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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*. St. Jude Solemn Novena Asgoit 10 thrn 18,1963 *»• *■' '1N> $, e* InxpoiliO^*" tji S»r 0 fO.r , < tint If Ntl’Ofiti !**'•*# Q* Jjflm < k>ty A GIFT WIU BE SINT TO THOSE TAKING FART IN THE SOLEMN NOVENA AMAK MOTIONS, flU IN, CLIP AND MAIL riA* !*?*!» *0»flT e fAS! 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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. East Point Ford Co. FORD TRUCKS FALCONS THUNDERB1RDS SALES SERVICE PARTS 2*139 Main St. PL 3-2121 East Point, Ga. 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. 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STRINGLESS GIFTS GIVE ENCOURAGEMENT TO OU* HOLY FATHER POPE PAUL VI. EMERGENCIES IN TH* MISSION WORK OF THE CHURCH CAN BE MET WHIN THERE IS NO TIME TO MAKE AN APPEAL. fMl'Rear fist (fissions^ ^ HANOI CARDINAL SHUMAN, President. Mage. Jesepk T. lyee, Net’l Wy Seed eh «•«»««Isetioai tt: CATHOLIC NIAS EAST WILIAM ASSOCIATION 410 Uxlngton Avt. of 44fh If. Now York \ 7/tf, Y.’