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VATICAN CITY, (NC) - His
Holiness Pope John XXIII told
non-Catholics attending the
ecumenical council that he in
tends to work and suffer to
speed the achievement of Chris
tian unity.
Pope John spoke at a special
audience (Oct. 13) in the Vati
can's Consistory Hall for 35
delegate-observers and guests
representing 17 Orthodox and
Protestant denominations.
The 35 were led into the
audience by Msgr. Jan G. M.
Willebrands, secretary of the
Secretariat for Promoting
Christian Unity. The first two
to enter were the representa
tives of the Russian Orthodox
Church who had arrived from
Moscow the day before. Others
included observers from the
Coptic Church of Egypt, the
Syrian Orthodox Church, the
Ethiopian Church, the Armen
ian Church, the Russian Ortho
dox Church Outside Russia and
the Old Catholic Church, as well
as Anglican, Lutheran, Pres
byterian, Disciples of Christ,
Quaker, Congregationalist and
Methodist observers.
Among the seven official
guests of the secretariat were
the Rev. Stanley I. Stuber of
Jefferson City, Mo., a Baptist,
and the Rev. Joseph H. Jack-
son of Chicago, president of the
National Baptist Convention,
U.S.A., Inc.
The visitors, who showed
warm sympathy toward the
Pope, gathered in a semicir
cle around the Pontiff, who was
seated not on the usual throne
but in an armchair.
The observers and guests
were introduced by Augustin
Cardinal Bea, S. J., president
of the secretariat, who express
ed joy over the presence of so
large a group of distinguished
members of other faiths and
his conviction that their pre
sence was a first step toward
ultimate Christian reunion.
The Pontiff then addressed
the group and told them:
“It is now for the Catholic
Church to bend herself to her
work with calmness and gen
erosity. It is for you to ob
serve her with renewed and
friendly attention.’’
He told the observers a:
guests that “there burns in
heart the intention of work!
and suffering to hasten the ho
when for all men the pray
of Jesus at the Last Supper w
haye reached its fulfillment
Pope John also recalled
friendly contacts with non-C|
tholics when he was station'
as a papal diplomat at posts
Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey a
Paris.
The Pope ended the meet
by expressing his joy that t
observers had come to the cou
cil and giving them his bles
ing.
Following is a translation
the Pope’s address, which w
delivered in French.
"Today’s most welco
meeting is to be simple a
friendly, respectful and brie
The first word which rises
in my heart is the prayer tak
from the 67th Psalm, whi
has a lesson for all, ‘Bless
day by day be the Lord, wl
bears our burdens; God, who
our salvation.’ (Ps. 67, 2
“When in 1952, Pope Pi
XII most unexpectedly ask*
me to become the Patriarch
Venice, I told him that I d:
not need to reflect very lo
before accepting the appoin:
ment. For in the undertaki:
there was nothing at all of
own seeking; there was no di
sire in my heart of being a]
pointed to one office or mini
try rather than to another,
episcopal motto fitly provided
my answer: ‘Obedientia et Pax",
(Obedience and Peace).
“And so when after 30 years
in the direct service of the Holy
See, I prepared myself to be
gin a new kind of life and found
myself shepherd of the flock
of Venice, which I was to tend
for the next six years, I re
flected and meditated upon these
words of the Psalm:
‘The Lord who bears our
burdens;’ He carries us, what
we are and what we possess;
with His treasure in us and with
our miseries.
“This same thought was pre
sent to me when I accepted,
four years ago, the succession
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ligious Unity
tion, even though my work as
representative of the Holy Fa
ther in the Near East was not
explicitly concerned with
them.
“Then again at Paris, which
is one of the crossroads of the
world, and was especially so
immediately after the end of
the last war. I had frequent
meetings with Christians of
many different denominations.
“I cannot remember any oc
casion on which we were divi
ded on principle nor that there
was ever any disagreement
on the plane of charity in the
common work of helping those
in need, which the circumstan
ces of the time made necessary.
and generosity; your task is to
observe her with renewed and
friendly attention.
“May the inspiration of hea
venly grace which moves hearts
and rewards good works be upon
all of you and all that is yours.”
ecumenical council underway
in Rome will further religious
unity.
The editorials expressed re
cognition that the reunion of
Christian churches will not re
CARDINAL TELLS OBSERVERS:—
“Bonds Of Baptism
Stronger Than Divisions
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ROME, (Radio NC) - Augus
tin Cardinal Bea, S. J., stress
ed the bond of Baptism which is
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"stronger than all our divi
sions” in an address given at
a reception for non-Catholic
observers and guests at the
ecumenical council.
Cardinal Bea added that
‘‘Christians all over the world
are daily becoming more aware
of these bonds.”
The Cardinal, President of
the Secretariat for Promoting
Christian Unity which gave the
reception, also asked for the
positive criticism and sugges
tions of the observers and
guests.
In his reply to Cardinal Bea,
Dr. Edmund Schlink, Lutheran
faculty member of Germany’s
Heidelberg University, said that
His Holiness Pope John XXIII
“by the initiative of his heart
has created a new atmosphere
of openness in regard to the
non-Roman churches.”
Cardinal Bea noted in his
speech that a number of the
Orthodox churches were not
represented at the reception,
but praised the efforts made by
both Catholics and Orthodox
to overcome the obstacles be
tween them, even though the
efforts were not completely
successful.
The Cardinal welcomed the
observers and guests, saying:
“Instead of a long listing of
your titles, which I certainly
do respect, please allow me to
address you with these simple
but so profound words: ‘My
Brothers in Christ.’ ’’
Cardinal Bea said his greet
ing “plunges us immediately
into the profound consciousness
of the incommensurable grace
of Baptism which has estab
lished bonds that are indes
tructible, stronger than all our
divisions.”
The Cardinal emphasized that
these mutual bonds have led
non-Catholic groups to send
observers to the ecumenical
council and the Pope to set up
the Secretariat for Promoting
Christian Unity to aid the ob
servers.
He gave thanks to God that
such a friendly meeting could
take place but added:
“True, this work is not com
plete. There are above all a
good number of venerable Or
thodox churches of the East
which are not officially repre
sented. This fact is doubtless
ly painful to both sides, for
them and for us.
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However, they noted that the
Second Vatican Council could
contribute to this eventaul re
sult by internal renewal in the
Catholic Church
Among the editorial com
ments were these:
The New York Times: “The
results of Vatican II may not
be fully apparent in this gen
eration. It is clear, however,
that if all branches of Christ
endom can forget old hates and
instead reemphasize old truths,
the miracle of a united Chris
tianity may yet come to pass.’
The Los Angeles Times
‘‘Oppressed by a communism
and sweating through a day-to
day existence under the plotted
trajectories of nuclear mis
siles, many Christians are re
minded of their common, if
compartmentalized beliefs,
which spring from a common
,source.
The Chicago Tribune: "Only
a few visionaries expect the
council to break down doctrinal
and other barriers which have
separated the churches for hun
dreds of years, but there is
much hope that misunderstand
ings will be cleared away."
The Washington Post: "The
second Vatican Council has
opened with the sympathetic
attention of virtually the whole
world and with high hopes among
a great proportion of the Catho
lic clergy and laity and some
of the attending bishops that it
will somehow succeed in binding
up the centuries-old wounds of
Christendom."
The Ottawa Journal: The
council “is a sign that Chris
tianity can show the dynamism
and desire for brotherhood
which have enabled it to sur
vive the persecutions of cen
turies and against which the
gates of hell cannot prevail."
The Montreal Gazette: “No
one expects the divisions of the
world are to be readily healed.
But the ecumenical council
seeks a widening spirit of hu
man comradeship, a deepening
of the courtesies, a search for
understanding, that even those
who remain divided may draw
closer together."
The Toronto Globe and Mail:
‘‘All Christians, and all men—
no matter what their creed--
should wish the ecumenical
council success. For in the
final analysis, the men in Rome
are concerned not only with
eternal salvation but with peace
on earth."
The Toronto Telegram: The
Council “in generating excite
ment about the dream of Chris
tianity’s enlarging partnership
registers hope for all man
kind.’’
The Toronto Dally Star:
“There can be no doubt that
Christian leaders everywhere
are moving towards unity, in
spirit if not in form. The times
of bloody hostility are over.
There is friendliness, a desire
to cooperate.”
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Archbishop
Named To
Commission
ATLANTA - An unconfirmed
news report eminating from
Rome stated that the Most Rev.
Paul J. Hallinan LL.D., Arch
bishop of Atlanta has been
named to the Liturgical Com
mission of the Ecumenical
Council now meeting in Vatican
City.
The Liturgical Commission
has responsibility for studying
the possibility of substituting
the vernacular for Latin in cer
tain parts of the Mass.
Earlier this week the Ameri
ca n Prelates who usually meet
once a year in Rome held their
annual meeting in the Eternal
City. At this meeting, Arch
bishop Hallinan was appointed
Episcopal Advisor for theNew-
nan Clubs and Assistant Chair
man in charge of the Youth
Section of the National Catho
lic Welfare Conference.
MEETING
OF HOPE-
(Continued from Page 2)
make themselves useful to so
ciety.
While the doctrine of the
Church is to influence human
activities in all fields, it is
necessary that the Church
should never depart from the
sacred' patrimony of truth re
ceived from the Fathers, he
said, adding:
“At the same time, however,
she must ever look to the pre
sent, to new conditions and new
forms of life introduced into the
modern world which have
opened new avenues to the Ca
tholic apostolate.”
The 21st ecumenical council,
drawing on the wealth of the
Church’s juridical, liturgical,
apostolic and administrative
experience, will transmit to the
world without distortion the
doctrines of the Church, he
said.
But the key point of the coun
cil, the Pope declared, is not
the discussion of one article or
another of the fundamental doc
trine of the Church. He noted
that what has been taught by
the Fathers and theologians is
presumed to be familiar to all.
Council
TV Special
Oct. 30th
The Second Vatican
Council, the most impor
tant meeting of church
leaders in centuries* will
be the subject of an NBC
News special to be filmed
in color wholly in the Vat
ican and the city of Rome.
Filming by the network’s
European production crew,
headed by George Vicas,
started Oct. 4 and contin
ued for two weeks. The pro
gram will be broadcast by
the NBC - TV Network
Tuesday, October 30 from
10:30 to 11 p.m. EST, with
NBC News correspondent
Irving R. Levine as repor
ter.
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