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t 1 K \ 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 44 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. Obituaries Mrs. Ivey Miss Andrews AUGUSTA—Funeral serv ices for Miss Philomena An drews were conducted Novem ber 9th at St. Mary’s On The Hill with the Reverend Stephen Connolly officiating. IN AUGUSTA . . . MEMORIALS S.R. KELLY & SON, INC. PA 2-6972 Irvine Henderson Funeral Home PH. AD. 2-7181 Irvine C. Henderson Irvine C. Henderson, Jr. James E. Henderson, III 121 W. Hall St. SAVANNAH SAVANNAH—Funeral serv ices for Mrs. Annie Conners Ivey were conducted November 6th at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. Surviving are a brother, Frank P. Conners of Savannah; a grandson, Robert Guy Smith of Fairfax, Va., and several nieces and nephews. P. M. Mulherin AUGUSTA—Funeral serv ices for Patrick Michael Mul herin were conducted November 9th at Sacred Heart Church the Very Reverend Felix Donnelly officiating. Survivors include three sis ters, Sister Mary Jeane, R.S.M., Savannah, Mrs. Thomas M. Dennis, Dover, N. H., and Mrs. Owen Schweers, Augusta; and a number of nieces and nep hews. 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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 Hru nswiek TV SERVICE Glynn Electronics 2423 NORWICH AM 5-7669 Macon Artistic Flowers 120 New St. Macon Mrs. Jeannette Aiken 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 ....... OUR LADY, HEALTH OF THE SICK—The original of this 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 tals throughout the United States. On this day are held Recognition Ceremonies and Awards for the Catholic men and women who serve as volunteers in the program, now in its 15th year. (NC Photos) 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.” silverfish 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 nel 8, educational channel, could Specializing Is Our Business Not Today, Not Tomorrow But Everyday! TWIN-biff BURGERS WATCH! WATCH! OUR SPECIALS OVER SIGN BOARD 20<f Fishwish & Tarter Sauce Current Friday Special 1840 WATSON BLVD. WARNER ROBINS 3366 PIO NONO AVE. 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