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HOLY LAND SUPPLEMENT
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9,1964
PEOPLE AND PRESIDENT
Romans Give Their Bishop
Triumphant Homecoming
ROME (NC)—Rome turned
out to give the “Pilgrim Pope“
a hero’s triumphant welcome
home after his three-day his
toric sojourn in the Holy Land.
The white and silver jet air-
lindr bearing Pope Paul VI and
his suite set down at Rome’s
Ciampino West Airfield at 6:21
p.m. f an hour later than sche
duled. The field was ablaze
with lights and alive with the
flutter of the flags of the papal
state and of Rome.
and adopted, lined the streets
and cheered their greetings to
the returning Pope. Monuments
and buildings, ancient and new,
were lighted in Rome’s finest
festive manner, and powerful
floodlights in many parts of the
city sent white spires of light
to play across the night sky.
At the platform in front of
the Colosseum, the Pope
alighted to receive from May
or Glauco della Porta an ad
dress of greeting, expressing
the Romans’ sentiments of de
votion for their Bishop.
A fanfare of trumpets, taken
up by the bells of Rome's city
hall atop the Capitoline Hill,
had announced the P o p e’ s
triumphant return through the
center o f the city, along va
rious avenues and squares, and
finally into Vatican City. The
sound of bells mingling with the
cheering of the faithful greeted
the Pope along streets draped
with damask and banners.
rhLLS OF POPE S PILGRIMAGE. Archbishop Lino Zan*
ini. Apostolic Delegate to Jeruselem and Palestine, talks
with newsmen about the visit of Pope Paul VI. The Arch
bishop stands in front of the Apostolic Delegation, which
workmen make ready for the Pontiff’s arrival. The Latin
inscription over the door means ’’House of God, Gate of
Heaven.”*
SPEAKS IN ENGLISH
Lauds Armenians
JERUSALEM, Jordan Following is the text of the speech
made in English by Pope Paul VI to Armenian Orthodox Patriarch
Yeghese Derderian of Jerusalem at the Apostolic Delegation (Jan.
4).
We are particularly grateful for the kind welcome you have
given us during our pilgrimage to this city, hallowed by the great
mysteries of the Redemption which Our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ worked in it.
Our meeting has a particular significance because of the friendly
ties which have developed between us ami the Armenian church
through the delegated observers who participated in the work of
the Second Vatican Council. The spirit of true Christian charity
and comprehension which they manifested made us all the more
certain of the fraternal welcome we would receive here from you
and from your faithful. Our expectations have been more than
amply fulfilled,
THERE IS a spirit which more and more influences Christian
hearts. It is the desire to carry out what the Apostle to the Nations
counseledus: To forget what is past and push on to what lies ahead,
your eyes fixed upon Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith.
1 his spirit has already been manifested in a concrete way in
this holy city, in the efforts being made by all Christians to work
in conmon accord for the reverent care and fitting veneration
of that hallowed place where our Lord, triumphant on the Cross
and victorious over the grave, effected the great mission of re
conciliation which He had received from His Father.
We salute these experessions of Christian charity which already
exist, and we express the earnest desire that they may multiply
and expand into every area of our common Christian endeavor.
We “have come as a prayerful pilgrim to this holy city. In the
prayers which we offer to God, our Father, and to our Saviour
Jesus Christ, His Divine Son, we remember you and the flock of
which you are the pastor. May His divine graces and favors de
scend in abundance upon all of you.
POPE PAUL seen in a characteristic pose during his many sreet-
ings to the people of the Holy Land.
POPE TO PATRIARCH
Our Emotion, Profound
POPE TELLS ROME
Trip ‘Kept Faith
With Our Pledge’
THE POPE ON THE VIA DOLOROSA. Jordanian police and soldiers were hard put to make a
passage for Pope Paul VI as he walked the Way of the Cross immediately following his arrival
in Jerusalem (Jan. 4) on his historic visit to the Holy Land. The Pontiff’s white skull cap may
be seen in the upper right portion of the picture.
SPEAKS IN FRENCH
Pope Emphasizes Unity
Among Different Rites
‘Great Is
JERUSALEM, Jordan (NC)--
Following is the text of the
speech in Latin prepared by
Pope Paul VI for delivery at
his (Jan. 5) meeting with Or
thodox Patriarch Athenagoras
I at the Apostolic Delegation
here, but which was not given
until the Pope and Patriarch
met again (Jan. 6) at the sum
mer residence of Orthodox Pa
triarch Benedictus:
Great ia our emotion and pro
found our joy in this truly histo
ric tour, when, after centuries
of silence and expectation, the
Catholic Church and the Patri
archate of Constantinople meet
once again iX the persons of
their highest representatives.
GREAT and profound also Is
our gratitude to you, who have
kindly left temporarily your
patriarchal See in order to come
here to meet us. it is, however,
first of all toward God, the
Lord of the Church, that the
words of our humble thanksgiv
ing ascend.
An ancient Christian tradi
tion lovingly sees as the center
of th e world that place upon
which the glorious cross of the
Saviour was erected, and whit
her, “being raised up from the
earth," He draws “all things
unto himself.”
It was fitting, then, and Pro
vidence has permitted it, that
it should be in this place—this
forever blessed and sacred
place—that, as pilgrims from
Rome and from Constantinople,
we should be able to meet and
be united in a common prayer.
YOU HAVE desired this
meeting ever since the time of
our unforgettable predecessor
John, for whom you did not
conceal your esteem and af
fection and to whom with strik
ing intuition, you applied the
AFTER th e plane rolled to a
stop on the runway, the Pope
appeared alone at the top of the
gangway, both waving at people
and blessing them. Fatigue
showed on his face but he des
cended from the plane briskly
and was greeted at the bottom
of the gangway by President
Antonio Segnl and then Defense
Minister Giulio Andreotti, who
accompanied the Pope in re
view of the honor guard, then to
a plataform to greet diplomats
and civil and ecclesiastical au
thorities. In a brief exchange
of greetings President Segni
expressed the joy of Italy in the
Pope’s return and pledged in
behalf of Italians every effort to
confirm the elements of peace
and good will the Pope had sown
by his pilgrimage.
The Pope replied: “We re
turn with a heart full of intense
emotion, carrying engraved in
our memory forever the ra
diant and moving images of the
holy places.”
HE SAID it was the purpose
of his journey to Palestine that
it should “assume the signifi
cance of a special fervent meet
ing with Christ, to proclaim
loudly before the world sublime
reality and universality of the
Redemption".
“We can say we have fulfill
ed our pledge," he continued,
“today’s liturgy of the Feast of
the Epiphany speaks of great
spendor spreading out from Je
rusalem to the world. In this di
vine light we have accomplish
ed our journey of prayer and
penitence. We have prayed that
it may shine more brightly up
on the world, whose anxieties
and uncertainties and fearsome
upheavals spring from having
rejected and suffocated that
light of salvation.
“Only in the Blessed Lord
Jesus Christ is salvation. In
His message of truth, goodness
and love is the answer to all
the uncertainties ahead. In His
will, freely accepted, lies the
peace of the world.”
“This is what we have pray
ed for, prostrate upon the stone
of the Holy Sepulcher, on Cal
vary, at Gethsemane, in the
Cenacle and at Nazareth,” the
Pope concluded.
The papal motorcade moved
along some of the historic roads
of Rome as it re-entered the
city and arrived at the Colos
seum, where the City of Rome
had prepared a solemn civic
reception for its returning Bis
hop.
BANNERS and torches lined
the Pope’s path and evoked
memories of the tales of An
cient Rome as Romans, native
words of the Evangelist: “There
was a man sent from God, whose
name was John." He too yearn
ed for this meeting, as you well
know, but his early death pre
vented him from realizing this
desire of his heart.
The words of Christ “that
they may be one" (ut unum
sint), repeated frequently by the
dying Pope, leave no doubt as to
one of his most cherished inten
tions, those for which he offer
ed God his long agony and valu
able life. Doubtless, on the one
side and on the other, the roads
which lead to union may belong
and sown with difficulties. But
these two paths converge toward
one another and eventually
reach the source of the Gos
pel. Is it not then a happy au
gury that today's meeting takes
place in that land where Christ
founded His Church and shed
His blood for her?
It is in any case an eloquent
manifestation of the great good
ROME (NC)—Following is the
text of the speech made in Ita
lian by Pope Paul VI at the air
port in Rome on his return from
the Holy Land (Jan. 6):
We return with a heart full of
intense emotions, carrying for
ever engraved in our memory
the radiant and moving images
of the holy places, which speak
with bare eloquence of the life
of Jesus Christ, of His suffer
ings, of His love.
We desired our journey to
Palestine to take on the mean
ing of a particular, fervent,
ardent meeting with Christ, a
proclamation— clear to all the
world—of the sublime reality
and universality of the redemp
tion which the Divine Saviour
continues to work by means of
His Church.
AND NOW, AGAIN setting
foot on the soil of Italy, where
once Peter landed with his noble
and regenerating mission, we
can say that we have kept faith
with our pledge. The liturgy of
today’s Feast of the Epiphany
speaks of a greatsplendorwhich
from Jerusalem shines upon the
world and conquers its dark
ness: "Arise, be enlightened,
0 Jerusalem: For thy light is
come, and the glory of the Lord
is risen upon thee. For behold,
darkness shall cover the earth,
and a mist the people: But the
Lord shall arise upon thee, and
His glory shall be seen upon
thee. And the Gentiles shall
walk in thy light, and kings in
the brightness of thy rising.”
In this divine light, we have
accomplished our journey of
prayer and penance. And we
have prayed that it may shine
more brightly upon the world,
whose anxieties and uncertain
ties, whose fearful convulsions
arise from his having rejected
and suffocated this light.
ONLY IN BLESSED Jesus, we
repeat, is salvation. In His
message of truth, goodness,
(and) love is the answer to all
the unknowns which present
themselves. In His will, freely
accepted, is the peace of the
world. This we have invoked,
kneeling on the bare rock of the
sepulcher, at Calvary, at Geth
semane, in the Cenacle and at
Nazareth. And at the grotto of
the Nativity of Bethlehem we
have begged for all men of good
will the gift of a true and
lasting peace.
will which, thanks be to God,
animates ever more all Chris
tians truly worthy of that name;
the will, that is, to work to sur
mount disunity, to break down
barriers; the will to engage re
solutely upon the path which
leads to reconciliation.
Divergencies of a doctrinal,
liturgical and disciplinary na
ture will have to be examined,
at the proper time and place, in
a spirity of fidelity to truth and
to understanding in charity.
WHAT CAN and must now
commence to develop is that
fraternal charity which is in
genious in finding out new ways
of showing itself; which, taking
its lessons from the past, is
ready to pardon, more ready to
believe well than evil. Careful
above all to conform itself to
the Divine Master and to allow
itself to be drawn and trans
formed by Him. Of such chari
ty the symbol and example
May the Lord fulfill our wish
es and fructify the journey of
His humble vicar with fruits of
holiness, justice, truth; “to give
to His people knowledge of sal
vation...to guide -our feet into
the way of peace.”
OUR THOUGHTS now turn
with benevolent remembrance
to the authorities of those places
who made our journey so easy
and convenient, expending every
effort to render our brief stay
in the Holy Land more pleasant;
to the flourishing Catholic com
munities we have met and en
couraged there, of the Latin,
Melkite, Maronite and Armen
ian patriarchates; to the sons
of St. Francis, so well deserv
ing by their presence through
the centuries in the Land of
Jesus; and to all our brothers
in Christ, particularly beloved
and dear, whose presence in the
holy places sharpens for us the
desire of the hoped for reunion.
We thank also the Italian au
thorities who, as they offered
their greeting at the departure,
now make us feel more inten
sely the joy of return by bring
ing us the affection of our be
loved sons of Italy and of Rome.
IT GIVES US pleasure also to
express our lively satisfaction
to the directors, to the pilots,
to the personnel of the airline
company which has done so
much for the perfect success
of our flight.
As a sign of the sentiments
of our heart at this moment,
we embrace with paternal bene
volence all the peoples we have
met and those who followed us in
thought and prayer, while, in
pledge of every desirable hea
venly grace, from our heart,
we impart once again to the en
tire human family our aposto
lic benediction.
ENTERING JORDAN
AMMAN, Jordan (NC)—Fol
lowing is the (Jan. 4.) speech
of Pope Paul VI to King Hussein
of Jordan:
We are most appreciative of
your kindness in coming to wel-
Our Joy’
should be the kiss of peace which
Our Lord has permitted us to
exchange in this holy land and
the prayer which Jesus Christ
taught us and which we shall
shortly recite together.
We cannot express how touch
ed we are by this, your gesture.
Nor are we alone in this. The
Church of Rome, and the ecu
menical council, will learn with
deep joy of this historic event.
As for us, we raise toward God
a grateful prayer, and we beg
Him to help us follow along
this path and to bestow upon
you and upon us, who have un
dertaken it with faith and con
fidence, that blessing which will
ensure happy results.
With these feelings, it is not
a “good-by” that we say to you,
but, if you allow us, an “au re-
voir" based upon the hope of
other fruitful meetings “in the
name of the lord" (in nomine
domine).
JORDAN, Jerusalem (NC)—
Following is the address given
in French by Pope Paul VI at
the Church of St. Anne here
(Jan. 4) to Latin and Eastern
Rite Catholic prelates:
Nearly three quarters of a
century ago there was held in
Jerusalem a eucharistic con
gress that was an important
event for the churches of the
Orient in communion with the
See of Rome. That the situa
tion has changed since that time
is eloquently demonstrated by
your presence here. Venerable
Brothers of the Oriental chur
ches.
OUR JOY in meeting you is
great. We have come here as a
come us personally on our ar
rival in yourklngdom. Our visit
is a spiritual one, a humble pil
grimage to sacred places made
holy by the birth, life. Passion
and death of Jesus Christ and by
His glorius Resurrection and
Ascension.
AT EACH OF these venera
ble shrines we shall pray for
that peace which Jesus left to
His disciples, that peace which
the world cannot give but which
comes from fulfillment of His
commandment to love one anot
her as He loves us.
Your Majesty, we know, ar
dently desires peace and pros
perity for your people and for
all nations of the world, and
we, Peter’a successor, re
member his reference to
Psalms in his first epistle: “He
who would love life, and see
good days. . ., let him turn
away from evil and do good, let
him seek after peace and pur
sue it” (1, Peter, II, 10, II)
STT. PETER also wrote;
Honor all menf love the bro
therhood; fear God; honor the
King” (1, Peter, II, 17).
May God grant our prayer and
that of all men of good will
that, living together in harmony
and accord, they may help one
another in love and justice and
attain to universal peace in the
true brotherhood.
pilgrim, as you know, in order
to follow in the footsteps of
Christ in that “holy and glorious
Sion, the mother of all the chur
ches," to use the expression
of the ancient Jerusalem liturgy
of St. James. The places of the
life. Passion and Resurrection
of Our Lord are in fact those
of the churches' birth.
No one can forget that when
God decided to choose for him
self a fatherland, a family and
a language in this world, it was
from the Orient that he took
them. And it was to the Orient
that he first sent his Apostles:
“It was first of all in Pale
stine that the Apostles estab
lished faith in Jesus Christ
and set up churches. Then they
went forth into the whole world
to announce that same teach
ing and identical Faith" (Ter-
tu Ilian).
Each nation received the good
seed of their preaching accord
ing to its proper mentality and
culture. Each local church grew
with its own personality and
customs, its own way of cele
brating the divine mysteries,
all of which did not, however,
harm the unity of faith or the
communion of all in charity
and in respect of the order
established by Christ.
IN THIS is the origin of our
diversity in unity, our catho
licity, that property which was
always essential to the Church
of Christ, and of which the Holy
Spirit gives us a new experi
ence at our present time and
in the counciL
If unity is only catholic, if it
only respects the legitimate di
versity of each one, so also di
versity is not catholic unless
insofar as it respects unity,
serves charity, and contributes
to the edification of “the holy
people of God."
In our joy at meeting you as
sembled here, in this your land
of the Orient, we cannot but feel
profoundly and keenly the need
of bearing witness to unity, that
great sign given by Christ for
the faith of the world: "That
they may be one, so that the
world may believe."
Among ourselves, Catholic
therefore let us above all show
forth the unity which is ours,
as much as possible, by a self
less collaboration entirely at
the service of the Church and
solely concerned with the good
of the faithful. Let us manifest
as clearly as we can that unity
which, though incomplete and
wounded, already exists with
our other Christian brethren,
your brothers in both blood
and tradition.
AS WE HAVE said on ano
ther occasion: Have they not
indeed the same baptism, the
same fundamental laws, the
same priesthood celebrating the
unique sacrifice of the one and
only Lord of the Church? In
fine, let us not forget that our
neighbor, he whom we must
love as ourselves, is not ex
clusively and only our Christian
neighbor.
May the Lord grant to us all
that we may live in charity, and
that charity may reign in this
land where the love and good
ness of God were shown forth
by the highest proof of love:
"To lay down one's life for
one’s friends."
KING HUSSEIN, the youthful monarcn of Jordan, was at i
airport to greet Pope Paul VI upon the latter's arrival (Ji
4) at Amman to suit his historic pilgrimage.
Pope Greets King
Hussein At Amman