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Newspaper Page TextPEACE ON EARTH Archdiocese of Atlanta SEO SERVING GEORGIA’S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES VOL 1, NO. J 5 ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY APRIL 18, 1963 $5.00 PER YEAR DEAN Willian E. Moran, Jr., of the Georgetown University Foreign Service school, Wash ington, D.C., was elected to the board of trustees of the Popu lation Reference Bureau. The PRB, with headquarters in Washit gton, is engaged in edu cations activities concerning populat .on trends and problems. ON SCHOOLS Supreme Court Rules Against Religious Sects WASHINGTON (NC) —The U. S. Supreme Court has re fused to consider an appeal by members of a religious sect which alleged that certain Neb raska school regulations in fringe on the right of parents to educate their children in religious schools of their choice. The court diemissed “for want of a substantial Federal question” Monday an appeal which had been filed with it in February by the Emmanuel Association, a sect with head quarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., and Lila Meyerkorth, a member of the sect from Shu- bert, Neb. MUCH PRAISE Jewish Groups Hail Encyclical NEW YORK (RNS) — Maj or Jewish organizations join ed here in praise of Pope John XXill's new encyclical, Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth), especially of its sections re garding religious and other human rights. Issuing statements applaud ing the papal encyclical were the American Jewish Commit tee, the American Jewish Con gress, and the Anti-Defamat ion League of B'nai B'rith, Jewish service organization. A.M. Sonnabend, president of the American Jewish Commit tee, praised the encyclical as a "major document in the cause of world peace” which points the way towards "a new order of human relations for all groups." "IT creates a broad dimen sion of possible cooperation among diverse religious, eth nic and racial communities. In effect, it calls for a world wide spirit of civic unity in which all men of goodwill work together for human survival and human dignity," Mr. Son nabend commented. Rabbi Joachim Prinz, pre sident of the American Jewish Congress, declared that "Pa cem in Terris" would rank as one of the most significant do cuments of the time. "In this message, Pope John bespoke the dreams of aspirat ions of everyman: to live in peace and dignity, to enjoy the blessings of liberty and equality and justice; to worship his Mak er In his own way, at his own time, in his own place,” the rabbi said. MORE THAN articulating these goals, Rabbi Prinz stat ed, Pope John charted a path for their achievement. "In doing so, he has rendered a magni ficent service to all of human kind. Thus, men of all races, religions and nationalities stand in the debt of this profoundly wise and humble man.” CONT. ON PAGE 8 Diocese Jubilee PATERSON, N. J. (NC)—Ar chbishop Thomas A. Boland of Newark will offer a Solemn Pontifical Mass in St. Philip’s church in nearby Clifton, April 22 to mark the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Paterson diocese. THEY had sought review by the Supreme Court of a June 8, 1962, ruling by the Nebraska Supreme Court, upholding a District Court decision handed down on December 21, 1961. The Emmanuel Association established a school in Shu- bert for children of members. However, the school was forced to close when the state Com missioner of Education refused to grant a teaching certificate to the teacher hired by the asso ciation, on the grounds that she did not meet the requirements for certification. In supporting the District Court’s decision in favor of the education commissioner, the Nebraska Supreme Court held that "the right to send a child to a private school is not in dispute” in the case. THE NEBRASKA court said there was no question of seek ing to prevent parents from sending children to the schools of their choice and held that the laws under which the edu cation commissioner acted "are not arbitrary or unreas onable.” In their appeal to the U.S. high court, however, the appel lants argued that the Nebraska laws "go beyond the protection of the state’s interest” in edu cation. They said the Nebraska leg islation "represents anattempt by the professional educators ...(to require) that all of the teachers attend die same type erf school.” They charged that the Nebr aska legislation would lead to excessive conformity in edu cation. They further argued that ’the controversy is not whet her the state may exercise its police power in setting standards and teacher require ments but the limits which the freedom of religion imposes on these standards and regulat ions.” Pope Names New Bishops Washington, April 17- Pope John XXIII has transferr ed Bishop John L. Morkovsky 53 from the Diocese of Amar illo, Tex., and named him Titular Bishop of Tigava and Conadjutor with the right of succession to Bishop Wendelln J. Nold of Galveston-Houston, Tex. Msgr. Lawrence M. DeFalco, 47 rector of St. Patrick’s co cathedral, Forth Worth, Tex., has been named Bishop of Am arillo, succeeding Bishop Mor kovsky. These appointments were an nounced here yesterday by Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, Apostolic Delegate in the United StarfM* ITALIAN missionary, Father John Trivella, F.S.C. J., who * was expelled from the Sudan after 71 days in prison, is shown looking out of his cell. The Verona Father's first-hand report of persecution has spurred a crash-program by the seven Catholic bishops of the Sudan to instruct 500 catechists to preserve the faith among 500,000 Catholics in southern Sudan. One of Father Trivella’s crimes was using a tape recorder to transmit religious music. In the past three months, more than 100 missionaries have been expelled from the Sudan,See story page 3. SITTING at a desk in the Vatican studio, His Holiness Pope John XXIII prepares to record his annual Eastermessage for world-wide broadcast. The Pope called his new encyclical on peace “Our Easter present” and indicated his hope that it would prompt “serious reflection on economic, social and political problems.” TRANSLATION CORRECTED Pope Says Race Bias Can In No Way Be VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John XXIII issued an une quivocal condemnation of racial discrimination in his encycli cal Pacem in Terris, a check of the official Latin text re veals. He declared that “racial dis crimination can in no way be justified, at least doctrlnallyor in theory.” He said that man has “a duty to claim” his rights, and that “all others have the obligation to acknowledge those rights and respect them.” THE INITIAL English version of the encyclical interpreted the Pope’s anti-bias declaration m saying that “racial discri mination can no longer be just ified, at least doctrinally or in theory.” This would allow for a view that racial discriminat ion was at one time defensible. Justified A similar translation was given in other modern-language versions, including Italian, French and Spanish. All were printed by the Vatican Polyglot Press. But in the Latin text, which is the only official one, the sentence reads; “Quamobrem, saltern in ratlone dlsclplinaque, nullo modo probatur hominum discrimen, generis causa...” The key words here are “nullo modo.” In English this means “in no way” or “in no manner.” THERE was no immediate Information available as to how or why the modern-language versions of the text Interpreted the words to mean “no # longer.” Thus following die Latin text, the English version of the par agraph concerned should read: SUPPORTS ADMINISTRATION Protestants Issue Federal Aid Study Opposing Parochial School Position NEW YORK (RNS) -- The National Council of Churches issued here a 56-page study, heavily documented, detailing the traditional Protestant pos ition opposing use of public funds for church-related ele mentary and secondary schools. Public support of church schools should be opposed, the booklet maintains, because: “1- It would undermine our historic ideal of separation of Church and State; “2- It would violate both federal and state constitutions; “3- It would severely damage if not destory, our public school system and our educational st andards; “4- It would accelerate the fragmentation of our society and particularly increase religious conflicts.” ENTITLED “Public Funds for Parochial Schools?” the study was commissioned by the NCC’s Department of Religious Liberty. It was written by Ge orge LaNoue, a specialist in Church-State law and a docto ral candidate in political sci ence at Yale University, who is solely responsible for the research and analysis in the booklet. Although the study contains a February, 1961, pronouncement by the NCC’s policy-making General Board on state aid for public schools, the National Council said it is not intended to be an official policy state ment. * Episcopal Bishop Malcolm Endicott Peabody, chairman of the NCC department, pointed out that the present study is an exposition by Mr. LaNoue of the General Board's statement seeking to relate it to current practices and court decisions in education. THE BOARD’S 1961 state ment favored federal funds for tax-supported elementary and secondary public schools, hit ■**“—* A federal, state or local tax funds for non public schools. It also opposed public funds for tuition or scholarships for children attending .private or church-related elementary or secondary schools, or grants to their parents for that pur pose. The statement favored “distinctly welfare services” to all children, both in private and public schools. In his study, Mr. LaNoue po ints to the “shared time” plan — which allows parcohial school students to take certain courses in public schools — as one "quite constitutional" means whereby the financial burden on parochial school par ents could be eased. At the same time, he says, the plan could allow public school st udents to take religious courses (at their own expense) during school hours on church pro perty and under church teach ers. 'NOTING that “shared time” has had a favorable Cat holic reaction, Mr. LaNoue st ates: “If this attitude toward shared time becomes widely ac cepted in Catholic educational circles and meets with a ch aritable response from the rest of the public as well, the con flict that has characterized re ligion and education for more than a century might disappear. “At long last it would be possible for public and paroc hial school educators to coope rate in a constitutional way in the primary task of education our nation's youths while giv ing religion the place in edu cation it deserves." In a background statement on the study, Bishop Peabody de scribed it as a third contribut ion to the “high-level dialogue” on state aid that. It is an ex position of historical develop ments and public-policy Issues as well as the legal and const itutional problems of Church- State relations in America." BISHOP Peabody noted that in 1961 the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Wel fare issued a lengthy legal an alysis "which sought to ration alize the present pattern of Ch urch-State policies at the fed eral level.” "That same year," he added, "the National Catholic Welfare Conference replied with a de tailed memorandum of law which sought to prove that fe deral aid to parochial schools is not unconstitutional.” He said the present study, opposing public aidfor religious schools, stands in direct oppos ition to that NCWC statement, which, he observed, "contended there is no constitutional bar to aid to education in church- related schools in a degree pro portionate to the value of the public function it performs.” The Protestant study, Bishop Peabody said, more nearly a- grees with the memorandum of the Department of Health, Edu cation and Welfare which, he said, ruled out as unconstitut ional "across - the - board loans or grants to church-re lated schools, as well as tuit ion payments for parochial sc hool pupils. IT NOTES that some legal authorities have claimed that Court rulings on the legality of the state providing certain services to parochial school children, such as books and sc hool bus transportation, have opened the way to expand the use of public funds for church- related schools. The study points out, how ever, that the Court’s decisions have set three specific limits on public aid. It cites these as: CONT. ON PAGE 8 vlctlon that all men are equal by reason of their natural dig nity has been generally accepted. Hence racial dis crimination can in no way be Justified, at least doctrlnallyor in theory. And this is of fun damental importance and signi ficance for the formation of human society according to those principles which We have outlined, above. For, if a man becomes conscious of his rights he must become equally aware of his duties. Thus he who possesses certain rights has likewise the duty to claim those rights as marks of his dignity, while all others have the obli gation to acknowledge those rights and respect them.” - No Comment BERLIN (NC) — The of- ficial Soviet news agency, Tass, carried a 350-word digest trf Pope John’s encyclical on peace but made no comment on it. FOR COUNCIL COVERAGE Catholic Press Cites The New Yorker NEW YOUR (NC) — The New Yorker magazine will receive an award from the Catholic Press Association for its coverage of the First session of the Second Vatican Council, Floyd Anderson, CPA pre sident, announced. Note Of Thanks The Georgia Bulletin was the only Catho lic weekly newspaper in the country to issue a special supplement containing the English text of the new Encyclical "Pacem InTerris” (Peace on Earth) the day after it was issued in Rome, Two other Catholic newspapers managed to include the text in their regular paper. There are 120 Catholic weekly news papers throughout the United States. We wish to thank the staff of the Decatur- Dekalb News, our printers, for their patience and forbearance--and the finished product. Also, Herb Farnsworth and others who con tributed in getting the special supplement to our readers on time. The award was established last year by the CPA especi ally for secular newspapers and magazines covering the Vatican Council. A SPECIAL citation will be presented to the New Yorker at the Catholic Press Asso ciation Convention A,wards Luncheon in Miami May 2. The award committee declar ed that in its judgement the secular news media gave far more space to the council than any other religious event of re cent years. The judges also noted that, .while there was some mislead ing reporting and rumors labe led "facts,” there was much 'less than had been expected. The committee of judges for this Special Catholic Press ✓Association Award was com posed of : Gerard E. Sherry, managing editor, The Georgia Bulletin, chairman; Father Thurston N. Davis, S.J., editor of America magazine; Father John B. Sheerln, C.S.P., editor of Catholic World magazine; and Donald Quinn, special features editor of the St. Louis Review.