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AS VIET MEDIATORS
V atican W eekly
Against Geneva
Accord Powers
VATICAN CITY (NC)--In an
editorial supporting Pope Paul
VPs plea for neutral arbi
tration of the Vietnam con
flict within the United Na
tions, the Vatican City weekly
magazine rejected a counter
suggestion‘for arbitration by
the commission set up by the
UN to oversee implementa
tion of the 19 54 Geneva Agree
ment which divided Vietnam.
The editorial inL’Osserva-
tore della Domenica (Feb. 2),
signed by Federico Alessan-
drini, associate editor of the
Vatican City daily, L’Os-
servatore Romano, said the
Pope’s speech to Italian Ca
tholic journalists on Jan. 29
calling for neutral arbitra
tion will “go down in the his
tory of these tormented
years.”
The Pope’s Christmas ap
peals to the heads of the
various nations involved in
the conflict Alessandrini said,
“were prompted solely by love
and not by preconceived poli
tical preferences. ..
“Everyone can see that
when all is said and done,
the Vietnam tragedy is deep
ly rooted in the contest which
divides the greatest of the
world powers, that is to say,
in that paralyzing ‘dialectic’
which ever since 1945 has been
placing one against the other—
not so much the peoples, who
all desire true peace, but the
most powerful states on earth
who are restrained from open
conflict only by fear.
“In the world, however,
there are many countries
which refuse to be included
either on one side or the
other and which declare them
selves independent of both.
They are the neutrals who,
according to a current defi
nition, are said to form a
‘third world’ distinct from
and equally distant from the
other two. To these coun
tries are extended the hopes
of the Pope. Under the exalt
ed patronage of the UN, to
which they all belong, they
could attempt an arbitration
in order to restore true and
just peace in Vietnam.”
Alessandrini referred to
some reminders, given in re
action to the Pope’s proposal,
that a commission of neutrals
appointed by the UN has been
in existence for 10 years with
the 4 ‘precise mandate of wat
ching over the punctual im
plementation of the Geneva
agreement which divided Viet
nam into two parts.”
Those who suggest that this
body be the arbitrator instead
of the UN, he said, ignore
the fact that the commission
“represents countries which
call themselves neutral only
because they are not invol
ved in the Vietnam contro
versy. But if the tragedy is
considered in its present as
pects and proportions, that is
to say, as projection and re
sult of that great conflict be
tween Western and Eastern
blocs, it is easily seen that
they are not neutral at all,
but in certain cases parties
to it in one way or another.
In fact, they neither are nor
declare themselves to be ex
traneous to the most impor
tant dialectic which threatens
the peace of the world.”
FATHER DePAUW S
Explanation Of
Papal Audience
BALTIMORE (NC) —The
Baltimore archdiocese has re
leased information from the
Vatican explaining Father
Gommar A. DePauw’s Dec. 1
audience with Pope Paul VI.
Father DePauw, leader of
the Catholic Traditionalist
Movement whose priestly
rights have been revoked by
the Baltimore archdiocese,
has said in press and televi
sion interviews that he met
with the Pope and was warm
ly welcomed.
The Baltimore archdiocese
released here a telegram from
Archbishop Angelo Dell’Acqua
at the Vatican who said Fa
ther DePauw was one of 144
persons greeted by the Pope
at a general audience.
The archbishop, who is sub
stitute secretary for ordinary
affairs and secretary of the
curia in the Secretariat of
State, reported that Father
DePauw was presented to the
Pontiff as the author of a study
of opinions of Catholics.
The telegram said that “as
is the custom,” the Pope res
ponded by imparting his bless
ing on the priest, his rela
tives and persons entrusted
to his priestly ministry.
Archbishop Dell’Acqua said
that Father DePauw was per
mitted to attend the audience
because he was recommend
ed by Bishop Blaise Kurz,
O.F.M., an exiled Chinese
bishop now residing in Staten
Island, N. Y.
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OPEN TO ALL CHILDREN — These youngsters, members of a Webster
(Mo.) College Experimental School, act out a scene from the Old Testament
in one of the religion classes open to Catholic, Protestant and Jewish chil
dren. The experimental school stresses learning by acting out the Old Testa
ment. RNS Photo
OPEN TO ALL CHILDREN
Catholic College Operates
Unique School Of Religion
ST. LOUIS (RNS)—A new
approach to the teaching of
religion is under way at Web
ster College, a catholic li
beral arts school here, where
children of different beliefs
attend classes together in the
Campus School of Religion.
The children, from the six-
grade elementary school ope
rated as an educational re
search laboratory for the Ca
tholic college’s faculty, are
not required to attend the
classes.
Ninety-five per cent of
them, including Catholics,
Protestants and one Jew, do
so on a voluntary released
time basis.
The teachers are Sister Pa-
delli Micotto, an instructor in
social science, and Mrs.
Dorothy Dixon, who has been
on the faculty of Eden Se
minary, a nearby United
Church of Christ institution.
The religious school began
last Fall with children attend
ing classes, organized on
grade levels, three times a
week. The first year’s course
of study concentrates on the
Old Testament and will go up
to the time of Christ. Classes
now are on the Book of David.
Teachers said the purpose
is to give the children aback-
ground of what life was like
and they hope they will capture
the Hebrew idea that there is a
personal God who cares.
Sister Anna Barbara Brady,
director of Webster’s master
of arts in teaching program,
who instituted the campus
School of Religion last Fall,
explained that the first year
stresses Biblical history be
cause Christianity is a reli
gion based on historical fact.
The teachers are eager to do
something next year in the
New Testament, she added, al
though here they foresee areas
of doctrine which may con
flict. To date the experiment
has run into little difficulty
with parents.
“On the whole, the Pro
testant families are happy be
cause their children are get
ting more religious instruc
tion than they get traditionally
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in a Sunday school arrange
ment,” Sister Anna Barbara
said.
There is one problem for
Catholic parents. Because the
campus school scrupulously
avoids teaching catholic doc
trine, Catholic children are
not getting “the whole thing
as they would if they attended
a parochial school,” she said.
Sister Anna Barbara ex
plained her conviction that
while parents and parish have
obligations for religious edu
cation, “if the school has an
obligation at all it is in using
a systematic or historical ap
proach.”
Webster College’s position
has been that parents who want
their children to have only
Catholic doctrine should send
them to a parochial school
rather than to the private cam
pus schooL
Determinedly ecumenical,
and with the approval of the
St. Louis archdiocese, the
Campus School of Religion
works toward a program that
will allow religion to take its
place as an important part of
curriculum development.
Confirmation Schedule
His Excellency the Most Reverend Thomas J. Mc
Donough will confirm at St. Clare’s, Albany, at 6 P.M.
on Friday February 11th. On Sunday, February 13th,
the sacrament will be administered at Christ the King,
Pine Mountain, at 9 A.M. and at St. Anne’s, Columbus,
at 6 P.M.
On February 14th, the Bishop will confirm at Our
Lady of Lourdes, Columbus, at 6 P.M. On Tuesday,
February 15th, His Excellency will be at Sacred Heart,
Warner Robins at 6 P.M. and the following day, February
16th, at St. Joseph’s Macon at 6 P.M.
CONVENT DEDICATION—Bishop Thomas J. Mc
Donough places crucifix on wall during dedication
ceremony for new convent for Sisters who staff St.
Pius X High School, Savannah. Pictured with the
Bishop are Rev. Timothy O’Dwyer, Principal of St.
Pius X and Rev. Kevin Boland, vice-chancellor of
Diocese. (Staff photo by Bob Ward)
NEUTRAL NERVOUSNESS NOTED
Pontiff Pleased
By Response To
Pleas For Peace
VATICAN CITY (NS)—Per
sons close to Pope Paul VI
reported he was highly gra
tified at the prompt response
to his appeal to neutral na
tions to offer their arbitra
tion in the Vietnam war.
They said the Pope was
taking added encouragement
from the thousands of mes
sages reaching the papal se
cretariat of state applauding
the papal efforts for peace.
The Pope was said to have
received further cause for
optimism from the (Feb. 8)
reports from New Delhi to
the effect that North Viet
nam’s President Ho Chi Minh
had appealed to India and se
veral other nations to inter
vene in the cause of peace.
Letters and telegrams were
coming to the Vatican from
heads of state and chiefs of
govprnrpcnt as well as ordi
nary citizens and even child
ren.
Despite the front-paging in
the Vatican City daily news
paper L’Osservatore Romano
of public reactions to the
Pope’s continued efforts for
peace, the state secretariat
was maintaining an absolute
reserve. Its officials refus
ed even to speak of the Pope’s
appeal to Austrian Foreign
Minister Bruno Kreisky to
enlist the help of neutrals
who do not maintain diploma
tic relations with the Holy
See. Yet L’Osservatore Ro
mano quoted a Swiss news
agency report that Kreisky
obtained agreement from
Switzerland, Sweden and Fin
land to offer their good offices
in an international conference
on Vietnam. A source close
to the state secretariat as
serted that the Pope’s efforts
for peace in Vietnam “are
continuing.”
(From New Delhi, mean
while, came word that North
Vietnam’s consulate general
had delivered a letter to In
dia’s president Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan from Ho Chi
Minh on Jan. 24 asking him to
use his good offices to help
restore peace in Vietnam. It
was understood that the mes
sage was one of several to
heads of state or heads of go
vernment, including one to
President Charles de Gaulle
of France.
(Ho’s message to Radhak
rishnan reportedly was re
ceiving intense study by Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi and
her government. At the same
time, it was revealed that the
Indian government had receiv
ed a message from Pope Paul
urging India as neutral nation
to use its good offices in the
cause of a Vietnam armistice.
A New Delhi government
spokesman announced that the
pope’s message was under
study and that a reply would
be sent in due course.
(At United Nations head
quarters in New York it was
announced that Secretary Ge
neral U Thant was continuing
his own line of action in seek
ing to bring about a confe
rence on the Vietnam ques
tion which would include par
ticipation of the belligerent
powers. A UN spokesman said
that Thant had begun his ef
forts prior to the recent pro
posal by the Pope, and that
he was involved in various con
versations aimed at probing
the possibilities involved. The
spokesman acknowledged that
Thant was making approaches
through neutral nations, but
declined to reveal anything
more specific.)
However, news reports
from New Delhi, Rome and
Cairo (Feb. 9) aroused specu
lation concerning Hanoi’spur-
pose in the reported peace
feeler through India as well
as over what appeared the
nervousness of at least three
of the so-called ‘neutral’ na
tions to which the Pontiff has
addressed his appeal for
mediation.
Reliable sources in New
Delhi indicate that the North
Vietnamese message we/; - tot
so much an indication of will
ingness to explore the pos
sibilities of negotiations with
Saigon and Washington as a
statement of position. At the
same time an unconfirmed
report from Cairo claimed
the regime of Ho Chi Minh
has sent a note to the Egyp
tian government similar in
tone to that sent to India.
It was also reported from
Rome on Feb. 9 that Pope
Paul’s hopes for neutral na
tion mediation of the south
east Asia conflict had received
a setback by the refusal of
Ireland , Sweden and Finland
to initiate action leading to
conferences between Hanoi-
and South Vietnam and Ameri
can negotiators. They were
reported to believe that any
action of their part would be
futile until either the North
or South Vietnam regimes in
dicate to them a willingness
to negotiate. Some sources
saw in their refusal a
‘nervousness’ over trying to
iediate what amounts to a
dispute between the Com
munist and Western bloc na
tions.
METROPOLITAN SEE
Alaska Gets
Archdiocese
WASHINGTON (NC) —Pope
Paul VI has established a new
metropolitan See at An
chorage, Alaska, and has nam
ed Msgr. Joseph T. Ryan the
first archbishop. Msgr. Ryan,
a priest of the diocese of Al
bany, has been serving as na
tional secretary of the Ca
tholic Near East Welfare As
sociation.
The actions of the Holy Fa
ther were announced here by
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi,
Apostolic Delegate in the Unit
ed States.
The new archdiocese of An
chorage is to correspond to
the Third Judicial Division in
the state of Alaska and is to
be formed from territory that
previously pertained to its
suffragans, the dioceses of
Juneau and Fairbanks.
The archdiocese of Ancho
rage will comprise 138,985
square miles with 130,000 in
habitants, of whom 17,000 are
Catholics.
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NATION
Administrators Named
WASHINGTON (NC)—Apostolic administrators have been ap
pointed for two Dioceses in the United States. Bishop James
W. Malone, auxiliary to Bishop Emmet Walsh of Youngstown,
has been named administrator of Youngstown and Coadjutor
Bishop Joseph A. Durick has been appointed apostolic ad
ministrator of the Nashville diocese. Bishops Walsh and Adrian
retain the title of Bishops in their respective dioceses.
VATICAN
Papal Peace Moves
ROME (NC)—A Rome Jesuit periodical has characterized Pope
Paul Vi’s message to Soviet, Chinese and North Vietnam
leaders as a “daring gesture which transcended the normal
rules of diplomacy.” Civilta cattolica in its latest issue under
lined the fact that the Pope, in sending messages to these
countries, which have no diplomatic relations with the Holy
See, without being sure of receiving a reply, ran the risk of
rejection.
FAR EAST
Abortion Opposed
PATNA, India (NC)—A national conference of India’s leading
obstetricians and gynecologists here has unanimously con
demned a proposal to legalize abortion in the country as a
method of birth control.
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