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PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1964
NATIONAL PRESS
Cardinal Says Communism
Must Live With Church
WASHINGTON (NC) —Fran-
zlskus Cardinal Koening of
Vienna told member* of the
National Press Club here (April
6) he believes communist
nations will eventually learn to
live with the Catholic Church.
“We have only one world and
we must live together/' he said.
THE AUSTRIAN Cardinal,
whose own country is dedicated
to neutrality betweeiTthe Eas
tern and Western blocks, said
that “in time” some practical
solution: will be found, even if
the official anti-religious pol
icy of the communists does
not change.
“The official policy of the
communists states that religion
should be eliminated because if
is against social progress/*
said Cardinal Koenig, “But
evolution shows that the eli
mination of religion is imposs
ible. Some of the Soviet lea
ders are beginning to realize it
is impossible/'
AS AN example, he said the
government of Hungary will
eventually be forced to find
some compromise between its
official policy and the religion
to which most of its citizens-
adhere.
The Cardinal, who has serv
ed as a Vatican emissary to
Hungary in negotiations re
garding the freedom of Jozsef
Cardinal Mlndszenty, said the
eventual release of the Hun
garian Primate “depends upon
what Hungary is willing to do/*
especially by permitting the
Holy See to fill some vacant
Sees in that country and allow
ing religious education “to
a certain extent/*
HE SAID Cardinal Minds-
zfcnty “is inclined in a way to
stay there but ready to leave th
country if the Pope wants him
to.’’
On other Issues
Koenig said:
Cardinal
delegate visits
Pontiff Donates
To Alaskan Aid
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (NC)—
The Apostolic Delegate in the
United States carried personal
ly to the people of Alaska the
blessings of Pope Paul VI and a
token contribution of $10,000
for relief work.
Archbishop Egidlo Vagnozzl
came here from Washington,
D. C„ (April 3) and made an
inspection tour of damage in the
earthquake stricken area here
and in Kodiak and Seward.
THE prelate also appeared
(April 5) on local television. He
said he was sent by Pope Paul
to “evidence the Pontiff’s con
cern and affectionfor the people
of Alaska in these trying days/*
“It is comforting to see the
spirit of the people surfing re
construction/* said the Arch
bishop. “The Important thing
■TAKE CARE’
is to go back to work, not to
lose faith in the future of Alaska
and its possibilities/'
Archbishop Vagnozzl pre
sented the papal relief contri
bution to Bishop Dermot 0*
Flanagan of Juneau. The Bish
op had flown down to Seattle,
Wash., to meet the papal dele
gate and accompanied him on
the visit here.
IN ANCHORAGE, th* Arch
bishop went (April 6) to Provi
dence Hospital, which cared for
most of th* Injured in this area
despite moderately severe
damage to its facilities,
The Apostolic Delegate, ac
companied by Sister Barbara
Ellen, hospital administrator,
offered Mass in the hosplul
chapel and then visited the ser
iously injured, bringing words
of comfort and encouragement,
Russians Denounce
Anti-Semitic Book
$ee editorial, page 4)
BERLIN )C) —An anti relig
ious book filled with assults
against Jews has been denounc
ed by th* Ideological Comm les
ion of the Soviet Communist
party.
A statement adopted by the
commission was published in
Pravda, the Moscow organ of
the communist party. Accord
ing to a copy of Pravda rece
ived here, the book was attack
ed not because itassulted Jews,
but rather because it “feeds
anti-Soviet Insinuations."
THE BOOK, earlier cri
ticized by communist parties in
the West, is entitled “Judaism
Without Embellishment. It was
produced by the Ukrainian Aca- 1
demy of Sciences.
The ideological commission
said the book contained state
ments and illustrations that
“may be Interpreted in a spirit
of anti-Semitism. . .and merely
feed anti-Soviet insinuations of
our ideological foes, who are
trying at all costs to create a
so-called Jewish question."
The Commission praised
what it called the author's zeal
“to disclose the reactionary
essence of the Jewish relig
ion," but it said he had gone
too far and cautioned press and
publishing groups to approach
such material “most thorough
ly** in th* future,
THE CONDEMNATION came
from the same commission
which met last December to
adopt a program for an intensi
fied struggle against religion.
(Th* book was criticized in
Washington, D. C. (April 6) at
a meeting of 24 major Jewish
organizations convened to pro
test anti-Semitism in the Soviet
Union. Sen. Abraham Riblcoff of
Connecticut called the book “a
beastly anti-Semitic volume"
which is part of the called
which is part of the Soviet
propaganda drive against the
Jewish religion.)
—That the election of a non-
Italian Pope “will probably
not come at the next election.
—That he could not believe
rumors" that the coming third
session of the Vatican council
would be the final one. He said
a fourth session might besuffl-
flclent to end the work of the
council Fathers.
—That the College of Cardi
nals should reflect the propor
tional numbers of Catholics in
different countries.
—That “'early in the next
session" the council wouldfor-
mally vote its approval of re
ligious liberty for all people.
— That the decentralization
of Church authority in the Ro
man Curia is “very nec
essary," and that in time it
will be accomplished.
Cardinal Koelng is in
Washington to participate in the
175th anniversary program og
Georgetown University. He will
also receive an honorary de
gree from the Catholic Uni
versity of America.
“Th* fault may lie in the
fact that Pope John was urging
for the winding up of the cen
tral commission by the end of
June, 1962, So that actually
there was no proper executive
body to curtlal the spate of
material which flowed in right
at the beginning," he said,
“If there had been someth
ing at the time like the pre
sent coordinating commission,
the problems which followed
later and were the cause of so
many difficulties among the
council commissions would
have been avoided.'*
CARDINAL Koenig took ex
ception with those who claimed
that council debates have been
.too long and repetitious. While
it is true, he said, that some
timetable might have been set,
the speeches nevertheless
reflected the desire of Pope
John and Pope Paul for free
and open debate. Even long de
bates, he said, helped to clari
fy public opinion.
Cardinal Koenig, one of sev
eral visitor* this year to mark
Georgetown's 175th anniver
sary, is now on a speaking tour
of th* United States. He was
presented with a commemora
tive medal of the occasion by
Georgetown's president, Fath
er Edward B. Bunn, S, J.
VATICAN ANNOUNCES
World Prayer Day
For Vocations Set
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The
first world Day of Prayer for
religious vocations will be ob
served April 12—Good Shep
herd Sunday— Vatican Radio
declared in a broadcast ad
dressed to Catholics in all
parts of the globe.
It said the observance was
announced by Amleto Giovanni
Cardinal Cicognani, Vatican
Secretary of State, in a lett
er Jan. 23 to the Sacred
Congregation of Seminaries and
Universities, “which is the Holy
See's department concerned
with training menfor the priest
hood."
THE STATION said the ob
servance was strongly desir
ed by Pope Paul VI “to unite
the prayers of the whole world
in one great effort, and to make
mankind more conscious of the
problem of ecclesiastical vo
cations."
"In particular, it is hoped,"
Vatican Radio added, “that
parents will realize how noble
it is for one of their family to
STUDENT AUDIENCE
Catholic University
Ideal Hailed By Pope
CYO ORATORICAL CONTEST WINNERS—Among the winners of the National CYO
Oratorical Contest, held in Washington were Pat Marz, 16, of Houston, Tex as, first prize
in the teenage boys' division and Susan Schemenauer, 17, of Toledo, Ohio, first in the
teenage girls* division. They are shown with Msgr. Frederick J. Stevenson, national di
rector of the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) and Walter D. Hyle Jr., national com
mander of the Catholic War 1 Veterans, donor of the trophies and scholarships.
HAUNTED SENTRY-BOX
Ghost Defeats Australians
MALACCA, Malaya (NC)—
This is the story about a Ca
tholic church, a Moslem spirit
-doctor, and a ghost that de
feated the Australian Army.
The story, as the Australians
sadly admit, is true.
IT ALL started when the com
mandant of the Australian Army
base of Terendak, near this
city, decided to build a Catholic
chapel for his soldiers. The site
chosen was a level place at the
base of a hill. There was only
one trouble:
Right next to the building
site were two graves, said to be
those of Malayan heroes, and a
small temple which, the com
mandant was assured by local
residents, was the dwelling of
the heroes’ souls.
NOW THE
moved, but
temple had to be
the commandant
didn't want to offend tne native
"bomoh,'' a spirit-doctor con
sidered a fake by many or
thodox Moslems, and asked him
to move the ghosts to some other
habitation.
The big day arrived. The
bomoh drove up in a car carry
ing a large box. As the Aus
tralians welted expectantly, the
bomoh set the box on the ground,
opened its lid, lit some candles
and began chanting incantations.
A few minutes of this and the
ghosts were safely in the box.
The lid was put on, the box
placed in the car, and with a
sigh of relief the commandant
watched the bomoh drive off,
THAT SHOULD have been the
end of the story. But that's when
it really began.
Armies everywhere reserve
the right of administrative con
fusion. In this case, someone
neglected to tell the guard at the
OF JEWS, CHRISTIANS
Goldberg Condemns
Soviet Persecution
be called to the priesthood, so
that they might encourage the
seed of vocation in their home."
ALL OVER the world, th* sta
tion said, “priests will be en
couraged to explain the nat
ure of the religious calling
and young men will be asked to
answer the divine appeal, and to
answer it in the face of all
difficulties."
Vatican Radio noted that a Vo
cation Day has been celebrated
in the Italian diocese since
April, 1961, when the obser
vance was approved by the late
Pope John XXIII.
IT SAID “the good results
achieved in all the Italian dio
ceses led to the extention of Vo
cation Day to the whole world,"
adding that priests everywhere
will celebrate special Masses
for its success.
April 12 is known as Good
Shepherd Sunday because the
Gospel that day relates the par
able of the Good Shepherd.
WASHINGTON (NC) — Asso
ciate Justice Arthur J. Gold
berg of the Supreme Court said
here all men of good will should
speak out against religious per
secution in the Soviet Union.
Goldberg spoke (April 6) to a
protest meeting sponsored here
by 24 Jewish organizations
assembled to raise their voices
against Russia's treatment of
Jews. Soviet Jewry was descri
bed as th* most severely limit
ed of. the religious groups in the
USSR.
GOLDBERG ,told the confer
ence: “We are*hot and cannot
be unmindful of the plight of the
great body of people in the Sov
iet Union whose human right
to freedom of religious exer
cise is substantially curtailed.
“The discrimination against
Jews by the government of the
Soviet Union is an aspect of
overall discrimination against
all religious groups."
But he said the evidence is
“overwhelming" that Jews are
more limited than others and
that discrimination against
them has reached “the propor
tions of virulent anti-Semi
tism."
“THE TRAGIC experience of
mankind with th* cancer of anti-
Semitism so fresh in the minds
of all makes it imperative that
those who believe in the dignity
of man and in human right*
speak out in vigorous protest,"
he said.
Goldberg, in stressing th*
brotherhood of man, touched
upon the controversial Rolf
Hochhuth drama accusing Pope
Pius XII of falling to speak out
against nazi persecution of
Jews.
“I believe that the dramatist
did not do justice to that great
and good Pontiff, Pope Plus XII.
Jews are and ever should be
grateful for what the Pope and
the Catholic Church did to re
scue innocent Jewish victims
of nazi Insanity and barbar
ism," he said.
Pius X Nurse
Miss Elizabeth Shannon, R.
N„ of the Public Health Ser
vice will take over home econo
mics classes at St. Plus X for
six days.
gate oi the camp about the bomoh
and his box. The car stopped at
the gate. The guard said he'd
have to look in the box.
THE BOMOH protested: there
are two ghosts in the boxl Ha,
ha, said the guard, let's look
in the box. But the ghosts may
escapel The guard was firm. He
had to look in the box.
You might have known it.
When the lid was lifted the
bomoh cried out in dismay and
pointed at the guard's red sen
try box. One of the ghosts, he
said, had escaped and was lod
ged in the sentry box.
ONCE AGAIN the candles and
incantations were resorted to,
but the angered ghost refused
to budge. There was only one
thing to do. With considerable
embarrassment, and some un
kind words muttered under his
breath, the commandant agreed
to have the sentry box moved
back to the hill.
If you ever go to the Aus
tralian Army base ofTerendak,
be sure to admire the new Ca
tholic chapel there. But, please,
don't ask them what that red
sentry box is doing all by it
self halfway up the hill. They
wouldn't like it,
VATICAN CITY—A Catholic
university offers a solution to
the age-old question of the re
lation of knowledge which
comes from faith and that which
comes from reason, Pope Paul
VI told more than 8,000 stud
ents from Milan's Catholic Uni
versity of the Sacred Heart.
The students came down to
Rome to visit their former
Archbishop of Milan, now the
Pope and Patriarch of the West.
POPE Paul celebrated Mass
for them in St. Peter's at eight
o'clock in the morning (April 6).
After reading the Gospel of the
day, the Pope spoke to the stu
dents at length on the nature
and the task of Catholic uni
versities.
A Catholic university is the
institution in which there is
answered, he said, “the ques
tion of the relation between the
two teaching bodies, the eccles
iastical and the worldly, that
which is founded on divine
thought and that founded on hu
man thought—one stemming
from faith and the other from
reason."
Catholic universities do not
solve the problem by denying
the legitimacy of one or the
other areas of knowledge, the
Pope said. What they do, he ex
plained, is solve such a problem
by “denying that there is an ob
jective, lrreconsliable opposi
tion between the two truths,
faith and science. . .
“IT. IS an age-old question
which the Catholic university
does not solve by severing one
from of thought, the purely re
ligious, from the other, the
strictly rational, as if they were
two Irreconcilable and uncom-
munlcable moments of the hu
man mind, like foreigners
speaking a different langu
age. . /'
Instead, Pop* Paul went on,
a Catholic university discovers
and examines “the respective
competences and the reciprocal
inter-relations' of the two
sources of human knowledge.
THE POPE noted the “exis
tence of this dualism, that is
to say of the two different sour
ces of human knowledge, will
always be realized by those who
accept Christian Revelation as
true and also who recognize as
certain the logical conclusion of
scientific research. It will as
sume, in cultural cycles, dif
ferent expressions— always
lively, always dramatic and al
ways fruitiful—for those who
are teachers and students at a-
Catholic university."
The Pope concluded by urging
all those present to remain
close thought, nor an impedi
ment to scientific research, nor
an unnecessary burden for
streamlined modern spiritua
lity. Rather it is a light, a
voice, a discovery which ex
pands the sould and makes life
and the world understandable.
Faith is the happiness of know
ledge, of the knowledge of truth.
Shared Time
PHILADELPHIA (RNS) —
Shared time programs at the
three public technical high
schools here have been prais
ed by both public and Catholic
school officials. Since last Sep
tember, 111 Catholic high
school tenth graders have been
spending half of each school day
in the public; technical schools.
The number is expected to be
doubled next fall, according to
Msgr. Edward T. Hughes, su
perintendent of schools for the
Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
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an Easter Egg Hunt at Drexel High School. The 15 children
were accompanied by their teacher, Sister Mary Simeon,
RSM and seven parents. Mrs. Reese, Drexel’s art instruc
tor, helped the visitors to model ornaments.
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