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ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1963
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SENATOR RIBICOFF
ARCHBISHOP Paul J. Hallinan (top) shown addressing students attending the Latin School which
opened last week at St. Pius X High School. The Archbishop celebrated the opening Mass. (Below)
Students attending the Latin School are pictured with Archbishop Hallinan, Monsignor Patrick J.
O'Connor, Pastor of St. Thomas More, Decatur, Vocations Director, the Rev. James L. Harrison,
Principal St. Pius X. High School, and faculty members Sister Bernard Marie, S.N.D., Sister Mary
Bernard, S.N.D., and Mr. Glenn Davis. The Latin School will continue through August 23 with
classes each day at St. Pius X. High School. These classes are being held for those young men who
are seriously considering the Sacred Priesthood as a way of life for them.
WORLD GROUP
Lutherans Asked Study
Of Catholic Theology
HELSINKI, Finland (NC)—
The Lutheran World Federa
tion at its fourth assembly was
urged to intensify the current
Luthera n contact with Roman
Catholic theology.
The federation, representing
about 52 million of the world's
72 million Lutherans, received
from its specially appointed
five - member commiseion on
inter-denominational research
a report calling for establish
ment of a foundation which would
stress research in Catholic
doctrine.
THE REPORT, read by the
commission chairman, Luther
an Bishop Hermann Dietzfei-
binger of Munich, said:
"We do not want to talk pre
maturely or Jump to conclus
ions about a reunion of Chris
tendom. But the mere fact of
the new dialogue with Rome —
which reached a pitch of spe
cial intensity at the time of
the Vatican council—is in itself
important enough."
The commission in effect re
commended a stepping up in the
study of Catholic theology which
was spurred by die last meet
ing of the federation in Min
neapolis in 1957. As a result
of recommendations made at
Minneapolis, Kristen E. Skyds-
gaard, professor of theology at
the University of Copenhagen,
was given a year's leave of ab
sence in 1959-60 to set up an
institute for the study of Roman
Catholic theology. Dr. Skyd-
gaard, who chose Geneva as the
primary site for his research,
was to become one of the Lu
theran World Federation's two
observer-delegates at the first
session of the Second Vatican
Council.
BISHOP Dietzfelblnger in
reading the commission report
asked that member churches of
the federation provide about
$25,000 initially to establish
the research foundation, and to
contribute funds for develop
ment in later years. The com
mission report, while singling
out the Lutheran - Catholic
angle, called for "appropriate
and critical research, both his
torical and systematic, in areas
where Christian churches are
divided on matters of doctrine
and church order and where
there are theological questions
which form the subject of con
troversy."
‘SIMPLE TERM’
Government
Backs Some
School Aid
Washington, (nc) — sen.
Abraham Ribicoff of Connecti
cut, calling for widespread de
bate on the subject of finan
cing education, told the Senate
the Kennedy administration is
actually in favor of some forms
of Federal aid to church-re
lated schools.
The "most serious mis
understanding" about the reli
gious controversy in education
"concerns the position of the
administration," said the for
mer secretary of the Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare (Aug. 6). "As long as
this misunderstandingperslsts,
the task of Congress in deal
ing with this issue is that much
more difficult."
"IT IS widely believed," Sen.
Ribicoff continued, "that the
administration opposes, on con
stitutional grounds, all aid to
church-related schools. This
is simply not true.
"The administration has re
cognized that using public funds
for private education does raise
questions of both constitution
ality and public policy, but it
has never opposed all forms of
such aid either on constitutional
grounds or on their merits.
In fact, it has expressed pre
cisely the opposite view.
"The administration set forth
its views on the constitutional
questions Involved two years
ago in a carefully prepared legal
memorandum submitted to Con
gress. At no point does the
memorandum say that all forms
of aid to church-related schools
are unconstltulonal. The me
morandum specially outlines
some forms of aid which it
says are constitutional."
SEN. RIBICOFF, who the past
May proposed in the Senate a
six-point program to aid pri
vate education, said "the ad
ministration's view of the mer
its of aiding private education
was recently emphasized by
the Commissioner of Education,
Francis Keppel" on a televi
sion program (Meet the Press).
"Following this broadcast,"
the Senator stated, "I wrote
Dr. Keppel a letter to make
sure I understood his position
correctly., l asked if it was
his view 'that it would be de
sirable, in addition to aiding
public education, to extend Fe
deral financial assistance to
private education at all levels,
using such means as aregener-
Formal Designation
For Pope Changed
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Pope
Paul Vi has given instructions
that the traditional formula used
in reference to himself in all
official publications be replaced
by the simple term, "the Holy
Father."
In the past the formula "La
Santlta di Nostro Signore" (the
Holiness of Our Lord) has been
used in the official notices prin
ted in the periodical, Acta Apo-
stollcae SedlB (Official Acts
of the Holy See), and L'Osse-
rvatore Romano, Vatican City
daily.
THE FORMULA was dropped
for the first time In the August
3 edition of L'Osservatore Ro
mano, and the less formal term,
"the Holy Father" used instead.
All Vatican offices as well
as the two publications had been
informed diet Pope Paul consid
ers die old formula "rather
antiquated, " and that it is to be
replaced by the form he con
siders more in keeping with the
times.
Veterans of the Vatican City
daily's staff consider the change
"revolutionary" and say it is a
sign that Pope Paul will be
a "modem Pontiff."
ally agreed to be constitutional.
He replied, 'It is my view most
certainly.'"
Sen. Ribicoff said he belelves
the misunderstanding about the
administration's position has
developed from a widespread
failure to keep in mind exact
ly what President Kennedy has
said about the subject of aid
ing private education.
THE SENATOR said that at
a press conference on March
8, 1961, "the President ex
pressed the view that it is un
constitutional to give church-
related schools grants or loans
on an 'across-the-board' bas
is."
"But his opposition to such
unrestrict forms of aid should
not be viewed as opposition to
all forms of aid," Sen. Ribi
coff stressed. "In fact, he spe
cifically opened the door to
loans or grants which are not
given an 'across -the-board
basis.’"
The Senator noted that Pre
sident Kennedy said then:
"Loans and even grants to
secondary education under
some circumstances might be
held to be constitutional."
"The distinction between ac-
ross-the-board aid and all other
forms of aid is a crucial one
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 8)
LAURLAN Cardinal Rugambwa, of Bukoba, Tanganyika, first Negro Cardinal is shown upon his
arrival, August 3, in Indianapolis, Indiana, for the 48th annual convention of the Knights of St.
Peter Claver. With him are his secretary, Father Deogratios (left) and Father Harold Perry,
S. V. D., national chaplain of the knights of St. Peter Claver and rector of St. Augustine's Mission
Seminary, Bay St. Louis, Miss.
INTRINSIC EVIL
Vatican Radio Cautions
On Marxists Attitudes
VATICAN CITY (RNS)—The
Vatican Radio, in a broadcast
it said was intended for both
Roman Catholics and all free
men, warned that "there is no
international situation, no eas
ing of tension, no historical pre
text that can justify any indul
gence or conciliatory attitude
toward Marxism and commu
nism."
MARIST TRANSFER
Father Perry
Leaves Marietta
Father Francis Marion
Perry S. M„ S. T. B., J. C. B.,
M. A., Assistant Pastor at St.
Joseph's Church, Marietta, has
received word from Marist
Provincial of the Washington
Province that he has been ap
pointed Assistant Pastor in the
parish of St. Vincent dePaul in
Wheeling, West Virginia.
A native of Richmond, Vir
ginia, Father started his ele
mentary education in Gordons-
vllle, Virginia, and finished it
at Sacred Heart in Atlanta. Af
ter a year at Marist he ent
ered the Seminary in Washing
ton in 1915, and was ordained
at St. Dominic's, Washington,
D. C. June 17, 1925. After te
aching four years in die Mar
ist Seminaries in Washington,
D. C. and Langhorne, Pennsy
lvania, he came back to his
adopted Georgia.
HE SERVED at The Marist
College, Atlanta, 1929 - 1932;
St. Francis Xavier Parish, Br
unswick, 1932 - 1941, die last
six years as pastor; Holy Name
of Mary Parish, New Orleans,
Louisiana, 1941 - 1942; Sacred
Heart Parish, Atlanta, July 1942
- July 1958; and St. Joseph's,
Marietta, July 1958 - August
1963.
In addition to his general par
ish duties, Father Perry has
always been active with the
Knights of Columbus. Besides
being local Chaplain here in
Marietta and elsewhere, he also
served as the State Chaplain for
five years.
Many converts around Atlanta
ik
FR. F. MARION PERRY S.M.
will remember Father Perry
for die weekly Inquiry Classes
at Sacred Heart which he es
tablished.
Father Clarence J. Biggers,
Pastor at St. Joseph's Parish,
announces that a farewell re
ception is being held for Father
Perry next Sunday, August 11,
in the St. Joseph's cafeteria
in Marietta from 7:30 P. M.
to 9:30 P.M. Father's many
friends in the metropolitan area
are invited to attend. Father
Perry plans on leaving Marietta
soon after August 18.
Papal Audience
VATICAN CITY (NC)— Pre-
mier Cyrille Adouia of the Con
go was received in private au
dience by His Holiness Pope
Paul VL
The station gave no hint as to
why it was broadcasting its
warning at this time. How
ever, Vatican sources said it
was clerly Intended to alert
the West against letting the ini
tialing of the Moscow atomic
test ban treaty cause it to re
lax its guard against commu
nism.
"MARXISM and its political
expression, communism," the
Vatican Radio said, "are irre
concilable both with Christiani
ty and humanity. Neither the
evolution of time, nor geogra
phical and ethical configura
tions, could credit Marxism and
communism with titles of re
commendation among free peo
ple and still less among Ca
tholics."
The station said that "pro
moting, encouraging and sec
onding initiatives and under
standing that favor peace among
peoples is a duty."
But "a cautious, constant and
indomitable opposition to the
Marxist Ideology and the block
ing of every line of its penetra
tion is also a duty which cannot
be disregarded," it stressed
adding:
"Today, in the same way as
yesterday, without distinction
of geographical coordination or
ethic characteristics, Marxist
communism is the antithesis of
Christianity, the negation of
freedom, trust, justice and
peace. To the East as well as
to the West, die Marxist and
Communist concept is and re
mains materialistic and atheis
tic.
"IN THESE two geographi
cal extremes, the practice of
communism means and will al
ways mean the oppression of
freedom and the persecution of
every authentic religious faith,
and in particular of the Catho
lic Church.
"To the East as well as the
West, the doctrine of struggle
and revolution is and will al
ways be the unrelenting method
of penetration and conquest, and
there could only be differences
in the evaluation of methods
and times."
Emphasizing that, therefore,
"the judgment and attitude of
free men and especially Catho
lics in regard to communism
cannot and must not be chang
ed," the Vatican Radio said
This story concerns a com
mentary over Vatican Radio on
August 1, titled Principles, sta
ted that Marxism and its poli
tical expression, communism,
are "irredeemable" and can
not be assimilated either by
Christianity or by free men.
A number of publications in
the United States and abroad
ran a story on the commentary
giving it the status of an offi
cial Catholic pronouncement.
A check with officials at the
Vatican Secretariat of State, by
the NCWC News Service,
brought the reply that the com
mentary was made on the ini
tiative of Vatican Radio alone
and received no authorization
from top Vatican officials.
"Intransigence is the only wea
pon" that can be used against
it.
"AND THIS intransigence
must match the equivocal and
subtle tactics of Marxist pene
tration," it declared.
The station concluded by not
ing that the encyclical, Pacem
in Terris, of Pope John XXIII,
had pointed out that the sphere
of the Natural Law "offers Ca
tholics a vast field of opportu
nities for contacts and under
standing with those who are "not
endowed with the faith."
"But in such relations," it
said, "let our sons be careful
to be ever coherent among
themselves, so that they will
never make any compromise in
matters of religion and mo
rals."
International
C. U. Meeting
WASHINGTON (NC) — Some
50 heads of Catholic universi
ties from various countries will
attend the triennial meeting
here September 1 to 7 of the
International Federation of Ca
tholic Universities.
The meeting will be the fede
ration's first in the U. S. and
will take place at the Catholic
University of America. The uni
versity’s rector, Msgr. William
J. McDonald, first American
president of the federation, will