate passage of H.R. 4292," of Roe (vs. Wade) does not claim Quinn said. victims - vulnerable The Born Alive Infants Pro- new beings struggling for human tection Act of 2000, sponsored by Charles Canady, of Florida, their lives outside the womb," she added. The Record, October 5 2000 Page 11

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Trappist monk becomes abbot CONYERS, Georgia. (CNS) - called his contemplative commuFather Basil Pennington, the Trap- nity a treasure. pist monk known worldwide for "The monastery and every monk his books and ministry on centre- who lives here are precious to the ing prayer, has become the sixth people who live in the archdioabbot of the Monastery of the cese," he said, describing the Holy Spirit in Conyers, Georgia. abbey as "a place of beauty, a Atlanta Archbishop John wellspring of spiritual refreshDonoghue presided at a Mass of ment, and a sign of contradiction blessing and installation at the in the spirit of Christ himself." monastery on 8 September, the In his homily at the Mass, Trapfeast of the Nativity of Mary. pist Father Thomas Keating Abbot Pennington was elected reflected on the faith and sufferby Holy Spirit monks in August, ing of Mary and Joseph. He is following a period of discern- abbot-emeritus of St Joseph's ment. He succeeds Abbot Bernard Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts, Johnson, who retired when he and lives at St Benedict's reached 75. Monastery in Snowmass, ColIn remarks at the end of the orado. Mass, Abbot Pennington said, "I Father Keating said that God's thought I had retired a couple of relentless movement" shattered years ago after seeing the first Chi- the vision Mary and Joseph had nese abbot blessed and installed. for their lives, but called such I never thought I'd be an abbot." movement "the path of transforHe expressed gratitude to God mation . . . the goal of the Christand pledged "to serve all my ian life." He told Holy Spirit monks they brothers here with all my heart, were "entering into a new advenall my soul, all my strength." Also speaking at the conclusion ture of faith," with monastic life of Mass, Archbishop Donoghue still evolving. welcomed the new abbot and "I wish you all an incredible gift

Trappist Father Basil Pennington, known for his writings on ..centreing prayer," became the new abbot of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, Georgia, last month.

of letting go of your own ideas," he said, "and letting God give you the experience of monastic life which is the kingdom and trans-

formation and transcendence in a new relationship with God." Rabbi David Blumenthal, a friend of Abbot Pennington's and professor at Emory University in Atlanta, recited the Old Testament reading at the Mass and gave the new abbot a rabbinical blessing. In addition to members of the Holy Spirit community, nearly 70 archdiocesan priests and hundreds of guests attended the installation. After he received the Rule of St Benedict, along with the abbot's ring and pastoral staff, Abbot Pennington embraced the archbishop, other abbots present and each of the Conyers monks. A native of Brooklyn, New York, the new abbot entered the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, known as Trappists, at the Spencer monastery in 1951. He was consecrated a monk in 1956 and ordained a priest in 1957. He earned degrees in theology and canon law, and attended sessions of the Second Vatican Council in 1963-64 as a theological consultant. In an interview with

Create new Palestinian State, Patriarch suggests By Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM (CNS) - As IsraeliPalestinian violence increased and the death toll mounted, Latinrite Patriarch Michel Sabbah said the only way to prevent such conflict is to create a Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its capital. "These sorrowful and painful events prove to all that there is no choice but to have justice for the Palestinian people, who must be given back their entire freedom and own independent State with Jerusalem as its capital." said Patriarch Sabbah in a statement. "This will lead to real stability for both Israelis and Palestinians and the entire region," he said. He urged Israel to implement international resolutions about the city's status to guarantee that Israeli border police arrest a Palestinian man during clashes in East Jerusalem freedom of religion for Christians, on 30 September. Several people where killed and hundreds injuredin a weekMuslims and Jews is respected end of violence. Photo: CNS/Reuters within the city. Palestinian Territories when Jerusalem has been a theatre of "The provocative visit of (Israeli Israeli troops stormed the Temple violent conflicts which have Opposition leader) Ariel Sharon Mount, which includes the West- caused numerous deaths and to al-Harem al-Sharif which ern Wall, a Jewish holy site, and injuries, including of several chilcaused all this bloodshed shows the al-Aksa Mosque, a Muslim dren," the Pope said. that religious feelings must be holy site. "Spiritually near to the families respected and the holy places At the Vatican, Pope John Paul II of those who lost their lives, I must be preserved," he said in the asked for prayers for peace in make a heartfelt appeal to all the statement, translated from Arabic. Israel and the Palestinian Territo- leaders so that the weapons Sharon visited the Temple ries on 2 October as violent clash- would be silenced, provocations Mount, known to Muslims as al- es moved into their fourth day. would be avoided and the way of Harem al-Sharif, on 28 SeptemThe fighting "weighs heavily on dialogue would be undertaken ber. The following day, 29 my soul," the Pope told pilgrims again," the Pope said. September, violence erupted in gathered at the Vatican. "The Holy Land must be the land Jerusalem and throughout the "For several days the holy city of of peace and fraternity," Pope

John Paul said. 'That is what God wants." At an East Jerusalem hospital, accompanied by several priests, Patriarch Sabbah visited a wounded Palestinian and "expressed his support to the people and to the entire Palestinian people and leadership." During the visit he expressed his sorrow for the events and condemned the "brutal attitudes" used by the Israelis. In a separate statement on 30 September that seemed intent on reaffirming Christian solidarity with the Palestinian cause, the heads of the Christian communities in Jerusalem condemned Sharon's visit, denouncing it as an "aggression on the sanctuary of a holy place in Jerusalem." "Such a violation is tantamount to a violation on any and all Christian and Muslim holy sites, and we affirm [our] solidarity with the Palestinian people, Muslims and Christians alike, in defending their fundamental rights of worship and prayer in Jerusalem," said the Christian leaders' statement. They reaffirm, they said, the need to "ensure the freedom of movement, access, worship and prayer, as much as the need to put an end to all violations against our Christian and Muslim holy places in Jerusalem." The Palestinian death toll after the bloodshed approached three, Including a 12-war-old boy who was caught in the crossfire.

The Georgia Bulletin, Atlanta's archdiocesan newspaper, Abbot Pennington recalled that Pope Paul VI expressed great esteem for the contemplative life, saying that the renewal envisioned by Vatican II would never occur unless the whole Church rediscovered contemplative the dimension of spiritual life. Abbot Pennington noted that Abbot Keating had re-emphasized contemplative prayer in their Spencer Abbey, and from that flowed a contemplative outreach around the United States and abroad. In the years since, the new abbot has taught the ancient method of prayer worldwide and written dozens of books on the topic. "People want a real experience of God," said Abbot Pennington. "They don't just want to know about Him." On his own spiritual journey, Mary is the thread of continuity, he said. In 1951, he made a prayer of consecration to Mary during his senior year in college.

Families for meeting VATICAN CITY - Registration for the third World Meeting of Families with the Holy Father, scheduled for 11-15 October, has already surpassed 200,000.

The most solicited events are on the weekend of 14-15 October that Sunday families will meet the Pope in St Peter's Square. The motto of the Families' Jubilee Day is "Children: Springtime of Life and Society." Events will include a theological congress will be held in the Paul VI auditorium from 11-13 October. Some 50 experts from around the world will address the Congress, focusing on theology and the pastoral care of families, including educational and social aspects, the meaning of conjugal love, and the realm of fertility and life. Speakers will include Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state; Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council • for the Family; and Bishop Elio Sgreccia, vice-president of the Pontifical Council for Life. Leaders of ecclesial movements and new communities are also expected to attend.

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Biberon's installation, just 66 said Biberon's inauguration State beat the city of Rome in metres away, cars lined up as marked the beginning of a future Installing electric recharging stausual at one of the Vatican's gas move away from gasoline-pow- tions for public use. pumps to suck down air-polluting ered vehicles. The Cardinal's years as archpetroleum - albeit at much lower The Biberon installed near the bishop of Detroit, the US car capprices than outside the Vatican Vatican's audience hall is mainly ital, have not translated into any walls. Intended for electric wheelchairs favouritism toward traditional One of the most notorious perks users, especially in view of the 3 gas-guzzling, exhaust-spewing accorded Vatican employees is December Jubilee for the Dis- automobiles. Instead, Cardinal the gasoline pass, which lets car abled, which is expected to draw Szoka, 73, once an avid Vatican owners take advantage of four dif- some 30,000 people. But Cardinal Gardens jogger, has pushed for a ferent Vatican-owned stations dis- Szoka noted, "We are coming to a network of electric vehicles withpensing fuel at prices about 40 time when there will be electric in the Vatican. per cent lower than Italian automobiles. Two more Biberons are expectpumps. "And so (the recharging station) ed soon, one inside a multilevel A sinking Eum against the US will also be a service for that rea- parking lot on the Janiculum hill dollar and jumps in crude oil son, too," he said. and another at the entrance to the costs to $37 per barrel have transBoasting that the Vatican is Vatican Museums. lated into Italian prices of $3.80 "ahead of everybody else from an A magnetic card provides access per gallon of unleaded petrol, ecological point of view," Cardi- to the stations, which can with taxes representing 64 per nal Szoka noted with pleasure an recharge an electric scooter in cent of the price. Cardinal Szoka aide's comment that Vatican City about 15 minutes. A motorised

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bicycle "refills" in only 5 minutes. An electric car, however, takes from three to four hours to recharge. The long wait represents the biggest obstacle to any concrete switch from gasolinepowered to electric automobiles, said Giuseppe Nuci, Sole.'s head. Never one to shy away from transportation innovation, the Vatican moved into the modern age in 1909 when the first car appeared on the papal scene - a gift to Pope Pius X from Archbishop John Farley of New York The Italian car maker Fiat presented Pope John Paul II with the latest papal car last December the Lancia Giubileo, named in honour of Holy Year 2000. But by the next jubilee, in 2025, Fiat may have to go electric.

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British pro-lifers make In Brief Delhi gets last-minute twins' plea Archbishop By Paulinus Barnes MANCHESTER, England (CNS) - British pro-lifers made a lastminute plea to the parents of Siamese twins not to consent to an operation that could save the life of one baby but would certainly kill the other. The parents announced on 28 September that they would not contest a ruling by the Appeal Court in London giving permission for doctors to operate. The twins - given the names Jodie and Mary in court to protect their identities - were born at St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, on 8 August. Their bodies are fused together at the base of their spines, with their legs splaying out sideways. Their circulatory systems are joined together, and only Jodie's heart and lungs are functioning. Their parents, Catholics from the Mediterranean island of Gozo, Malta, have opposed doctors' plans to separate the twins, saying that they could not support an action that would kill one of their daughters. Doctors have said that unless they operate, both girls are likely to die within months. The Appeal Court in London supported an earlier High Court

ruling in favour of separation. The parents' lawyer, John Kitchingman, explained why the parents would not be taking the case to the House of Lords, Britain's highest court. "The parents, having taken this case to two courts before four judges whose decision was unanimous, feel that they have done the best they can for both daughters and are unable to take this any further," he said in a statement. Jack Scarisbricic, spokesman for the LIFE charity, said the group was making an offer of free care for the twins and accommodation for the parents at its children's hospice, Zoe's Place, in Liverpool. He told Catholic News Service: "We have said to the official solicitor acting for Mary and to the solicitors acting for the parents that they can bring the girls to Zoe's Place, a unique hospital dedicated to looking after children with life-threatening illnesses. "The hospital has a Catholic chapel within the building, with the sacraments available. It would be a safe haven. We will look after them all until the twins die. "We see it as an irony that this child Mary should be in a hospital called St Mary's where there is

a threat that she will be killed," said Scarisbrick. -The right thing is to allow them both to die. The proposed medical intervention, which will kill Mary, is immoral. "It also seems unlikely that Jodie herself will survive, given the amount of surgery involved. "We acknowledge that this is a terrible situation - but to kill Mary in the hope that Jodie will survive is wrong. You may not do a wrong action to achieve something good. This is an important principle of the moral law," he said. The 22 September decision by the Appeal Court was "disgraceful," Scarisbrick said. The three Appeal Court judges argued that Mary "sucks the life blood of Jodie" and that her "parasitic living" would kill her sister. "This is a far-fetched view of the situation," Scarisbrick told CNS. Before making its decision, the Appeal Court had received a lengthy statement from Archbishop Cormac Murphy-O'Connor of Westminster supporting the parents' view. The Archbishop said in a statement to the media on 28 September: "I can well understand that the parents of Mary and Jodie feel unable to continue what has become an arduous and protracted legal process, and one which

they did not initiate. "My thoughts and prayers are with them and their two children at this difficult time." Laurence Oates, the official solicitor appointed by the court to represent Mary, also announced that he would not contest the Appeal Court ruling. "Ihavelad at the forefront of my mind, first, the parents' decision not to pursue an appeal themselves and, secondly, the moral, ethical and legal arguments submitted to the court by the Archbishop of Westminster and the pro-life group. "I am satisfied that the decision will not set a precedent which would undermine the principles of law deriving from and supporting the respect for the sanctity of life and the belief that all life has equal value, which I have been most concerned to uphold," he said. Bruno Quintevalle of the ProLife Alliance told the British Broadcasting Corp. in a 28 September interview that he would not advise the parents to appeal against the decision, because to do so would put them under even more stress and trauma. "They should simply remove their children from the hospital and leave the country," he said.

Wailing Wall seen as Girl raped by brother Wall of Hope: Rabbi finds peace at retreat LISBON, Portugal, 26 SEPT. John Paul H's act of repentance in Jerusalem made a leading European rabbi see the Wailing Wall in a whole new light. During a round-table gathering at an international meeting on religion, French Grand Rabbi Rene Samuel Sirat said, "When I saw the Pope deposit his act of repentance in the Wailing Wall, I thought: Henceforth this will be the Wall of Hope. "One day, yes, one day we will all converge toward Jerusalem, the house of prayer for all peoples." His words came on the closing day of the three-day event, organised by the Rome-based Community of St Egidio. In the afternoon, more than 1,000 religious, cultural and political leaders participated in the event held in the Portuguese capital. Initially they prayed in separate places in the surroundings of "Restauradores" Square. Then they walked in procession on Rua de Ouro to a square, where they called the peoples of the world to peace, and heard the special message sent by the Pope. Fifteen round tables were held, which attracted Cardinals and Bishops, as well pastors and metropolitans representing Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Shintoism and Hinduism. Patriarch Jose da Cruz Pollcarpo of Lisbon said that it is "right that each religious confession preserve its tradition and maintain itself faithful to the truth it believes, but this

fidelity must accept and respect the fidelity of others." Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Bishop Lubomyr Husar, added: "I have the impression that we often consider the ecumenical dialogue and all kinds of interreligious dialogue as a business transaction. "In fact, dialogue is a hunian and spiritual exercise that demands a profound interior change from the parties in dispute." Rabbi Riccardo di Segni, director of the Rabbinical School in Rome, recalled cases where dialogue wasn't carried out. "This place has a special symbolic meaning," he said. "In past centuries, until 1752. Lisbon was the setting of systematic, continuous and horrible persecution of one religion against another minority one, marked by expulsions, the stake and massacres." At another gathering, Rabbi Sirat, the French leader who is also vice-president of the Conference of Rabbis of Europe, recalled his family's origin and surname: "Five centuries ago, here on the banks of the Tajo, the alternative for Jews was conversion or death. "My family, like so many of the Iberian peninsula, fled. "My surname derives from the name of a village in Algeria. "The journey continued and my family arrived in Jerusalem. "Centuries later, on behalf of the Portuguese people, President Mario Soares asked the Jews for forgiveness. Yes, forgiveness is possible."

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CNS) - After being raped by her brother and serving five years in juvenile detention facilities for a string of felonies, a 15-year-old girl found peace during a three-day John XXIII Retreat conducted at a New York parish. Wiping tears from her eyes, she said, "The retreat helped me think more. I'm learning to accept myself. I pray for my brother.I forgive him." She and 53 other women shared personal tragedies from 18-20 August at St Joseph Patron of the Universal Church in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn as a way of renewing their faith. They discussed domestic violence, marital problems, rearing children and drug and alcohol addiction. They came from Puerto Rico, Florida, Connecticut, New Jersey and every borough of New York City. It was the first time the 27-yearold retreat movement, named for the pontiff who convened the Second Vatican Council, was held in New York Nelson Rivera, who founded the movement of parish retreats in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, said, "I started it because people weren't coming to Mass. There was drugs, prostitution, violence and a high rate of divorce all around." He designed a three-day period of seclusion for people who wanted to return to the Church. They pray and think about who they were and what they want to become in the eyes of God. Rivera said there is a five-year waiting list for the retreats in Puerto Rico, and a one-year wait in Orlando, Florida. The retreats for men and women are separate and no outsiders are allowed to enter the meetings. Not even Scalabrini Father Gianni Agostinelli, pastor of St Joseph Patron, was permitted to join in the

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II has named Archbishop Vincent Michael Concessao of Agra, India, to be the new Archbishop of Delhi. The Vatican announced the appointment on 28 September, Archbishop Concessao's 64th birthday. He succeeds Archbishop Alan Basil de Lastic, who died on 20 June in a car accident in Poland. Archbishop Concessao had served for more than three years as Archbishop de Lastic's Auxiliary Bishop in Delhi before being named to head the Archdiocese of Agra in 1998.

HRH meets Pope LONDON - When she meets with Pope John Paul II this month, British Queen Elizabeth will formally apologise for past abuses inflicted on Irish Catholics by her country In exchange, the Pope will express his regrets for the treatment of British Protestants by Catholics. It will be the third time that Queen Elizabeth and Pope John Paul meet each other. The role of the British Queen is quite exceptional, since she is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England in addition to being a head of state.

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discussions. But he did assist with spiritual guidance. For nearly three hours on 19 August, he and five other priests heard confessions. Yanet Sierra, a parishioner at St Joseph's and co-ordinator of the New York chapter of the John XXIII Retreats, explained, "During the retreat, it's only between you and God. There is no interference." Most of the prayer meetings and meditations were held in the church basement. Ensuring their privacy, men stood guard at the door. Nearly 200 people who participated in prior retreats helped out with practical matters so the women retreatants could focus on their renewal of faith. The helpers slept on the floors of the parish school while the participants slept on cots in separate classrooms. A majority of the support group came from Orlando. Anthony Quiraga, 16, said, "I came here to help.! went on the retreat two years ago and it changed my life. My whole family is involved." Jose L Rodriguez, president of the Orlando chapter, said, "We wouldn't allow anyone in and we cooked and cleaned up for the women. You can only go to one retreat. Then, you join your parish and try to improve your conununity." Sierra explained that the retreat offers a blueprint to participants who receive the spiritual tools to build a solid, moral foundation. A concentration on the sacraments and a willingness to help yourself and others is emphasised. Thomas Poventud, Sierra's brother, explained how a retreat 13 years ago helped him. "I used to hang out on Knickerbocker Avenue and shoot speedballs (a combination of heroin and cocaine)," he said. "I was an addict. I came to a retreat and found something to fill me up - Jesus Christ."

TORONTO (CNS) Research into the life and work of writer, teacher and retreat leader Father Henri Nouwen gained a big boost with the opening of the Henri J.M. Nouwen Archives and Research Collection at the Kelly Library of Toronto's St Michael's College. The Dutch-born Father Nouwen, who died in 1996, aged 64, enjoyed a wide following for his writing and teaching on Catholic spirituality, psychology and pastoral ministry. After an extensive teaching career that included posts at Notre Dame, Harvard and Yale universities, Father Nouwen spent the last 10 years of his life working with the mentally handicapped.

Damascus visit VATICAN CITY (CNS) While the Holy Year officially will have ended, Pope John Paul Ills scheduled to continue his jubilee pilgrimages by going to Damascus in Syria early in 2001. The trip, likely to take place at the end of February or early in March, also will include a stop in Malta - part of a pilgrimage in the footsteps of St Paul, a Vatican source said. Syrian Catholics total only about two per cent.

Papal trip aired ROME - A visit by John Paul II to North Korea would "favour the process of reconciliation that is taking place between the two Koreas," the South Korean ambassador to the Vatican said. The South Korean ambassador, Bee Yang-11, said that a papal visit "would lessen tension in the peninsula."

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On the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church

Jesus the Alpha and Omega, first and last The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's Declaration "Dominus Jesus' on the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church' was made public on Tuesday, 5 September. In coming weeks, The Record will serialise the official Vatican English translation so "all the Catholic faithful", to whom the declaration is addressed as well as bishops and theologians, may read the saving and liberating teaching for themselves. This week: the Incarnate Logos and the Holy Spirit in the work of salvation.

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lie thesis which denies the unicity and salvific universality of the mystery of Jesus Christ is also put for-

ward. Such a position has no biblical foundation. In fact, the truth of Jesus Christ, Son of God, Lord and only Saviour, who through the event of his incarnation, death and rt-,urrection has brought the history of salvation to fulfilment, and which has in him its fullness and centre, must be firmly believed as a constant element of the Church's faith. The New Testament attests to this fact with clarity: "The Father has sent his Son as the Saviour of the world" (1 In 4:14); "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world" (In 1:29). In his discourse before the Sanhedrin, Peter, in order to Justify the healing of a man who was crippled from birth, which was done in the name of Jesus (cf. Acts 3:18), proclaims: "There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12). St Paul adds, moreover, that Jesus Christ "is Lord of all", "judge of the living and the dead", and thus "whoever believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name" (Acts 10: 36,42,43). Paul, addressing himself to the community of Corinth, writes: "Indeed, even though there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth - as in fact there are many gods and many lords - yet for us there is one God. the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist" (1 Cor 8:5-6). Furthermore. John the Apostle states: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him" (Jn

Martin Non plays Jesus Christ during a rehearsal of the famous passion play in Oberammergau, Germany.

and was raised for the sake of all (cf. 2 Cor 5:15) can, through his Spirit, give man the light and the strength to be able to respond to his highest calling, nor is there any other name under heaven given among men by which they can be saved (cf. Acts 4:12). The Church likewise believes that the key, the centre, and the purpose of the whole of man's history is to be found in its Lord and Master". 42 t must therefore be firmly believed as a truth of Catholic faith that the universal salvific will of the One and 'Mtine God is offered and accomplished once for all in the mystery of the incarnation, death, and resurrection of the Son of God. Bearing in mind this article of faith, theology today, in its reflection on the existence of other religious experiences and on 3:16-17). their meaning in God's salvific plan, is invitIn the New Testament, the universal ed to explore if and in what way the hissalvific will of God is closely connected to torical figures and positive elements of the sole mediation of Christ: "[God] desires these religions may fall within the divine all men to be saved and to come to the plan of salvation. knowledge of the truth. For there is one In this undertaking, theological research God; there is also one mediator between has a vast field of work under the guidance God and men, the man Jesus Christ, who of the Church's Magisterium. gave himself as a ransom for all" (1 Tim 2:4The Second Vatican Council, in fact, has 6). stated that: "the unique mediation of the It was in the awareness of the one uni- Redeemer does not exclude, but rather versal gift of salvation offered by the Father gives rise to a manifold cooperation which through Jesus Christ in the Spirit (cf. Eph is but a participation in this one source". 43 1:3-14), that the first Christians encounThe content of this participated mediatered the Jewish people, showing them the tion should be explored more deeply, but fulfilment of salvation that went beyond must remain always consistent with the the Law and, in the same awareness, they principle of Christ's unique mediation: confronted the pagan world of their time, , "Although participated forms of mediation which aspired to salvation through a plu- of different kinds and degrees are not rality of saviours. excluded, they acquire meaning and value This inheritance of faith has been recalled only from Christ's own mediation, and they recently by the Church's Magisterium: cannot be understood as parallel or com"The Church believes that Christ, who died plementary to his". 44 Hence, those solu-

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lions that propose a salvific action of God beyond the unique mediation of Christ would be contrary to Christian and Catholic faith. ot infrequently it is proposed that theology should avoid the use of terms like "unicity", "universality", and "absoluteness", which give the impression of excessive emphasis on the significance and value of the salvific event of Jesus Christ in relation to other religions. In reality, however, such language is simply being faithful to revelation, since it represents a development of the sources of the faith themselves. From the beginning, the community of believers has recognised in Jesus a salvific value such that he alone, as Son of God made man, crucified and risen, by the mission received from the Father and in the power of the Holy Spirit, bestows revelation (cf. Mt 11:27) and divine life (cf. in 1:12; 5:25-26; 17:2) to all humanity and to every person. In this sense, one can and must say that Jesus Christ has a significance and a value for the human race and its history, which are unique and singular, proper to him alone, exclusive, universal, and absolute. Jesus is, in fact, the Word of God made man for the salvation of all. In expressing this consciousness of faith, the Second Vatican Council teaches: "The Word of God, through whom all things were made, was made flesh, so that as perfect man he could save all men and sum up all things in himself. "The Lord is the goal of human history, the focal point of the desires of history and civilisation, the centre of mankind, the joy of all hearts, and the fulfilment of all aspirations. Ills he whom the Father raised

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from the dead, exalted and placed at his right hand, constituting him judge of the living and the dead". 45 "It is precisely this uniqueness of Christ which gives him an absolute and universal significance whereby, while belonging to history, he remains history's centre and goal: 'I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end' (Rev 22:13)".46 Footnotes: (42) Second Vatican Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium of spes, 10. Cf. St. Augustine. who wrote that Christ is the way, which "has never been lacking to mankind.., and apart from this way no one has been set free, no one is being set free. no one will be set free" De civitate Del 10. 32, 2: CCSL 47, 312. (43) Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic

Constitution Lumen gentium. 6Z (44) John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Redemptoris missio. 5. (45) Second Vatican Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes, 45. The necessary and absolute singularity of Christ in human history is well expressed by St Irenaeus in contemplating the preeminence of Jesus as firstborn Son: "In the heavens. as firstborn of the Father's counsel, the perfect Word governs and legislates all things: on the earth, as firstborn of the Virgin, a man just and holy, reverencing God and pleasing to God, good and perfect in every way, he saves from hell all those who follow him since he is the firstborn from the dead and Author of the life of God" (Demonstratio apostolica, 39: SC 406, 138). (46) John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Redemptoris missio, 6.

Book focuses on implementing Vatican II through the lens of the Jubilee VATICAN CITY (CNS) - A February closed-door symposium on the implementation of the Second Vatican Council marked one of the highlights of Holy Year 2000, Vatican officials said. At a 26 September press conference to present a 741-page book of papers given at the 25-27 February meeting, Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, head of the Vatican's jubilee committee, said Vatican II and the Holy Year were inextricably linked. Titled Vatican Council II: Reception and

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Implementation in the Light of the Jubilee, 300 Church officials, theologians and histhe book, published in Italian by San Paolo torians as part of the Church's Holy Year and expected in English, French, Spanish "examination of conscience." and German in the future, represents a The timing of the symposium on Vatican "precious guide along the Church's jubilee II, Archbishop Sepe said, took on "particjourney," said the Cardinal. ular significance" because the "Holy Year Archbishop Crescenzio Sepe, the jubilee allowed believers to reflect with greater committee's secretary, recalled Pope John intensity on the council's teaching, so that Paul II's exhortation to reflect on the Sec- it can become the foundation of their comond Vatican Council ahead of Holy Year mitment in the new millennium." 2000. In February, Pope John Paul, who had The Pope convoked the meeting of some just returned from a pilgrimage to Egypt,

gave the conference's closing address, saying the "genuine intention" of the members of the council must be rediscovered, "overcoming prejudiced or partial interpretations." Although Cardinal Etchegaray noted at the news conference that "there have been excesses or oversights in the application of conciliar decisions," mentioning liturgical reforms in particular, he said it would be unjust to focus only on problematic areas of implementation.

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