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PAGE 2 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1964
BY POPE PAUL
POPE PAUL VISITS JAIL - As more than 1,000 prisoners knelt around him, Pope Paul VI offered
Mass in the rotunda of Rome's Regina Coeli jail, April 9. He distributed Holy Communion to 500
and left gifts for each of the prisoners. He is shown as he addressed the prisoners following
the Mass. The scene was reminiscent of the visit of the late Pope John XXIII on Dec. 28, 1958
AFRICAN ARCHBISHOP
Ecumenical Movement
Is Marked By Confusion
CAPE TOWN, South Africa ^’C)
"So far, around the world,
the ecumenical movement has
been dogged by muddleheaded-
ness, bursting with goodwill,
but confused to an exasperat
ing degree," says Archbishop
John C. Garner of Pretoria.
Writing an article in the
Southern Cross, national Cath
olic weekly published here, the
archbishop * welcomed ecu
menism as a ' God - inspired
movement towards better un
derstanding, closer association
and—in God's good time — the
visible reunion of Chris
tendom." But he attacked
pulpit-sharing and taking part
in the formal religious services
of other churches.
ARCHBISHOP GARNER said:
"May we be permitted. . .to
voice some doubts ancl to ex
press strong criticism of some
of the things that are being
done, in the name of ecumeni-
calism, without being regarded
as reactionary. Some things
being done, in all good intent
ion, will impede the movement,
rather than aid it; in fact they
might well lead to disaster,
the ruin of the whole move
ment.
"WE REFER, in particular,
to the 'sharing of pipits,' or
taking part in the formal re-
OFFICIAL
ligious services of each other's
churches.
"Catholics can well be ex
cused for asking what is hap
pening. Where bishops and
priests formerly warned them
against taking part in the ser
vices of other churches, or in
terdenominational services,
they themselves are going out
of their way to take part in
the once banned functions. Can
they be blamed for asking:
Illicit before, are they licit
now? Or even (in their per
plexity); Sinful before, are they
virtuous now? "
THE ARCHBISHOP con
tinued:
"If participation is merely
material, a gesture, without
inner assent, it could be, at
best, frivolous; and at worst,
impertinent. Only goodwill
saves it from being either. But
gestures of goodwill can take
forms other than sharing in
formal religious worship,
forms that are less likely to be
misunderstood.
"And misunderstood they
certainly can be, both by Cath
olics and non-Catholics (or,
as someone put it recently, by
protestants and non - Pro
testants). There is a very real
danger that all will feel that
this is indeed the culmination;
that no other reunion is called
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for than that already achieved—
in externals only; that all may
stay just where they are; that
all the fuss about seeking for
the truth, and embracing it,
no matter what the cost, is
outmoded; that the Roman Cath
olic Church has at last come
down from its high horse, and
acknowledged itself one of the
religious bodies, loosely-knit,
which go to make the ‘church
of Christ,' in which unity of
faith is not of importance."
ARCHBISHP GARNER ask
ed:
"What course is the 'ecu
menical dialogue' to take in
South Africa? What positive
steps can one envisage?
"Firstly, we would say that
active participation in formal
worship should be proscribed.
We need not be influenced by
what is done in other countries;
each country has its own tradi
tions, attitudes and problems.
South Africa must devise its
own approach to the question
of reunification.
"ON THE positive side we
can do much, but it should be
done gradually; haste must lead
to mistakes, mistakes to dis
illusionment, disillusionment to
retreat and apathy, if not bit
terness.
"Starting with the easiest
step, we should:
"(a) Foster the healthy
friendships that have grown so
remarkable among Catholic
clergy and Religious, and the
clergy of other churches,
friendship among the laity has
always been facile and natural;
"(b) Join cordially with other
churches and religious bodies,
Christian and non-Christian, in
works of charity, for the better
ment of the whole population,
of which Catholics are a part;
"(c) Arrange dialogues, in the
literal sense, with ah Christian
churches, without polemics of
any kind, for the frank
discussion of points of friction,
doctrinal, historical or admini
strative, no matter what form
they may take; these could be on
a diocesan or parochial basis,
in halls either Catholic or non-
Catholic, where the atmosphere
is natural and cordial; they
should be more like 'round-
table talks* than lectures;
"(d) Concrete proposals re
sulting from these discussions
could be sent to the Bishops'
Conference, which would review
them, and forward them to the
Secretariat for Christian Unity
in Rome.
'THE SOUTH African Bi
shops would, we are sure, wel
come comment, construct
ive criticism, and suggestions
from the laity; this is their
common ground, across which
the Bishops themselves are
t picking their unfamiliar way."
VATICAN CITY (NC)~Pope
Paul VI has extended the scope
of the Pontifical Commission
for Motion Pictures, Radio and
Television to include "daily
and periodical press" and
changed the commission’s name
to that of the Pontifical Com
mission for Mass Media.
In a motu proprio, a papal
document drawn up by the Pope
and Issued on his authority,
dated March 7 and published
April 7, Pope Paul implement
ed the decree on communica
tions media approved by the
council and promulgated by the
Pope. The motu proprio bears
the Latin title of In Fructibus
from the opening words and is
the second motu proprio to be
issued by the Pope putting into
motion acts of the council. The
first of these was the motu pro
prio Sacram Liturgiam, issued
Jan. 25, implementing portions
of the conciliar constitution on
liturgical reform.
IN ADDITION to changing the
commission's name and extend
ing its competence to the press,
today’s motu proprio specifies
that the committee now has the
authority to implement the "di
rective norms of the decree"
on communications media and
that it is to prepare for the
Pope's approval "an appro
priate pastoral instruction"
which would help bishops "in
the fulfillment of their pastoral
activities in this sector" of
mass media.
The motu proprio also stres
ses the importance of the co
operation of laymen with the
commission and in its work. A
spokesman for the commis
sion pointed out that there are
already three laymen on the
commission, Prince Carlo
Pacelli, Count Enrico Galeazzi
and Vittorino Veronese. In the
terms of the motu proprio it is
foreseeable that lay experts in
all fields of social communica
tions from around the world will
be called on as members and
advisers.
The papal document notes that
instruments of mass media
"among which the press, radio,
television and motion pictures
have a particular importance,
owing to their close and mutual
relationships, pose in our times
problems so grave as to in
fluence not only culture, civili
zation and public morality, but
religion itself."
THE SPOKESMAN said that
though it is not specified in the
motu proprio, the sense of the
conciliar decree not only asks
for extension of the commit
tee' s competency to the press
but also all other aspects of the
field such as theater, records
and other forms of communi
cation.
Pope Paul states that the late
Pope John in his motu proprio
Boni Pastoris issued in early
1959, had given a "new orien
tation" to the Pontifical Com
mission for Motion Pictures,
Radio and Television which
headed by Archbishop Martin J.
O’Connor, rector of the North
American college in Rome. This
commission, which has now
been renamed the Commission
for Mass Media, had been given
the task of:
Examining the various activ
ities related to motion pictures
radio and television, to foster
them and direct them, in con
formity with the teaching and
directive norms contained in
the encyclical Miranda Pror-
sus (by Pius XII) and with the
directives whch were to be
given later by the Apostolic See.
The motu proprio ^ays the
commission carried out its task
"with such thoroughness and
such zeal as to deserve the ap
preciation of all." The docu
ment further notes that the
council Fathers had agreed it
was necessary that the comp
etence of the pontifical com
mission should be extended to
Include the press and to call
"on experts, including laymen,
from various countries" to as
sist the commission when nec
essary.
THE DOCUMENT then con
tinues to its essential point:
'Therefore since this authori
tative vote of the venerable
Fathers of the council is in
accord with our desires, we,
modifying the name and ampli
fying the task of the above com
mission, by our own initiative,
with certain knowledge and after
mature deliberation, by virtue
of this letter and from hence
forth institute the Pontifical
Commission for Mass Media,
entrusting to it as regards the
interests of the Catholic re
ligion, the problems relating
to motion pictures, to radio and
to television and to the daily
and periodical press."
At this point the Pope's let
ter pauses to pay special at
tention to the press. The docu
ment states "As regards the
sector of the press, attention
will be given later to the pro
motion of these undertakings
which this apostolic See will
regard as opportune in a mat
ter of such importance.’* It
was not immediately specified
what these undertakings might
include.
REGARDING these under
takings the commission spokes
man said that they could not
be specified at present because
no section within the com
mission had been set up to deal
with the press. There first
must be an international con
sultation with clergy and lay
experts in the field of the press
to determine what would be the
best methods and projects for
the renamed commission to
adopt.
Th letter states that in ad
dition to its tasks outlined in
Boni Pastoris the renamed
commission would have "within
its competence to implement
the directive norms of the
decree of the Second Vatican
Council regarding the mass
media, as also, according to
provisions of article 23 of the
same decree, the preparation
of th e appropriate pastoral in
struction whic h will be sub
mitted for our approval."
A spokesman for the com
mission said that it was the
intent of the decree of the
council Fathers that it was to
be accompanied later by this
pastoral instruction and that
instruction was complementary
to the decree going into details
of th e pastoral application of
the decree’s general norms.
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Center Of Debate
TWICKENHAM, England (NC)~
Archbishop George Beck, A. A.,
of Liverpool admitted to a con
ference of Catholic educators
here that there is a growing
tendency in England to quest
ion the value of a separate
Catholic education system.
Addressing the third sec
ondary schools conference of
the Catholic Teachers’ Fed
eration, the Archbishop, who is
chairman of this country's Ca
tholic Education Council, said
.there was some question
whether the Catholic schools
could keep pace with the grow
ing Catholic population.
THERE ARE already many
places in England, he said,
where children cannot get into
the crowded parochial schools.
While additional government aid
might be forthcoming, he said
building and land costs were
high and sites were not always
available for new schools.
The Archbishop said Cath
olic teacher training colleges
were probably the most im
portant centers of Catholic in-
THE SPOKESMAN said that
the directive norms referred to
the motu proprio were those
found within the second chapter
of the conciliar decree calling
for formation of a good Catholic
press, organization of schools
to train newsmen, writers for
screen, radio and television,
in sound training imbued with
a Christian spirit and educat
ion of the Catholic public to ...
develop their Christian and NATIONAL PRESS
moral critical sense.
Lastly the motu proprio
specifies that the commission,
so that it can deal with its new
tasks, "will be provided with
the necessary means for its
activities and will avail Itself
of the help of persons with
experience in the field of the
instruments of mass media who
will be called in suitable num
bers to form part of the com
mission itself.
The Pope states that the com
mission in serving the truth
would serve to bring about
harmony among peoples and he
quoted Pope John who had told
th e foreign press association
in Italy in a 1961 audience that
by "working for truth, one
works for human brotherhood."
TWO CHURCHES
MEETS THE PRESS—Quest
of the National Press Club
during* his visit to Washing
ton, Vienna's Cardinal Fran-
ziskus Koenig is shown as he
told its members that he be
lieves communist nations will
eventually learn to live with
the Catholic Church. While
in the Capital City the pre
late participated in the 175th
anniversary program of
Georgetown University and
received an honorary degree
from the Catholic University
of America.
Plan Group To Aid
Former Prisoners
CHICAGO (NC)--Directors of
half-Way Houses, institutions
that help rehabilitate ex-con
victs, have decided to found a
national organization that will
promote and coordinate their
work.
The first national conference
of Half-Way Houses, represent
ing many faiths, met here April
4. Twelve of the directors were
present. Chicago was repre
sented by two houses: St. Leo
nard’s House, run by the
Episcopal Church, and St.
Anthony's Inn, operated by
Father Philip Marquand, O. F.
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