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I J King Hussein Says Visit Will Better Relations Between Christians-Moslems JERUSALEM, Jordan (NC)~ King Hussein of Jordan told a press conference here that he believed Pope Paul Vi’s pilgri mage to the Holy Land would not only help Christian unity but al so improve Christian-Moslem relations. But he said it would not help to end the Arab-Israeli conflict. The 27-year-old King, who claims descent from Moham med, spoke to several hundred newsmen (Jan. 2) in the Alham bra Theater here. He read a statement and then answered questions in English. He said the papal visit (Jan. 4 to 6) was a "landmark in world history as well as in that of the Holy Land." The King said he hoped the Pope’s visit to his country would "herald a new era of genuine understanding, cooperation and a working in concert between our two great religions" and would "erase misunderstand ing, which is of man’s making and not divine." "It is my earnest hope,” he said, "that eminent spiritual leaders of our two great faiths will take concrete steps with a view to achieving this blessed historic objective." He cited as an example of possible cooperation between Islam and Christianity the work of St. Thomas Aquinas in the field of Arab philosophy. He declared: "There is little realization that the two great religions owe each other a great deal: that notwithstanding differen ces of interpretation, Islam re veres and believes in the divine nature of Jesus Christ, as emanating from the spirit of God, and that our Holy Koran has nowhere anything but rev erence and belief in the divine message of Christ." Chatham Typewriter Co. h sh Registers - Adding Machines: M \ Typewriters j (jyew and Used ReconditionecN/ 317 i:AST BROUGHTON S AV \NN All, GUOKGIA \ i) i; - 3 h r> l Everything for the Sick Room Hospital Beds-Wheel Chairs -Invalid Walkers-Patient Lifters. Many other Sick room needs. 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He stressed that the Pope's visit to the Holy Land was to be "purely religious and a pilgri mage, and we intend to make every effort to facilitate it.” He added: "I do not consider the Pope’s pilgrimage has any political implication." Replying to a question, King Hussein said he did not see how the Pontiff’s visit could help Arab-Israeli relations. Speaking of his country’s relations with "occupied Pales tine"—that is, Israel—the King stated: "The problem. . .is a matter of injustice. And until there is a just and honorable conclusion to this problem I hardly see how relations could be improved. "I feel it is a duty to try to find that just solution. But until people of occupied territory are willing to remedy the wrongs they committed—and not by use of force—I do not see how progress toward a solution can be made." "The feeling in the Arab world," the King stated, "is that Israel as it stands has designs and plans to carry out further aggression and to ex pand at our expense." King Hussein referred spe cifically to the Israel plan to divert water from the River Jordan—which forms part of the boundary between the two coun tries—to irrigate the Negev desert area. He said he refused to believe that "the Christian world would countenance and acquiesce in the diversion and the almost complete oblitera tion of the River Jordan, with all its precious and historic religious associations.” The King was also asked if he would accept papal media tion of the Arab-Israeli conflict. He answered: "I have told you that there is nothing pontifical in this pilgrimage. So the ques tion does not arise. "Any mediation between Arabs and Israelis," he stated, "is useless before Palestinian Arabs rights are restored." PONTIFF AND KING OF JORDAN. King Hussein, the youthful monarch of Jordan, was at the airport to greet Pope Paul VI upon the latter’s arrival (Jan. 4) at Amman to start his historic pilgrimage to the Holy Places. This picture was made as the Pope presented a special medal to King Hussein. He also expressed the hope on this occasion that men of good will, living together in harmony, "may help one another in love and justice and attain to universal peace in the true brotherhood." — (NC Photos) Pope To Hussein AMMAN, Jordan (NC)—Fol lowing is the (Jan. 4) speech of Pope Paul VI to King Hussein of Jordan: We are most appreciative of your kindness in coming towel- come us personally on our arri val in your kingdom. Our visit is a spiritual one, a humble pil grimage to sacred places made holy by the birth, life, Passion and death of Jesus Christ and by His glorious Ressurrection and Ascension. At each of these venerable shrines we shall pray for that peace which Jesus left to His disciples, that peace which the world 'Cannot give but which comes from fulfillment of His commandment to love one ano ther as He loves us. Your Majesty, we know, ar dently desires peace and pros perity for your people and for all nations of the world, and we Peter's successor, remember his reference to Psalms in his first epistle: "He who would love life, and see good days..., let him turn away from evil and do good, let him seek after peace and pursue it" (I, Peter, II, 10, 11). St. Peter also wrote: Honor all men; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king" (I, Peter, II, 17). May God grant our prayer and that of all men of good will that, living together in harmony and Protest Statement JERUSALEM, Israel (NC)— Israel’s Foreign Minister has criticized King Hussein of Jor dan for injecting a political note into Pope Paul Vi’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Golda Meir stressed that "the Pope has repeatedly emphasiz ed that his Holy Land pilgrimage has a religious nature.” She added: "It was assumed that the pa pal wish would be universally respected, particularly by the Pope’s hosts, and all exploita tion of the visit for political propaganda would be meticu lously avoided." Mrs. Meir was referring to criticism of Israel voiced by the Jordanian King at a press conference on the papal visit in the Jordanian sector of Jerusa- ants • rats • mice ^Vsilverfish ^ ^ roaches o » > ‘Irradiated WjtttHf W ta min-D ‘ Over 40 Years of Dependable Courteous Service SAVANNAH. GEORGIA ESTABLISHED 1891 Th« LIBERTY NATIONAL Bank a Trust company Savannah's USEFUL/COMMUNITY Bank I • BULL AND BROUOMTON • HABERSHAM AND 34 TX • DERENNE AT PAULSEN • HUNTER AIR FORCE BAM Mm in rtOHAi. KMIVI iyttim and mdciai otroirr ikjuuxv covovatwn lem (Jan. 2). The King accused the Israeli government of plan ning to divert the River Jordan. Mrs. Meir replied she was surprised the King would speak of this matter "when his own government is engaged in diverting the waters of the main tributary of the Jordan River." She was referring to Jordanian projects of the Yarmuk River. She added: "It is well known to every objective observer that the Israel water project does not infringe in any form on the rights of the neighboring coun tries, and will not divert the course of the Jordan River nor affect in any way its historic and religious associations." Later Israeli Premier Levy Eshkol issued a statement saying that his country would respect the Pope’s wishes re garding the nonpolitical nature of his pilgrimage. He said he welcomed the Pontiff as a pro moter of peace. England Sees TV Film Of Pope Paul LONDON (NC)— A 25-minute television film, "Profile of Pope Paul VI," was shown by the British Broadcasting Cor poration Jan. 3, coinciding with the Pontiff’s visit to the Holy Land. The film was made under the supervision of F ather Agnellus Andrew, O.F.M., fulltime ad visor to BBC. He went to Rome especially for the assignment. It includes bits from old films showing the Pope as a young priest, helping the people of Rome after a World War II bombing. The film deals with three main phases of the Pope’s life—his work with university students in Rome and in the Vatican diplomatic service as a young priest; his tenure as Archbishop of Milan, and his activities as Pope. The film ends with a seven-minute talk by the Pope in English. accord, they may help one an other in love and justice and attain to universal peace in the true brotherhood. Greek Church Opposed Meeting ATHENS (NC)—The Or thodox Church of Greece re mained adamantly opposed to any rapproachment between Orthodox and Roman Catho lics, and an all-night prayer vigil was held here (Jan. 4-5) to "preserve Ortho doxy from the consequences of the dangerous approach that Patriarch Athenagoras (of Constantinope) is mak ing toward the Pope." The vigil was sponsored by the Pan-Hellenic Ortho dox Union, a religious so ciety, in accord with the thinking of Archbishop Chry- sostomos of Athens, the Pri mate of Greece’s State Church. It was understood here that Archbishop Chrysos- tomos earlier forbade two archbishops under his juris diction to accompany Patri arch Athenagoras I of Con stantinople on his journey to meet Pope Paul VI in Jerusalem. Informed sour ces here said that Patri arch Athenagoras had asked Archbishop Chrysostomos to let Metropolitan Seraphim of Ioannina and Metropolitan Panteleimon of Salonika ac company him, but the Greek Primate refused. Sepulcher Basilica Dissension Center JERUSALEM, Jordan (NC) — The prayerful, peaceful manner in which Pope Paul VI offered Mass (Jan. 4) at the site of Christ’s Resurrection, the Ba silica of the Holy Sepulcher in Old Jerusalem, was like an act of atonement for the centuries of strife disrupting the sacred ness of the shrine. For the basilica, intended as a hallowed monument to the Re surrection, has itself never been completely resurrected, although there has been a great er unity of effort in recent years among the principal religious communities sharing the basili ca: Catholics, represented by the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, Greek Orthodox and Armenians. The basilica is also shared by the Copts and Sy rians, but unanimous consent of only the first three communi ties is required for any chang es affecting it. The basilica was built by Con stantine the Great and conse crated in the year 336. When first seen by the crusaders in the eleventh century, it had un dergone 700 years of disaster, and reconstruction. There had been desecrations by the Ro mans, Persians, Arabs, Sara cens, Tartars, and Turks. Adult Baptism In Stages PARIS (NC)—Maurice Cardi nal Feltin has ordered that the baptismal rite for adults in the Paris archdiocese be adminis tered in separate steps at vary ing time intervals. The new diocesan law fixes the steps and the rules for con ferring Baptism on adults. It is based on experience gained through the experimental “adult catechumenate" Cardinal Fel tin initiated in 1958, together with provisions of the 1962 decree of the Sacred Congrega tion of Rites in Rome allowing for seven distinct and separate steps on the administration of Baptism. In explaining the new ordi nance, Cardinal Feltin stressed the social nature of Baptism and urged Catholics to "become aware of their responsibilities" toward prospective Catholics and newly baptized adults. To those inclined toward be coming Catholics, Cardinal Feltin wrote: "Come ! Christ, through His Church, henceforth welcomes you. It is His love that, despite our imperfections, you will find in our hearts. It is He, above all, whom you will meet at each step of the baptismal liturgy. He will take possession of you little by little and lead you for ward in the Faith. Let not anx iety, restiveness or hesitation bother you: It is not a matter of your obtaining God; rather it is He who will operate in your hearts and make you His child ren." The first orphanage in America was established in Savannah, 1740, by George Whitefield, a disciple of John Wesley. Most of the present basili ca dates only from 1810, when the church was rebuilt by the Greek Orthodox after a devas tating fire broke out in its upper gallery on Oct. 12, 1808. The fire destroyed the crusa ders’ chapel over the Holy Tomb, the great dome of the rotunda and damaged the stone columns supporting the dome. The basilica disintegrated steadily and was in precarious condition following a severe earthquake in 1927. British mi litary engineers installed steel girders and makeshift braces to prevent it from collapsing. In 1948 a mortar bomb struck the main dome of the church, directly over the Tomb of Christ, piercing the church’s outer wall but causing only ni- nor damage to the interior. The tomb itself is a space only seven feet long by five feet wide. Three people at most can stand in the space to the right where, three feet above the floor, a piece of marble covers the tomb. In November 1949, a fire that bruned for 28 hours destroyed the outer covering of the basi lica dome. Two months later heavy rains damaged the inter ior of the basilica, which was left unprotected following the fire. Besides the natural disas ters affecting the basilica, there have been "incidents” between the communities sharing it. In October, 1951, Greek Or thodox officials attempted to stop French pilgrims from taking pictures in front of the basilica, and in May, 1952, monks of the Armenian and Greek rites tried to bar a Catholic procession from en tering the Church. In 1955 a seven-man com mission of Catholic architects and engineers recommended a sweeping renovation of the basi lica. The initial phase of re storing the basilica was agreed to in February, 1958, by rep resentatives of the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian communities. The agreement provided for the erection of scaffolding in the basilica’s south transept, which contains The Southern Cross, January 9, 1964—PAGE 3 POPE AT BASILICA OF HOLY SEPULCHER. One of the first acts of Pope Paul VI on his arrival in the Holy Land was to offer Mass in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher, erected on the site of Christ’s burial and Resurrection. As he emerged from the basilica throngs of applauding people closed in about him. Police cleared a path for the Pontiff to his waiting automobile. — (NC Photos) the Stone of Unction, tradition ally believed to be the place where the body of Christ was prepared for burial. The scaffolding was complet ed in 1959 at a cost of $12,900, which was paid by the three religious communities sharing the basilica. Actual repair work on the basilicawas not started until July 3, 1961. Before it was undertaken, a detailed inventory was made of all movable objects at or near the Stone of Unction. The ob jects, including icons, lamps, chains and candle snuffers, were drawn up on a list show ing to which religious com munity each belongs, and pho tographs were taken depicting the position of the various ob jects. Restoration plans included construction of a system of re inforced concrete tie-beams to be anchored in the facade to give added support to the arches and to brace the passageway running along the wall of the south transcept. Architects have said they hope to remove sometime in 1964 the scaffolding and steel buttresses that have shored up the basi lica since 1927. A spokesman for the Fran ciscan Custody of the Holy Land has stated that work on the ba silica, which has been going on at "a turtle’s pace” for a long time, has been speeded up re cently, but it "will take years" before the basilica is fully re novated. BRUNSWICK 0 l 0 I H 0 8 I l l Coastal Chevrolet Corporation 1004 Gloucester c ) r ✓ Telephone AM 5-3540 BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA Sales Complete Service Parts AN OK USED CAR OR TRUCK — IS YOUR INSURANCE FOR A GOOD BUY % U CBfauUwlcA, Member tone •THE BANK WITH HUB FOB YOV
