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TWO the BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA JULY 23. 1955. € ffl LATHI AMERICA THEME OF CONFERENCE (By G. R. Bruast (Radio, N.C.W.C. News Service) ROME — The shortage of priests in Latin American coun ties—how to remedy it and Low to increase the effectiveness of .the priestly apostolate—will be the principal theme studied by the general conference of the Latin American hierarchy at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. About 600 Bishops, represent ing all 65 ecclesiastical provinces from Mexico in the north to Chile and Argentina in the south, will meet at the invitation of the •Holy See. on July 25, immediately after the conclusion of the 36th International Eucharistic Con gress, for a meeting lasting about ten days. Nine Latin American Cardinals are expected to attend, as well as a number of delegates represent ing prelatures and missionary vicariates and prefectures, and observers from the United States, Canada, Spain, Portugal, and the Philippine Islands. The meeting, which is being held in response to wishes voiced by many Latin American Bish ops, will be presided over by His Eminence Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, in his capacity of secre tary of the sacred Consistorial Congregation, which has charge of such matters. The congrega tion is one of three of which His Holiness Pope Pius XII himself is prefect. The other two are the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office and the Sacred Congrega tion for the Oriental Church. Cardinal Piazza will be assist ed by Archbishop Antonio Sa- more, secretary of the Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs,. who has long been in the diplomatic serv ice in Latin America and is familiar with the Spanish langu age. Cardinal Piazza, Archbishop Samore and two other officials of the Roman Curia flew to Rio de Janeiro on July 17. Vatican circles stress the na ture of the coming meeting as a “conference” to study religious problems facing the Church and the methods of solution. They point out the difference between such a conference and a “plenary council.” “While the latter has a juridical character, making deci sions subject to the approval of the Holy See, a conference is of a more informal nature, being mainly dedicated to studying problems and searching for pos sible solutions. Hence, the Rio conference will be quite differ ent from the Plenary Council of the Latin American countries held at Rome in 1900 under Pope Leo XIII. Emphasizing the strictly religi ous nature of the Rio Bishops' conference, Vatican oficials pointed out that preparations for it started almost a year ago— that is, before the anti-Church flare-up in Argentina. Faced with the problem of the great clergy shortage in virtually all the Latin American countries, the Bishops will, above all, stu dy ways and means to increase vocations to the religious life among the natives of the various countries. Since this is a long-range prob lem requiring years for its solu tion, the Bishops will also deli berate on how needs can tem porarily be met by enlisting in creased aid through Religious from non-Latin American coun tries. In this connection it was re called that Maryknollers, Jesuits, and Redemptorists from the United States are already work ing in Latin America, as well as Canadian, Spanish, Belgian, Ger man and other Religious. Surveying how the priestly apostolate can be more effective ly carried out, the Bishops will study obstacles facing the Church through the existence of Protes tant proselytism, the effects of atheistic materialistic propagan da, widespread superstition such as spiritism in Brazil, free masonry, and kindred subjects. The study of the tasks impos ed by the clergy, shortage will logically lead the Bishops to sur- vey the possibilities of helping priests to work through the most effective participation of the lai ty in the apostolate. Hence Catholic Action in vari ous fields—including social is sues Inseparably linked to reli gion, immigration, work among Indians and Colored—will form an important part of the Bishops’ deliberations. In relation to the clergy short age problem, the Bishops will al so study cooperative measures designed to increase the power of the apostolate through the pooling of .resources in such fields as the Catholic press and the Catholic radio. mm official mm hi m be Janeiro ®F INTERNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS (By Jaime Fonseca) (N.C.W.C. News Service) RIO DE JANEIRO, July 22—Al most one million faithful gathered in the immense Congress Square on Guanabara Bay here to witness the solemn official opening of the 36th International Eucharistic Congress. The inaugural rites took place in the evening of July 19 with hundreds, of floodlights focused on the great square, which was domi nated by a monumental altar. They consisted chiefly^if the read ing of the Papal Bull naming His ■Eminence Benedetto Cardinal Aloisi Masella as Papal Legate to the Congress, and a solemn pro cession of the Blessed Sacrament from the neighboring city of Ni- teroi, across the Bay of Guana bara. Among those present at the reading of the Bull was President Joao Cafe Filho, who had met the Papal Legate on his arrival in the city. The Legate subsequently paid a courtesy call, on the Presi dent and" addressed a join session of the Brazilian Congress, as His Holiness Pope Pius XII had done 22 years ago, when as Cardinal Pacelli, he visited the country aft er having officiated as Papal Le gate to the 32nd International Eucharistic Congress at Buenos Aires, Argentina. Already in the morning, some 3,000 sick pilgrims had gathered in silence before the immense al tar to receive Holy Communion and to be solemnly blessed by His Eminence Jaime Cardinal de Bar- ros Camara, Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, and 19 Bishops. As they left, they placed a spiritual bou quet of prayers and sacrifices on the altar in their own name and that of thousands of other sick in the capital, for the success of the greatest Eucharistic tribute ever, staged in Brazil. Among the offerings were also spiritual bouquets of about 350,- 000 Masses, Communions and sac rifices from the sick in the United States. They had been gathered by the Apostolate of the Suffering, which has its headquarters in Mil waukee, Wis. The culminating point of the night-time ceremonies was the ar rival of a picturesque procession of illuminated boats, all richly decorated, which escorted the Blessed Sacrament, to the accom paniment of a brilliant display of fireworks from the decks of the vessels. Some of the boats belong ed to the Brazilian Navy, others to various yacht clubs. On one of the naval vessels, a submarine chaser which had been recently acquired by the govern ment in Holland, and was elab orately adorned for the occasion, rested the monstrance which con tained the Host, already conse crated in Niteroi. All the boats—they numbered about 100 and were of all sizes— displayed their flags and were lighted in gala style. As they moved over the waters, the fire works lit up the sky and revealed the brooding outlines of the moun tains in the distance. The procession of boats ended at the docks of the Naval School, at the extreme southeast of the Santos Dumont airport. From this point the Host, carried by His Eminence Augusto Alvaro Cardi nal da Silva, Archbishop of San Salvador' in Bahia, was escorted to the. altar between rows of Na val cadets and soldiers of the Bra zilian Army who stood with arms presented. In hushed silence the vast gathering of pilgrims wit nessed the placing of the Host in the huge monstrance fashioned by Brazilian goldsmiths, which was decorated with some 1,000 pre cious stones and weighed about 100 pounds. The arrival of the Blessed Sac rament came a few minutes after the solemn liturgical reception of the Papal Legate, a man of prince ly and gracious bearing who had already endeared himself to all those who had met him. The Papal Bull praised the Christian traditions of Brazil and spoke of the great spiritual bene fits for a world of division and uncertainty that it was hoped would result from the Congress, whose motto was, “Christ the Re deemer and His Eucharistic King dom.” In an address responding to the greeting extended by Cardinal de Barros Camara, the Papal Legate stressed the high .spiritual value of the Congress and prayed that “our Lord will deign to descend upon us and upon the world, blotting out unbelief, indifference and er ror.” Patriarch Jose da Costa Nunes, Vice Camerlengo of the Holy Ro man Church, Who is president of the Permanent Committee of In ternational Eucharistic Congress es, had spoken earlier in similar terms. He added a special tribute to the Catholics of Brazil for the devotion and self-sacrifice they had shown in organizing the great international tribute to the Eucha ristic Lord. The wide platform on which the main altar rested was richly il luminated and an added touch of splendor was imparted by the col orful robes of thq Cardinals, Arch bishops and Bishops assembled on or in front of it. A network of loudspeakers brought every word (Continued on Page Seven) (Continued from Page One) to a Hungarian radio broadcast. The broadcast stated that the Hungarian regime had “inter rupted” the Cardinal’s confine ment at the plea of the Hungari an Bishops and because of the prelate’s state of health and ad vanced age. It stated that the Cardinal-Primate of Hungary would be permitted to reside at a place of residence provided for him by the Hungarian Bishops. The broadcast indicated only a temporary and qualified release. Cardinal Mindszenty has been the focus of international atten tion since his arrest and “trial” by the Budapest regime on charges of treason, espionage and violation of foreign exchange regulations. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on February 8, 1949 There was no immediate con firmation from Church sources in Budapest that the Cardinal had been released. But it was pointed out here that the Hun garian Board of Bishops, head ed by Archbishop Julius Czapik of Eger, has long been negotiat ing with the Red regime for the Cardinal’s release. At the same time it was point ed out here that, if confirmed, the Cardinal’s release does not necessarily mean a retreat by the Hungirian regime in its persistent war on religion. It is noted that the ideological of fensive against religion has actu ally been intensified in recent months. Informed sources here point to greater pressure than ever being put on Hungarian parents to keep their children from the restricted religious education still permitted in the schools. The Red announcment of the Cardinal’s release came as the “summit” conference of the big four at Geneva was about to be gin, It was generally regarded here as a communist gesture of conciliation designed to impress the western leaders. Father Roberts— (Continued from Page One) will go on to Rome. From Rome he will fly to Barcelona and visit the Benedictine monastery at Montserrat. Leaving Barcelona by plane Father Robert will next spend a few days at the Grotto of Lourdes in France and will celebrate Mass at the shrine and participate in the ceremonies of the blessing of the sick and the torch light procession in the evening. After several days at Lourdes he will fly to Dublin, Ireland, where he will journey through the Irish countryside. He will leave from Cobb, Ireland and arrive in New York the lat ter part of August and return to Savannah early in September. James Keiley, Sr. Services Held ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral serv ices for James J. 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