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Central Commission For Council
To Begin Second Session Noy. 7
(Radio, NCWC News Service)
VATICAN CITY — The sec
ond session of the Central Pre
paratory Commission for the
Second Vatican Council is
scheduled to begin on Novem
ber 7.
Archbishop Pericle Felici,
secretary general of the cen
tral commission, noted in an
nouncing the date that it will
immediately follow the cele
brations marking the 80th
birthday of His Holiness Pope
John XXIII. The meetings are
to be presided over by Pope
John himself. They are to be
held in the Hall of Congrega
tions in the Vatican Apostolic
Palace.
United States prelates who
are members of the central
commission are Francis Card
inal Spellman, Archbishop of
New York; James Francis
Cardinal McIntyre, Archbishop
of Los Angeles; Aloisius Card
inal Muench, a member of the
Church’s central administra
tion here; Archbishop Karl J.
Alter of Cincinnati, chairman
of the administrative board of
the National Catholic Welfare
Conference, and Archbishop
Martin J. O’Connor, rector of
the North American College in
Rome and president of the
council’s preparatory secre
tariat for communications me
dia.
The work of the central com
mission will be to review the
constitutions and decrees
drawn up by the other 11 com
missions and the three secre
tariats, and to determine whe
ther they are to be submitted
to the Pope for the agenda of
the council itself, and if so, in
what form.
Archbishop Felici said that
the general secretariat of the
preparatory commissions
worked throughout the sum
mer drawing up the final con
clusions of the central com
mission’s first meeting, which
was held last June. He said
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they are now ready for the
Pope’s approval. This appar
ently means that the rules of
procedure for the council are
now established, as the eight-
day June meeting had as its
goal the planning of the basic
structure and organization for
the council.
Meawhile, members and
consultors of the other com
missions and secretariats were
being advised to their respec
tive meetings, to precede that
of the central commission. The
Theological Commission, which
reportedly had one of the
greatest workloads of the com
missions, was already at work
in the week beginning Sep
tember 18. American members
of that commission are Bishop
John J. Wright of Pittsburgh;
Auxiliary Bishop James H.
Griffiths of New York, and
Msgr. Joseph C. Fenton, pro
fessor of dogmatic theology at
the Catholic University of
America, Washington, D. C.
Catholic Dignitaries Join
In Regrets Over Death Of
U. N. Secretary General
(NCWC News Service-
U. S. Catholic leaders join
ed the worldwide expression
of loss at the death of Dag
Hammarskjold, secretary gen
eral of the United Nations.
They called it a tragic blow
not only for the United Na
tions, but for the free world
as well. “We are sure that his
tory will inscribe on his grave,
‘Blessed is the Peacemaker,’ ”
one said.
Hammarskjold died (Sept.
18) when the airplane in which
he was traveling on a Congo
peace mission mysteriously
crashed in a forest preserve in
Northern Rhodesia, eight miles
from the Ndola airport where
it was scheduled to put down.
Francis Cardinal Spellman
said Hammarskjold’s death is
“a tragic loss to the United
Nations and the entire free
world.”
“All lovers of freedom are
saddened by the untimely
death of Dag Hammarskjold,"
said the Archbishop of New
Pope Sends
Condolence
VATICAN CITY (Radio,
NC) — His Holiness Pope John
XXIII has sent to the Swedish
government and the United
Nations his condolences “for
the painful loss” of Dag Ham
marskjold, U. N. Secretary
General and a Swedish citizen.
York. “His courageous resolve
in withstanding communist
pressure made him a strong
bulwark of democracy and a
fearless champion of peace.”
Archbishop Karl J. Alter of
Cincinnati, chairman of the
administrative board of the
National Catholic Welfare
Conference, called the death
“a severe blow to the United
Nations at a most critical
time.”
“It deprives the internation
al body of a statesman of the
first rank — a man marked
by intelligence, patience, per
severance, tact, courage and a
consuming desire for peace
among men.
“Convinced that peace is the
fruit of justice, he dedicated
himself completely to the
cause of justice, especially for
the small, unprotected nations.
We are sure that history will
inscribe on his grave, ‘Blessed
is the Peacemaker.’
“Our best tribute to Mr.
Hammarskjold will be renew
ed efforts to make the United
Nations an effective instru
ment for peace on earth,” said
Archbishop Alter.
Auxiliary Bishop James H.
Griffiths of New York, who
had known the UN General
Secretary personally for many
years, said Hammarskjold died
as “a martyr for peace.”
Bishop Griffiths is chairman
of the U. S. Bishops’ Commit
tee for the Pope’s Peace Plan.
He has, in addition, represent
ed the Holy See at numerous
conferences of United Nations
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agencies. He was reached for
comment in Rome where he
was attending sessions of the
theological preparatory com
mission for the ecumenical
council.
“The cause of peace,” he
said, “has lost one of its wisest
and most dedicated protagon
ists. And the new young na
tions, at a time when it was
most important to them, have
lost in him a true friend.”
The Bishop said Hammar
skjold held his post in the
midst of the “most unimagin
ably difficult” problems. “We
literally saw him growing old
under their burden.”
“One can only hope and pray
that there may be found in his
successor a man of similar ded
ication and courage,” he said.
Charles Herzfeld, president
of the Catholic Association for
International Peace, said in
Washington that Hammar
skjold’s death is “a tragedy
for all humanity.”
“He was completely dedicat
ed to genuine world peace and
order, and he worked for it
more effectively than anyone,”
said the president of the 34-
year-old organizationn.
“He gave the ideals of a
world community concrete
meaning by his many efforts to
strengthen the United Nations
and to make it more respons
ive to the world common good.
“His death will make the
current session of the United
Nations General Assembly a
most difficult one. All coun
tries of good will must coope
rate at this time if the United
Nations is to be saved as an
effective tool for world peace,”
said Herzfeld.
Catherine Schaefer, director
of the NCWC Office for Unit
ed Nations’ affairs, called his
death “the loss of a courageous
man of whom there are too
few.”
“His death is a tremendous
blow to the United Nations,
particularly at this time when
there are so many problems
facing it and when the very
concept of a single secretary
general is being fought so
strongly by the Soviet Union
and its bloc . . .
“Mr. Hammarskjold fought
—and earned the enmity of
the Russian bloc on that ac
count.— for the principle that
the United Nations should
have the capacity to act in the
event of a danger to peace. His
death is a real loss to the
world in that sense, besides
being the loss of a courageous
man of whom there are too
few.”
THE BULLETIN, September 30, 1961—PAGE 3
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Vatican Daily
Voices Sorrow
At Expulsion
VATICAN CITY (Radio,
NC) — The Vatican City daily
has called the expulsion of a
bishop and 135 priests from
Cuba by the Fidel Castro re
gime a cause of deep sorrow
for the Catholic world.
L’Osservatore Romano said
of the deportation of Auxiliary
Bishop Eduardo Boza Masvi-
dal of Havana and the priests:
“The act of the Cuban gov
ernment, which has followed
so many other very grave
demonstrations of hostility
toward the Church and the
Catholic religion, which is that
of almost all the people of
Cuba, reveals in all its disturb
ing reality a situation which,
while a reason of the deepest
sorrow for the Catholic world,
cannot leave unmoved those
who still have the rights of
justice and liberty at heart.”
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Cuba still officially maintain
diplomatic relations, the Cu
ban ambassador is currently
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