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PAGE 2 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY AUGUST 15, 1963
WRITER SAYS
Cause Of Viet Clash
Politics Not Religion
BY J. J. GILBERT
WASHINGTON (NC) - -
Through some quick-breaking
developments, the focus in the
so-called Buddhist issue in
Vietnam was transferred brief
ly from Saigon to this city.
Out of these developments
emerges the very strong im
pression that while people in
this country have been led to
believe there is a religious per
secution of Buddhists in south
Vietnam, this is not true. There
also emerges the impression
that politics is at the root of
the trouble.
VIETNAMESE Ambassador
Tran VanChuong issued a state
ment disavowing remarks made
by Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu on an
American television interview
produced in Saigon. This caused
a stir because Madame Hue is
the Ambassador’s daughter and
also the hostess, or "First
Lady," of her brother-in-law,
Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh
Diem, who is a bachelor.
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The Ambassador said re
marks of Madame Nhu in the
interview "only represented the
personal opinion of the inter-
terviewee” and did not reflect
the viewpoint of his govern
ment.
In the Interview, Madame Nhu
was reported as saying the
Buddhists in Vietnam had "bar
becued one of their monks”
whom they had "intoxicated,"
and that they used "imported
gasoline” to do it. This obvi
ously was what the Ambassa
dor referred to, as he said
subsequently he was sure "my
government does not approve
the lack of respect for the
memory of the Venerable Tith
Quang Due." (This was the
monk who burned himself to
death in June.)
MADAME Nhu also said a
few "Young Turk” Buddhists
want to overthrow the Vietna
mese government, without hav
ing anything positive to offer it
its place. Apparently the Am
bassador was not disavowing
this statement, as the embassy
issued at the same time a
booklet entitled "Documents on
the Buddhist Issue in Viet-
Nam." One of the documents
in the booklet is a communi
que of the Movement of the
Republican Youth in Vietnam
alleging that "certain elements
ordinarily rather indifferent to
ward the heroic struggle of the
people against communist in
vasion showed themselves to be
extremely enthusiastic in be
ginning a campaign of systema
tic and disloyal distortion of
facts, aimed at poisoning the
souls of the faithful, at exert
ing a heavy pressure on the ve
nerable monks and at arousing
a movement of insubordination
to the law, under the fallacious
pretext of 'fighting against the
repression of Buddhism’ and
'for the defense of the Faith.’ ”
All of this served to recall
that more than one warning has
been issued that the "Budd
hist Issue" in Vietnam is not a
religious struggle, does not
stem from persecution of the
Buddhists, but is basically a
political maneuver.
Father Patrick O’Connor, S.
3.C., Far East correspondent of
the N.C.W.C. News Service, has
been m the van of those issuing
such warnings. Father O’Con
nor said "Buddhists in south
Vietnam have been selling the
American public a bill of
goods.” He said they have rep
resented themselves as under
going religious persecution, but
that "Buddhists agitating for
'religious freedom* in south
Vietnam are really aiming at
the overthrow of the govern
ment.”
U. S. AMBASSADOR to Viet
nam Frederick E. Nolting said
that "Vietnam has impressed
me as a country of religious
tolerance." He added: "In the
time I have been here— in vi
sits to all parts of the country
during nearly two and half years
—I have never seen any evi
dence of religious persecution
or of bigotry on the part of
any religious group.”
The impression has been cre
ated in this country that Catho
lics, and even the Catholic
Church, are persecuting the
Buddhists in south Vietnam.
Much has been made of die
fact that President Diem is a
Catholic. Father O’Connor has
pointed out that some Budd
hists are engaged in a struggle
with the President, whom Fa
ther O’Connor says is "strong-
willed-some would say 'obsti
nate.’ ’’ But, the correspon
dent added, the fact that Diem
is a Catholic "does not make
it a Catholic government.’’
THE GOVERNMENT and
Buddhists have already signed
an agreement covering the five
demands on which the latter lar
gely base their struggle with the
regime. Since then, the Budd
hists have accused the govern
ment of insincerity. The gov
ernment proposed formation of
a mixed commission to inves
tigate Buddhist complaints, but
Buddhist leaders refused to take
part. There are those who say
that, no matter what conces
sions the government makes,
the Buddhist Inter-Sect Com
mittee will reject them, or make
new claims.
Since the south Vietnam gov
ernment is heavily dependent on
U. S. aid, it is charged that
those fighting against the gov
ernment play to the American
audience, and seek to enlist the
U. S. government on their side.
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Churches are traveling the road
to unity, the Greek Orthodox
Primate of North and South
America asserted here.
Archbishop Iakovos, who is
a ranking official of the World
Council of Churches, express
ed hope during an interview here
that the Greek Orthodox Church
will send official observers to
the second sessionof the second
Vatican Council which will be
convened by His Holiness Pope
Paul VI in Vatican City on Sep
tember 29.
"A meeting on whether of
ficial observers of the Ecu
menical Patriarchate will go
to the Vatican council will be
held late this month," Arch
bishop Iakovos said. "It de
pends on the tone of the in
vitation from the Vatican.”
THERE were no official ob
servers from the Ecumenical
Patriarch Athenagoras I or
Constantinople at the first ses
sion of the council, but the
Russian Orthodox Church was
represented among the obser
vers.
"There is a new image of
unity in Christendom today,”
said the bearded, 52-year-old
Orthodox leader, who is a U.
S. citizen. He was guest of honor
at a reception tendered by
leaders of Chicago's Greek
community in a Lake Shore
Drive hotel.
Antagonisms which have been
prevalent since the Reformation
are vanishing and "Christians
the world over are finding a
common ground," the Arch
bishop said. He estimated it
may take "years, even de
cades” before there is a re
union of all Christendom.
"The ecumenical movement
is moving forward at a steady
pace,” Archbishop Iakovos
said, "and it cannot be halt
ed or rerouted. In the end,
the ecumenical movement will
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ARCHBISHOP ATTENDS
Bishops Meet
On Council
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan
attended a meeting of Bishops
of the United States in Chicago
last week. The purpose of the
meeting was to Inform themsel
ves precisely on the doctrinal
Issues which will come up for
debate when they return to the
Second Session of the Vatican
Council next month.
Archbishop Hallinan told the
Georgia Bulletin:
"IT WAS the first time since
the first session that the Ame
rican bishops had come toge
ther. As we received the va
rious Schemata this summer,
we have read them and studied
them, but there is no substi
tute for mutual discussion.
"Great issues lie ahead; the
relationship of the bishops’ au
thority to the Popes, the con
cept of religious liberty, the
laity's role, and a dozen more.
Bishops who are members of
the various commissions went
over the proposed texts of each,
brought us up to date on back
ground material, and gave us
their personal evaluation.
"THE AMERICAN bishops at
the Council revealed a pastoral
bent that surprised many. One
of the old stereotypes has been
that the American bishop is
chiefly a fund-raiser. Certain
ly the construction record of
Catholic churches, schools and
institutions is impressive, and
Catholic people have a high
confidence that the funds they
raise will be well spent by
those in charge. But the aver
age U. S. bishop actually spends
a greater part of his time in
pastoral work: the adminis
tration; the preparation, ordi
nation, assignment and welfare
of his priests; the sermons,
pastoral letters, lectures and
public appearances that carry
the presence and the mond of
the Church into every part of the
community; the general care of
schools and teachers, of the
sick and needy.
About twenty-five American
prelates are serving in key po
sitions in the Vatican Council.
In addition to this, others have
spoken on the Council floor,
and a great number have sub
mitted their observations in
writing."
More than 8,000 delegates
from the United States, Can
ada, Mexico and Puerto Rico
will attend the eighth quad
rennial Holy Name Society
convention to be held in Buf
falo, N. Y., August 21 to 25.
Among the featured speak
ers are three bishops. Bishop
Walter J. Curtis (above) of
Bridgeport, Conn.
The School Sisters de Notre Dame, with American Provin
cial headquarters in Omaha, Nebr., have made the first
major change in the congregation’s garb in its 110-year his
tory. Founded in Czechoslovakia in 1853, they were first
established in America in 1910. The nuns staff schools in
the dioceses of Lincoln, Salina, Des Moines and Rapid City
and in the archdioceses of Omaha and Dubuque. Pictured
are Sister Mary Gerard (right), wearing the traditional garb
and Sister Mary Alice, with the new habit.
encompass the whole life of the
church In a way which shall
warm the hearts of all who
beleive in a church universal."
HE STRESSED that there is
a need for deeper theological
discussions across confess
ional lines. He said "we have
hopefully passed through the
state of ecumenical romances
and that our theologians would
do well to cross their res
pective confessional lines free
from prejudice, armed with an
open mind and soul. We have
many things to learn one from
another.”
Among the recent motivat
ing forces quickening the ecu
menical movement, the Arch
bishop pointed out, are the Se
cond Vatican Council, the World
Council of Churches assembly
in New Delhi, India, and the
recent fourth World Conference
on Faith and Order held In
Montreal, Que.
He said another important
meeting affecting church unity
will be held August 26 to Sep
tember 2 by the leaders of
the World Council of Churches
in Rochester, N. Y.
TO BE GIVEN TRIENNELY
Pope John Set Up Peace
Prize Bearing Own Name
VATICAN CITY — Pope John
XXIII before his death estab
lished a peace prize bearing his
own name, to be awarded every
three years.
He set up a foundation with
the $160,000 'in prize money
which he received last May as
part of the Balzan Peace Prize,
and suggested that the new
’’John XXIII International Peace
Prize Foundation” would be
augmented by other grants. The
interest from the Balzan Peace
Prize alone would presumably
come to upwards of $20,000
every three years.
POPE JOHN’S formal estab
lishment of the foundation was
made known (Aug. 12) in the
current issue of the Acta Apo-
stolicae Sedis, the official pub
lication of the Holy See. Pope
John issued instructions con
cerning the foundation in a letter
he wrote in his own hand on
May 10, the day President Ant
onio Segni of Italy came to the
Vatican for the first part of the
triple ceremony surrounding
the presentation of the Balzan
Peace Price. The Pope told the
President the following day he
intended to use the $160,000
prize money to create "a per
petual fund in favor of peace.”
He had already outlined his
plans in the letter which is now
published. His goal, "initiatives
in favor of true peace and bro
therhood among men and nati
ons.”
The John XXIII Peace Prize,
the Pope said, would be both a
token of his appreciation for
the Balzan prize and a sign
of his "ever fervent and trust
ful desire that peace be estab
lished among men and nations
with coexistence in truth, jus
tice, love and liberty.”
POPE JOHN noted parenthe
tically that this last reference
was taken from his celebrated
peace encyclical Pacem in Ter
ris, which was dated the pre
vious April 11. The encyclical
bore the descriptive title: "On
establishing universal peace in
truth, justice, charity and lib
erty.”
Text of the chirograph—the
technical name for an aposto
lic letter written and signed in
the Pope’s hand — is as fol
lows:
Wishing to demonstrate once
again our appreciation that the
1963 peace prize of the Inter
national Balzan Prize Foundat
ion has been confered on the
head of the Catholic Church, and
in the ever fervent and trust
ful desire that peace be estab
lished among men and nations
with coexistence in truth, jus
tice, love and liberty (encycl
ical letter “Pacem in Terris,"
April 11, 1963), We in turn
have determined to found a
peace prize, for which We de
clare and promulgate the
following:
ARTICLE L Constitution,
Juridic Personality, Seat.
The "John XXIII International
Peace Prize Foundation” is
constituted.
The foundation has its own
juridic personality and seat in
Vatican City and has the faculty
of instituting administrative of
fices in the territories of Swit
zerland, the Republic of Italy,
and the territories of other st
ates.
ARTICLE IL Purpose.
The purpose of the foundat
ion is to encourage initiatives
in favor of true peace and
brotherhood among men and
nations by means of the peri
odical awarding of prizes.
ARTICLE III. Finances.
The finances of the foundat
ion are constituted by the ac
cumulation of the 1963 Balzan
Peace Prize and by the muni
ficence of grants by the living
and by bequests willed to the
foundation.
ARTICLE IV. Organs and Re
presentation.
The organs of the foundation
are:
A. The council, composed
for the time being of Our Sec
retary of State, w ho will pre
side over it anc in whom will
rest the legal representation of
the foundation, and by four other
members named by Us for a
term of three years.
B. The Secretariat, which Is
organized and directed by the
council, which shall name the
secretary and his collabor
ators.
ARTICLE V. Awarding the
Prize.
The prize of the foundation
is given every three years. Ag
reement will be arrived at with
the International Balzan Prize
Foundation so that the latter will
not assign its peace prize in
the year in which the John XXIII
Peace Prize is awarded.
ARTICLE VL Regulations.
The Council will-publish re
gulations for the administration
of foundation.
The present chirograph shall
be published in the Acta Ap-
ostolicae Sedis.
Given at Our Apostolic Pal
ace, May 10, 1963, the fifth
year of Our Vatican Apostolic.
(s) John XXIII)
FOR JFK SON
Cardinal Offers
Mass Of Angels
BOSTON (NC)—The Mass of
the Angels—Requiem Mass for
infants—was offered here for
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, two-
day-old son of President and
Mrs. Kennedy, by Richard Car
dinal Cushing.
The Archbishop of Boston of
fered the Mass (Aug. 10) in the
private chapel of his residence.
The President and members of
the family attended.
BURIAL followed in the Ken
nedy family plot in Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline.
The Kennedy infant died (Aug.
9) in Children’s Hospital here
two days after his birth. Cause
of death was a respiratory ail
ment.
The baby had been baptized
by Father John Scahill, Catho
lic chaplain at Otis Air Force
base on Cape Cod, shortly af
ter he was born prematurely
by Caesarean section at the
base hospital.
Among the many messages
of condolences to the Kennedys
upon their loss was one from
Pope Paul VL
CARDINAL Cushing issued
the following statement:
"My heart’s full measure of
sympathy goes out to our Pre
sident and Mrs. Kennedy. They
did everything humanly possible
to save the life of their newborn
infant.
"The depth of their sorrow is
known only to those countless
parents who have suffered a si
milar loss.
"Their great personal faith
and fervor, known to many, will
give them the consolation of
knowing that their newborn son
will live in the nurseries of the
mansions of heaven to chant the
glories of God and pray for
them.
"A little child, because of
the exalted position of its fa
ther and mother, has brought
the world to its knees and to
God, the source of universal
peace and hapiness that sur
passes all understanding."
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