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Church Teaching Must Be Strong VATICAN CITY (NC) - In a homily here Pope Paul VI rejected attempts to abandon traditional formulations of the Church's "deposit of teaching." He spoke during an evening. Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul,
Under the direction of Rev. Kevin F. Tripp, chaplain at St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, the New England Liturgical Committee will sponsor a congress on "Reconciliation in Our World Today" from Aug. 22 through Aug. 26 at Salve Regina College, Newport. Lectures, workshops and group experiences during the five day meeting will be facilitated by 11 leaders in the fields of liturgy, theology and catechists. The
commemorating his chosen patron and the end of the 13th year of his pontificate. The authentic teac~ing of the Church, he said, "is one of the strong points of modern culture and of the ecumenical discussions of our times." It is too strong, he said "for the arguments of those who would wish to undermine the firmness of the Church's teaching authority which is itself strengthened by the apostolic authority." The Pope continued: "There are some who say it (the Church's teaching authority) might be more flexible, more susceptible to the influence of history, more closely related to modern ways of thinking, more pluralistic and more free - in a word, that it should be guided more by subjective and historical criteria and less tied to the formulations of a traditional manner of teaching." The teaching of the Church, the Pope said, "wishes to remain
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Bishop Hits Court Stand on Abortion by JIM CASTELLI WASHINGTON (NC)-In the most detailed abortion decision 'in three-and-a-half years, .the U. S. Supreme Court has clarified its Jan. 22, 1973 decisions which struck down most state restrictions on abortions. Major elements in the court's new decisions include rulings that state requirements, that a woman's husband or a minor's parents consent to an abortion are unconstitutional. The court did indicate, however, that parental' consent requirements might be acceptable in some instances in which minors were unable to give in-. formed consent and that laws requiring parental consultation on a decision to have an abortion might be constitutional. The court acted on three major cases: Danforth v. Planned Parenthood, a case involving a
Death Penalty Brings Protest Church officials and others from' around the country have expressed concern that the U. S. Supreme Court's ruling upholding the death penalty threatens the value 'and dignity of human life. The high court ruled July 2 that the death penalty does not under aU circumstances violate the constitutional ban against "cruel and unusual" punis!:'ment. The rulings came in challenges to capital punishment laws in Georgia, Florida, Texas, Louisiana and North Carolina. In upholding those of the first three and striking down the Louisiana and North Carolina statutes, the Tum to Page Fifteen
TAUNTON SCHOOLS: St. Joseph, left, and Sacred Heart schools have been sold to the city of Taunton for $300,000 each, after having been rented .to the city public school system for several years since .their
major Missouri law placing a number of restrictions on abortion; Wulff v. Singleton, a case involving the question of whether doctors have legal standing to bring a suit concerning Medicaid payments for abortions, and 'Baird v. Bellotti, a Massachusetts case involving a parental consent law. The decisions prompted swift and severe criticism from Catholic officials and other pro-life figures. The statement of Bishop Daniel A. Cronin follows: "The report of further decisions in regard to abortions which have been recently handed
down by the Supreme Court of the United States should be reo ceived with chagrin and bitter disappointment. Once again we witness the weakening of respect for life and the furtherance of those immoral influences which seek to destroy the protection that has traditionally' surrounded family life. "I deplore the decisions of the Supreme Court which ruled against the requirement of a husband's consent in the instance where a wife would seek an abortion and against the requirement of at least one parent's consent before a single Turn to Page Three
Right-to-Life Convention Rev. Peter N. Graziano and Rev.. Thomas L. Rita of the Diocesan Department of Social Services, Rev. William W. Norton, St. Mary's parish, New Bedford, Dr, David Constantine, New Bedford, and Angela Nystrom, Jeanne Gilbert and Pamela Smith of Our Lady of Fatima parish, Swansea, were among thousands in attendance at the national Right-to-Life convention held last week in Boston. Referred to as "a new kind of Boston tea party," the convention brought together leaders of the right-to-life movement for some 82 workshops and meetings. A total of 119 speakers addressed the group on ways to further the movement's goal protection of life from its earliest beginnings until natural death. In addition to further education of the public on the abortion, euthanasia and related is-
sues, the organization's major goal is passage of a Human Life Amendment to the Constitution of the United State$. Such an amendment woUld protect human life from fertilization and regardless of age, health or condition of dependency. One of its effects would be to reverse the Supreme Court decision of 1973 which legalized abortion on demand. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, in a major convention address, said the abortion issue has divided people into two categories: "Biophilics, the lovers of life, and necrophilics, lovers of death." Outside the convention hall, BiN Baird, a militant crusader against birth control laws and anti-abortion legislation, staged a demonstration with a small group of his followers. They were met by a pro-life group led Turn to Page Four
closing as parochial schools in 1971. Purchase prices will go to the parishes involved. Sales transaction was completed at end of June, involved consultation of priests, parishioners, diocesan officials.
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'How Far Must Outrage Go?
Bicentennial Quilt Raffle Highlight in North Westport
In Silence God Awaits Our Coming
Extraordinary Ministers of Eucharist
Father Coughlin Recalls Career
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