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PAGE 2 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1963 COUNCIL FATHERS Debate Role Of The Bishops And Stall Vernacular In Mass SI- RANGE BUT TRU By M. ittl«-Known . MURRAY Facts for Catholic ;E UNIVERSAL CHI'ROH Cofynffct, 2M3, NCWC N.w, Strvlc* VATICAN CITY (NC) —The Fathers of the ecumenical cou ncil during the second week of its second session passed ame- nodments to the schema— or draft consitution— on the lit— rugy that will eventually Intro duce the vernacular into parts of the Mass. This history-making decision was taken as the Fathers pas sed all 19 amendments to the pecond chapter of the liturgy schema—each one by a large majority-between October 8 and 10. While voting on the liturgy amendments, the council simul taneous! continued to debate the schema "On the Nature of the Church." During discussions the questions of the collegia- lity of the bishops and the restoration of the permanent diaconate Dearly emerged as two of the major issues of the council’s second session. IN CONNECTION with the former the matter of the First Vatican Council's teaching on papal primacy and infallibility also came up. Archbishop Law rence J. Shehan of Baltimore urged that the text of the sc hema on the Church "be amen ded so as to show that .the ‘definitions’ (of doctrine) of the pope are never to be under stood as being against or with out the consent of the Church.” The liturgy amendment on the vernacular makes it pos sible to use modern languages in the parts of the Mass "per taining to the people." Precis ely how much or how little of this concession will actually be applied was left by the pro visions ofthe schema to the national hierarchies. However, “parts pertaining to the people" could include all the chants of the Ordinary (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei) and of the Proper (Introit, Gr adual, Offertory and Commun ion). ARCHBISHOP PAUL J. HAL- L1NAN of Atlanta, a memberof the council Liturgy Commission who had an active part in pre parting the schema, said at a press conference that there are four steps to be taken before the vernacular may actually AT COUNCIL Cordial Reception Surprises Critic ROME (NC) — A longtime critic of the Catholic Church in the L. S. has expressed agree able surprise at the gracious ness he has received from offi cials as an accredited corres pondent covering the ecumeni cal council. C. Stanley Lowell, associate director of Protestants and Ot her Americans United for Sepa ration of Church andState, made this remark in an interview with Msgr. Mark Hurley, columnist for the Monitor, San Francisco Catholic Weekly. LOWELL, WHO IS an editor of the POAU publication. Ch urch and State, said he was not surprised at receiving ac creditation from the council press office. "I expected to be received with some degree of cordiality and to be extended the full privileges of a news cor respondent," Lowell said.- “But I was honestly surpris- C & S REALTY COMPANY "Specialists in Commercial and Industrial Real Estate” Suite 200 Henry Grady Bldg. Atlanta 3 Ga. Warehouses, Mores, Mfg. Plants, Acreage, Shopping Center Dev., Industrial Dev., Subdivision Dev., Insurance 524.2052 MIKE & STEVE SERTICH Ed Cwtia Now Featuring For 32nd DYNAMIC WEEK ALLEN COLLAY SEXTIT mi tin? L.Jis y{ Broadway DORIS POWELL 5:30 TO 730 BILL ti ALLEN DUO Cft itt**r # Hum^r % MciS«C DANCE AT TMi Sand Stxucc 750 WEST P'TREE TR. 5-4251 ed at the graciousness with which I was received. I must confess that I had expected the reception to be a bit more fri gid than it was. But actually it has been very cordial indeed and many courtesies have been shown me. Since I am only hu man, I am deeply appreciative of these.’’ THE POAU EDITOR also said he found the general press "dir ect and frank” in its efforst to cover the council. "There has been a direct confrontation in the council by theological ex perts,” he stated, "and the press had asked its questions in great candor. "On the whole I do not think there has been any misrepres entation by the press. The stor ies I’ve seen in the press have rather accurately reflected what went on.” LOWELL SAID that he is getting the impression that the Church is very sincere in its work at the council, particularly in its work for reunion with other Christians. The POAU official related that he tries to attend all meet ings that he can in connection with the council. "If I encoun ter any difficulties, I announce loudly that I am a Protestant minister, and that seems to be the magic trick and opens the door and I get in," he said. It was noted that Lowell attended the private caucus here of the South .African Bishops. HE ADDED that while he is receiving a great amount of “cordiality, warmth and friendliness,” he does not feel that he is being “taken in.’’ He said his purpose in coming to the council was to see what the council Fathers will do in two areas of special concern to his publication: church-state relations and the field of reli gious liberty. OLD SARGE SURPLUS ARMY AND CIVILIAN SURPLUS Hunting, Fishing, Camping Equipment (Buy, Trade, Sell Most Anything) Hwy. 23 - Next door to Pine Tree Plaza Ga. 451-3377 Office Equipment Business Machines Sales—Service—Supplies PHONE 525-6417 172 WHITEHALL STREET, S.W. ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA be introduced into the Mass: 1. Approval of the Amended second chapter of the liturgy draft constitution, which now appears virtually certian. 2. Promulgation of the const- tiution by Pope Paul VI and the council. 3. Approval by national hier archies. 4. Preparation of texts in the vernacular. ARCHBISHOP HALLINAN reported tat informal meetings of bishopws belonging to diffe- erent language groups are al ready being held to prepare uni form vernacualr texts. Other amendments to the lit urgy schema: • Directed that changes be made in the text and rite of the Mass to make for greater sim plicity. • Presented the sermon or homily as an intergral part of the Mass and ordered that a sermon be preached at all Mas ses on Sundays and holy days of obligation. • Recommended that people take part in the Mass by rece iving Communion. • Proposed the extension of Communion under both species to others than the celebrant on certain occasions. • Urged priests to exhort the people to be present at both parts of the Mass, that is "the service of the word and the Ecuharistic service." IN THE DEBATE on colleg- iality of the bishops, Achille Cardinal Lienart, Bishop of Lil le, France, said (Oct. 10) that the “treatment of the colleg- iality of the bishops and of their relationship with the Roman pontiff could give the impress ion that there is a question of two antagonists, one of whom must eventually be sacrificed to the other.’’ This is a wrong impression, he said. The following day, Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro, Archbishop of Bologna and one of the four moderators who direct daily council meetings, announced that the moderators haddecieed that “because of the import ance of the matters under dis cussion, the time is not yet right to close off debate on the collegiality of the bishops and the restoration of the perman ent diaconate.” BUT, THE CARDINAL war ned, speakers "should take spe cial care not to repeat what has already been siad on the floor.” The first Vatican Council’s teaching on papal primacy and infallibility was brought up by Archbishop Joseph Descuffi, C. M., of Izmin, Turkey. His re marks turned on the phrase used by the first Vatican Council: “Ex sese, non ex consensu ec- clesiae” (of himself and not by consent of the Church.) Archbishop Descuffi said THIS NEW CHURCH, UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN KILDARE 1 • IRELAND WILL HAVE THE LARGEST CURING CONCRETE ROOF iN EUROPE THE SuiLDlNG IT REPLACES WAS ORIGINALLY USED AS A S V STAQLES FOR THE HORSES OF THE there should be a special par agraph in the schema explain ing how the privilege of in fallibility makes the definitions of the pope irreversible of themselves, by virtue of spec ial divine assistance and not by virtue of the consent of the Church. IT IS TRUE, he said, that the Uiversal Chur, h is likewise infallible, but this is not in con flict with the infallibility of the pope. The same argument was tak en up by Archbiahop Shehan, who quoted from Bishop Vin cent Gasser, who spoke on the same matter at the First Vat ican Council: “We cannot sep arate the pope from the conse nt of the Church because this consent is never wanting. Since we hold that the Roman Pontiff is infallible, we automatically teach that his definitions will have the consent of the Church because the body of the bishops cannot be separated from its head and the entire Chuch can not be found wanting.” THE ARCHBISHOP raised this point, he said, ’’because the Catholic doctrine of papal infallibility gives rise to many difficulties with our separated brethern.” Fernando Cardinal Quiroga Palacios, Archbishop of Santia go di Compostella, Spain, rais ed the issue of the juridical aspects of the collegiality of the bishops. He said: “It is not clear whether the bishops have been constituted by the will of Christ into a juri dical moral person or whether the teirm ‘collegiality’ design ates only the totality of the bishops. It is true that the col lege of bishops by the will of Christ, in union with its head, has the power to make laws. "BUT THIS POWER does not necessarily constitute a colle- go in the strict sense. If the bishops from a college only in virtue of moral union, deriving from the pursuit of one same end and the use of common means, then there is no doubt about collegiality. But if the term means that the bishops, in union with the pope, enjoy legislative power over the en tire Church, then we must de termine clearly whether this is divine or only ecclesiastical law. That it is divine law does not yet seem ot be conclusiv ely proved.” Discussing the restoration of the permanent diaconate, Paul Cardinal Richaud, Archbishop of Brodeaux, France, said he favored it and stated that’many young men fear the priesthood because they see many priests worn out by numerous occup ations not directly connected with the administration of the Sacraments and theexericiseof priestly powers.” His sugges tion was that permanent diaco nate would relieve this pro blem.- Fernando Cardinal Cento, Grand Penitentiary, also favo red the permanent diaconate, but only under celibacy. DUKE OF LEINSTER/ \ *. Title ‘Pope 9 Used For Early Bishops TH«C ARC NOW JUST UNDER 40,000 PRIESTS AND TOO00 NUNS WORKING IN AFRICA tr ASIA . BRAZILIAN PRELATE Opposes ‘National’ Group Of Bishops ROME (NC)—Archbishop Ge- raldo de Proenca Slgaud of Di- amantina, Brazil, has come out against strong national confere nces of bishops, saying they wo uld restrict the powers of lo cal bishops and of the pope. In a Divine Word news ser vice interview he said: "Confe rences of bishops should not be-r come a new kind of power over diocesan bishops, limiting the power of the individual bishops and even destroying it." THE POWER TO rule the Ch urch was given i solely to Peter "as a personal power and from Peter it was transmitted to his successors in the papacy,” he said. He said that the pope himself could not change the structure of the Church as founded by Ch rist and begin to rule the Ch urch through a permanent sort of council. The Brazilian pre late added: "THIS WOULD be a major alteration In the organizational structure of the Church, con trary to that laid down by Ch rist and it would be creating a new kind of international ec clesiastical parliament to rule the Church in place of the Pope, whose powers would be reduced to those of a chairman on an ep iscopal board.” The Archbishop stated that in the strictest sense of the word the world's bishops constitute a college only during an ecu menical council. As a council the decision of the majority of the bishops, once approved by the pope, becomes binding and in this they have collegiality. But once a council ends, he said, the bishops again become an episcopal college “in the broad sense of the word, without le gislative power over the entire Church." ROME (NC)—The terms “vi car of Christ" and “pope" were applied to all bishops in the Church up to the 11th century, a German theologian said here. Father Joseph Ratinger, pro fessor at the University of Bonn and expert for the ecumenical council, speaking at a press conference sponsored by the German Bishops, also said that in the early Christian centur ies, “pope" meaning father, was generally applied to all priests. FATHER RATZLNGER said that this clearly shows that or iginally all bishops were con sidered to be “vicars” of Ch rist, acting on behalf and by the grace of Christ, and that all are members of one and the same college, just as the 11 Apostles were “colleagues” of St. Peter. All this, he said, should be kept in mind in connection with the present council discussions on the “collegiality of the bis hops.” ONE SHOULD remember, he said, that the problem is pri marily spiritual in nature since it refers to the innermost sou rce of the Church's life which is Christ. Diversity in unity marked the early Christian Church, he said. Christian communities were linked with each other by the fact that they all offered the Mass. Administrative respon sibilities which eventually led to centralized authority were taken on later on by the Bishop of Rome. This centralization reflected monarchical rather than democratic ideals, he said. MONARCHICAL ideas were stressed further, Father Rat- zinger said, when the First Vat ican Council (1869-1870) em phasized the primacy of the pope. The present council upholds that primacy without reservat ions, he said, without exclud ing the many direct practical consequences w hich come from the fact that administrative re sponsibilities should now be sh ared by the pope and the bis hops. The Church is now not “Ro man” but universal, he said, and local decisions should be left to authorities in the coun tries affected by these decis ions. This can be done w ithout in fringing at all on the supreme authoritiy of the pope, he said. Stamps Buy Automobile For Sisters The Sisters at Christ the King School have a new automobile. There will be no payments due on the car; it was paid for with trading stamps. For years the Sisters have had to depend on volunteer driv ers for their transportation. Then, three weeks ago, they be gan to collect stamps for a car of their own. The collection snow balled-money and stamps poured in and the car was de livered several weeks ahead of schedule. The price of the car, incidentally, was 980 books of stamps. So many books were turned in that the Sisters now have not only the car, but oil, gas and maintenance for a long time to come. Wayne Morgan, who repre sents the Top Value trading stamp organization, comment ed on the efforts of the two co- chairmen of the drive, Mrs. Langan and Mrs. Bouffiou - "They’re the drivingest people I ever met.” Parish groups in terested in similar projects should see the Top Value ad on tlus page of the BULLETIN. Guild To Meet At Immaculate The Immaculate Conception Ladies Guild will receive Holy Communion in a body at the eight o'clock Mass, Sunday, October 20th. A breaWast and the usual monthly meeting will then be held in the Church So cial Hall. This meeting prom ises to be of special interest to the members and their visi tors as Sister M. David, O.P., of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cancer Home, is to be the prin cipal speaker. Sister’s talk will be on "Mak ing the Most of Your Appear ance," The young ladies of the Parish are cordially invited to this meeting. Sympathy, Aid VATICAN CITY (NC) —Pope Paul VI has sent messages of sympathy (Oct. 10 to the govern ments of Haiti and Cuba for the damage the two countries have suffered from Hurricane Flora. A Guild membership drive, headed by Mrs. John F. Wal sh, president, is now underway and it is hoped every lady in the Shrine parish will affiliate with the Guild and participate in the Guild’s spiritual and soc ial advantages. 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McDonald said, “we auto matically refer it to the Con gregation. That has always been done." He added that the matter never came up during the early September meeting of rectors of pontifically-erected Catholic universities throughout the world which took place at Cat holic University. N. C. W. C. News Service’s Rome bureau reported (Oct. 11) that officials at the Sacred Con gregation of Seminaries and Universities would not talk about the decree. (In September, officials of the Sacred Congregation of Semi naries and Universities said that the congregation had under study a proposal to require its approval before a Catholic uni versity could grant an honorary degree in any field. (The officials pointed out that under Pope Pius XI’ 1931 apo stolic constitution Deus Scient- iarum Dominus, which is still in effect, permission of the Con gregation of Seminaries and Universities must be received before degrees can be granted in theology and other ecclesi astical studies. (In the United States, top of ficials at several pontifically erecetd Catholic universities denied then having received any instruction from the Congregat ion of Seminaries and Univers ities which would require them to get prior approval from Rome before granting honorary de grees. Such an instruction allegedly was Issued last May 25. Top officials of two pontifically ere cted universities said they had neither seen it nor heard any thing about it. A high adminis trator in a third suvh univer sity told the N. C. W. C. News Sevice that while he had not seen such an instruction. Gentlemen: Please send me complete information about ho* my group can get nefeiccf iu*n , and services by using a Top Value Sumps CROUP PLAN. 3120 Maple Dr., N, E. Atlanta 5, Georgia Name of Organization — — — — —. No of members — — My name— Address— City -T itle—