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- JOHN F. KENNEDY R. I. P. of Atlanta SERVING GEORGIA’S NORTHERN COUNTIES VOL. 1 NO. 47 Archbishop’s Statement The following is the text of a telegram wired from Rome by Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan following the death of President Kennedy: «« r “John f. Kennedy was a man, a hus band, a father, a son, a brother. The en tire human family mourns his death. We are somehow all diminished whenamanof his vision, principle and courage is cut down in his prime. But in Christian con fidence we ask God to receive him now and grant him eternal light and peace. “In each of John Kennedy’s family re lationships we recognize our own personal bonds with our own. For Mrs. Kennedy and their children, for all the Kennedy family, we offer our prayers asking God to help them in their loss. “But John F. Kennedy was also Pre sident of the United States and his as sassination for whatever cause is an action that strikes at society itself and at every civilized human being. The whole nation--and indeed the whole world-- shares some responsibility for this crime. “We have grown tolerant of hatred.We have flaunted law. (We have wished for peace without working for justice.) But when law is scorned anywhere life be comes cheap everywhere. “The President stood for law and jus tice, order and peace. His brutal death was the final sacrifice he made for them. This is no time for wild and angry ac cusations, nor for political charges. Per haps by the grisly reminder of an as sassin’s bullet, we are being sobered by moral reality. We cannot have selective lawlessness. “May God help the United States to build her place among the nations, not in terms of wealth and power but as a democracy able to examine its conscience and amend the crime that has shocked hu manity.’’ THE LATE President, shown addressing the C Y 0 Convent ion in N. Y. two weeks ago. TV Sent Priest To President DALLAS, Tex. (NC)—The gunshot that cut down President Kennedy sent two Dallas priests speeding to the President's hospital bedside to administer the Last Rites of the Church. The Last Rites were adm inistered to the Chief Executive in Parkland Hospital by Father Oscar L. Huber, C. M., pastor of Holy Trinity church. He was accompanied by an assistant pastor, Father James N. Thom pson, C. M. Father Huber said he an notated Mr, Kennedy and ad ministered all the Last Rites conditionally "except Com munion, which the President could not receive." Mr. Ken nedy never regained conscious ness after being shot. The priest said he "did not know" whether the President was alive or dead at the time. "HE APPEARED to be dead. I didn't see him breathing. So I gave him absolution and Ext reme Upction conditionally. But I could not give him Holy Via ticum," he said. The prayers of absolution and anointing, said in Latin by the priest, state: "I ABSOLVE YOU from all censures and sins in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen." And: "If you are living, may the Lord by this Holy Anointing for give whatever you have sinned. Amen." Father Huber said that at the time of the assassination he, like many other people in this city, was watching the presi dential motorcade through Dal las on television. SUDDENTLY AT 12:30 p.m. the shocking news came: the President and Texas Gov. John B. Connaly had been shot. Without waiting to be summo ned, the two priests rushed to Father Thompson's car and sped some three miles from their rectory to Parkland Hos pital which lies in the parish. There they were taken at once to the President’s bedside. As Father Huber offered pra yers for the dying, many of those present joined in the responses. MRS. JACQUELINE KEN NEDY was at the President's bedside. After he had adminis tered the Last Rites to the Pre sident, Father Huber spoke to her and extended condole nces. "She graciously thanked me and asked me to pray for the President She appeared sho cked," he said. EULOGIST AT THE MASS for President Kennedy at Christ the King Cathedral, Monsignor Patrick J. O'Connor, pastor of St. Thomas More, Decatur, is shown speaking during the Monday night Requiem. (See text, Page 8) Father Huber, a Vincentian priest, has been pastor of Holy Trinity church for four years. He is a native of Perryville, Mo. ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1963 $5.00 PER YEAR REQUIESCAT IN PACE - JOHN F. KENNEDY AT VATICAN Pope Paul Voices Deep Grief At Tragic, Sad News VATICAN CITY (NC)~Pope Paul VI expressed his grief at the "tragic and sad news" of President Kennedy’s assassi nation in a formal statement and in separate messages to his widow, his parents, his bro ther, President Lyndon B. John son and Richard Cardinal Cush ing of Boston, who celebrated Mass at the President's funeral. The Pontiff again spoke of his sorrow when he received dele gates attending a Rome meet ing of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. POPE PAUL said in his state ment: "We have been greatly stric ken by the tragic and sad news of the killing of the President of the United States, John Fitz gerald Kennedy, and of the se rious wounding of Gov. (John) Connally (of Texas), "We are deeply grieved by this execrable crime, for the grief which has struck the great and civilized country and for the suffering which Mrs. Kennedy, her children and her relations suffer. • 'We deplore this event with Our whole heart. We express the hope that the death of this great statesman will not bring damage to the American peo ple, but will strengthen its mo ral and civil sense and senti ments of nobility and concord. We pray God that the sacrifice of John Kennedy may help the cause promoted and defended by him of the liberty of peo ples and of peace in the world, "HE WAS the first Catholic president of the United States. We remember that We had the honor of his visit and that We noted in him great wisdom and high purpose for the good of hu manity; We shall offer Holy Mass tomorrow (Nov, 23) for the peace of his soul, for the com fort of those who njourn his death and so that,' not hatred, but love shall reign iif humani ty." The Pope’s message to Pre sident Johnson said: "To YourExcellency and to the beloved American people We offer the expression of Our sin- cerest prayerful condolences on the death in particularly tragic circumstances of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, whom We had known personally and whose Intrepid character and high qualities We admired. We pray God to grant Your Excel lency as you accede to the pre sidency of the nation His choi cest graces of guidance and strength." THE POPE told Mrs. Ken nedy: "We hasten to send you, be loved daughter, the assurance of Our heartfelt sympathy in your deep sorrow, and of Our fervent prayers for the eternal repose of the soul of your husband, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Upon you and your children We bestow in pledge of sustaining and consol ing divine graces Our affectio nate paternal apostolic bless ing." OFFICIAL By virtue of the faculties granted to the Most Reverend Archbishop by the Sacred Con gregation of the Council the faithful of the Archdiocese are hereby granted a dispensation from the law of abstinence to morrow, Friday, November 29th, following Thanksgiving Day 1963. VERY REV. HAROLD J. RAINEY CHANCELLOR Pope Paul told the Presi dent's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kennedy: "OUR PATERNAL heart shares in your immense sor row on the tragic death of your son, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and, in assuring Our prayers for the eternal repose of his soul, We implore from God abundant graces of consolation and comfort for you both and for all the family, imparting to all in pledge of that divine solace Our most affectionate apostolic blessing." The Pontiff's message to the President’s brother, Atty, Gen. Robert Kennedy, said: "With deep sorrow We send Our cordial condolences to you, to your parents and tothefami- ly on the immense loss suffered in the death of your brother, President John Fitzgerald Ken nedy, promising our remem brance on the altar of God for his eternal repose and for the consolation of all his loved ones on this tragic bereave- mentf TO CARDINAL Cushing he said: "We share in your loss, beloved son, on the sad death of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and We assure Our prayers for his soul and for your solace and that of all who knew and loved him," At the reception for FAO delegates, Pope Paul said: "We cannot commence Our discourse without reference to the tragic death of the Presi dent of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, We wish to reiterate here the sentiments to which We have already given public expression; of deploring the criminal action; of admira tion for the man; of Our pray ers for his eternal repose, for his country and for the world, which recognizes in him a great leader, and finally for a prayer- .ful wish that his death may not hinder the cause of peace but serve as a sacrifice and exam ple for the good of all man kind." IN CAPITAL Cardinal Says Funeral Mass For President WASHINGTON (NC) — Re quiem Mass for John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States and the first Ca tholic to occupy the Presidency, was offered while the nation and world mourned. Hundreds of dignitaries of church and State filled St. Matthew’s Cathedral here to pray for and honor the 46-year- old Chief Executive who was slain by an assassin's bullet in Dallas, Tex. TWENTY-SEVEN chiefs of state or heads of government were among the 1,200 persons at the low Mass. Other dele gates brought the number of countries represented to 53. And throughout the country Americans joined in prayer for Mr. Kennedy in response to President Lyndon B. Johnson’s proclamation of a "national day of mourning." Mr. Johnson’s proclamation said in part: "I earnestly recommend the people to assemble on that day in their respective places of divine worship, there to bow down in submission to the will of Almighty God, and to pay their homage of love and re verence to the memory of a great and good man. "I invite the people of the world who share our grief to join us in this day of mourn ing and dedication." red brick cathedral in down town Washington, only a few blocks from the White House. Present in the sanctuary dur ing the simple service in which the Church commends the soul of the deceased to God was Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, Apostolic Delegate in the United States, who represented Pope Paul VI as Ambassador Ex traordinary. Among other prelates present were Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of Washington and Auxiliary Bishop Philip M, Hannan of Washington. Both returned from the Second Vati can Council. ALSO IN the sanctuary were Auxiliary Bishop John J. Ma guire of New York, represent ing Francis Cardinal Spellman, and Auxiliary Bishop T. Austin Murphy of Baltimore, repre senting Archbishop Lawrence J. Shehan of that neighboring city. At the conclusion of the Mass, Bishop Hannan mounted the ca thedral’s pulpit and observed that "the most appropriate" commemoration of the "heart breaking event" would be to review the sources of the late President's ideals as he had expressed them in his public remarks. BISHOP Hannan quoted Bibli cal phrases used by President Kennedy and read from his inaugural address in ringing tones. CHURCHES across the nat ion reported large attendance at memorial services. Hun dreds of thousands in the capi tal paid their respects by visiting the remains in the Capitol rotunda and witnessing the sad procession to St. Matthew's. Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston, a long time friend of President Kennedy and his family, offered the Requiem Mass (Nov. 25) in the domed, Cardinal Cushing, while giving the final absolution of the body, offered a private prayer, saying : "May the Angels, dear Jack, lead you into Paradise. . ." Most of the Statesmen present, walked in a solemn procession from the White House to the cathedral. The Requiem Mass followed a weekend of mourning. For (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) If i r m w i ^ jRi » MONSIGNOR JOSEPH G. CASSIDY celebrates the Solemn Re quiem Mass for the late President John F. Kennedy at the Ca thedral of Christ the King. The Mass, offered on Monday night, was only one of many said throughout the Archdiocese in memory of Mr. Kennedy.