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PAGE 2 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1963
COUNCIL ROUNDUP
Council Ends Bishopric
Debate: Ecumenism Next
VATICAN CITY (NC) — The
ecumenical council Fathers
ended their discussion of the
schema on bishops and diocesan
government during the seventh
week of their second session
and were ready to move on
to debate the draft proposal on
ecumenism.
During the week the Fathers
also voted favorably on the
amended text of the draft de
cree on communications media.
A final vote remained to be
taken on the schema after the
incorporation of suggestions by
Fathers who voted "favorable
with reservations." But it
was expected that the decree
would be promulgated before
the end of November.
THE DRAFT DECREE calls
for a united effort to put mod
ern means of communication to
effective use in the apostolate
and to oppose the harm they
are capable o f doing. But
while reminding civil authori
ties of their obligation to pre
serve the common good, it al
so points out their duty to
"defend the just freedom of in
formation.”
Distributed to Fathers was
a revised schema on the lit
urgy which included recom
mendations made in an earlier
vote by those casting "favor
able with reservations” ballots.
A vote on the revised schema
was scheduled for Nov. 18.
AT THE BEGINNING of the
week the four U. S. cardinals
present at the council express
ed differing views on Chapter
III of the schema on bi3hops
and the government of dioceses,
which deals with national bi
shops’ conferences.
Francis Cardinal Spellman
of New York and James Francis
Cardinal McIntyre erf Los
Angeles opposed giving such
conferences jurisdictional pow
er over individual bishops. Jo
seph Cardinal Ritter of St. Louis
favored granting such powers.
Albert Cardinal Meyer of
Chicago also favored it but
within limitations. He said
that conferences should have the
power to bind individual
bishops only in matters referr
ed to them by the Holy See.
CARDINAL SPELLMAN, the
last U. S. Cardinal to speak
on the topic, had high praise
for the usefulness of national
bishops’ conferences. But he
said (Nov. 13):
"Each bishop must remain
free in his diocese, even though
he be morally bound to co
operate with other bishops for
matters going beyond the limits
of his own diocese.
"We should leave to plenary
councils under the presidency
of an apostolic legate the right
to put juridical obligations on
individual bishops. If national
conferences, which are not
under the presidency of papal
legates, had this power, then
they would have more authori
ty than plenary councils, and
this is contrary to die whole
of ecclesiastical tradition.”
HE WAS SUPPORTED by Jo
seph Cardinal Frings of
Cologne, Germany, who said:
"It is better for the decrees
of the conferences not to have
juridical binding force.”
At the Nov. 13 meeting the
issue of auxiliary bishops was
raised by Auxiliary Bishop
Gerald V, McDevitt of Phila
delphia, who objected to the
text’s use of the term "merely”
when referring to titular
bishops. He said:
"THE COUNCIL HAS made
its mind clear that episcopal
consecration incorporates a
man into the episcopal college
and gives him the fulness of
episcopal powers. The present
text says that 'merely* titular
bishops can be called to take
part in a national conference
and. be given either a delibera
tive or consultative vote. The
text would be much more logi
cal if it stated that all titular
bishops filling some office in
a country, such as auxiliaries
and coadjutors, are automati
cally members of the national
conference with the same right
of suffrage as in ah ecumeni
cal council.”
THE NEXT DAY Stefan
Cardinal Wyszynski, Primate
of Poland, gave council Fathers
a glimpse of conditions in his
communist-ruled country when
he spoke of the Polish Bishops’
Conference
"The bonds uniting the mem
bers of the conference are more
moral than judicial. Still, all
the bishops have been obliged
to attend the meetings in order
to see k out common protection
against the common danger of
militant atheism confronting
them all. The Church in Poland
has been able to maintain its
positions in the face of grave
difficulties thanks to the united
efforts of its bishops through
their national conference.”
WARM APPLAUSE greeted
the Cardinal at the end of his
speech.
Bernard Cardinal Alfrink of
Utrecht, the Netherlands, then
noted that several Fathers had
spoken as if national episcopal
conferences are a reflection of
episcopal collegiality. He said:
"This collegiality is a
characteristic of the entire
body of bishops and can never
be transferred to any national
gathering. No national con
ference represents the whole
body of the Church’s bishops
and thus it cannot reflect col
legiality in a strict theologi
cal sense.”
LATER, JOSEPH CARDINAL
Lefebvre of Bourges, France,
also noted that discussions in
the council had indicated a de
gree of confusion on the con
cept of episcopal collegiality
a s applied to national epis
copal conferences. He said:
"We must distinguish be
tween the collegiality of the bi
shops under the pope for the en
tire world and die collegiality
which is proper to bishops as
sembled in national con
ferences. In the two cases
the term cannot be used in the
same sense.
"IN ONE SENSE the term
’collegiality’ refers to die pope
with the bishops assembled in
ecumenical council. The pope
does not depend on the college
of bishops and this college has
no solidity except in and through
the Vicar of Christ. Any miss
ion or power of the episcopal
college is dependent on the head.
This is collegiality of divine
origin. The term can be used
only in an analogical sense
when applied to national epis
copal conferences. We cannot
use strictly juridical terms in
this connection.”
On Nov. 14 discussion of the
chapter of bishops and diocesan
government was closed and de
bate begun on Chapter IV deal
ing with the reorganization of
diocesan boundaries. Its intent
is to eliminate excessively
small or large Sees and bring
ecclesiastical provinces into
line with civil divisions.
WHAT WAS CLEARLY to be
the chief point at issue in this
chapter—the revision of ancient
diocesan boundaries — was
opened by Bishop Alexandre
Renard of Versailles, France.
Speaking in terms of his own
nation, he said: "There have
been few changes in the di
ocesan structure of French di
oceses since the time of Pius
VII and Napoleon. It is true
that the Church is eternal, but
time and living conditions often
move faster than the decrees
of ecclesiastical authority.
"CHANGES ARE NEEDED in
diocesan structure in such a
way as to ensure the presence
of the Universal Church in
particular localities. For this
there cannot be any one overall
criterion. We must provide
for the vitality of a new diocese
through a sufficient number of
priests, actual and prospective,
through a proper number of Re
ligious and through sufficient
financial resources. The di
ocese cannot be so vast as to
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gular visitation.”
Bishop Franciszek Jop for
Opole, Poland, held on the con
trary that "the principle that
all small dioceses should be
suppressed is not acceptable.
Many of them have great his
torical significance. But in
many cases several such di
oceses could be grouped to
gether without the necessity of
brutal supression.”
THE MEETING OF NOV. 15
focused chiefly on the idea of
a "personal diocese.”
The idea appeared to be de
signed for those circumstances
where Catholics of a particular
rite or language, scattered
throughout a nation or terri
tory, would be administered
by a roving bishop who, in a
manner of speaking* would
carry his diocese in his hat.
THE QUESTION of "personal
dioceses” was raised by Bi
shop John Velasco, O. P., of
Amoy, China. There is an
article in the text about special
dioceses for differences in rite,
he complained, but none based
on language or race.
Other speakers of the day
were opposed to the idea of
a "personal diocese.” The
first of them was Archbishop
Dominic Athaide, 0. F. M. Cap.,
of Agra, India, who said:
"In principle there should be
one Ordinary in each diocese
over all the faithful in the
territory, without distinction of
rite. . . The principle should
be that in a Latin diocese all
the faithful of whatever rite are
subject to that Ordinary, and
in an Oriental diocese all the
Latins should be subject to the
local Ordinary. Such an ar
rangement avoids the problem's
of overlapping jurisdiction and
the dissipation of energy. On
the other hand, it demonstrates
the real equality of rites and
the real unity of 'the Church.”
VATICAN CITY (NC)—"It's
simpler than it seems,” a coun
cil Father quipped to a neighbor
during the debate on the powe
rs of bishops, "all the power
to the bishops, all the work
to the priests, and all the fun
to the married deacons.”
Disagreements at the ecu
menical council did not keep
some of the council Fathers
from feeling a mutual twinge
when an Italian soccer team
lost to a team from Moscow.
ONE OF THE FATHERS, not
satisfied with watching the
game on TV, got himself a tic
ket to Rome’s Olympic Stadium
where his red skullcap made
him stand out in the mass of
rabid fans.
He cheered the home team
along with the Romans and, ac
cording to one sportscas-
ter, even made the Sign of the
Cross when at one point the
Russians were getting the bet
ter of the Italians. Like all the
other fans, the bishop walked
away dejected when the Italians
finally lost.
While at home between the
first and the second council se
ssions, Auxiliary Bishop
Joseph Zimmermann of Augs
burg, Germany, one day was
giving the benefit of his Roman
experiences to a group of lay
people.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, he
talked about his neighbor at the
council, a mission bishop from
Africa.
"He is so poor,” said Bis
hop Zimmermann, ”he does not
even own a watch.”
Whereupon a blind man in his
audience spoke up and said:
"Bishop, this my gold watch
is yours—give it to the poor
bishop.”
Now the mission bishop has a
watch.
A great deal has been writ
ten about the coffee shops in
St. Peter's basilica.
REFRESHMENTS ARE SER
VED THERE free of charge (no
liquor, of course) from 10:30
a.m. through to the closing ho
ur, about noon, whenever the
council is in session.
Americans would call them
snack bars, Italians call diem
coffee bars.
One of the coffee shops is
called "Bar Jona," from the
scriptural reference to St. Pe
ter as "bar Jona,” Aramaic
for ’’son of John,” More re-
cendy, the coffee shop on the
other side of the hall has been
doubbed "Bar-Rabas.” So sc-
Vatican’s Envoy
Sees Viet Chief
SAIGON, Vietnam (NC) —Msgr.
Francesco De Nittis, charge
d'affaires of the apostolic de
legation to lndo-China» was re
ceived by the new Vietnamese
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Pham dang Lam, to whom he
expressed the delegadon’s
* ‘earnest wishes for peace, har
mony and prosperity for the
Vietnamese people.”
According to a message re
ceived by the apostolic dele
gation from the Vadcan several
days earlier, **His Holiness
Pope Paul VI heartily expressed
his paternal wishes for happi
ness, concord and peace for
the dear people of Vietnam."
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
President Cites Ideals
Of Early US. Leader*
WASHINGTON, D. C. (RNS) —
President Kennedy, proclaim
ing Thursday, Nov.' 28, as
Thanksgiving Day, called on all
Americans to give thanks ’tor
the Ideals of honor argi faith we
inherit from our forefathers.”
He urged Americans to emu
late dally their "decency of
purpose, steadfastness of re
solve and strength of will, the
courage and humility which they
possessed.”
"AS WE EXPRESS ourgrad-
tude, we must never forget that
the highest appreciadon is not
to utter words but to live by
them,” the President declared.
He also asked all believers
in God to gather in their
churches, synagogues or homes
to pray for world peace, jusdee
and understanding among all
nadons and for the alleviadon
of suffering and poverty every
where.
The text of the Presidendal
proclamadon follows:
"OVER THREE centuries
ago, our forefathers in Virginia
and in Massachusetts, far from
home in a lonely wilderness,
set aside a time of thanksgiving.
On the appointed day, they gave
reverent thanks for their safe
ty, for the health of their child
ren, for the fertility of their
fields, for the love which bound
them together and for the faith
which Tinited them with their
God.
"So too when the colonies
achieved their independence,
our first President in the first
year of his first Administrat
ion proclaimed Nov. 26, 1789,
as ‘a day of public thanksgiving
and prayer to be observed by
acknowledging with grateful
hearts the many signal-favors
of Almighty God’lindcalled upon
the people of the new republic
to ’beseech Him to pardon our
national and other transgress
ions. . . to promote the know
ledge and practice of true re
ligion and virtue. * .and gener
ally to grant unto all mankind
such a degree of temporal pro
sperity as He alone knows to
be best.'
"AND SO TOO, in the midst
of America’s tragic civil war,
President Lincoln proclaimed
the last Thursday of November
1863 as a day to renew our
gratitude for America's fruit
ful fields’ for our *national
strength and vigor,' and for all
our 'singular deliverances and
blessings.’
"Much time has passed since
the first colonists came to rocky
riptural inspiration appears
to be intense while the Fathers
sip their drinks as well as in
the council hall.
AT LEAST ONE COUNCIL
Father believes in doing his da
ily dozen. Archbishop John
Carmel Heenan of Westminster
can be seen five times a week
leaving the English College in
Via Monserrato 45, armed in
typically British fashion with
his umbrella, rain or shine,
the 12-block walk to St. Peter’s
The Archbishop attracts
quite a bit of attention when he
walks by the fruit and veget
able stands in a near-by mar
ket square, dispensing friendly
greetings to the shopkeepers.
He crosses the Tiber and heads
directly down Via della Concil-
iazione to St. Peter’s at a bri
sk pace.
SOME COUNCIL FATHERS
feel like asking Archbishop Pe-
ricle Felici, the council’s gene
ral secretary, to put up a sign
in the hall: "Beware of Souve
nir Hunters I”
After the recent long week
end (Nov. 1-4) when the Fathers
returned to their places in the
hall, they found that a number
of the special electronic pencils
they use to fill in ballots were
missing.
Nobody knows who took
them, but there are all sorts of
supicions because many gues
ts were assigned to the coun
cil Fathers’ seats for ceremon
ies in the basilica.
"They must have forgotten
the eighth commandment,” said
one bishop ruefully. "No pen
cils, no council!. How are we
supposed to vote?”
OUR LADY OF LOURDES visitors tre shown the Altar by a
member of our parish Council of Catholic Men as part of "Ope
rations Understanding” last Sunday afternoon.
shores and dark forests of an
unknown continent, much time
since President Washington led
a young people into the experi
ence of nationhood, much time
since President Lincoln saw
the American nation through
the ordeal of fraternal war—
and in these years our popu
lation, our plenty and our power
have all grown apace.
’TODAY WE ARE a nation
of nearly two hundred million
souls, stretching from coast
to coast, on into the Pacific
and north toward the Arctic,
a nation enjoying the fruits of
an ever-expanding agriculture
and industry and achieving
standards of living unknown in
previous history. We give our
humble thanks for this.
"Yet as our power has
grown, so has our peril. To
day we give our thanks, most
of all, for the ideals of honor
and faith we inherit from our
forefathers — for the decency
of purpose, steadfastness of
resolve and strength of will,
for the courage and the humili
ty, which they possessed and
which we must seek every day
to emulate. As we express our
gratitude, we must never for
get that the highest appreciat
ion is hot to utter words but
to live by them.
"LET US THEREFORE pro
claim our gratitude to Provid
ence for manifold blessings —
let us be humbly thankful for
Inherited ideals — and let us
resolve to share those hless-
lngs and those ideals with our
fellow human beings through
out the -world. . .
'On that day (Thanksgiving)
let us gather in sanctuaries
dedicated to worship and in
homes blessed by family af
fection to express our grati
tude for the glorious gifts of
God; and let us earnestly and
humbly pray that He will con
tinue to guide and sustain us
in the great unfinished tasks
of achieving peace, justice, and
understanding among all men
and nations and of ending misery
and suffering wherever they ex
ist.”
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