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Debate In UN
Reveals Papal
Speech Impact
UNITED NATIONS N. Y.
(NC)—The profound impres
sion made by Pope Paul VPs
address at the United Nations
was reflected in one speech
after another as the U. N.
General Assembly continued
its annual general debate.
The historic significance of
the Pope’s appearance before
the assembly, the deeply
spiritual inspiration of his
message, and above all his
own compelling humility re
ceived repeated comment.
Dato’ Ismail bin Dato’ of
Malaysia summed up what
seemed the universal reaction
of U. N. delegates and secre
tariat members alike when he
said: “This rostrum became
hallowed ground for a brief
30 minutes. It is impossible
not to feel the impact of the
great call to peace that His
Holiness Pope Paul VI made
to the entire world of hu
manity through the represen
tatives of the 117 nations ga
thered here. I can only hope
that in the months and years
ahead we shall prove worthy
of the message he entrusted
to us.”
The universality of the
Pope’s appeal was singled out
by Nuhu Bamali of Nigeria,
who said:
“The impact of His Holiness
Pope Paul’s message on us had
nothing to do with whether we
were Roman Catholics, or
Protestant Christians, or
Moslems, or people of no re
ligion at all. I nearly said
‘people of no faith at all,’
but that would not be correct,
for we all share one faith with
the great Pontiff: namely, faith
in humanity ... We believe
in the kind of world that he
wishes us all to join in creat
ing: a world in which we can
live together in peace, re
gardless of differences of
race, creed, and ideology.”
This transcendence overall
barriers of race, color or
creed, as Thi Han of Burma
described it, was another as
pect of the Pope’s message
which received continuing re
sponse.
“His stand against colonial
ism,” declared S. N; Odaka
of Uganda, “is a source of
strength to all those, par
ticularly in Africa, stiH under
the terrible yoke and a warn
ing against regimes estab
lished on the basis of pride
and racial superiority rather
than on humanity.”
Diallo Abdoulaye of Guinea
declared the Pope’s words
should lead to an understand
ing of the imperatives in the
“gigantic task of the libera
tion of men and nations and
the affirmation of their equali
ty.”
“Who was not moved to a
new reflection on the fate
of this organization?” asked
J. Rudolph Grimes of Liberia,
while C. B. Rogers-Wright of
Sierra Leone found that “con
fidence has been further
strengthened by the inspiring
address of His Holiness.”
The general debate takes
place in plenary sessions of
the U. N. in which each coun
try states its formal and of
ficial position on the agenda
items with which it is most
concerned. Speakers are
usuaUy prime ministers, de
puty prime ministers, or for
eign ministers of their re
spective countries. Of all,
those taking the rostrum in
the week following the Pope’s
address, only delegates of
communist countries, two
Arab countries and Sweden
failed to express some sen
timent of appreciation for
Pope Paul’s dramatic effort
on behalf of peace.
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HEADLINE
HOPSCOTCH L*
NATION
U.S. Honors Baptist
WASHINGTON , D. C. (RNS)— The Senate has approved a
House version of a bill which would establish a Roger Williams
National Memorial at Providence, R. I., and ordered it sent to
the White House.
Methodists Hear Cardinal
BALTIMORE (RNS)—Lawrence Cardinal Shehan, Roman Ca
tholic Archbishop of Baltimore, will be one of the major speakers
here next April during the celebration marking the Bicentennial
of American Methodism. Methodist officials announced that Car
dinal Shehan, a member of the VaticanSecretariatfor Promoting
Christian Unity, and Dr. Charles C. Parlin, a co-president of
the World Council of Churches, would be on the same program.
EUROPE
Nothing Sacred
BERLIN (NC)--Guarded by heavily-armed Communist police,
East German Army labor units leveled a portion of a Roman
Catholic cemetery bordering the Berlin Wall in amove designed
to balk potential escapes into West Berlin. The operation in
volved removing tombstones and shrubbery in St. Hedwig’s
Cemetery behind which several escapees have hidden recently
before scaling the Wall.
Reds Bar Presbyterians
BERLIN (RNS)—East German authorities have denied entry
permits to two top World Presbyterian Alliance officials. Dr.
Wilhelm Niesel, president of the Alliance and moderator of
the Reformed Churches of Germany, and Dr. Marcel Pradervand
of Geneva, Alliance general secretary, were scheduled to visit
30 Reformed parishes in the Soviet Zone.
REFUGEE WORK — Religious and other voluntary welfare agencies are ac-
celerlating their work to cope with the new influx of Cuban refugees expected
to enter the U.S. Here a boatload of Cuban refugees arrives at Key West. They
came in a boat manned by four Cuban exiles without waiting for official Cu-
ba-U.S. sanction to make the trip. (RNS Photo)
PAPER RAPS OBJECTORS
Fla. Officials Alarmed,
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Church Welcomes Cubans
By Marjorie L. Fillyaw
MIAMI (NC)--As public of
ficials and others here re
acted with alarm to prospects
of a new influx of Cuban re
fugees, Miami Catholics were
urged by their bishop to re
ceive the newcomers gener
ously.
Bishop Coleman F. Carroll,
in a letter from Rome, caUed
on Catholics to show “the
wholehearted spirit of fra
ternal charity which has cha
racterized their attitude”
since south Florida became
a haven for refugees five years
ago.
Widespread expressions
of alarm that a new inunda
tion of refugees would swamp
area schools and other public
facilities and hurt the econo
my followed Cuban Premier
Fidel Castro’s announcement
that anybody could leave Cuba
who wanted to.
Florida Gov. Haydon Burns
said he had asked the federal
government to make resettle
ment outside Florida manda
tory for the new arrivals.
Dade County School Su
perintendent Joe Hall an
nounced that no new Cuban
students would be accepted
in public schools until federal
funds were allocated for their
assistance. U. S. Rep. Claude
Pepper has prepared a bill
asking a $600 allocation for
each new Cuban pupil.
In Washington, Sen. George
Smathers of Florida said “the
people of south Florida should
not be overrun by a new in
flux of Cubans.” Smathers
cautioned, however, against
“panic” and said he had been
“assured that this problem
will be handled as a national
one, with emphasis on swift
relocation.”
Some 30,000 to 50,000 Cu
bans are expected to leave
their homeland under Castro’s
new policy. Even as the U. S.
and Cuban governments sought
to establish procedures for
their orderly departure, many
began slipping away in small
boats bound for Florida.
Bishop Carroll conceded
that “a heavy burden will
fall on our community” as
a result of the new refugee
influx. But, he said, “we
should welcome the op
portunity to bring long-sepa
rated parents and children
together.”
“Thousands of Cuban chil
dren in past years have come
into this country through the
efforts of the (Miami) Ca
tholic Welfare Bureau in or
der to save them from com
munist indoctrination,” he
said. “It is only fitting now
that we continue the work of
mercy by enabling families
once again to be united.”
The Voice, Miami dioce
san newspaper, branded state
ments opposing the coming
of the refugees as “un-Amer
ican un-Christian and illogi
cal.”
“Even if Christian charity
is not in the hearts of some
Americans, at least humani-
tarianism and plain American
ism with its tradition for help
ing the underdog would dictate
something besides the utterly
self-centered expressions
about ‘economic chaos,’ etc.,
that we have heard,” the news
paper said in a 1,200 word edi
torial.
The Voice declared that
“Dade County has not suffered
because of the last refugees
we accepted.” It said almost
all of $190 million spent by
the federal government to aid
refugees went into the local
economy. It added that “the
dollar spent by the Cubans
has been as good as any other
dollar.”
FIVE DECREES READY
Debating Stops;
Council Reaches
Beginning Of End
BERLIN — Mrs. Marcus Kilch of Youngstown,
Ohio, president, of the National Council of Catholic
Women, visiting West Germany as part of a Radio
Free Europe inspection trip, receives from Berlin
Mayor Heinrich Albertz a replica of the Freedom
Bell given to West Berlin by the Amercian people.
(NC Photo)
By Father placid
Jordan, O. S. B.
VATICAN CITY (NC)-“The
council,” remarked one of the
bishops at the end of the fifth
week of the current fourth ses
sion, “has now reached the be
ginning of the end.”
The bishop’s impression
seemed justified in light of the
end of all formal debate on
Oct. 16 and the announcement
that the council would conduct
a public session on Oct. 28,
and that five decrees will be
promulgated by Pope Paul VI
on that day. Another public
session may be scheduled for
Nov. 18.
The decrees first in line
for promulgation are the ones
on the pastoral duties of bi
shops , which lay the founda
tions for the future world
Synod of Bishops; on Reli
gious orders, on seminaries,
on Christian education, and on
the Church’s relations with
non-christian religions. Pro
bably three other decrees—
on divine revelation, the mis
sions and the lay apostolate—
will be ready for promulga
tion in the second public ses
sion, but it looks as if this
will not, as some had hoped,
be the last.
The fifth week brought fur
ther progress with the adop
tion of the declaration on non-
Christians. The bone of con
tention had long been the pa
ragraphs dealing with the Jew
ish people. Up to the moment
when the final votes were tak
en, maneuvering had been go
ing on behind the council
scenes with a determined mi
nority of bishops, led by Ita
lian Bishop Luigi Carli of
Segni and supported by “in-
tegralist” extraconciliar
groups, making every effort
to block the adoption of the
document.
When finally on Oct. 14 the
announcement came that 84-
year - old Augustin Cardinal
Bea, in his capacity as pre
sident of the Secretariat for
Promoting Christian Unity,
was going to present the do
cument on the floor, oppo
nents knew they had lost. It
was another dramatic moment
when on the following day
1,763 voted in favor and only
250 against this vital decla
ration.
At the end o f the third
council session a year ago, a
test vote on the previous text
had brought 1,651 “yes” and
99 “no” votes, with another
242 positive votes urging some
changes in the statement’s
phrasing.
Opposition to the declara
tion came from those who
feared an upswing of anti-
Zionist and anti-Catholic feel
ings in Moslem countries as
a result of any move favor
ing the Jews. Others like
Bishop Carli, Archbishop
Marcel Lefebvre, superior
general of the Congregation of
the Holy Spirit, the Brazilian
Archbishop Geraldo de Pro-
enca Sigaud of Diamantina felt
the Jews should not be exo
nerated of the charge of “dei-
cide.”
Various bishops from mis
sion territories, as well as
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa
of Bukoba, Tanzania; Fran-
ziskus Cardinal Koenig of
Vienna; Leo Cardinal Seunens
of Malines - Brussels, Bel
gium; and Paul Cardinal Le-
ger of Montreal, recommend
ed new approaches to mis
sionary techniques.
Cardinal Koenig specifi
cally asked that the great
values of non-Christian re
ligions not be underrated and
that a serious dialogue be in
augurated with them. More ef
fective coordination of mis
sionary efforts with local bis
hops and the avoidance of ex
cessive centralization was
urged by Father Maurice Geu-
guiner, superior general of
the French Foreign Mission
Society, whose remarks were
principally directed at the
Congregation for the Propaga
tion of the Faith.
The debate on priestly life
which ended Oct. 16 heard
speakers such as Benjamin
Cardinal de Arriba y Castro
of Tarragona, Spain, Julius
Cardinal Doepfner of Munich,
Germany, and Cardinal Le-
ger insist on the obligation of
priests to live a holy life and
to share it with those en
trusted to their care.
It was pointed out that
priests should not restrict
themselves just to Church ac
tivities, although priests must
be inspired by the Holy Eu
charist as the center of their
vocation. They should remain
in contact with the affairs of
men so as to help them with
their problems.
As for the document on the
Church in the modern world,
it is still undecided whether
its present form should be
maintained. There are those
who feel the Church should
only initiate a dialogue with
the present-day world, with
out attempting to enter into
specific arguments on issues
beyond the ecclesiastical pro
vince. These experts would
shorten the present text con
siderably, making a sort of
pastoral message of it. Should
their views prevail, which
right now seems unlikely, con
siderable time would be gain
ed, since new amendments
would not be introduced, and
the council could come to
close even before the end of
November.
4 INTOLERABLE’
Jesuit General
Hits Criticism
MADRID (NC)—Criticism
of the Church in public is
“intolerable” even if it con
cerns actual faults, according
to Father Pedro Arrupe, S. J.,
the new superior general of the
Society of Jesus.
The Spanish-born priest
told Ya, Madrid Catholic daily:
“I am strictly opposed to
any criticism of the Church.
If reforms should be made,
this will be done by the duly
constituted hierarchy ... It
is intolerable that any defect
of the Church, however real,
should be broached publicly
by individuals, or groups, re
gardless of the good will they
might have . .. If the person
who is critical is intelligent,
he will be understanding and
see that the best solution will
be either to keep silent and
wait ... or meekly bring
the defects to the knowledge
of the proper authority.
“Cheap coffeehouse criti
cism accomplishes nothing.
The Church will provide in
the manner and at the time it
deems proper. One should
never undertake criticism on
one’s own. The only thing that
can result from criticizing is
the creation of a climate of
confusion, and the obstruction,
if not paralysis, of the work
of the Church in behalf of alL”
The Jesuit general, who in a
speech to the ecumenical
council on Sept. 27 charged
that a new godless mentality
“holds almost complete
sway” in international or
ganizations, financial circles
and in the field of mass com
munications, told Ya that he
wiU strive untiringly “to make
atheism disappear, this being
the specific mission which the
Pope has entrusted to the
Jesuits.”
On another point, Father
Arrupe said that “the non-
Christian civilizations un
doubtedly have very praise
worthy values^” But he added:
“Without any slight of other
cultures, the sum total of the
values of the Christian world
is superior.”
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