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Prayer For The Success Of
The Eeumenical Council
May the Divine Spirit reign to answer in a most comfort
ing manner this prayer which rises daily to Him from every
comer of the earth.
Renew your wonders in our time, O Divine Spirit, as
though with another Pentecost and grant that Thy Holy
Church, by uniting in a single-hearted and mounting prayer,
together with Mary the Mother of Jesus, and the Shep
herding St. Peter, may intensify the reign of the Divine Sa
vior, the reign of truth and justice, the reign of love and
peace.
Amen.
Priest Reprimanded For
Impeach Warren 99 Effort
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (NC)—
The Vicar General of the
Bridgeport diocese has repri
manded a diocesan priest for
his activities in an effort to im
peach Chief Justice Earl War
ren of the United States.
In a statement issued (Nov. 8)
from the chancery, Msgr. Wil
liam F. Kearney, vicar gen
eral, stated: “Recently certain
statements and activities on the
part of the Rev. Francis E.
Fenton especially a petition ap
proved by him with reference
to the impeachment of the Chief
Justice of the United States were
widely publicized in the press.”
Msgr. Kearney said that after
consultation with Bishop Walter
W. Curtis of Bridgeport, who is
in Rome at the Second Vatican
Council, he had the following
comments:
“The statements and activi
ties of Father Fenton, as re
corded in the press, were, to
put it mildly, ill-advised and
uncalled for.
“He neither consulted with
nor received permission from
ecclesiastical superiors.
“He acted in open contra
vention to directions previously
given to him by his ecclesias
tical superiors to refrain from
indulging in political statements
and activities and to confine
himself to the spiritual work
for which he was ordained.
The Monsignor stated “the
incident is highly regrettable
from every angle especially the
embarrassment and distress
caused to so many of our good
Catholic people.”
Father Fenton, pastor of
Blessed Sacrament parish in
Bridgeport’s East End, had urg
ed parishoners to sign a peti
tion calling for the impeach
ment of Chief Justice Warren.
Members of the John Birch
Society, of which Father Fenton
is a member, collected more
than 600 signatures as parish-
oners left Mass.
Jewish Leader
Welcomes Statement
PARIS, (NC) — A statement
on anti-Semitism that is now
before the ecumenical council
Fathers has been welcomed
here by Dr. Nahum Goldmann,
president of the World Jewish
Congress.
"The Jewish people are mov
ed and gratified by the pro
spects that the ecumenical
council may adopt a declara
tion calling upon the Roman
Catholic Church to eliminate
'those religious teachings which
give rise to disdain, hatred or
persecution of the Jews,’ ”
he said.
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6th at the Cathedral of St. John
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Frank P. Conners of Savannah;
a grandson, Robert Guy Smith
of Fairfax, Va., and several
nieces and nephews.
P. M. Mulherin
AUGUSTA—Funeral serv
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herin were conducted November
9th at Sacred Heart Church the
Very Reverend Felix Donnelly
officiating.
Survivors include three sis
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R.S.M., Savannah, Mrs. Thomas
M. Dennis, Dover, N. H., and
Mrs. Owen Schweers, Augusta;
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POPE PAUL VI GREETS VATICAN COUNCIL GUESTS—
Observer delegates and guests to the second session of
VaticanCouncil II are greeted by Pope Paul VI. A Protes
tant theologian, Professor Oscar Cullmann of the Univer
sities of Basle and Paris, is pictured shaking hands with
the Pope.—(NC Photos)
The Sixth Week
Vatican Council In Review
VATICAN CITY (NC)--Ecu-
menical council debate reached
a high point during the sixth
week of its second session as
two outstanding churchmen
clashed sharply over the role
of the Roman curia.
Throughout the week the cur
ia—the congregations and offi
ces at the Vatican which assist
the pope in governing the Church
—had come in for severe cri
ticism.
At the general council meet
ing of Nov. 8 the debate came
to a dramatic climax when Jo
seph Cardinal Frings. of
Cologne, Germany, vigorously
objected to the practices of the
curia’s top body, the Supreme
Sacred Congregation of the Holy
Office. Defending it was its se
cretary, Alfredo Cardinal Otta-
viani.
The exchange between the two
cardinals brought out into the
open the battle between an old
and a new order which, what
ever its outcome, will alter the
face of the Church in the future.
Cardinal Frings said:
‘ ‘The distinction between ad
ministrative and juridical pro
cedures in the Roman curia
should be extended to all areas,
including the Supreme Sacred
Congregation of the Holy Of
fice. Its procedures are out of
harmony with modern times,
are a source of harm to the
faithful and of scandal to those
outside the Church. No Roman
congregation should have au
thority to accuse, judge and
condemn an individual who has
had no opportunity to defend
himself. With all due reverence
and gratitude for the devoted in
dividuals who spend their lives
in the difficult work of the Holy
Office, we feel that its methods
should be basically revised.”
Cardinal Ottaviani replied:
“The opportunity must be
taken to protest most vigorous
ly against the condemnation of
the Holy Office voiced -in this
council hall. It should not be
forgotten that the prefect of the
Holy Office is none other than
the supreme pontiff himself.
The criticism formulated pro
ceeds from a lack of knowledge,
not to use a stronger term, of
the procedures of this sacred
congregation.
“No one is ever accused,
judged and condemned without
a thorough previous investiga
tion carried on with the help of
competent con suitors and ex
perienced specialists. Besides,
all decisions of the Holy Office
are approved by the pope per
sonally, and thus such criti
cisms are a reflection on the
Vicar of Christ.”
The debate over the curia
grew out of the draft proposal—
or schema—on bishops and the
government of dioceses which
was introduced (Nov. 5) at the
council’s 60th general meeting.
A major issue raised was whe
ther or not the powers now
exercised exclusively by the
curia should be returned to the
bishops of dioceses.
In connection with this there
was much talk of organizing an
international body of bishops to
help the pope govern the Church
and of giving jurisdictional pow
ers to national conferences of
bishops.
Discussion therefore invol
ved the idea of the collegiality
of bishops. This idea—which
maintains that the bishops of
the world as a body, led by the
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pope, have supreme power over
the Universal Church—was a
major topic in the debate on the
previous schema on the nature
of the Church. An advisory bal
lot on Oct. 30, in which the
Fathers voted overwhelmingly
in favor of the principle of
collegiality, was a council turn
ing point.
Those favoring the idea in the
debate on the schema on bishops
and diocesan government ar
gued that it does not affect the
primacy of the pope. Fathers
opposing it warned that it does.
The first speaker on the new
schema, Achille Cardinal Lien-
art of Lille, France, said that
its text should include a special
chapter on the relationship be
tween the pope and the college
of bishops. He stated: “If it
were made clear in the text
that the bishops have and exer
cise their power without
infringing in any way on the
primacy of the Roman pontiff,
the text would be much more
acceptable.”
The next day (Nov. 6) Bishop
Joseph H. Hodges of Wheeling,
W. Va., also called for a chap
ter on the relationship between
the bishops and the pope as
head of the college of bishops.
At the same meeting, Ernesto
Cardinal Ruffini of Palermo,
Italy, stated that objections that
the schema does not mention the
matter of collegiality assume
that the.question is settled. That
is not so, he declared. A simi
lar point- was made by Michael
Cardinal Browne, O.P., of the
curia.
Cardinal Ruffini also sup
ported the stand taken the day
before by James Francis Car
dinal McIntyre of Los Angeles,
saying that “the discussion of
the proposed national confer
ences of bishops can lead to
dangerous waters if these con
ferences are given real authori
ty to carry out their decisions.”
He added that “since the pope
could hardly turn down the re
commendations of these na
tional conferences, this would
in fact and for all practical pur
poses mean the disappearance
of his primatial jurisdiction.”
Franziskus Cardinal Koenig
of Vienna noted that “the long
experience of the National Ca
tholic Welfare Conference in
the United States and the Con
ference of German Bishops
shows that very fruitful results
can be obtained even when the
conference has only moral and
not juridical authority over its
individual members.”
During the day Augustin Car
dinal Bea, S.J., President of
the Secretariat for Promoting
Christian Unity, urged that “bi
shops from the outside should
be brought to Rome to work with
the pope in the way determined
by himself.” Ukrainian Rite
Archbishop Maxim Hermaniuk,
C.SS.R., of Winnipeg, Man., re
peated the recommendation,
saying * ‘the organization of an
apostolic college to aid the
pope would be very effective.”
Melkite Rite Patriarch Maxi-
mos IV Saigh of Antioch closed
the day’s discussion with a call
for radical reform of the curia.
He said;
' ‘To assist the pope, the sche
ma offers only the curia in its
present structure. It adds a
timid suggestion that some bi
shops of the world be given a
share in the government of the
Church. This does not answer
the needs of today nor does it
reflect of collegial responsibi
lities of the bishops of the
Church. Just as the pope uses
priests in the government of
his diocese of Rome, so also
should he use bishops in the
government of the entire
Church. . .
“To assist the Holy Father
there should be something along
the lines of what the Oriental
churches have had for centur
ies , namely a ‘permanent sy
nod’ with members succeeding
each other by term. This body
would be supreme, even over
the curia, with the last word
always resting with the sover
eign pontiff because of his su
preme primatial jurisdiction.”
The following day (Nov. 7)
Armenian Rite Patriarch Ig-
nace Pierre XVI Batanian of
Cilicia came to the curia’s
defense. He stated:
“From the First Vatican
Council we know that the pope
has the fulness of jurisdiction,
that his power comes directly
from God and is not subject to
limitation by any human autho
rity. Consequently, he has the
right to organize the curia as he
wishes. Since a tree is judged
by its fruits and the general
state of the Church today is
good, we must conclude that the
Roman curia, which has had
such a great role in the ex
pansion of the Church, has done
its duty satisfactorily.
' ‘Every institution has its
weaknesses and we should try to
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picture is in the basilica of St. Maiy Magdalen in Rome,
mother Church of the Order of St. Camillus. The feast day
of Our Lady, Health of the Sick will be observed on Novem
ber 16. It is the feast of the national patron of the NCCS-
VA Hospital Service—a program of the National Catholic
Community Service in 170 Veterans Administration hospi
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correct them wisely and pru
dently. This does not mean
publishing them arid bringing
them to the attention of every
one with the risk of scandaliz
ing or shocking certain souls.
It is not right to forget all the
services rendered by the curia
and to concentrate only on its
weaknesses.”
At the same meeting Joseph
Cardinal Ritter of St. Louis
called for the restoration of
powers which “are basically of
divine origin” to the bishops.
Among those supporting him
was Bishop Piotr Kalwa of Lub
lin speaking in the name of the
Polish Bishops. Earlier Arch
bishop Maurice Baudoux of St.
Boniface, Man., had stressed
the idea that increasing the pow
ers of bishops is not something
to be “granted” but rather to
be “returned.” He said: “The
approach used in the present
text amounts to a downgrading
of bishops because it speaks of
a ‘grant’ of faculties to them.”
Cardinal Ritter also asked
that the schema’s chapter en
titled ‘ 'The Relationship of
Bishops with the Roman Curia”
be changed because “this or
gan (the curia) does not exist
except as a delegate of the pope
and does not have any autono
mous existence.”
In his Nov. 8 speech, Cardi
nal Ottaviani criticized the idea
of collegiality. He said:
“Those who propose the col
legiality of the bishops proceed
in a vicious circle since they
presume that the Apostles ex
isted and acted as a collegial
body. From the collegial cha
racter of the Apostolic College
they deduce the collegial cha
racter of the body of bishops.
But even learned and experien
ced professors of Sacred Scrip
ture will admit that this thesis
has no solid foundations in the
sacred books. Defending col
legiality entails some limita
tion of at least the exercise of
the universal primacy of the
Roman pontiff.”
During the day’s debate op
posing views on bringing bi
shops to Rome to aid in govern
ing the Church were expressed
by two cardinals.
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa
of Bukoba, Tanganyika, declar
ed:
“The establishment of a per
manent body of bishops in Rome
is called for by the social struc
ture of modern times and par
ticularly by a genuinely ‘re-
demptional’ vision of the entire
world. It is not only the right
but also the duty of the council
to make this possible.”
Cardinal Browne answered
that “against the proposal to
bring bishops to Rome to assist
the Holy Father no objection can
be raised on theological
grounds. But the congregations
constitute the curia and the
curia belongs t<&. the pope. Its
cardinals, major officials, con-
suitors and so on, are appointed
not by the Holy See but by the
pope personally.
“If collegiality confers on all
bishops a right to cogovernment
with the pope, then he in turn
has an obligation to recognize
the right. This would inevitably
lessen the power of the pope
who would no longer have full
jurisdiction.”
Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro of
Bologna, Italy, remarked that
‘ ‘this proposal (on bishops’
sharing in Church government)
supposes that the matter will
be decided by the authority of
the Roman pontiff, since the
council can do no more than
offer a suggstion or make
a recommendation.”
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The Southern Cross, November 14, 1963—PAGE 3
Pope Urges United Europe
VATICAN CITY, (NC)--Pope
Paul VI has warned foes of
European unity that they had
better reverse themselves lest
a unity be forced on Europe “by
external and material factors to
the detriment of the inner spiri
tual inheritance” of the conti
nent.
The Pope made a strong ap
peal for a united Europe (Nov.
9) at an audience granted to
leaders of the International
Council of the European Move
ment led by its president, Mau
rice Faure.
Speaking in French to the
European movement leaders,
the Pope noted that the Church
has a “great and grave re
sponsibility to preach the Gos
pel and to make all men bro
thers among themselves, heirs
of the pastoral mission that
during all centuries has con
sidered Europe as a united
Christianity—even though di
vided into distinct groups.” He
added that in such terms “We
too are for a united Europe.”
He went even further to state:
“We cannot but wish that the
process by which Europe is to
become more united, more in
dependent from particular in
terests and from local rival
ries, and more united in sy
stems of mutual help, may im
prove and may bring concrete
and definite results. . . We
too, like you and like every
one else, see that Europe is
already a reality to which the
development of modern rela
tions gives an undeniable sup
port.”
Turning to opponents of Eu
ropean unity, the Pope warned
that “those who fear that the
unification of Europe may bring
a leveling, a suppression of the
historical and cultural values
of the different countries, far
from delaying, should instead
favor the formation of the struc
tures of the new Europe, so as
to avoid that unity which might
be imposed on her by external
and material factors to the det
riment of her inner spiritual
inheritance, or by force of
necessity to which it will be
difficult tomorrow to offer ef
fective resistance.”
Pope Paul continued:
* ‘We can add another reason
(for favoring European unity)
which concerns us more close
ly—duty. The duty which arises
from the desire of promoting
and safeguarding peace. Every
one knows the tragic history
of our century.
‘ ‘If there is a maens to pre
vent this happening again, it is
the construction of a pacified
organic united Europe which
will give us this. Peace based
on the balance of power or on
a truce among antagonisms
or purely economic interests is
nothing but frail, and will al
ways lack the necessary ener
gies to solve Europe’s funda
mental problems, those con
cerning the populations of which
it is composed and the brother
ly and community spirit by
which it has to be animated.”
To achieve its goal, Pope
Paul said, the European move
ment must create “psycholo
gical preparation.” He added:
“You have to create a public
opinion as wide as possible,
you have to idealize the tasks
that the leaders and qualified
bodies must pursue. You must
let everybody, especially young
people, know the excellence of
the cause of a united Europe
in order that the political and
social organization may be able
to be realized and may be
maintained with the spontaneous
support of the people and in a
spirit of mutual and sincere
collaboration. For this reason,
the Church believes it to be her
duty and in her power to bring
her support to the cause of your
movement. Her support, as
everybody knows, is spiritual,
her atmosphere of universal
charity. Her support is also
human to all those who recog
nize the effort of the Church to
defend and to diffuse the prin
ciples of natural reason, on
which people have to base their
fundamental humanism.”
Macon Home And School
Hears Superintendent
MACON—A large crowd was
in attendance at the November
meeting of St. Joseph Home
and School Association, Macon,
to hear an address by Father
John Cuddy, Superintendent of
Catholic Schools in the Savan
nah Diocese.
Father Cuddy spoke onCatho-
lic education and the dire need
for vocations to the Sisterhood.
He urged parents and families
to pray for this great blessing
from God—at least one vocation
per family to the Sisterhood.
After his talk Father Cuddy in
vited questions from the
audience and very ably answer
ed them.
The teachers were in their
respective classrooms before
the meeting to greet the par
ents and display the students
work.
Mrs. Vincent Canipelli re
ported that the annual Hallow
een Festival and supper held
on October 30 in the school yard
was a complete success and
thanked all who had helped make
it possible.
It was announced that a Tele
vision Antennae had been in
stalled in the school and chan
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