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fkC.V 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1963
DRAWS FIRE
Play Attacks Pope
Pius The Twelfth
NEW YORK (RNS)— A Ro
man Catholic priest-editor laid
here that bitter resentment will
be stirred up among American
Catholics by production of “The
Deputy,” a controversial play
by a West German dramatist
who depicts the late Pope Pius
XII as remiss in denouncing
Nazi atrocities against the
Jews,
Father Robert A, Grahem, S.
J., an associate editor of Amer
ican, a national Catholic weekly
magazine, was commenting on
"Der Stellvertrer" (The De
puty) by Rolf Hochhuth. An ex
pert on Vatican policy, he has
read the play in the original
German,
"In as much as it is a per
sonal attack on a Pope,” the
Catholic editor said, "the play
will embitter Catholic opinion,
and stir up resentment and in
dignation.”
"The thesis is mostunjust,”
Father Graham said in discuss
ing the Hochhuth drama. In this
connection, he called attention
to a defense of Pope Pius in
a letter sent to The Tablet,
a Catholic paper in London,
by the former Giovanni Battista
Cardinal Montini, Archbishop of
Milan, Just prior to his be
coming Pope Paul VI.
“The character given to Plus
XII in this play. . .does not re
present the man as he really
was: In fact, it entirely mis
represents the man as he really
was: in fact, it entirely mis
represents him,” the then
Cardinal Montini asserted.
Billy Rose, the producer, is
considering bringing the play to
Broadway for fall production.
The drama opened last Febru
ary in West Berlin to mixed
applause and boos. Both Pro
testant and Catholic religious
leaders there have condemned
the play.
Mr. Hochhuth*! play contends
that Pope Pius should have taken
a firmer stand to prevent the
extermination of 6,000,000 Jews
by the Nazli.
Father Graham is the author
of "Vatican Diplomacy,'* pub
lished by the Princeton Univer
sity Press in 1959, He recently
spent a year abroad on a Rock
efeller Foundation grant to
study Vatican policy during
World War II.
Tha priast characterized the
Hochhuth drama as an extens
ion of Nazi literary motifs:
"The attack on Pope Pius
XII belongs to a literary gen
re, which is deep-rooted in Eur
ope and particularly In Ger
many. It was characteristic of
the Nazi literature and also of
pre-Nazi literature.
"I feel if it were brought here,
the average Broadway theater
goer would not be Interested In
this type of old style anti-cle-
rical literature. A fair person
would be quite indignant at this
injustice to the memory of a
Pope, who, by the playwright’s
acknowledgement, did a great
deal to save the Jews of Eu
rope.”
THE letter sent to the London
Tablet by Cardinal Montini was
received an hour after he was
elected to the papacy.
Pointing out that he had been
in close contact with Pius dur
ing the war years, the prelate
contended that "The Deupty"
betrayed an "inadequate grasp
of psychological, political and
historical realities.”
"It is not true to say that
Pope Pius XII's conductwas in
spired by a caluclating politi
cal opportunism. It would be
just as true — and as slan
derous — to assert that his
government of the Church wss
motivated by considerations of
material advantage," he stated.
"As for his omitting to take
up a position of violent oppo
sition to Hitler in order to save
the lives of those millions of
Jews slaughtered by the Nazis,
this will be readily underetood
by anyone who avoids Hochh-
uth's mistake of trying to
assess what could have been. *.
done then, in those appalling
conditions. ,by the standard
of what would be feasible In
normal conditions."
THE then Cardinal Montini
asserted that if Pope Plus had
done what Hochhuth blames him
for not doing, the dramatist
could have written a play ab
out a pontiff who, "through
political exhibitionism or psy
chological myopia, would have
been guilty of unleashing on the
already tormented world still
greater calamities involving in
numerable innocent victims, let
alone himself."
The future Pope said the tra
gedy involved In the play is not
what the playwright imagines it
to be.
"It Is the tragedy of one who
tries to impute to a Pope who
was acutely aware both of his
own moral obligations and of
historical reality — and was
moreover a very loyal as well
a s impartial friend to the
people of Germany — the hor
rible crimes of German Naz
ism," he declared.
Mr. Rose’s office said the
Hochhuth drama was not defin
itely scheduled for presentation
this fall. The producer has said
he had received letters of praise
as well as protest for his at
tempt to bring the drams to the
American stage.
One of the complaints was
signed by Maria R. Plccione,
president of the Columbiettes,
an organization of Catholic
women.
It said:
"It is incomprehensible that
this trsvssty of truth be pro
duced, maligning the memory
of a man who was acutely and
incessantly alive to the tragic
volume of human suffering ca
used by the war. Mr. Rose, what
are you trying to accomplish?-
Is money or publicity that im
portant to you?"
Pope John
Medal Found
On Everest
WASHINGTON, (NC) — M*m-
bers of the American Mount Ev
erest Expedition who climbed
the lofty peak in M»y found a
typewriter ribbon box con
taining "a rosary, a crucifix
and a Pope John Medal," Nor
man C. Dynrenfurth of Santa
Monica, Calif., expedition lea
der, told a National Press Club
audience here.
Dryhrenfurth said "Father
Moran, an American Jeeult,"
had given the box to members
of an Indian expedition who
attempted the climb in 1962. They
carried the religious articles to
a height of 28,200 feet, but did
not take them to the top.
(Father Marshall M. Moran,
a Jesuit of the Chicago Pro
vince, is stationed in Nepal.)
Asked If the Americans had
found traces of earlier climbing
expeditions, Dyhrenfurth indi
cated the religious articles
were the only ones of any con
sequence.
Scholars Hold
French Meeting
CAEN, France, (RNS)—Mau
rice Cardinal Feltin, Archbis
hop of Paris, celebrated a Pon
tifical Mass in St. Stephen's
church here to open the 50th
Semaine Sociale de France, an
annual study week in which
Roman Catholic thinkers from
many countries participate.
Addressing the first session
with a lecture on democracy
and socialization was Prof. Al
ain Barrlere of The Sorbonne,
president of the Semaines So
ciale*.
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MEDICARE
In Cleveland, Father Louis M. Victor (above) of Morogoro,
Tanganyika, visits Mrs. Frank Ols, who along with her late
husband sponsored his seminary education and has sent him
prayer books and sacramentals since his ordination in 1956.
The local office of the diocesan Society for the Propagation
of the Faith arranged for the couple to aid in his education
to the priesthood,
1 BODIES AS WELL AS SOULS’
Pope Praises SA
Bishops 9 Action
VATICAN CITY (NC)— His
Holiness Pope Paul VI has pr
aised the Bishops of Latin
America fora "pastoral sensit
ivity which urges them to take
care of bodies as well as souls.”
In an hour - long audience
granted (July 9) to more than
300 persons representing the
Pontifical CommissionforLat
in American Bishops’ Council
(CELAM) and many individual
nations, Pope Paul identified
social action "as an extension
of the priestly ministry under
stood in the true sense."
NOTABLE among those at the
audience were Carlo Cardinal
Confalonieri, President of the
Pontifical Commissionfor Lat
in America; Luis Cardinal Con
cha, Archbishop of Bogota, Col
ombia; and Juan Cardinal Land-
azuri Ricketts, 0. F, M., Arch
bishop of Lima, Peru.
Also present were Arch
bishop Antonio Samore, Vice
President of the Pontifical
Commission for Latin America;
and Archbishop Miguel Dario
Miranda Y Gomez of Mexico
City, President of CELAM.
Archbishop John J. Krol of Phil
adelphia and Archbishop Martin
J. O'Connor, rector of Rome’s
North American College, re
presented the United States.
The audience opened with a
general report by Cardinal Con
falonieri on the five-year exis
tence of the Pontifical Com
mission for Latin America.
Then Archbishop Miranda,
speaking in Spanish, told the
Pope that "in the designs of
Providence, it seems that an
hour of grest historical impor
tance has come for Latin Am
erica."
THE Pope, in replying to the
two addresses, ssld that he was
happy to count as one of the first
acts of his pontificate the "turn
ing of our attention to the con
siderable numbers represented
by the Catholic populations of
Latin America.”
He recalled the importance
Pope John XXIII had given to
the spiritual needs of Latin
America and said that "his
humble successor on the Chair
of Peter has already assumed
as his own the affectionate and
the special concern for the re
quirements of the Church on the
Latin American continent."
He expressed "special good
will" for CELAM as a "body
for creating contact and col
laboration among the episcopal
conferences of Latin America."
HE praised the Latin Ameri
can Bishops and priests, and the
men and women Religious who
with them, "who untiringly, sil
ently and often without help in
their solitude dedicate their
lives toward spreading the
Kingdom of God on earth."
He also praised the episcopal
commissions of Europe and the
Americas for helping Latin Am
erica with manpower and fin
ancial help.
"We refer to Canada,” he
said, "which responded prom
ptly by sending many priests
and Religious; the United States
of America, which, with prover
bial generosity, offered person
nel and economic help for the
development of Catholic organi
zations; to Spain, which, through
its thousands of priests and men
and women Religious, continues
through the ages the work which
was begun with the discovery
of the American continent when
the Faith was brought to that
new land; to Belgium, which
increased the assignment of
clergy to Latin America from
the college of Louvain; to
France and Italy, which are pre
paring to send a greater num
ber of priests; and to Germany,
which has lavished considerable
financial means on many impor
tant undertakings.
"We are also aware of the
efforts of the episcopates of
other countries, Including Aus
tria, Switzerland and HUland,
the last of which has always
distinguished itself for missio
nary zeal, and Ireland, which
has played such a great role
in spreading and preserving the
Catholic Faith.”
The Pope urged all those who
have been active in Latin Amer
ica to continue with even greater
efforts, to seek new objectives
and to broaden their outlook.
”It has pleased Us," he con
tinued, "to note that no great
sector worthy of attention has
been neglected and that no great
been neglected and that very
special care has been given to
the sending of eccleslastlctl and
religious personnel.
This, needless to say, is one
of the most distressing of the
problems."
THE Pope made a special
point of saying that the "Miss
ion of the Church is not directly
political, social or economic."
But he said that "having 'com
passion on the crowd' in the
manner of the Divine Saviour
is part of the working program
of a pretest, who will not re
main indifferent, Insensitive or
inactive before his brothers who
suffer. . .
Paper Replies To
AMA Head’s Blast
BOSTON (RNS)— A statement
by the President of the Ameri
can Medical Association berat
ing editorial writers of the
Roman Catholic press for "ig
norance'' and "distortion” in
Its presentation of a continuing
controverey over a plan for
government-supported medical
care for the aged (Medicare)
drew critical comment from
The Pilot, newsweekly of the
Boston archdiocese.
In an interview with the Star
Herald, news weekly of the Cam
den diocese, AMA President
Edward R. Annis accused some
U. S. Catholic journalists of
Ignorance and distortion of the
medical profession’s point of
view on Medicare.
COMMENTING on a Star Her
ald editorial, "The Empty
House of AMA,” Dr. Annis as
serted: "This is typical of the
distortion in the Catholic press.
They are ignorant of the posit
ion of American medicine and
firmly fixed in their view, they
won’t even listen to our point
of view.”
An editorial in The Pilot took
issue with Dr. Annis, a Cath
olic. It expressed "some very
strong reservations on the com
petence of medical men, as
such, to give sound advice”
on the topic of "Socialist Phi
losophies" in connection with
the Medicare program.
On this aspect of the ques
tion, The Pilot stated, "we
would rather hear from those
whose special studies have been
in the social science, not medi
cal science, and we consider
absurdl the charge that the
Medicare programs are socia
listic."
RECALLING its previous
editorial on Medicare in July,
1962, the editorial said, "This
newspaper firmly committed it
self ’itorially to some kind
of 'Medicare' program, al
though not endorsing without
modification any plan now un
der discussion."
Declaring that “America has
a problem which is crying for
attention and a reasonable solu
tion is long overdue,” The Pilot
added:
"While discussions multiply,
there are aged and 111 citizens
who are suffering and there is
no possible way of caring for
them except through some sort
of medical program that will
supply funds where they are
needed.
"THE Congress has a dread
responsibility which it must
face up to promptly and it
should expect the support of
thoughtful citizens in favor of
speedy action.
"We may not have a perfect
bill but there will be many op
portunities to perfect It as time
and experience indicates. Some
action we must have, or abdi
cate our right to be considered
a responsible people.”
Dr. Annis, has denounced Me
dicare as s "swindle” and a
"fraud” and a "political pro
duct** which does not provide
ideal medical care.
HE took particular Issue with
the writings of Msgr. George
G. Higgins, director of the So
cial' Action Department of the
National Catholic Welfare Con
ference in Washington, D. C,
Dr. Annis said Msgr. Higgins'
opinions reflected the thinking
of U. S. labor leaders and what
the AMA leader claims are their
efforts to dominate the medical
field.
Msgr. Higgins, who is the aut
hor of a syndicated column,
"The Yardstick," has stated
that his purpose in writing about
Medicare has been to defend the
principle of financing medical
care for the aged through So
cial Security from the point of
view of authoritative Catholic
social teaching.
Palm Beach Priest
With President
CORK, Ireland (RNS)—Pre-
sident Kennedy, responding to
ceremonies in his honor in the
city of Cork, introduced a Ro
man Catholic priest to the
crowd.
"I would like to introduce
to you the pastor of the church
I go to," Mr. Kennedy said.
"He is the pastor of a poor,
humble flock in Palm Beach,
Fla.”
The, President then intro
duced Father Jeremiah P. Ma
honey, pastor of St. Edward’s
parish in fashionable Palm
Beach.
When vacationing in Palm
Beach, the President and his
family attend Mass at St. Ed
ward’s.
A pastor, j.oec, painter and
historian of the Southwest,
Father Angelico Chavez,
O.F.M., will give one of the
major addresses at the na
tional convention of the
Catholic Art Association at
St. Michael's College, Santa
Fe, N.M. in August. Pastor
of St. Joseph Church, Carril
los, N.M., his poetry, stories
and articles have appeared
in Southwest publications
since 1928.
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Edward Cannon (left) keeps a watchful eye on Peter D'Av
an*©, a blind 10-year-old altar boy from St. Margaret’s
School, Little Ferry, N. J., during training for the first Mass
served by the youngster. Blind since birth, Peter has mem
orized not only the parts of the Masses and the responses,
but also the steps between various positions he must take on
ths altar.
Ethiopia: St Vincent de Paul’i Daughters Need Help
WHEN ST. VINCENT da PAUL b«(sn his associations to aid
tha poor, ha had in mind chiefly his native Franca. But his idea
wss so good that it spread to other
parts of tha world ... We have seen his
spiritual sons and daughters going out
to all points of the globe to spread his
spirit in the apostolate of the poor.
Today in the heart of Africa, in Addis
Ababs, capital of ETHIOPIA, the
daughters of Charity of St. Vincent
de Paul are educating poor ohlldren.
. . . They are dedicating their livea
but they desperately need the mate
rial means to realise their noble pur
pose. The dilapidated school which
they are using at present is made ol
CICO, a mixture of dried mud and hay ... The roof la of oor-
rugated tin so when it ralna—that la every day during the long
rainy season—the noise is so deafening it is imposalble for the
teacher to be heard. The Sisters appeal to ua to help them ob
tain a modest building for their charges. 83,000 !• being asked.
This would be a worthwhile project for those devoted member*
of the St. Vincent de Paul groups in this country , , , Any
amount will be appreciated. Please send it nowl
A PRIEST IN THE FAMILY?
ST. ANNE’S MELCHITE SEMINARY in Jerusalem Is on the
site of the traditional birth place of the Blessed Mother. Four
hundred feet away is the POOL OF PROBATICA where Christ
eurtd the man who couldn’t get down to the waters .., Nearby
is the DOME OF THE ROCK, a Moslem mosque, once the lo
cation of the Temple, destroyed as Christ foretold. Our also-
elation aids seminarians of this and many other seminaries in
the Near and Middle East . . .Would you like to help JACOB
MARTIN KAPIARUMALA and PAUL SAVIO PUDUSSERY,
two young Indiana studying for the priesthood? 8100 a year la
needed for six years for each student , , , Help is also required
for SISTER STEPHINY and SISTER CYPRIAN studying to be
Carmelltei In India. Their expenses are $150 a year for two
yean each ... The aid may be sent in Installments. A priest or
lister "In the family" would be a consoling idea.
“MOTORIZED DONKEY”
The Blahop of Asmara, ERITREA, needa a motorcycle for
his pariah priest at WOSTBENSIRIK. Up to now visits to the
parishlonen had to be made up the rocky mountain traili on
foot or by donkey ... A car wouldn’t be feaaible there ao a
"motorised donkey"—« motorcycle—Is sought. The cost: $600.
The Bishop and his people will be grateful for help and aiok
calls will be made with the necessary speed.
CC NCERNING YOUR WILL
Today many people very wiiely are making their wills, assur
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satisfying It will be to know that your gift to the misaions wlU
go on helping after your death ... The material needa of prleits,
listen and their missionary activities willbw met and you will
share in their gracei and sacrifices. A gift to our association
will be apent wisely to advance the work of the Church In the
Holy Land and the Near and Middle East countries . . . 15,006
missionaries will remember you in their Masses. Membership
in our association is only |i a year for a ilngle person; )5 for a
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