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ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

BIG CONFERENCE PENDING

GATHERING IN SYDNEY

SYDNEY, February 9. The conference of the Plenary Council, to be held in Sydney in September, is regarded 'as the most important meeting in the history of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia and New Zealand. It will be attended by archbishops, bishops, doctors of divinity and other,* to the number of about. 60. The council wijll really herald the “intellectual” era of the Church in this part of th e world, following the close, of two decades devoted to the “building'’ era. Th e three outstanding problems that wdl be the subject of decrees issuing from the council are cer tain to be mixed'marriages. Communism', and public school education, the latter Ibeing referred to by the Church as “Godless” education.

According to one authority, there is likely to be a tightening of the 1 law governing mixed marriages and dispensations therefor, arid insistence, for instance/ on th e deletion of pomp and ceremony at the marriage when olio of the contracting parties >s not "a Roman Catholic. Another submission likely to come before th e bishops Is that the r.on-Cathche party, to 'a prospective mixed marriage sliould he required to receive some instructions on th e teachings °f the 1 Church. 1

fn. Ill's recent encyclical the pope rl<»dared the' atbitutlq-of th e Church toward • socialism and (Todies? Communism. He has expressed the desire Wat aP men of goodwill shall\-tand united end under tip, pastors of the Church strive to play .their part in the Christian renewal of society. To achieve that, end the Pone inaugurated “Catholic Act-' ion,” which be described (is-the pait - dpntion of the laity in Ee hierarchial apostolute cf the Church. In ncco'dnnee 'with tEd ’ definition, he wished that it ish-onid be spread in everv conn try. He hah ordered 'that it shall be Tvaintnired' above and beyond any political party. The Ptennrv Council will consider the' organisation of action oiu lines 1 in harmony with the wishes of the P°P e '

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Hokitika Guardian, 23 February 1933, Page 8

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ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Hokitika Guardian, 23 February 1933, Page 8

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Hokitika Guardian, 23 February 1933, Page 8

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