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Teacher Group Backs
Aid For All Schools
NEW YORK (NC) — The A-
merican Federation of Teachers,
a 100,000-member union-affiliat
ed organization, has endorsed
the principle of government sup
port for parochial as well as
public schools.
Announcement of the AFT’s
stand, a reversal of its previous
position, came at a testimonial
Rites For
Louisiana
relate
NEW ORLEANS (NC)—Arch
bishop Joseph Francis Rummel,
88, of New Orleans, was buried
in a crypt beneath the sanctua
ry of St. Louis cathedral here,
Wednesday.
The internment (Nov. 11) fol
lowed a Solemn Pontifical Re
quiem Mass offered by Arch
bishop John P. Cody, new spiri
tual leader of the archdiocese,
who emplaned here from the
Second Vatican Council with
Auxiliary Bishop L. Abel Cail-
louet after learning the vener
able prelate had succumbed to
pneumonia (Nov. ,8) at Hotel
Dieu.
Archbishop Rummel was tak
en to the hospital the day be
fore his death and had received
the last rites of the Church
shortly after his arrival. Later
in the day, he rallied but by
evening lapsed into a comatose
condition.
An outpouring of hundreds of
thousands paid final tribute to
the archbishop, who had ruled
the New Orleans archdiocese
since March 9, 1935. His body
lay in state first at Notre Dame
Seminary, then later at the
cathedral, before the funeral.
When the cortege transferred
the body from the seminary to
the cathedral, thousands of
school children lined the five-
mile route, reciting the Rosary
aloud as the procession passed.
“The whole Church sorrows in
the death of Archbishop Rum
mel,” Archbishop Cody said.
“He was one in whom courage,
humility and devotion blended
n^^are proportion to form a
^^rship of justice and love.”
Archbishop Rummel was born
in Steinmauren, Baden, Germa
ny, on Oct. 14, 1876. When a boy
of six he came to the United
States with his parents. He at
tended grade and high schools
in New York and North East,
Pa. He attended St. Anselm’s
College, Manchester, N.H. and
studied for the priesthood at St.
Joseph’s Seminary, Dun wood ie,
N.Y., and the North American
College in Rome.
luncheon (Nov. 7) for its presi
dent, Charles Cogen.
Cogen said the reversal was
dictated by emergency condi
tions in education.
The federation is affiliated
with the AFL-CIO, which has
already backed equal aid to
children in non-public as well
as public schools.
Cogen said the AFT favors
having Federal money allotted
directly to children instead of
being spent through the schools.
He pointed to a precedent for
such direct aid in the G.I. Bill
of Rights.
A resolution on the issue a-
dopted by the federation’s exe
cutive council said “Federal
support must reach the child
where he is.”
“It must provide that the
child shall have the benefit of
such Federal support in any
g ji v< e n educational situation
where he or his guardians elect
to have him,” the resolution
said.
The federation said Federal
funds should not be used to pro
mote any “specific doctrine of
private institutional origin” but
should go toward “securing
qualified, certified teachers, ei
ther on a stared time basis or
completely within publicly sup
ported institutions.”
Herrick S. Roth, chairman of
the federation’s national legisla
tive committee, said the AFT
was planning an “unprecedent
ed program” to obtain Federal
aid for education, including the
mobilization of teachers to work
with the AFL-CIO in seeking
congressional support for aid.
Cogen commented that with
out Federal support for com
munity-based schools, “the fab
ric of American education is in
danger.”
To Avoid Church-State Dispute
Administration Effort
To Solve School Aid
Controversy Reported
HAPPY SIGHT—Imagine the joy of Mrs. Gaetano Rotolo (left) as her five sons, recently
restored to sight by cataract operations, are special guests of Pope Paul (Nov. 6) at the
Vatican. From left, they are Paulo, 15; Carmelo, 13; Calogero, 4, playing with Rosary;
Gioacchino, 11, and Guiseppe, 9. (NC Photos)
At Vatican Council
U. S. Lay Observer Calls Poverty
Chief Problem In Modern World
by Patrick Riley
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY —For its de
bate on what the Church can
and should do about world pov
erty, the Second Vatican Coun
cil brought before it an Ameri
can layman who has immersed
himself in the problem for de
cades.
James J. Norris, in the flaw-
Bishops’ Declaration
Communism Blasted On
Italian Election Eve
ROME (NC) — The Italian
Bishops’ Conference has publish
ed a joint declaration on the
eve of this country’s local elec
tions condemning communism
and calling for “Catholic unity
in the civil field.”
The statement reminded Cath
olic voters and candidates “how
important it is that provincial
and commune administrations
be directed by persons who bear
in mind the demands of a Chris
tian conscience — first and fore
most that of competence, of an
exemplary moral life, and of
adherence for the common good
to Christian social doctrine.
“What has been repeatedly af
firmed regarding the presence
of Catholics in the civil field
and the duty to vote remains
fully valid and must be clearly
affirmed.
“The unity of Catholics, even
in the civil field, is still a ne
cessity and must be defended
and promoted.”
Congregation Of Holy Office
Curia Post For Cardinal Meyer
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY-Albert Car
dinal Meyer of Chicago has
been appointed a member of
the Congregation of the Holy
Office, the Roman congregation
which guards Catholic faith and
morals.
Named to the same body by
Pope Paul VI were Luigi Cardi
nal Traglia, pro-vicar general
for Rome, and Joseph Cardinal
Lefebvre of Bourges, France.
^^rdinal Meyer remains Arch-
fiBrop of Chicago and will not
be required to leave his See and
live in Rome in his new capaci
ty.
The appointment of Cardinals
Meyer and Lefebvre breaks
with a long tradition of the Ro
man curia, which has made it
a practice for all cardinal-mem
bers of the Holy Office to re
side in Rome. According to re
liable sources, this reflects the
Pope’s desire to bring to meet
ings of that important body the
voices and views of residential
bishops from countries with im
portant Catholic populations.
According to the same sourc
es, Cardinal Meyer will not be
required to come to weekly ple
nary sessions, although he will
be free to attend any that he
wishes or which are convenient
Cardinal Meyer
for him. Many non-Roman car
dinals are members of the oth
er curial congregations and are
not required to attend weekly
sessions.
Because of the novelty of the
situation, it is not possible at
the present time to specify how
non-resident members of the
congregation will assist the Ho
ly Office in its work. However,
it would seem certain that their
opinions and views will be
sought on the most important
questions, at least in writing.
It is also possible to consider
these appointments in the light
of the reorganization of the Ro
man curia, approved by the ecu
menical council. Non - resident
cardinals may assist in reor
ganizing the congregation when
the reform of the curia is be
gun under the Pope’s direction.
The Holy Office was created
by Pope Paul II in 1542. It
deals with all questions regard
ing faith and morals, some
questions on marriage, and
watches over the publication
and reading of books.
less Latin of a former classics
professor, pictured the spectre
of hunger-ridden poverty that
breeds disease and despar and
finds relief only in death.
The white-haired 1 , youthful-ap
pearing president of the Interna
tional Catholic Migration; Com
mission urged the council (Nov.
5) to “secure full Catholic par
ticipation in the worldwide at
tack on poverty.”
He described today’s commu
nity of nations as “lopsided”,
with nations representing 16%
of the world’s population hold
ing 70% of the world’s wealth,
and three-quarters of the human
race existing “in a state of
poverty bordering on or below
subsistence level.”
Worse yet, the rich are grow
ing richer and the poor are
growing poorer in this single
world community, said Norris,
who is also assistant to the ex
ecutive director of Catholic Re
lief Services — National Catho
lic Welfare Conference.
“This is a wholly unprece
dented historical fact, and it
presents the Christian consci
ence of the Western nations with
a challenge,” Norris declared.
He pinpointed this new chal
lenge: “For the first time in
history it is accepted as a fact
that, given time, they have the
means to wipe out poverty in
the rest of the world.”
It is meaningless to profess
Christianity without remember
ing that wealth is a trust “and
that riches on the scale of the
West’s modern riches must be
redeemed by generosity,” he as
serted.
While a number of agencies—
private, governmental, ecclesi
astical and international — have
been attempting to alleviate
poverty in the world, Norris
said, the constantly widening
gap between the rich and the
poor demands now a sustained,
realistic, dedicated campaign to
bring full Christian activity to
bear upon these problems.” He
continued:
“All Christian communions
are involved and therefore the
opportunity is offered to all to
unite in these efforts and bring
joint influence to bear to en
courage governments to con
tinue and expand their policies
for providing capital and tech
nical assistance.
“No other group is likely to
have the staying power needed,
for this long, arduous and often
disappointing work.”
He warned that world poverty
will not be eradicated quickly.
“But the goal will be reached
if in each wealthy country there
is brought into being a strong,
commtted, well - informed and
courageous group of men of
good will who are prepared to
see world poverty as one of the
great central concerns of our
time and press steadily and vo
cally for the policies in aid, in
trade and in the transfer of
skills that will lessen the wid
ening gap between the rich and
the poor.”
Although Norris spoke at an
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Cardinal Suenens
WASHINGTON (NO—A pos
sible new effort by the Johnson
administration to solve long
standing controversies over Fed
eral aid to education is seen in
recommendations reportedly to
be made by a presidential task
force on education.
It is reported that the recom
mendations will include aban
doning efforts to secure across-
the-board Federal aid in favor
of so-called categorical assist
ance for specific educational
purposes, and broadening the
participation of church - related
schools in Federal aid pro
grams.
Reports, published originally
in the Washington Post, said
these are key points of recom
mendations to be made by a
task force headed by John W.
Gardner, president of the Car
negie Foundation.
The task force was said to
favor the categorical approach
to education aid most strikingly
embodied in the National De
fense Education Act of 1958. The
original NDEA provided Feder
al assistance for teaching of sci
ence, mathematics and modern
foreign languages.
A three-year extension of the
program beyond 1965 signed
last month by President John
son, expanded the program to
include aid for the teaching of
English, reading, history, geo
graphy and civics. It also in
creased the amount of money
for the program from $70 mil
lion to $90 million.
The influential National Edu
cation Association several
Denies Questioning
Marriage Doctrine
VATICAN CITY (NC)—A car-
din a 1 interrupted ecumenical
council discussion in an effort
to clarify a speech he had made
on marriage problems and to
deny that he had questioned au
thentic Church teaching in this
field.
Leo Cardinal Suenens of Ma-
lines-Brussels said that a “mis
understanding in public opinion”
had led many to interpret his
council talk of Oct. 29 as an af
firmation that Church teaching
on birth control would be chang
ed.
A report on that talk by the
council press office described
the Belgian cardinal as assert
ing that there is reason to be
lieve that the Church’s tradi
tional outlook on marriage prob
lems has been too one-sided.
The council press bulletin pa
raphrased him as saying:
“Our insistence on the com
mand ‘to increase and multiply’
may have caused us to forget
RT. REV. WILLIAM H.
GROSS C. SS. R., D.D.
Fifth Bishop Savannah
Nov. 14, 1898
REV. CORNELIUS
M. SHEEHAN
Nov. 18, 1875
Oh God, Who didst give to
Thy Servants by their sacerdo
tal office, a share in the priest
hood of the Apostles, grant,
we implore, that they may also
be one of their company in
heaven. Through Christ Our
Lord, Amen.
months ago recommended aban
donment of the effort to obtain
across-the-board Federal aid in
favor of the categorical ap
proach. Across-the-board school
aid has been hamstrung since
at least 1961 by controversy ov
er the Church-State, racial and
other issues.
The administration has re
cently given several indications
that it might be taking a new
look at the school aid question
with a view to resolving the
Church-State quarrel in a man
ner acceptable to all sides.
The education plank adopted
at the Democratic national con
vention in Atlantic City stated
that “various methods of finan
cial aid must be explored, in
cluding the channeling of Fed
erally collected revenues to all
levels of education and, to the
extent permitted by the Consti
tution, to all schools.”
This same language was re
peated by U.S. Commissioner of
Education Francis Keppel in a
letter to Stuart D. Hubbell, pres
ident of Citizens for Education
al Freedom, a nonsectarian na
tional organization that seeks
equal treatment for children in
both public and nonpublic
schools.
In another message to Hub-
bell, White House aide Ralph
Dungan said “you call assume
that the plank which they (Dem
ocratic party leaders) drafted
reflects his (the President’s)
views. Moreover, the President
has explicitly stated . . . that
he supports the whole program
outlined in the platform.”
President Johnson hi m s e 1 f
stated his position on the issue
during the presidential cam
paign in a reply to a query from
-the Baptist Standard newspaper
of Dallas, Tex.
Mr. Johnson said he “would
oppose any Federal program, in
cluding assistance to schools,
which does not strictly con
form” to the “American tradi
tion of separation of Church and
State ... as expressed in the
First Amendment.”
The recent extension and ex
pansion of the National Defense
Education Act included several
provisions remedying aspects of
the program that nonpublic
school spokesmen had) attacked
as discriminatory.
Thus, private school teachers
were made eligible to receive
Federal stipends while enrolled
in special Federal institutes for
instructors. The stipends pre
viously went to public school
teachers only.
Also, a provision for forgive
ness of up to 50% of a Federal
loan for college education for
those who go into teaching af
ter graduation was extended to
those who elect to teach in non-
public schools. Previously the
forgiveness feature applied only
to public school teachers.
At the time the President
signed the NDEA extension, a
Catholic spokesman hailed these
new provisions but charged that
“one major discriminatory fea
ture still stands.”
This, according to Msgr. Fre
derick G. Hochwalt, director of
the National Catholic Welfare
Conference’s Education Depart
ment, is a provision under Title
HI of the act that provides 50-
50 matching Federal grants to
public schools for purchase of
some school equipment and for
minor remodeling, but offers
only 10-year, interest - bearing
loans to nonpublic schools for
the same purposes.
that this is not the only text in
Sacred Scripture and that an
other passage stating that a
husband and wife ‘become two
in one flesh is also conta
in Revelation and thus is e<
ly divine in origin.
“We still have much to learn.
No one can ever presume to ex
haust the inexhaustible riches
of Christ. We may well wonder
if our theology texts have gone
into every last detail and ex
hausted every possibility.”
Cardinal Suenens returned to
this subject in an aside to a
talk on mission problems. He
declared:
“May I be permitted on this
occasion to reply briefly to cer
tain reactions of public opinion
which interpreted my speech on
the ethics of marriage as if I
affirmed that the Church’s doc
trine and discipline had been
changed.
“As regards doctrine, as \
clearly stated, there was qu
tion only of a study to be made
in t h i s connection, not to re
elaborate what has already
been authentically and defini
tively proclaimed by the
Church’s teaching authority, but
rather in view of formulating a
synthesis of all principles gov
erning this subject.
“On the question of discipline,
the conclusions of the commis
sion will have to be submitted
to the Holy Father and judged
by his supreme authority, as
was expressly stated.
“Hence it is obvious that the
methods to be followed in these
studies and research depend
solely on this same authority.
All this is said to dissipate any
misunderstanding in public op
inion.”
Press Group Recalls Dallas
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (NC)—The New Jersey Catholic Insti
tute of the Press will sponsor a seminar Nov. 19 at Seton Hall Uni
versity here titled “Ethics and the News”. Maurice Carroll, New
York Herald Tribune reporter, Bill Ryan^ NBC news' correspondent,
and Patrick Hanifin, an assistant Essex County prosecutor, will dis
cuss modern journalism and law in light of the handling of the as
sassination of President Kennedy.
“Vernacular” For Deaf
NEWARK, N.J. (NC)—Priests active in work among the deaf
have sent a petition to the Vatican asking consideration be given
to deaf persons for participation in the revised liturgy. Father John
P. Hourihan, director of the Apostolate of the Deaf of the Mount
Carmel Guild, social welfare agency of the Newark archdiocese,
said the petition asks that the deaf and priests who work with them
be permitted to use sign language in those parts of the Mass where
the vernacular is to be spoken.
Pope Explains Cancer Drive
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Pope Paul VI has singled out three
reasons impelling doctors to conquer cancer; love of science, human
compassion and Christian charity. Love of knowledge is an im
portant motive in the scientists’ efforts in the complex and courage
ous work of cancer study, the Pope told the third National Italian
Congress of the Cancer Society (Nov. 7).
Lumpa Rehabilitation
LUKASA, Zamrna (NC)—Catholic White Fathers and members
of the Zambian National Christian Council are cooperating to help
rehabilitate several thousand Lumpa sect followers, many of whom
are still held in government camps. The sect is a corruption of
Christianity, led by Alice Lenshina, which evolved into a political
separatist movement. Lenshina surrendered to government troops
shortly before Northern Rhodesia became the independent state of
Zambia. The Catholic and Protestant churenmen are working with
the Lumpa followers to prepare them for returning to thqir villages.
Tn,ey are also guarding several thousand non-Lumpa refugees who
fear attacks from the Lumpas.
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