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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 Visit the Shrines of Europe on Irish International Take the pilgrimage of your dreams on Irish Inter- national. Irish offers convenient service to Europe’s major shrines and holy places. 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Nows Soviet ~T Back At The Council... Meanwhile, Life Goes On £1 04/s- cAarminq 14* Century picture of OuRLfiW it /1 itinerated at Moutfvergine, neat' AhPi.es. in Italy. MARKET DAY IN TWE f&CNCW TOWN OF SCNLIS IS NELD IN AN OLD CHURCH / MANY WARS AGO, SCNUS WAS AN IMPORTANT CtNTER Of TRADE,50ASTWJG OVER 12 CHURCHES, AND MANY Of THIS! HAVE MOW SEEN DECONSECRATED TO MAKE THEM AVAILABLE FOR OTHER PURPOSES . SEVERAL ARC IN USE AS DANCE NALLS 8r AUTOMOBILE WORKSHOPS ^ Fl/tST RECORDED USE OF THE EXPRESSION VAe Catkotic Churcti * VWS BY STIGNATWS OF ANTIOCH, WHO WAS // MARTYRED ' ABOUT K^A.D. X X In all. 79 names haOe been used by the v J Popes, but onlu 30 op them, have been I] ij in use during the lastr tpoo years’. prevent the bishops from re 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. . . 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