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Exiled Bishop Warns
Cubans Against Unity
Of Negative Character
MIAMI, FLA., (NC)—Cubans
were warned against forming
a unity of an “exclusive nega
tive character” by an exiled
prelate here.
Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo
Boza Masvidal of Havana, in
terviewed here, advised: “We
must not unite ourselves solely
to strive against something—
but to strive for something.”
Political unity in the face
of Fidel Castro’s communis
tic regime in Cuba must be
“based on some minimum prin
ciples in which all Cubans of
good will can concur and which
can serve as the common De
nominator,” Bishop Boza said.
The prelate, who was banish
ed from Cuba last year by Cas
tro, suggested such minimum
as: a spititual and Christian
concept of life; a desire for
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stirrmg sermon transported me
to anotner world. It was a
moving experience and kindled
an interest that was to change
the whole course of my life.
With the crushing of Hitler’s
forces, we burned our uniforms
and returned home. I played
on a Catholic soccer team and
attended the Mass at which the
team received Holy Communion
each month.
“When I told mother that
I wanted to become a Catho
lic, she objected strenuously
and called in two ministers to
talk me out of the notion. I
listened to them but remained
in my intention. I would se
cretly bicycle to another town
on Sunday to hear an evening
Mass. There I met an elderly
lady who, on learning of my
desire to become Catholic,
arranged for my instruction
by her son, Father Karl Stel-
kens.
“That disclosed to me the
divine establishment of the
Catholic Church, her authori
zation by Christ to teach all
nations and His promise to be
with her all days, protecting
her from error. In that divine
protection I perceived the se
cret of the marvelous unity
which distinguished the Catho
lic Church from all the creeds
founded by men. The doctrine
of the Real Presence made
an especial appeal to me.
“Learning of my intention
to become a Catholic, relatives
got three ministers to try again
to dissuade me. The session
lasted from 4 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
but ended in failure. Later I
went to Attendorn, 40 miles
away, where in a hospital chapel
Father Achatius, O.F.M., re
ceived me into Christ’s true
Church and gave me my First
Holy Communion.
“Wanting to share my holy
Faith with many others, I join-
t ed the Congregation of the Holy
Cross and was ordained in Rome
in 1961. I celebrated Holy Mass
in my home town, with my
parents attending. Why God
singled me out for the wonder
ful figt of faith, I’ll never know,
but I’ll thank Him all the days
of my life.”
(Father O’Brien will be glad
to have converts send their
names and addresses to him
at Notre Dame University, No
tre Dame, Indiana, so he may
write up their conversion
stories.)
a truly free country where the
God-given rights to every man
are respected, and a desire
for a country in which true
social justice will prevail.
For Cubans of the future
Bishop Boza recommended
"religious education as basic
and indispensable.” He said:
“I believe that state secular
ism, such as has been under
stood in Cuba and in some other
Latin American countries, is
not true secularism but prac
tical atheism. If we oppose
communism because it is athe
istic, we must begin by not
being atheists and learn from
communism to give all t 2 im
portance it deserves to the
problem of training the minds
of our youth.” .
Bishop Boza reiterated that
he is opposed to clericalism
in civil life. He said: “I be
lieve that the Church and the
State are two distinct societies
and that each must remain with
in its role to fulfill its aim.
Therefore, very wisely, the
Church wants its priests to
stay out of the political field.
Despite pressures that have
been made upon me, I have
remained outside the political
fields.”
The Bishop was asked to ex
pand on a previous statement he
made in which he opposed both
capitalistic and proletarian dic
tatorships. He said the path to
be followed is the one which
will “ safeguard both individual
freedom and human solidarity.”
without dictatorship from any
one.
The Bishop recommended
“the path of the Gospel that
stresses not only respect for
every individual, dignity of the
human person and the rights
derived from God, but also
that every individual be a mem
ber of the community and have
duties toward his fellow man
whom he is to love as himself
and with whom he is to feel
as one in interests.”
Bishop Boza said he did not
favor all Cuban Catholics join
ing one political party. He poin
ted out there is no official
Cuban Catholic party, but
“there may be one or more
parties of Christian inspiration,
and everyone must see where
he can, in conscience, most
effectively work for the good
of the motherland.”
Bishop Boza was asked about
his views concerning the
problem after the downfall of
Castroism of thousands of Cu
ban youths indoctrinated with
Marxism.
“I believe this problem of
youth is the most serious of
all in Cuba at the present time,”
the Bishop replied. “Com
munism knows it could hardly
succeed by trying to change
the older population, so it pla
ces all of its hopes on youth.
Therefore the first thing it
does is to control totally the
education of youth. Up to now
this evil has not become too
deep, but will grow increasing
ly serious each year commun
ism endures.
“I believe we have two things
to do,” the prelate continued.
“The first is to train our youth
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now under the claws of com
munism. If we are to take
advantage of time we should
do so with an intense forma
tion of our youth in exile. Even
school children must be train
ed and prepared toward recon
struction of the motherland.
“Secondly, there must be in
tense efforts at re-education,”
the Bishop said. “This work
must not follow the indoctrina
tion or the brain washing of
the communist pattern, but must
be conducted to offer the young
people the Christian ideals of
life. It must raise their enthu
siasm and inspire them to chan
nel all their energies toward
truth and goodness.”
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ness or the wrongness of an
act can be assessed. Each per
son, the theory maintains, must
arrive at moral decisions on
the basis of an alleged direct
relationship with God. And God,
it assumes, is not really in
terested <*about the agreement
or lack of agreement of human
acts with objective moral val
ues, but rather in the “right
intention” with which the in
dividual, faced with concrete
moral problems, responds to
crises.
Pope PL-s XII cited these
instances of situation ethics in
one of his statements on the
subject:
“If a seriously trained con
science decided that abandon
ing the Catholic Faith and join
ing another religion brings it
closer to God, then such a
step would be ‘justified’ . . .
Another example is the corpo
ral and spiritual gift of one’s
self among young people. Here
a seriously trained conscience
would decide that, because of
a sincere mutual inclination,
physical and sensual intimacies
are in order.”
Situation ethics as such was
spawned and brought to ma-
tu ity during World War II and
its aftermath, when, for the first
time in modern history, a host
of awful moral dilemmas be
came commonplace: the ethics
of the use and the avoidance
of torture, for example; the
licitness of collaborating with
the enemy, sabotage, espion
age, engaging in the black mar
ket, etc. An excellent example
of how the theory works in
practice is given by Fathers
Ford and Kelly in their Con
temporary Moral Theology:
“(Take the case of) two girls,
one of whom courageously gives
up a love affair with a man
whom she decides she has no
right to marry, the other of
whom continues a love affair
with a married man because,
according to her, the one thing
that counts is the grand amour
The existentialist solution is
that, though the conduct of these
two girls is diametrically op
posed according to traditional
moral standards, yet each is
in reality right because she
is sincere with herself.”
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Pope John Approves New Prayers
VATICAN CITY (NC)—
His Holiness Pope John XXIII
has approved two new prayers
to which have been attached
indulgences.
The first prayer includes five
points and is to be recited be
fore or after Holy Communion.
The text reads:
“I. I detest and abominate
each and all of my sins and
those committed by all others
from the beginning of the world
up to the present moment, as
well as those which will be
committed from now until the
end of the world. And if I can,
I will halt them by the grace
of God whom I prayerfully in
voke.
“II. I praise and approve
all good works, carried out from
the beginning of the world until
the present and moreover all
that will be carried out until
the end of the world. And if
I can, I will multiply them by
the grace of God whom I pray
erfully invoke.
“III. I intend to do all things,
to say all things and to think
in all things for the greater
glory of God, with all those
good intentions which the saints,
past, present and future, have
had, have or will have.
“IV. I pardon and forgive with
all my heart all those who are
my enemies and all those who
have calumniated me and de
spised me, as well as all those
who have injured me or who wish
me ill.
“V. May God grant that I
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may be able to save all men
by dying for each of them! I
would do this willingly with the
grace of God, which, for this
reason, I invoke with suppli
cation and without which I can
can do nothing. Amen.”
To this prayer there is at
tached a partial indulgence of
three years when it is recited,
with at least a contrite heart,
after of before Communion. A
plenary indulgence is attached
to this prayer, under the usual
conditions, once a month if it
is recited daily for the month.
The second prayer is for the
needs of others and it carries
the same indulgences. The text
reads:
“Lord God Almighty, Father
of Christ, Your Blessed Son,
who grants the prayers of those
who honestly invoke Your aid,
who knows the prayers even of
those who are silent, We give
You thanks because You have
held us worthy to participate in
Your holy mysteries which You
have shown us so that we may
be fully persuaded by those
things which we know well,
by the protection of piety, by
the remission of sins, while
the name of Christ is invoked
upon us and we are united
with You.
“You , who have separated
us from the company of the
impious, join us with those who
are consecrated to You; confirm
us in the truth by means of the
Holy Spirit; reveal those things
which we do not kpow; supply
those things which we lack;
make our knowledge deeper.
“Preserve in innocence the
priests dedicated to Your wor
ship; protect inpeace the rulers
of peoples, in justice the jud
ges; grant good weather, abund-
and crops; protect the world
through Divine Providence.
“Quiet warlike peoples, con
vert those in error, sanctify
Your people. Preserve the vir
gins; preserve married couples
in their faithfulness; strengthen
the chaste; guide children to
maturity; strengthen those who
have been only for a short while
neophites; instruct catechu-
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Pope Sends
Good Wishes
To Algeria
VATICAN CITY, (Radio, NC)
-His Holiness Pope John XXIII
has congratulated the people
of Algeria on their newly won
freedom and has assured them
of his continued prayers.
The Pope’s good wishes were
expressed in a radio message
delivered in French (July 5).
Independer :e came to the for
mer French north African ter
ritory (July 3) following an
overwhelming vote for freedom
in the election of July 1, which
took place after more than sev
en years of civil war between
French and Algerians. The
country continues, however, to
be torn by strife, as two Mos
lem factions battle each other
and incidents of violence still
mar relations between Moslems
and Europeans.
Pope John said that Algeria
has been in his prayers in
recent years and that he re
joiced that his prayers had
been answered.
He expressed concern for
“those nations where a certain
established order, while bring
ing some economic well being,
does not correspond to the re
quirements of the spirit. . .to
the rights and duties of the
human person.”
Each day, Pope John said,
“We speak to God of the needs
of the Wole human family, and
every morning we gather all
peoples around Our altar. . .
We are always anxious for those
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mens and make them worthy of
being received into the Church;
and reunite all of us in the
Kingdom of Heaven, in Christ
Jesus, Our Lord, for whom,
with You and with the Holy
Ghost, there is glory, honor
and veneration forever,
Amen.”
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nations where peace is uncer
tain or where it is lacking
altogether.”
Recent events have been con
ducive to confidence, he said,
in view of the fact that young
nations are drawing up their
constitutions and making their
free voices heard in the world.
He added:
“We shall continue to pray
that courageous wisdom, mo
derating prudence, justice and
equity may prevail in all
things.”
The Pontiff prayed that God
may “enlighten the minds of
rulers and direct the good will
of all toward the peaceful tri
umph of the indestructible prin
ciples of the eternal law which
God has engraved in the heart
of every man.”
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student of mine at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, In
diana, was one of the first Peace Corps brides in the Philip
pines. Love is the same in all languages, they said.
Church history abounds in the examples of dedicated
missionaries, many who are the Church's best known saints:
Saint Patrick, St. Paul, St. Frances Xavier, to name only
a few. In a supernatural way, they anticipated today’s
Peace Corps by centuries. Yet in our time, we have known
the example of a young layman whose personal example and
work in Asia won more friends for America than the billion-
dollar aid programs. Dr. Thomas Dooley gave a whole new
image of Western man to the poor of Asia and Africa.
Certainly such a man should serve a s model for those who
now go to all nations representing America.
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