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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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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. ORTHODOX PRIMATE Churches Tread Road To Unity PLUS ALLEN COLLAY DUO FROM 5:00 TO 700 PM DANCE AT THE SANS SOUCI 750 WEST P7REE TR. 5-4251 CHICAGO (NC) Christian 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 CATHOLIC TRAVEL OFFICE Thanks readers of the Georgia Bulletin for the enquires concerning the National Pilgrimage For The Sick. We Invite all to contact us before making travel ar rangements, home or abroad. Individual and group arrangements hand led through a world-wide net-work of ex perienced agents. Write for information to: Write To DEPT. G. CATHOLIC TRAVEL OFFICE Dupont Circle Building, Washington 6, D.C. S TRANGE BUT TRU £ Little-Known Facts For Catholics By M. J. MURRAY Copyrtfht. IBM, N.C.W.C. N«w» Strvlc* TtN Saints wjd FWE BEAT I vJcts?— PROCLAIMED BY THE LATE HOLY FATHER poecim 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." for tho best in*.. ^ pest ** ^control* ^service c & s REALTY COMPANY "Specialists in Commercial and Industrial Real Estate" Suite 200 Henry Grad) Bldg. Atlanta 3 Ga. Warehouses, Stores, Mfg. Plants, Acreage, Shopping Center Dev., Industrial Dev., Subdivision Dev., Insurance 524-2052 MIKE & STEVE 1 SERTICH BYBEBTCOMPANY • MINTING 1/ 5.47J7 350 FOMEST HOAD, N. E. • •ITHOGtAFMING ATLANTA. GEORGIA Serriaf Ailaalm Siait 1912 MOVING? PLEASE NOTIFY US SEND US THIS NOTICE TODAY: THE GEORGIA BULLETIN P.O. 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