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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1963 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3
MOSLEM RULE
Christians Are Persecuted
By Sudanese Government
VATICAN CITY (NC) — A Su
danese bishop has declared chat
there is "de facto persecution*’
of Christianity in that Moslem-
ruled African nation.
But the prelate—Bishop Iren-
eus Dud, Apostolic Vicar of
Wau—pointed to a recent change
of government policy that maj
OBSCENITY
bode well. He said that the
government has allowed some
missioners on home leave to
reenter the Sudan.
BISHOP DUD was speaking
on the Sudan’s Revolution Day
(Nov. 17), This marks the
fifth anniversary of the army
coup d'etat that overthrew the
‘Tropic Of Cancer’
Before Court Again
WASHINGTON, D. C. (RNS) —
Another case involving the al
leged obscenity of Henry Mil
ler's 'Tropic of Cancer" is
before the U. S. Supreme Court,
It comes from California and
presents p’.arply conflicting
lower court opinions.
The Los Angeles trial court
held the book obscene. The Dis
trict Court of Appeals, in a 3-
0 decision, agreed, but the Su
preme Court of California in
a 7-0 opinion disagreed. Now
the U. S. Supreme Court is
being asked to reverse Cali
fornia’s highest state court,
"Obscenity" under the new
1961 California provision is
construed to mean "that to
the average person, applying
contemporary standards, th e
predominant appeal of the
matter, taken as a whole, is to
prurient interest, 1. e, a shame
ful or morbid interest In nudity,
sex, or excretion, which goes
substantially beyond customary
limits of candor In description
or representation of such
matters and Is matter which is
utterly without redeeming
social importance. .,"
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Sudan's two-year-old parlia
mentary government.
The Sudan, which won Inde
pendence in 1956, has since
been ruled by the eight million
Arabic-speaking, predominant
ly Moslem people of its north
ern region. The Moslem-do
minated government has sought
to lslamlze the predominantly
Negro and pagan southern re
gion, which has more than 600,
000 Christians in a total popu
lation of about four million.
The government, which says
that Islamizatlon will lead to
national unity, has taken over
all mission schools in the South,
expelled missionaries and de
creed the Missionary Societ
ies Act in 1962 which virtual
ly bans all missionary efforts,
BISHOP DUD traced the his
tory of the government’s re
strictions on southern Sudan's
500,000 Catholics and 120,000
Protestants since then. He
said:
"In 1956 theie were 207
priests in the South, of whom
11 were Sudanese. (Now there
are 25 Sudanese priests). There
were 100 lay Brother mission
ers and 270 missionary Sisters.
"At that time the Catnollc
Church was running 350 schools
with some 25,000 pupils, be
sides technical schools and six
teacher-training centers. In
addition, the Catholic Church
was running midwifery courses,
leper colonies, orphanages, di
spensaries and social activit
ies,
'TODAY THE TOTAL num
ber of Catholic expatriate miss-
loners in the southern Sudan
is approximately 70 priests,
35 Brothers and 100 Sisters."
Bishop Dud pointed to the
government's confiscation of all
350 schools In the South in 1957
and Its gradual restriction on
the movements of missionaries
even In their pastoral work.
He stated:
"ASSISTING THE SICK and
distributing medicines even in
dispensaries were forbidden.
Orphanages were closed down
on government orders,
"Besides, we have regret
fully to record unjust dealings
and false accusations. Many
missionaries—about 50 from
1956 to 1961—were expelled
from the Sudan on this basis.
"Meanwhile missionaries
who wanted to go on leave were
refused their reentry permits.
They preferred to stay and
suffer their physical fatigue
and even mortal diseases in
silence. However, a few
months ago, after earnest and
repeated requests, some re
entry permits were granted by
the Ministry of the Interior,"
He said that from October,
1962 to March o f this year,
143 missioners were expelled
from the Sudan 'tor unfounded
reasons."
‘Lilies Award
LOS ANGELES (NC) — Pro
ducer-director Ralph Nelson
will receive an award from the
Los Angeles unit of the Nation
al Catholic Theater Conference
for his widely acclaimed film
"Lilies of the Field."
The St, Geneslus Award will
be presented to him Nov. 23
at Loyola University of Los
Angeles at a Pacific Southwes
tern region of the conference
meeting.
CYO HONORS FBI CHIEF—J. Edgar Hoover, uirector of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, receives the Pro Deo et Ju-
ventute (For God and Youth) Medal at the convention banquet of
die National Catholic Youth Organization federation, in New
York, November 16. Shown presenting the award is Msgr.
Frederick J, Stevenson, Director, Youth Department, N.C.W.C.
Flanking Mr. Hoover are Auxiliary Bishop Edward V. Dar-
gin of New York (left), and Msgr. Philip J. Murphy, director
of youth activities, Archdiocese of New York.
PROMISES BROKEN
Polish Government
Attacks Church
VATICAN CITY (NC) — L’ Os-
servatore Romano has referred
to three anti-Church acts by the
Polish communist government
in recent days and said they
refute those who believe that
the "life of the Church in Po
land is full of promise" and
that coexistence ' between Ca
tholicism and Marxism has been
happily achieved,"
The Vatican City daily singled
out the nationalization of a Ca
tholic music school, the draft
ing of seminarians for military
service and the confiscation of
60,000 copies of a book con
taining the writings and lect
ures of Stefan Cardinal
Wyszynskl, Polish Primate.
THE ARTICLE SAID Polish
officials forcibly closed the
school of music founded by the
Salesian Fathers at Przemysl
and that the closing brought
about "serious reactions of the
people." Though the govern
ment showed itself callous to
public reaction, L'Osservatore
Romano said, "the Catholic
Faith of the Poles will car-
talnly not be uprooted by clos
ing down a school of sacred
music."
The article noted thatdespite
the church-state agreement of
1950 which "provided that
seminarians were to be exempt
from military service," the
government has called up many
seminarians from seminaries
in Poznan, Gnlezno, Przemysl,
Warsaw and Tar now and that
it appears whole classes have
been called to duty. It said:
"NOT ONLY WAS this
pledge (of 1950) disregarded,
but the government refuses to
grant to seminarians benefits
granted to other students who
are exempted from military
service and required only to
undergo military training and to
spend a month in military ser
vice annually."
In regard to Cardinal
Wyszynski's works, it said it
has been learned they were
sent as a personal gift to the
Cardinal in honor of the ap
proaching millennium of Po
land's Christianity by the
World Alliance of Catholic
Women's Organizations,
PRINTED IN PARIS, the
paper said they arrived by train
in Warsaw in the last week
of September and were con
fiscated by the Polish govern
ment on the ground that "they
endanger the security and in
terests of the state."
The 60,000 copies contained
three volumes of sermons which
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licly in Poland in preparation
for the millennium. Prior tc
printing, the Sermons were
naver questioned by the cen
sor's office nor was the Cardi
nal ever called to answer be
fore the law for their contents.
The volumes were sent to
Jezlorno near Warsaw to be
ground to pulp, L'Osservatore
Romano reported,
"ALL OF THIS," L'Os
servatore Roman'o said, "gives
food for thought. Firstly there
Is an Insult to Cardinal
Wyszynskl. Gratitude is not
a sentiment to be cultivated in
the gardens' of communism, and
the man who only a few years
ago was exalted and honored
as an enlightened patriot is now
made to appear at home and
abroad as a ’retrograde.’ "
L'Osservatore Romano con
cluded by noting that "the epi
sode which throws a light on the
whole background, would lend
itself to irony were it nor for
the sorrowful situation it re
veals.
YOUNG COMPOSER
Pius XII
Aided Jews,
Rabbi Says
WORCESTER. Mass. (NC) —
A national Jewish leader said
here that Pope Pius XII rend
ered "magnificent" assistance
to Jews during World War II.
Joseph L. Lichten, director
of the intercultural affairs de
partment of the B'Nai B'Rith
Anlt-Defamatlon League, said
he discussed Pope Plus' ser
vice to Jews with Pope Paul
VI during a recent audience
which he had in Rome with
the Pope.
"I EXPRESSED MY regret
that die full story of the war
time Pontiff’s magnificent as
sistance to Jews could not be
known until the Vatican archives
are opened," Lichten said.
"At this point Pope Paul
smiled warmly and said, 'I
hope I will be able to help
you in this',"
The Jewish leader was com
menting on the controversial
play "The Deputy" by German
author Rolf Hochhuth, which
strongly criticizes Pope Pius
XII for allegedly failing to con
demn nazl persecution of Jews.
The play has been produced in
Europe and is scheduled for
Broadway production next year.
LICHTEN, REFERRING to
studies he has made of Pope
Plus*'action&‘on behalf of Jews,
said that while he was in Rome
recently "it was enormously
gratifying to me, as a Jew, to
be able to cite from my ex
tensive research many in
stances and several countries
where Pope Pius helped the
Jews."
"I felt as strongly as ever in
my life how tremendously im
portant it is for us of differ
ent faiths to meet each other
with sound information and
greet each other with unlimited
good will," he said.
THE B'NAI B'RITH official
spoke at the fifth annual instl-
mte on 'The Person and the
Common Good" sponsored by
Assumption college and the
Anti-Defamation League.
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CHICAGO (RNS)—Leading U.
S, prelates attending the Second
Vatican Council appear to be di
vided over use of an American
High Mass, in English, written
by a young Chicago composer.
Reports from Vatican City
haven
have noted that the Mass, com
posed by Dennis Fitzpatrick, 26,
a graduate student at Chicago's
Northwestern University, will
almost certainly be Included in
the clearance of vernacular lit
urgy by the Council.
HOWEVER, FINAL approval
for its usage will be made by
U. S. bishops, 170 of whom are
still in Rome for the Council.
Prominent members of the
American hierarchy have ex
pressed divergent views on the
liturgical innovation.
Joseph Cardinal Ritter,
Archbishop of St. Louis, who is
regarded as a "progressive"
prelate at Counci sessions, has
said he found "muchpleasure"
in listening to Ftizpatrick's
Mass on a record. He also has
played It for some of his dio
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how the vernacular may be used
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