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ROMAN CURIA REFORMED
Church’s Governing Body
Undergoes Major Changes
MSGR. GIOVANNI MARIA PINNA, secretary of
the Pontifical Commission for Curia Reform, an
nounced that Pope Paul has made sweeping chang
es in the Roman Curia, central administration of
the worldwide Church. The drastic reforms—first
since 1908—were outlined in an Apostolic Consti
tution called “Regimini Ecclesiae Universae,” or
Government of the Universal Church.
(RNS Photos)
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Labor Day Mass
NATION
WASHINGTON (NC)—The annual Labor Day Mass, offered for
labor, management and government, and sponsored by the Union
of Holy Name Societies of the Washington archdiocese, will be
celebrated at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart here at 10 a.m.,
Monday, Sept. 4.
Graham At Belmont
BELMONT, NC. (NC)— Billy Graham, the evangelist, will
address a special convocation to be held in his honor at Bel
mont Abbey CoUege here, Nov. 21. Abbot Walter A. Coggin,
O.S.B., of Belmont Abbey, said this special event is part of
an Ecumenic Institute, now in the planning stage, to be held
at the Abbey for Protestant, Catholic and Jewish Clergymen.
Dr. Graham’s appearance on the Abbey campus will be his second
visit to the college. On Nov. 18, 1963, he spoke at a college
assembly. It was his first appearance at a Catholic institution.
Warning Issued
VATICAN CITY (NC) — The head of the Church’s organiza
tion to implement liturgical changes has sent out a circular
letter warning that private and arbitrary liturgical experiments
“are gravely threatening the future of the whole liturgical re
form.” The letter was sent by Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro,
president of the Concilium for Implementation of the Consti
tution on Sacred Liturgy, to all presidents of national epis
copal conferences and to the heads of all national liturgical
commissions. After taking note of various liturgical experi
ments that have been carried out with the authorization of
various national hierarchies and in cooperation with the con
cilium, the letter sounded a strong warning. “But together
with these official experiments it is necessary to point out again,
for the reason of deploring them once more, another type of litur
gical experiments, that is, acts of private and abritrary ini
tiatives,” the letter said.
Summer Schedule
There will be no paper next week as we
are on Summer Schedule. The Southern Cross
does not print the second and last weeks of
June, July and August.
VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope Paul VI fulfilling a four-year-old
promise, has reformed the central government of the Church. Time - worn
channels of authority in the Roman Curia will be given modern pace and di
rection by major changes he has ordered:
—The Papal Secretariat of
State, now to be known as the
Papal Secretariat and given
broader powers, will be able
to settle many administrative
problems that formerly bur
dened the Pope;
—Five-year terms for high
Curia officials will replace the
former indefinite tenures that
often became lifetime care
ers;
—Incorporation of diocesan
bishops from around the world
into Curia leadership will alter
the hitherto heavily Italian
character of the administra
tion;
—Permission for use of
modern languages in Curia
communications will speed
papal paperwork, though Latin
still remains the official lang
uage;
—Principal Curia depart
ments will be reshuffled, re
named, and in some cases
placed in new combinations to
meet 20th-century conditions;
—A new tribunal will be set
up to handle any disputes
among the various Curia
offices;
—Administration of the
Holy See’s temporal posses
sions and finanical resources
will be united in an entirely
new department.
Pope Paul’s reform of the
Curia, which goes into effect
Jan. 1, was spelled out in an
apostolic constitution Re
gimini Ecclesiae Universae
(For the Government of the
Church Universal) dated Aug.
15 and made public three days
later.
Setting the theme of the re
form, Pope Paul quoted in his
new document from the dog
matic constitution Pastor
Aeternus of the First Vatican
Council, the constitution that
defined the infallibility of the
Pope. He chose this passage:
“Certainly no doubt can be
raised about the need for the
Roman Curia. For how could
the supreme pontiff, weighted
down by so many great bur
dens, alone, without advisors
or assistants, bear that bur
den which arises from the care
of all the churches? It is
equally necessary that the
Roman Curia be kept intact
both in its basic structure and
its close relationship with the
Roman Pontiff, that is. as an
organic instrument he uses in
exercising the supreme power
which ‘according to the in
stitution of Christ... he holds
over the entire Church.’ ”
Although Latin remains the
official language it is “accept
able to communicate with the
Roman Curia in any of the
widely-known modern lang
uages,” the new constitution
advises.
Regarding the tenure of
Curial officials, all prefects,
members and consultors of
Curial departments remain
in office five years, with re
appointment at the discretion
of the Pope. Prefects of con
gregations resign at the death
of a pope, leaving only the
Cardinal Camerlengo, the
Cardinal Penitentiary and the
Cardinal Vicar of Rome in
office. In the Papal Secre
tariat a substitute will assume
the prefect’s duties tem
porarily. All other major
curial officers are to leave
their posts within three
months after a new Pope is
elected unless he reappoints
them.
Pope Paul had already in
troduced various curial re
forms, notably the re
orientation of the former Holy
Office (now the Doctrinal Con
gregation) toward a promotion
of the faith and a renewed
emphasis on the rights of
authors and teachers whose
opinions come under sus
picion. He has also brought
several non-Italians into high
Curia posts, thus keeping his
promise to internationalize
the Curia. Most recently, he
provided that diocesan bishops
should be full members of
each curial congregation; this
provision was incorporated
into the apostolic constitution
Regimini Ecclesiae Uni
versae.
A press conference explain
ing the apostolic constitution
was given (Aug. 18) by Msgr.
Giovanni M. Pinna, a judge of
the Roman Rota, high Church
court, who (as it developed)
was secretary ofthetopsecret
cardinalitial commission for
the reform of the Curia.
Until Msgr. Pinna’s confer
ence it had only been known
that Francesco Cardinal Ro-
berti, an Italian, headed the
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Pastoral Institute For
Newly Ordained Priests
A Pastoral Institute for
newly ordained priests of the
diocese will be held in Sa
vannah from September 2nd
through 7th. The ten priests
ordained this Summer in Ire
land, will arrive in Savan
nah on Friday evening, Sep
tember 1st.
The priests will be housed
at various Savannah Rectories
and the Institute’s schedule
calls for sessions each morn
ing and evening. The Very
Rev. William V. Coleman and
the Reverend Kevin Boland
are program chairmen.
Activities on September 2nd
will open with a morning ses
sion on “The Liturgy in the
Diocese of Savannah.” This
will be conducted by Monsig
nor John D. Toomey. Fol
lowing lunch there will be a
tour of St. James’ Parish
Plant. Dinner will be served
at the Cathedral and the Rev
erend Lawrence Lucree will
describe Newman Club acti
vities, with the Reverend Ro
bert Teoli talking on the
C.Y.O.
Sunday, September 3rd, will
be devoted to observation at
Savannah Parishes. That
evening, following dinner at
Blessed Sacrament, Monsig
nor Andrew J. McDonald will
give an instruction on “Pre
paring Couples for Marriage.
Labor Day, September 4th,
will be devoted to a tour of
the Savannah area conducted
by the Reverend Michael
Smith. This will be high
lighted by lunch at the Pi
rate’s House. That evening,
at St. Michael’s, the Reverend
Kevin Boland will speak on
“Ecumenical Dialogue.”
On September 5th, there
will be “Practice Preaching”
at Sacred Heart Church un
der the supervision of the
Reverend John Cuddy. Lunch
will be served at Sacred Heart
Rectory. That evening, fol
lowing dinner at St. Benedict’s
the Reverend Raymond Bane,
S.M.A. will speak on “The
Negro Apostolate and its pre
sent status.”
A session on “Convert In
structions”, conducted by the
Reverend William Simmons,
will be held on the morning
of September 6th. This will
be followed by a visit to the
E lementary Schools and Lunch
at St. Vincent’s Academy. Sis
ter Mary Jude, R.S.M. will
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ST. MARY’S CATHEDRAL, Tokyo, Japan, designed in modern, style, will be
among examples of 'newer trends in church architecture to be discussed at the
International Congress on Religion, Architecture and the Visual Arts, open
ing (Aug. 27) in New York City. (NC Photos)
DISCRIMINATION, PORNOGRAPHY
Knights Hit Lawlessness
At N ational C onvention
MONTREAL (NC) — Law
lessness in the streets, dese
cration of the American flag,
liberalization of abortion
laws, recial prejudice and dis
crimination, and the dissemi
nation of pornographic ma
terial were among the targets
of the Supreme Countil of the
Knights ofColumbusatits85th
annual meeting here.
The delegates also adopted
a series of resolutions sup
porting President Lyndon B.
Johnson’s handling of the Viet
nam war.
The meeting was held (Aug.
12-18) at the Queen Elizabeth
Hotel.
A resolution on lawlessness
noted that “the streets of our
communities are becoming
more and more unsafe for all
people” and declared that the
council “opposes the indiscri
minate freeing of criminals,
the handcuffing of our law en
forcement agencies, and urges
more stringent laws and
sterner punishments to offen
ders as a deterrent to this
rising crime rate.”
Five resolutions adopted hit
out at desecration of the Am
erican flag and in the words
of one urged “all representa
tives in Congress to enact
effecting laws to assure pro
per respect for our country’s
flag.”
The Knights also went on re
cord as opposing liberaliza
tion of laws permitting abor
tion and “mercy killing”; re
affirmed their condemnation
of racial prejudice and urged
“all members to work to
ward eliminating discrimina
tion; and renewed support of
congressional efforts to halt
the dissemination of porno
graphic material through the
U.S. mail.
In one of nine resolutions
passed in support of the pre
sident’s efforts in Vietnam,
the council expressed “its
strong approval of the poli
cy of the United States in Viet
nam” and urged its continua
tion.
The resolve further asked
for a campaign to “induce
the news media to upgrade
the picture of the United States
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McDevitt
and relegate to a minor posi
tion in the news the adverse
publicity given by marches,
speeches, pictures and arti
cles.”
Another Vietnam resolution
urged the president “to con
tinue to stand firm against the
pressures of the well-meaning
but misinformed, the agita
tors for peace through sur
render, the communists and
their fellow travelers.” It
deplored the “well-publicized
activities of a relatively small
group of dissidents who, by
creating the false impression
that our people are in serious
conflict over our participa
tion in this undertaking, are
giving aid and comfort to the
enemies o*f the U.S.”
In other action the Council
approved the merger of the
assets and membership of the
Catholic Benevolent Legion of
Brooklyn, N.Y., with thoce of
the Knights of Columbus.
The legion requested the
merger because its own or
ganization, founded in 1881, had
become too small for an ef
fective fraternal benefit so
ciety and it was searching
for increased actuarial se
curity for its insurance hol
ders.
The K. of C. Council also
took action to strenthen the
society’s effectiveness on col
lege campuses by providing a
25% rebate of codhcil per
capita assessments to the col
lege councils for religious
and fraternal programs.