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BISHOPS FROM THE WORLD OVER GATHER IN ST.
PETER’S SQUARE - Bishops from all over the world
join the procession at the opening of the 21st Ecumenical
Council at Vatican City. Framed by the famed Bernini
columns rimming St. Peter’s Square, the prelates pre
pare to enter the Vatican Basilica for the initial session.
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A PAPAL BLESSING BEFORE THE START OF COUN
CIL MASS - His Holiness Pope John XXIII blesses Bishop
Peter Canisius van Lierde, Papal Sacristan and Vicar to
His Holiness for Vatican City, during the Mass opening
the Second Vatican Council in St. Peter’s Basilica. The
Pontiff stands at the main altar above the tomb of St.
Peter, framed by a throng of clergy and laymen behind
the canopied altar. - (NC Photos)
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Council Fathers Call For
Peace And Social Justice
VATICAN CITY, (RADIO NC)
- The Fathers of the ecumeni
cal council have issued a mes
sage to the peoples of the world
calling for peace and social
justice for all mankind.
The message proclaimed that
"all men are brothers irres
pective of the race or nation
to which they belong."
The council adopted the mes
sage at its third general ses
sion (Oct. 20).
The text of the message was
distributed to all present and
half an hour was given for
studying it and expressing views
on it. It was then approved and
adopted by the Fathers.
The message opened with the
words:
"We wish to convey to all
men and to all nations the
message of salvation, love and
peace which Jesus Christ, Son
of the Living God, brought to the
world and entrusted to the
Church."
The Fathers noted that “in
the course of our meetings
under the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, we intend to seek the
most effective ways of renew
ing ourselves and becoming
ever more faithful witnesses
of the Gospel of Christ.
"We shall strive to propose
to the men of our times the
truth of God, integral and pure,
so that they may understand it
and accept it freely."
Stressing that the Fathers are
united and love their brothers
in Christ, the message de
dared:
"We therefore, who are fol
lowers of Christ, are not es
tranged from earthly concerns.
. . . While we hope that the
Faith may shine more clearly
and brightly from the work of
the council, we expect therefore
a spiritual renewal which may
also yield a happy impetus to
human welfare, that is to the
findings of science, the pro
gress of the arts and tech
nology and a greater diffus
ion of culture."
The Fathers continued:
"We, united here from every
nation under Heaven, carry in
our hearts the anxieties of all
peoples entrusted to us, the
anxieties of body and soul, sor
rows, desires and hopes."
The message affirmed the
council’s concern and interest
in the weak and poor and said:
"We are constantly attentive
to those who, deprived of the
necessary assistance, have
not yet reached a standard of
living worthy of man. For this
reason, in the performance of
our earthly mission, we take
into great account all which
pertains to the dignity of man
and all which contributes toward
the real brotherhood of
nations.”
The Fathers then singled out
two problems "of greater im
portance proposed to us - peace
among the world’s peoples and
social justice."
The message pointed out that
Pope John has "recommended
everything that favors peace
among peoples. There is no man
who does not detest war and
does not ardently desire peace.
But this is the greatest wish
of the Church who is the moth
er of all."
The Fathers added that the
Church "tends, moreover, with
all her strength to unite all
peoples and to create among
them a mutual esteem of senti
ments and of works. Is not
this our conciliar assembly -
admirable for its diversity of
races, nations and tongues -
testimony of a community bound
by fraternal love, which it bears
as a visible sign? We proclaim
that all men are brothers ir
respective of the race or na
tion to which they belong.”
Speaking of social justice,
the message referred to the
teachings of Pope John’s en
cyclical, Mater et Magistra,
and said that it "shows clear
ly how absolutely necessary
the Church is to the world to
day to denounce injustices and
shameful inequalaities, to re
store the true order of goods
and things so that, according
to the principles of the Gos
pels, the life of man may be
come more human.”
The message declared:
"We humbly and ardently in
vite all to collaborate withuato
establish in the world a more
ordered way of living and great
er brotherhood. We invite
everyone, not only our brothers
of whom we are the pastors, but
all our brothers who believe in
Christ and all men of good will
"It is our ardent desire that
in this world, which is still so
far from the desired peace be
cause of the threats engendered
by scientific progress itself -
marvelous progress but not al
ways intent on the supreme law
of morality - the light of the
great hope in Jesus Christ, our
only Saviour may shine.”
Holy Father Says Council Will Be
Meeting Of Hope, Preparation For Unity
VATICAN CITY, (NC) —
More than 2,500 Bishops and
more than 800 newsmen created
one of the most unusual traf
fic snarls ever seen here, with
one group trying to get out of
the bronze door at the end of the
right colonnade at St. Peter’s
Basilica and the other group
trying to enter.
This scene of splendid con
fusion was the result of the
unexpectedly early conclusion
of the first session of the Vat
ican council. The exiting
bishops met with the re
porters who were trying to
gather for a special audience.
Fortunately the rain had let
up at the time the jam oc
curred. But the buttons on the
newsmen’s raincoats and their
umbrellas caught at the scarlet
and purple robes of the bishops
as they squeezed past. The
presence of hundreds of sur
prised but pleased tourists
added to the confusion. One
bishop had to stop to untangle
himself as a stray umbrella
snagged the lace of his rochet.
In the square, blocked off to
all traffic except that which
brought the bishops to the bas
ilica, there stood hundreds of
specially chartered buses as
well as many private cars.
VATICAN CITY, (Radio NC)
— His Holiness Pope John XX
III has received in audience
Methodist Bishop Fred Pierce
Corson of Philadelphia, pres
ident of the World Methodist
Council,
By Msgr. James I. Tucek
(Radio, N.C.W.C. NEWS
SERVICE)
VATICAN CITY - His Holi
ness Pope John XXIII set the
tone for the Second Vatican
Council by declaring at its sol
emn opening that it would be a
council of hope and a
preparation for Christian unity.
Pope John declared (Oct. 11)
that the Church "considers it
her duty to work actively" to
ward the realization of Christ’s
prayer for Christian unity.
He also stressed that the
prophets of disaster are not to
be heeded and that the ecu
menical council will concen
trate on emphasizing the vali
dity of the Church’s teaching
rather than concern itself with
condemning heresies.
The Pope proclaimed his
fearless hope that the council
"will bring the Church up to
date where required." He as
sured the cardinals and bishops
gathered around him near the
tomb of St. Peter that the coun
cil will compel "men, families
and peoples everywhere to turn
their minds toward heavenly
things.”
He confessed that he has
frequently been bothered by
prophets of doom, who with mis
placed zeal have tried to con
vince him that the modern world
is lost in a "morass of pre
varication and ruin."
These prophets, the Pope no
ted, say that our era in com
parison with past ages is con
stantly growing worse. Such
men have learned nothing from
history, Pope John said, for
they seem to believe that "in
the past, particularly at the time
of former councils, everything
was a full triumph for the
Christian idea and way of life
and for proper religious liber
ty."
In actual fact, the Pope said,
these prophets of disaster are
wrong. Divine Providence is
guiding the Church today, he
continued, * 'toward a new order
in human relations wherein—
by men’s own efforts and even
beyond their greatest expecta-
scrutable designs of God’s will
are being fulfilled.”
The Pope said that he sees
even in the constant differences
among men advantages that lead
to the greater good of the
Church.
Pope John expressed his
gladness that the ecumenical
council can meet in an atmos
phere of freedom from the poli
tical pressures exerted on past
councils.
Even though the majority of
mankind today is locked in con
troversy over the direction in
which political and economic
order should be pursued, he
said, and although vast num
bers have no time or regard
for spiritual reality, "the new
conditions of modern life have
at least this advantage: They
have eliminated those innum
erable obstacles by which at
one time the sons of this world
impeded the free action of the
Church."
The Pope noted with sorrow
the absence of many bishops
restrained by godless govern
ments. But he said that he
foresees that the Church, un
trammeled by political consid
erations, will "from this Vati
can basilica, as if from a se
cond Apostolic Cenacle, now
through the intervention of her
bishops, raise her voice anew
with resonant majesty and
greatness."
The principal concern of the
new council is to discover me
thods where by the deposit of
Christian doctrine will be both
safeguarded and taught more
effectively, he continued. It will
teach men how to fulfill their
duties as citizens both of hea
ven and earth, he said.
Commenting on Christ’s
words “Seek first the kingdom
of God and his justice,” the
Pope cautioned that the second
part of this quotation--"and all
things will be added to you"
(Matt. 6, 33)—must constantly
be kept in mind. This means,
he said, that those, who seek
evangelical perfection with all
their might, must not fail to
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POPE PRAYS TO HOLY SPIRIT - His Holiness Pope
John XXIII kneels before the main altar at St. Peter’s
and asks the blessing of the Holy Ghost upon the Second
Vatican Council which he called into session. Pope John
later addressed the gathering adding a plea for Christian
unity. Behind the Holy Father is Archbishop Enrico Dante,
Perfect of the College of Masters of Pontifical Ceremonies.
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