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OCTOBER4th
Pope Paul VI
Plans Visit To
United Nations
VATICAN CITY—His Holi
ness Pope Paul VI will visit
and addressthe United Nations
on Monday October 4th. An
nouncement of the planned trip
was made by the Vatican on
W ednesday.
Pope Paul will travel to
New York by plane and will
be away from the Vatican
for twenty-four hours. This
will be the first time that a
reigning Pope has visited the
United States.
The (jnited States is fami
liar territory to His Holi
ness. He was a leisurely tou
rist here in 1951 and returned
in 1960 for a quick trip to sev
eral major cities.
The new Pope’s first trip to
North America was, by his
own description, a holiday
tour. He told newsmen then
that it was the fulfillment of a
long-standing wish to see the
United States and Canada.
In three weeks, then-Msgr.
Giovanni Battista Montini,
Substitute Papal Secretary of
State, covered several thou
sands miles, much of it by
automobile. He was here Au
gust 20 to September 9, 1951.
He flew from London to
Mon-treaL After four days in
Canada he entered the United
States through Niagara Falls,
N. Y., and visited Buffalo,
Washington, St. Louis, Den
ver, Chicago, Pittsburgh, New
York and many points in be
tween these major cities.
At a reception in his honor
at the headquarters of the Na
tional catholic Welfare Con
ference in Washington, D.C.,
he lauded the work of Ameri
ca’s Catholic schools and its
Catholic press. Referring to
the N.C.W.C., he said: “We
have often heard of its activi
ties and know how many val
uable services it renders to
the Church.”
When he came back in June,
1960, as the Cardinal-Arch
bishop of Milan, he received
an honorary doctorate of laws
degree from the University
of Notre Dame in the same
ceremony at which then-
President Eisenhower was
honored by the institution.
The citation at Notre Dame
praised him as “the Arch
bishop of the Working Man,”
noting that he earned this
title because of “inexhaustible
apostolic vigor to the stren
gthening of the Christian
world.”
On that trip, His Holiness
also visited New' York, Chi
cago, Boston, Philadelphia and
Washington. He was ac
companied by Frank Folsom,
a prominent Catholic layman
who was chairman of the exe
cutive board of the board of
directors of RCA.
The only other public cere
mony in which the Pope parti
cipated in 1960 was the de
dication in Boston of a huge
statue of “Madonna, Queen of
the Universe” at the Don
Orione Shrine.
At a press conference he
said he was “very pleased to
see Catholics here taking such
interest in the condition of the
Church in South America.”
He singled out for praise
the missionary activities in
South America of the Society
of St. James the Apostle, foun
ded by RichardCardinalCush-
ing, Archbishop of Boston.
Pope Paul received U Thant,
Secretary-General of the
United Nations, in a private
audience in July of 1963,
shortly following his election
as Pope.
At that time the Holy Fa
ther said that the U.N. “is
a historical reality of too
great importance to leave Us
indifferent to this meet
ing with you.”
“The Holy See, which you
are visiting today in Our hum
ble person,” Pope Paul con
tinued, “holds a very high
conception of that internation
al organization. It considers
it to be the fruit of a civi
lization to which the Catholic
religion, with its driving cen
ter in the Holy See, gave the
vital principles.
HIS HOLINESS, Pope Paul VI is shown above at
private audience for U.N. Secretary - General U
Thant in 1963. At that time he praised the United
Nations for its efforts on behalf of world peace.
The Pontiff will fly from Rome on October 4 to de
liver a plea for peace before the world body in
New York. (NC Photo)
PROGRESS REPORT
Quick Look At
Past Sessions
Of Vatican II
ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME and this one, the gathering in Rome for the Fourth and final session
Via della Conciliazione, unites Rome with Vatican of Vatican Council 11. ' (R.N.S. photo)
City. Prelates from all corners of the earth are
VETERAN OBSERVER SAYS
F ourth Session Just Starting,
VATICAN CITY (NC) —
“What briefly,” asked some
one here in a bantering mood,
“will the result of this Se
cond Vatican Council be?”
“The Third Vatican Coun
cil,” was the sedate but tell
ing reply.
On the eve of the fourth
and presumably last session
of Vatican H, most of its
experts are inclined to a-
gree.
As far as promulgated de
crees are concerned, once
the 11 draft proposals still on
the agenda are finally dis
posed of, this council will
have accomplished momen
tous things in the light of
general perspectives and the
overall spiritual climate in
the Church.
However, the decisions
reached in a sense will not
be the last word. Eventually
they will turn out to be only
forerunners of things to come.
The impact of the develop
ments initiated with such fore
sight and courage by Pope
John XXIII will be felt in ge
nerations ahead, for the seed
now planted will grow and
bear fruit to an extent no one
had foreseen.
When the concept of the
“hierarchy of truths” laid
down in the 11th chapter of the
Decree on Ecumenism is un
derstood in its full import,
a “new order of truth in Ca
tholic doctrine” — as Pro
testant theologian and council
observer Oscar Cullmann has
said — is bound to assert it
self. In the words of the ecu
menism decree, the truths
proclaimed by the Church
“vary in their relation to the
fundamental Christian faith.”
Therefore “a clearer aware
ness and a deeper realiza
tion of the unfathomable rich
es of Christ (cf. Eph.3,8)”
will be achieved , as a re
flection of what Pope John
had in mind when he spoke
of “updating” the Church.
Let us recal 1 the state
ment in his memorable ad
dress of Oct. 11, 1962, when
he said: “Our duty is not
only to guard the precious
t
treasure of sacred doctrine,
as if we were concerned only
with antiquity, but also to
dedicate ourselves whole
heartedly and fearlessly to
the task our era demands of
us. . .The whole world ex
pects a leap forward. . . in
faithful and perfect conformity
to the authentic doctrine
which, however, should be stu
died and expoundedthrough the
literary forms of modern
thought.”
Accordingly, both the reign
ing Pontiff and most of the
council Fathers have faced the
BERLIN (RNS) — All East
German Roman Catholic bish
ops have been denied travel
permits by Soviet Zone au
thorities and will be unable to
attend the annual conference
of the German hierarchy at
Fulda.
This marks the fifth time
since the erection of the Ber
lin Wall that East German
prelates have been forced to
miss the conference.
Among them is Archbishop
Alfred Bengsch , Bishop of
Berlin, who lives in East Ber
lin. He will be represented at
Fulda by his Vicar General,
Msgr. Walter Adolph, whore-
sides in West Berlin.
Although Joseph Cardinal
F rings, Archbishop of Fulda,
will take part in the bishops’
four-day meeting — expected
challenge of this age with an
unprecedented openminded-
ness. What Pope Paul has
termed “a dialogue with the
modern world” is now in full
progress, bravely and unequi
vocally.
There are those who have
their reservations about such
a dialogue because they are
afraid the pace now adopted
may be too fast. Their views
deserve to be respected, but
clearly the trend now inaugu
rated cannot be reversed.
This council started as one
of progress and reform. It
to deal with matters related
to the Second Vatican Coun
cil— the proceedings, for the
first time, will be presided
over by Julius cardinal Doe-
pfner, Archbishop of Munich
and Freising.
Cardinal Frings recently
named Cardinal Doepfner de
puty chairman of the con
ference, explaining that his
decision was prompted by in
creasing eye trouble and
“handicaps” resulting from
this condition.
The bishops have conferred
annually, except during war
time, since 1867. Beginning
in 1884, the meetings have
been held at Fulda, site of the
first synod of German bishops
called in 742 by St. Boni
face , Apostle of Germany,
whose body was entombed in
Fulda Cathedral.
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will close as one of progress
and reform, and in its wake
many an age-old structure
of the Church will undergo
even more crucial changes
than have been brought about
so far.
When the council Fathers go
home, work will start here in
earnest to accomplish re
forms long overdue. Pope
Paul has left no doubt on this
score, especially in regard
to the Roman curia.
1. Decentralization will be
the watchword from now on
inasmuch as bishops from all
over the world will have a
greater share in the govern
ment of the universal Church
than ever before. “Collegia -
lity” will be put into prac
tice, with no strings attached.
2. A supreme council or
“senate” will be established.
It will be made up of bishops
freely chosen by the various
national hierarchies for limit
ed terms of office, with the
probable addition of appoint
ees of the Supreme Pontiff.
3. Liturgical and prayer
life heretofore often unpala
table for the modern mind
will be freed of obsolete for
malism and outworn conven
tional routine in order to
elicit a better inner response
on the part of the faithful
and a deepening of spiritual
life.
4. Greater freedom will
prevail in the field of theo
logical research and Biblical
studies and this will lead to
a better realization of the
necessity of stressing “not the
letter, but the spirit” (cf.2
Cor. 3,6) of Sacred Scripture.
5. Interfaith relations will
be promoted in a spirit of to
lerance reflecting religious
freedom and freedom of con
science and the Church even
tually will overcome “the
siege mentality” and “ghetto
spirit” that has long pre
vailed. Thus the gap will be
bridged which now is so tra
gically evident between the
various Christian denomina
tions, and at the same time
a better understanding will
be gained of other, also the
non-Christian faiths.
VATICAN CITY (NC) —
Here in brief is a session-
by-session rundown on the
work of Vatican Council II.
FIRST SESSION
Oct. 11 to Dec. 8, 1962
Of the five schemas treated,
those on the sacred liturgy
and on communications media
were approved but sent back
for amendment; a document on
divine Revelation was re
moved by Pope John and sent
back for redrafting; a docu
ment on the Unity of the Church
was approved but sent back
to be incorporated into a docu
ment on the nature of the
Church. This last document
was debated briefly and sent
back for redrafting.
SECOND SESSION
Sept. 29 to Dec. 4, 1963
Six schemas formed the
agenda of this session. Two
schemas were promulgated:
on sacred liturgy and on com
munications media.
Of the remaining four: six
chapters of the schema on the
Nature of the Church were
approved but sent back for
amendment; a schema on
Mary, Mother of the Church,
was voted to be included with
in the schema on the Church.
The first part of a schema
on bishops was approved but
sent back for amendment and
a schema on ecumenism was
approved and sent back for a-
mendments.
THIRD SESSION
Sept. 15 to Nov. 21, 1964
Fifteen schemas formed the
agenda of this session. Three
were promulgated: on the na
ture of the Church, on Eastern
Catholic Churches and on ecu
menism.
Of the remaining 13: five
were brought to an advanced
state of completion; thege in
cluded schemas on bishops,
non-Christian religions, sem
inaries, life of religious, and
Christian education. One
schema on matrimony, after
brief debate, was removed
from the council agenda and
placed in the hands of the
Pope.
The schema on missions
was sent back for redraft
ing as was the schema on
priestly life and on the Church
in the modern world. These
three documents, plus the
schema on religious freedom,
which had been revised but
not voted on, will form the
core of council debate at the
fourth session.
Two other schemas, on di
vine Revelation and on the lay
apostolate, were debated and
sent back for amendment.
FOURTH SESSION
Sept. 14, 1965 —
Eleven schemas form the
agenda of this final session;
four must complete the con
ciliar cycle of debate, vote,
revision, vote, etc. They are:
religious liberty, the Church
in the modern world, mis
sions, and priestly life and
ministry.
Two documents are in a
“semi-final stage,” that is,
debated and revised but not
yet voted on. They are sche
mas on divine revelation and
lay apostolate.
Five other schemas are in
a “final” stage, that is, they
have been debated and voted
on part by part, but must
await a final voting on the
revisions made in light of the
earlier voting. They are: non-
Christian religions, bishops,
life of Religious, seminaries
and Christian education.
NATION
New By-Laws
WASHINGTON (NC) — A three-member committee of Sisters
of Mercy will meet here Sept. 20 to 22 to draw up bylaws for
the new Federation of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
and Their Missions, to be formed by uniting the Bethesda
(Md.) general motherhouse and its communities with 18 inde
pendent motherhouses.
S. PACIFIC
Vernacular Problem
BA, Fiji (NC) — The vernacular liturgy can bfe a real test
for missionaries here. Irish-born Father Patrick J. Kelly,
S.S.C., superior of the Columban Fathers here, had his first
Sunday Mass (Aug. 29) at Lautoka, the chief town cf Fiji’s
largest island, in English. His second Mass at Vitogo, five
miles distant, was celebrated in Fijian. His third Mass, at
an Indian cane-farmers’ settlement called Lovo, was offered in
Hindi. At other places, the vernacular is Rotuman!
L. AMERICA
501*11 Anniversary
BUENOS AIRES (RNS) — Celebrations are taking place this
year to mark the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the first
Roman Catholic Benedictine monks in Argentina.
Cardinal Assists Victims
CARACAS, Venezuela (RNS) — There will be no new resi
dence here for Jose cardinal Quintero, Archbishop of Caracas.
Instead, at the cardinal’s insistence, funds will be used to
build a housing center for needy families.
BY GERMAN REDS
Bishops Barred
F rom Meeting