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i Seventh Week The Southern Cross, November 21, 1963—PAGE 3 Vatican Council In Review VATICAN CITY (NC)—The ecumenical council Fathers ended their discussion of the schema on bishops and dioce san governments during the seventh week of their second session and were ready to move on to debate the draft propo sal on ecumenism. During the week the Fathers also voted favorably on the amended text of the draft de cree on communications me dia. A final vote remained to be taken on the schema after the incorporation of suggestions by Fathers who voted "favorable with reservations." But it was expected that the decree would be promulgated before the end of November. The draft decree calls for a united effort to put modern means of communication to ef fective use in the apostolate and to oppose the harm they are ca pable of doing. But while reminding civil authorities of their obligation to preserve the common good, it also points out their duty to "defend the just freedom of information." Distributed to Fathers was a revised schema on the litur gy which included recommen dations made in an earlier vote by those casting "favorable with reservations" ' ballots. A vote on the revised schema was scheduled for Nov. 18. At the beginning of the week the four U. S. cardinals pre sent at the council expressed differing views on Chapter III of the schema on bishops and the government of dioceses, which deals with national bishops’ conferences. Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York and James Fran cis Cardinal McIntyre of Los Angeles opposed giving such conferences jurisdictional pow er over individual bishops. Jo seph Cardinal Ritter of St. Lou is favored it but within limita tions. He said that conferences should have the power to bind individual bishops only in mat- IN AUGUSTA TpT jV ^ MEMORIALS S.R. KELLY & SON, INC. PA 2-6972 Irvine Henderson Funeral Home 5 & v/ PH. AD. 2-7181 Irvine C. Henderson Irvine C. Henderson, Jr. James E. Henderson, III 121 W. Hall St. - SAVANNAH ters referred to them by the Holy See. Cardinal Spellman, the last U. S. Cardinal to speak on the topic, had high praise for the usefulness of national bishops’ conferences. But he said (Nov. 13): "Each bishop must remain free in his diocese, even though he be morally bound to cooper ate with other bishops for mat ters going beyond the limits of his own diocese. "We should leave to plenary councils under the presidency of an apostolic legate the right to put juridical obligations on individual bishops. If national conferences, which are not un der the presidency of papal le gates, had this power, then they would have more authority than plenary councils, and this is contrary to the whole of ec clesiastical tradition." He was supported by Joseph Cardinal Frings of Cologne, Germany, who said: "It is better for the decrees of the conferences not to have juri dical binding force." At the Nov. 13 meeting the issue of auxiliary bishops was raised by Auxiliary Bishop Ger ald V. McDevitt of Philadel phia, who objected to the text’s use of the term "merely" when referring to titular bishops. He said: "The council has made its mind clear that episcopal con secration incorporates a man into the episcopal college and gives him the fulness of epis- cdrial powers. The present text says that 'merely’ titular bish ops can be called to takepartin a national conference and be given either a deliberative or consultative vote. The text would be much more logical if it stated that all titular bishops filling some office in a coun try, such as auxiliaries and coadjutors, are automatically members of the national con ference with the same right of suffrage as in an ecumenical council." The next day (Nov. 14) Stef an Cardinal Wyszynski, Prim ate of Poland, gave council Fa thers a glimpse of conditions in his communist-ruled coun try when he spoke of the Polish Bishops’ Conference. He said: "The bonds uniting the mem bers of the conference are more ■ •'*. ’ •>!»•*■ i >lL Obituaries Franjt P. Conners SAVANNAH—Funersl serv ices for Mr. Frank Patrick Con ners were conducted November 18th at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. Survivors include several nieces and nephews. In Savannah OGLETHORPE MARBLE & GRANITE CO. MILTON J. LITTLE EAST BROAD at WALDBURG ST. 5' For Protection For Your • HOME • CAR • FAMILY Joe Sullivan Insurance Agency Business: 354-853$ Southside Professional Building Residence: ELgin 4-4087 835 East 65th Street, Savannah, Georgia Representing The Travelers Insurance Companies 3 cu > > Ttradiaied ta min-T) ‘ Jlnnettzb- Over 40 Years of Dependable Courteous Service SAVANNAH. GEORGIA 3^ y CONTRACTORS HUGH W. COULTER Free Estimates RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL FENCES of all types Did EL 5-6295 SAVANNAH 1135 E. 72nd ST. 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He said: "This collegiality is a char acteristic of the entire body of bishops and can never be trans ferred to any national gathering. No national conference repre sents the whole body of the Church’s bishops and thus it cannot reflect collegiality in a strict theological sense.” Later, Joseph Cardinal Lq- febvre of'Bourges, France, also noted that discussions in the council had indicated a degree of confusion on the concept of episcopal collegiality as ap plied to national episcopal con ferences. He said: "We must distinguish be tween the collegiality of the bishops under the pope for the entire world and the collegial ity which is proper to bish ops assembled in national con ferences. In the two cases the term cannot be used in the same sense. “In one sense the term 'col legiality’ refers to the pope with the bishops assembled in ecu menical council. The pope does not depend on the college of bi shops” and this college has no solidity except in and through the Vicar of Christ. Any miss ion of power of the episcopal college is dependent on the head. This is collegiality of divine or igin. The term can be used only in an analogical sense when applied to national episcopal conferences. We cannot use strictly juridical terms in this connection.” On Nov. 14 discussion of the chapter of bishops and dioces an government was closed and debate begun on Chapter IV dealing with the reorganization of diocesan boundaries. Its in tent is to eliminate excessive ly small or large Sees and bring ecclesiastic provinces in to line with civil division. What was clearly to be the chief point at issue in this chapter—the revision of an cient diocesan boundaries—was opened by Bishop Alexan dre Renard of Versailles, France. Speaking in terms of his own nation, 1 he said: "There have been few changes in the dio cesan structure of French dio ceses since the time of Pium VII and Napoleon. It is true that the Church is eternal, but time and living conditions often move faster than the decrees of ecclesiastical authority. "Changes are needed in dio cesan structure in such a way as to ensure the presence of the Universal Church in partic ular localities. For this there cannot be any one overall cri terion. We must provide for the vitality of a new diocese through a proper number of Religious and through sufficient financial resources. The diocese cannot be so vast as to prevent the bi shops from regular visitation.” Bishop Franciszek Jop for Opole, Poland, held on the con trary that "the principle that all small dioceses should be sup pressed is not acceptable. Many of them have great historical significance. But in many cases several such dioceses could be grouped together without the necessity of brutal suppres sion.” The meeting of Nov. 15 fo cused chiefly on the idea of a “personal diocese.” The idea appeared to be des igned for those circumstances where Catholics of a particul ar rite or language, scattered throughout a nation or territory, would be administered by a rov ing bishop, who, in a manner of speaking, would carry his dio cese in his hat. The question of "personal dioceses” was raised by Bishop John Velasco, O.P., of Amoy, China. There is an article in the text about special dioceses for differences in rite, he com plained, but none based on lan guage or race. Other speakers of the dayi were opposed to the idea of a "personal diocese." The first of them was Archbishop Domin ic Athaide, O.F.M. Cap., of Ag ra, India, who said: "In principle there should be one Ordinary in each diocese over all the faithful in the ter ritory without distinction of rite . . . The principle should be that in a Latin diocese all the faith ful of whatever rite are subject to that Ordinary, and in an Or iental diocese all the Latins should be subject to the lo cal Ordinary. Such an arrange ment avoids the problems of overlapping jurisdiction and dissipation of energy. On the other hand, it demonstrates the real equality of rites and the real unity of the Church.” Speculation On Future Of Council By Father Placid Jordan, O.S.B. VATICAN CITY (NC)—Au thorities in charge of St. Peter’s basilica are anxious that it not be taken over again as the meeting place of the ecumeni cal council a year from now. It has been learned reliably that these authorities view the council sessions as making it difficult to fulfill the require ments of the large numbers of tourists who wish to visit the historic church, and to sched ule properly many events such as canonization and regular lit urgical functions. One plan now being consid ered as a solution to the prob lem is to provide space for a council chamber in the build ing projected for the Vatican grounds to accomodate .the collections of the Lateran Mu seum. These include collections of statues and other objects from ancient Rome, and must be moved from the Lateran Palace in downtown Roms to make room for consolidation of the offices of the Rome vicariate. The thought in some circles is that the new building to house the collections could be built to include a council chamber, and be turned over for museum use only after the end of the coun cil. Execution of such a project, however, would require between two and three years. This would fit in with the thinking of those council Fathers who would pre fer that the present council be closed after a third session, to be reconvened only after intri cate problems now being rais ed in the council are thorough ly clarified. There is one solid indication concerning the schedule of the council for next year; Pope Paul VI is understood to have told a group of Indian bishops whom he received in audience on Oct. 31 that the international euchar- istic congress, scheduled in Bombay from Nov. 28 to Dec. 6 next year need not necessarily interfere with the council’s work. The Pope expressed the view that if it is decided to hold the* council’s third session in the fall, it might be scheduled for early September and the great er part of October, allowing ample time for bishops to get to India for the eUcharistic con gress. Whatever decision is taken on future sessions, it is hoped by all concerned that in addi tion to the liturgy schema at least the draft proposal on the nature of the Church and the one on ecumenism be disposed of before the final council ad journment. The projected 17th schema, which deals with the presence of the Church in the modern world, and which is particularly important in view of public interest in the is sues, might then not be debat ed in detail. But a council pro clamation would be issued in its stead. POPE PAUL VI — The Bishop of Rome raises his hand in blessing as he ar rived for services at Rome’s Verano Cemetery on All Souls Day. The city’s mayor Glauco Della Prota accom panied him there. (NC Photos) AT BAPTISM IN ST. PETER’S BASILICA—Seven Fathers of the Council congratulated the father of the baby after his baptism in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome. Infant Stephen Branchesi, shown with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvaro Branchesi. The father is a grand-nephew of Father Oliver Branchesi (extreme right), public relations director of the Verona Fathers in the U. S. Visiting members of his family in Rome recently, he arranged for the baby to be baptized in- the basilica. With them are (from left) Bishop Angelo Barbisotti of Esmeraldas, Ecuador ; Bishop Diego Parodi of Balsas, Brazil; Bishop Joseph David of Sao Mateo, Brazil; Very Rev. Gaetano Briani, superior general of the Verona Fathers; Bishop Augustin Baroni of Khartoum, Sudan; Bishop Edward Mason Of El Obeid, Sudan; and Monsignor Dominic Ferrarra, prefect apostolic of Mupoi, Sudan. (NC Photos) ^ Holy Name Breakfast Role Of Layman Albany Topic The members of the Holy Name Society attended the 8:30 Mass at St. Teresa’s Church, entering in procession and re ceiving Holy Communion in a group. Music during the Mass was provided by St. Teresa’s School choir. Following the service the group adjourned to the school auditorium where breakfast was served by the Knights of Columbus Council 3607. During the breakfast the Glee Club of the parish Catho lic Youth Organization pre sented a program of folk songs, featuring Patty Brundage and Banks Burgess as soloists, i ALBANY—The role of the Catholic layman in today’s so ciety was the topic of an address given by Father Benedict La Roche at the'annual Holy Name Society Communion Breakfast. James L. Bacon, Jr., presi dent of the Holy Name Society, acted as Master of Ceremonies, and introduced the honored guests: Asa D. Kelley, Jr., Mayor of Albany, Gil Barrett, County Commissioner, BobMc- Cormack, Sr., Knight of Malta and Knight of St. Sylvester, and Pat Field, head coach of the Albany High School Football team. Mr. Field said a few words about the current football season and introduced the boys of the parish on the team: Andy Cyganiewicz, Carl Williams and Bob Hardin, who with their fathers were guests at the breakfast. Mr. Kelly introduced the principal speaker, Father Benedict LaRoche, In his talk, Father Benedict outlined the special dual role the Catholic layman should play in the world today. "Because he is of God, he must be a vital functioning member of the Church. But be cause God has also made him for the City of Men, he must immerse himself in the world and become a competent part of it. His only long-range goal is to save his soul and the souls of his fellow men. But he must do this by attempting to make Christ incarnate in the world during his brief life span. He achieves his goal through his religion and through his life in the world, according to the talents and abilities God gave him.” Father Eugene Krygier, as sistant pastor of St. Teresa’s offered the invocation and Fa ther Marvin LeFrois, pastor, gave some closing remarks and a prayer of thanksgiving. Denounce Red Poland’s Moves Against Church VATICAN CITY, (NC) — L’- Osservatore Romano has refer red to three anti-Church acts by the Polish communist gov ernment in recent days and said they refute those who believe that the "life of the Church in Poland is full of promist” and that coexistence "between Catholicism and Marxism has been happily achieved.” The Vatican City daily sing led out the nationalization of a Catholic music school, the drafting of seminarians for military service and the con fiscation of 60,000 copies of a book containing the writings and lectures of Stefan Cardinal Wy szynski, Polish Primate. The article said Polish offi cials forcibly closed the school of music founded by the Sale sian Fathers at Przemysl and that the closing brought about "serious reactions to the people." Though the gov ernment showed itself callous to public reaction, L’Osser- vatore Romano said, "the Ca tholic Faith of the Poles will certainly not be uprooted by closing down a school of sacred music." The article noted that despite the church-st ate agreement of 1950 which "provided that seminarians were to be exempt from military service,” the government has called up many seminarians from seminaries in Poxnan, Gniezno, Przemysl, Warsaw and Tarnow and that it appears whole classes have been called to duty. It said: "Not only was this pledge (of 1950) disregarded, but the government refuses to grant to seminarians benefits granted to other students who are exemp ted from military training and to spend a month in military ser vice annually.” In regard to Cardinal Wys- zynski’s works, it said it has been learned they were sent as a personal gift to the Cardinal in honor of the approaching mil lennium of Poland’s Christian ity by the World Alliance of Catholic Women’s Organiza tions. Printed in Paris, the paper said they arrived by train in Warsaw in the last week of September and were confiscated by the Polish government on the ground that "they endanger the security and interests of the state." The 60,000 copies contained three volumes of sermons which the Cardinal had preached pub licly in Poland in preparation for the millennium. Prior to printing, the sermons were never questioned by the cen sor’s office nor was the Car dinal ever called to answer be fore the law for their contents. The volumes were sent to Je- ziorno near Warsaw to be ground to pulp, L’Osservatore Romano reported.- "All of this,” L’Osservatore Romano said, "gives food for thought. Firstly there is an in sult to Cardinal Wyszynski. Gratitude is not a sentiment to be cultivated in the gardens of communism, and the man who only a few years ago was exalt ed and honored as an enlight ened patriot is now made to appear at home and a broad as a 'retrograde.’ ” Official Lauds Anti-Semitism Statement JERUSALEM, Israel (NC)— Israel’s Minister for Religious Affairs Zerah Wahrhaftig has praised the chapter comdemn- ing anti-Semitism in the schema on ecumenism being debated by the ecumenical council in Rome. He told newsmen (Nov. 10): "We see an important step in the relationship of the Cath olic Church toward the Jewish people as indicated in eccles iastical circles by the submis sion of Cardinal Bea’s docu ment to the ecumenical coun cil. We appreciate it as a cour ageous step on the road to er adicate prejudice and correct misunderstanding which has caused the Jewish people such untold suffering throughout mil- lenia.” * ‘The news about the document submitted to the pres ent session of the ecumenical council has been received here with appreciation. We are glad about every manifestation of good will and tolerance between individuals and peoples, and cherish every idea and action designed to promote mutual re spect among nations and relig ious. * ‘The Jewish people—who be lieve in relationship to all man kind that (Malachi 2, 10)'We all have one Father, one God has created us’—has been made to suffer for millenia untold persecutions. Therefore, we welcome the courageous effort to clear the way for improved relationship and mutual respect which is apt to rid us of the scourge of anti-Semitism which affects the human race." 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Like all the other fans, the bishop walked away deject ed when the Italians finally lost. 4 - - - ) While at home between the first and the second council sessions, Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Zimmermann of Augs burg, Germany, one day was giving the benefit of his Ro man experiences to a group qf lay people. Among other things, he talked about his neighbor at the council, a mission bishop from Africa. "He is so poor," said Bir shop Zimmermann, "he does not even own a watch.” Whereupon a blind man in his audience spoke up and said: Bishop, this my gold watch is yours — give it to the poor bishop.” Now the mission bishop has a watch. » A great deal has been writr ten about the coffee shops ip St. Peter’s basilica. Refreshments are served there free of charge (no li quor, of course) from 10:30 a.m. through to the closing hour, about noon, whenever the council is in session. Americans would call them snack bars, Italians call them coffee bars. , One of the coffee shops is called "Bar Jona,” from the scriptural reference to St. Pe ter as "bar Jona,” Aramaic for "son of John.” More re cently, the coffee shop on the other side of the hall has been dubbed "Bar-Rabas.” So scrip tural inspiration appears to be intense while the Fathers sip their drinks as well as in the council hall. TELEVISION CENTER SERVICE COMPANY fC WHERE TV IS A BUSINESS ' NOT A SIDELINE AD 3-4145 AD 3-6352 SAVANNAH, GEORGIA AUTO REPAIRS Savannah Radiator Co. i 315 West Bay Street Savannah, Georgia / *3 MOCK PLUMBING CO. —BILL MOCK — Day or Night Phone AD 2-1104 925 E. 37th St. Savannah MASON -U INC. V AD 2-4192 18-20 W. 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