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H. L GREEN CO. 1101 BROADWAY COLUMBUS, GA, Formerly Silvers' Columbus looting & Insulation Co, ROOFING AND SHEET METAL CONTRACTORS 710 LINDSEY DRIVE PHONE 7-6571 P. O. BOX 702 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA Best Wishes METCALFS, SPORTS DEPT, 1214 BROADWAY COLUMBUS, GA. Question Box (Continued from Page 4) mise. Thus Pope Pius XII de clared: “For the Holy Scapular ... is a sign and a pledge of the pro tection of the Mother of God.” Q. How should we interpret Our Lady's promise? Infallibly? A. The Brown Scapular, need less to say, should not be worn as a charm, as if it could insure one’s salvation, no matter what his sins. Nor should it be con sidered as effective and holy as a sacrament (of which there are only seven). Yet even if it were a sacrament, the wearing of it would not suffice for God’s help, since even the sacraments de mand certain interior disposi tions of worthiness on the part of the recipient. Otherwise, their efficacy is nullified. On the other hand, comments a noted authority on the scapu lar, “he who treats his scapular as a sign of sincerely meant con secration to Mary, and makes an honest and preserving effort to be a devout servant of Mary, —such a one can lean confident ly on the Scapular Promise.” Q. Does one have to be en rolled in the scapular? A. The scapular should be blessed and imposed by a priest before one wears it for the first time. * * * The purpose of this column is to assist the laity to a fuller understanding of their religion. It does not seek to promote con- troversy. Questions concerning personal marriage problems should be referred to one’s par ish priest. LEON K. CAMP, President WILSON M. CAMP, Secy. & Treas. CAMP-BLOX, Ins. 6TH AVENUE AT 5TH STREET P. O. BOX 748 PHONE FA. 3-7357 © COLUMBUS, GEORGIA — AND — Established 1908 L. K. CAMP, Manager CARP CONCRETE PRODUCTS CO. ANDREWS ROAD TELEPHONE 2-8823 P, O. BOX 748 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA Phone 2*8109 1007 First Avenue GEORGIA ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION, Inc. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA Italian Appeals Court Story Lady t ; Reverses Conviction THE BULLETIN, January 10, 1959—PAGE 5 MAN OF HIS WORD The surest way to test a man’s character is to find out if he lives up to his promises. Of Bishop Fiordelli FLORENCE, Italy (NC)—The —— verdict of an Italian appelate court which exonerated Bishop Pietro Fiordelli of Prato of charges of defaming a couple who had married out of the Church declared that the Bishop had acted within the limits of his office. Bishop Fiordelli was acquit ted of charges of defamation against Mario Bellandi and his wife, Nuntia, whom he had call ed public sinners for refusing to be married in the Church. A lower court had found him guilty of defamation but the decision was reversed by the ap pelate court in Florence on Oc tober 25. Following the usual practice . in Italy, the full verdict of the appeal was not published at the time of the October decision. It has only recently been recorded in the chancellory of the Flo rence court. In its verdict, the court ruled that according to the provisions of the Italian Constitution, the Bishop did not overstep his pe- rogatives. “Since the action taken by Bishop Fiordelli constitutes an act which comes within the limits of his spiritual ministry and pertains to his jurdical mag- istry according to the norms of canon law, the state has no right to pass judgment through its legal bodies concerning the act itself, the verdict held. The Bishop did not manifest a personal opinion, it continued, in his condemnation of the Bell andi couple but based his ac tion on the positive norms of canon law and of the law of the Church. He limited himself to qualifying with his descretiona- ry powers the behavior of two of his subjects who, having been baptized in the Church, were subject to his spiritual jurisdic tion. The verdict said the Bishop’s “sanctions against the Bellandi couple were not temporal ones, but exclusively spiritual.” It also maintained that there had been a mistake in argument during the lower court pleading of. the case which sought to prove the Bishop had challenged the institution of civil marriage governed by the civil code. “The Bishop,” the verdict de clared, “did not refute the valid ity of civil marriage according to Italian law, but he did ex press his opinion concerning this form of marriage in the light of the law" of the Church.” The judges of the appelate court cited Article 7 of the Ital ian Constitution which assures the Church of complete freedom in its spiritual activity. They noted this article “would be void of any meaning if it were not lawful for the Church, in ac cordance with canon law, to tell people that they are sinners (in given circumstances) according to the doctrine of the Church.” Mother Seton lause !®¥os Forward VATICAN CITY—Pope John XXIII formally consented to continuation of the beatification cause of Mother Elizabeth Seton, who may become the first na tive-born United States citizen to be beatified. The consent was given in St. Peter’s Basilica at the first pub lic consistory called by the Holy Father. The Pontiff also approv ed requests to continue with the beatification causes of Father Leopold di Castelnuovo, an Italian Capuchin monk, and Fa ther Luigi Palazzolo, a priest from the Pope’s native Diocese of Bergamo, who lived from 1827 to 1886 and founded the So ciety of the Little Poor Sisters of Bergamo. Mother Seton was born Eliz abeth Ann Bayley in New York City in 1774. A devout Episco palian, she married William Seton at the age of 20. On his death in 1803, she was left with five children. She became a Catholic in 1805 and four years later founded the American congregation of the Sisters of Charity. Although her cause for beati fication was begun in Rome in 1911, World War I slowed the process, which was not officially introduced in the Holy See un til 1940. The cause has now reached a point that could lead to her beatification within two years. The requests to continue with the three causes was read in Latin by the Consistorial advo cates. When the requests had been concluded, the newly cre ated Cardinals were escorted into the presence of the Holy Father to make their obedience. They then greeted the previous ly created Cardinals. Hundreds of Americans in the crowd cheered as Cardinals Cushing and O’Hara greeted Cardinal- Spellman. Other pro longed cheers came when, the new American Cardinals em braced Cardinal Wyszynski, Primate of Poland. (Continued from Page 4) scary kind of one too — but not too scary!” “Be sure and tell one about manners and going to bed,” called their Mother. “All right,” I promised, “I will, I will tell them all!” Now I have lots and lots of stories for you. Perhaps you will be able to read them all by yourself, and just ask for help on one or two of the biggest words. Or perhaps someone will read the stories to you, and help you to learn some of the poems you like best. I’m glad that we’ve met. We are going to be good friends now, and I will be peeking out from between the pages next issue looking for you, and I hope you will be watching to find me, too. The good die young—is es pecially true of good resolutions. RAY BROTHERS ROOFING & SHEET METAL CONTRACTORS 1540 TENTH AVENUE COLUMBUS, GEORGIA MURL B. LAMB, President MRS. W. S. BASKIN, 1st Vice-President G. ROY LAMB, 2nd Vice-President JACK P. 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