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THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1964 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 5 QUESTION BOX No Answer Because Saints in Black and White CONSERVATIVE view POWL ST. CATHERINE OF SIENNA Q. Ttsh fc tfce third time I hare Mat a'letter to yea. None has been answered In print I realise yen mast have hundred* of let ters to choose from, bat I think ■bine is last m important as some I hare seen in your Question Bex. A. Your letter is not signed, thd I presume the other two were not Anonymous questions end Up In the waste basket. • • * Q. When the priest brings Com munion to the sick at home I meet him at the door with a lighted' eandlc. He says some thing. What is It that he says, and a|n I snpposed to answer him? II so, what do I say? i A. He probably says, Pax hulc domui (peace to this house) and your answer should be, E t omni bus hobitontitms in ea (and all mho live in it). But do not worry; if you do not know the answer lie can give it himself. Soon he will be saying it in English so it will have meaning for you. • • » Q. As a child In England I was Until to look upon the Sacred usd ehallee when they were i daring the Elevation in the „ My husband says I should hew my bead and strike my breaat like everybody else in the ehureh. Bnt 1 am not looking at everybody else; I am watching the altar. Please tell me if 1 am right. A. You are right. You might bow your head in fervent adora tion before and after each eleva tion; but-1 sea no reason to strike yodr breast • ev » Q. One of my best friends is n Presbyterian minister (woman). On Good Friday she showed me a prayer book where it saM, "Adoration of the Cross: Behold the wood of the crow; come let as adore.” She said we were breaking the Pint Commandment by Idolatry. I told her that we were not adoring the wood, hot were adoring Oar Lord and Sav ior hanging there on that Crocs. Was that the right answer, Fa ther? I know the only one we idore Is God. We venerate many things, hat we do not adore them. Of course the way .the prayer book saws It you would think we were adoring the wood. A. You were right. ‘‘Adoration of the Cross'* is an unfortunate and confusing expression. I be lieve most Cjatholios know what it rivearts, but ft is too bad we don’t say what we mean. The words are used in the unveiling of the Crosa on Good Friday. • • a • Q. Is a Catholic allowed to the artificial contraception - - (dia phragms, pills, etc.) for BY MONSIGNOR J. 0. CONWAY good reaeon (akkness in the fam ily, economic situation, etc.), without fear of going to hell, if ho definitely is convinced that there is nothing morally wrong with that, regardless of what the Church says on the subject? As a realistic and intelligent man, dear Monsignor, yoa know very well that the over-popula tion of the world will not be solved by the rhythm method. ' If a Catholic Is In position of committing a mortal sin Just be cause the Church says so, what about Protestants, Jews, Moham medans, etc.? Would they also commit a sin? If not, then why would the Cathoile be punished and not the others? Does this sound fair to you, dear Monsig- nor? A. Do you not believe, dear friend, that your membership in the Church of Jesus Christ offers you invaluable moans of sancti fication and salvation which are not available to those outside the Mystical Body. And is not one of the benefits — and require ments — of membership the ac ceptance of the Church as Mother and Teacher? Do you not recall the words of Christ to His apostles: "As the Tgtbar has sent me I also send you.... He who bean you haass jne,... Qo toto the whole world and preach the Gospel,... tetA- ing them to observe all that Z have commanded you. . , . If he will not hear the Church let Mm be trfthA as the heathen art tfctf publican?" It is true that each man's con science is his personal guide to good and evil. If you follow your well-formed and certain soft- science you are guilty of no in ternal sin whatever crime you commit. You may be hanged for it, but you will never go to hell for it. However, it Is the duty of each person to see that his con science conforms to reality and truth. As Catholics we have accepted the Church as teacher of truth In Christ’s name. He purt the Church in the world to teach toe truth, and remains with it Ml days to see that it accomplishes its. purpose. H® sent the Hot? Spirit 'Of Truth to remain with it forever. No believing CathoOe can rightly fonna his conscience seme Mohammedans) without their being guilty of internal sin. They are living according to their carefully formed and certain con science. Chtholic teaching may impoee greeter burdens on us than oth ers are obliged in conscience to bear; but wo bear these burdens with love, in union with Jeeus in His Mystical Body, fortified by His sanctifying love for us as shown in the Mass and tot sacraments. He carried His Cross first, and we carry ours in union with Him. I do not hope that rhythm alone will solve the problems -of over-population in many lands. I doubt that diaphragms, pills and abortions will solve all auto problems. And I know that the problems are real, and rather frightening. But I am more frt± quently concerned with the real and frightening problems of in* dividual families, and with many of these I find rhythm of little help. I am puzzled as I share their troubles, but when the teaching authority of the Church — which is the teaching author ity of Jesus Christ in matters of faith and morals — tells me that something is wrong, I am not going to condone or recommend it. Freedom of conscience is a glorious right of each man. It comes from God. But conscience cannot be a reliable guide until it is carefully formed, and we must heed all truth from both reason and authority in forming it • • » Q. Am I correct In that aged Catholics (past toe child-bearing stage) may marry with the permission of their fas* tor, for companionship? I have been eonfused for years on this problem. Sometimes In reading Cathoile articles on marriage f get the feeling that only Cath olics who are absolutely ante they ean have children oejkt to get married. A. You are correct in your as sumption — except that sud> elderly people do not need any permission from their pastor. Jg they are free to marry they have an absolute right to marry and need permission from no one. I can understand the feeling without listening to the teachings you got from reading some Cath- of the Church regarding good and evil. Protestants, Jews and Moham medans act in good faith in form ing their consciences without re gard to the Church. They do not accept her as either Mother or Teacher. In consequence the things they do may violate true morality (like the polygamy of TO UNITY olic articles on marriage. They insist so much on procreation as the PRIMARY purpose of mar riage that you get toe impres sion no other purpose imity counts. Love alone is a sufficient purpose, and with it may btf com bined convenience, security, hap piness a home, companionship ■iy* lymfuel |IBll-|IT*"( Cites Laymens’ Duty MILAN (NC)- Catholic lay men have a "grave duty toward Christ and toward the -Church'* to work for the unity of all Ch ristians, Augustin Cardinal Bea told students and faculty members of the Catholic Uni versity of the Sacred Heart. The German Cardinal, who heads the secretariat for Pro moting Christian Unity of Christians expects from Lay men;'* He first stressed' the real possibilities that exist to foster unity work as demon strated by developments in the ecumenical field in recent years. “Things have been seen in these past few years that have not been seen for centuries," he said, "These are facts which speak for themselves but also speak above all as a testimony of the irresistible work of the Holy Ghost in the Church and in all those who have been bap tized. This divine help will be able to move, though only little by little, the mountains of ob stacles which still exist in the path toward unity.” The Cardinal stressed that against this background of the reawakening of the world to a desire for unity the layman has a real role to play. “The unity of the Church, that perfect unity willed by Christ, depends on the contribution of each and all of its members," he stated. "Consequently a n are in fact in a position to con tribute to the relization of uni ty and therefore every member has the grave duty toward Christ and toward the Church to interest himself In the unity of all believers in Christ and to work for it," THE CARDINAL warned, however, that the work for uni ty can fail "if the support were to lack a collective effort of sanctification on the part of the whole Church." He continued: "Experience shows this great est contribution to the cause of unity comes from the example of those virtues which shine forth eminently in Christ, that is humility and charity; while pride, indifference and selfish ness have been and always are the main causes of division." In reviewing what laymen can do in the field of unity work, Cardinal Bea first noted that "it is often thought that as a consequence of firmness and absolute faithfulness to the sacred deposit of Faith, there is nothing more to be done in the matter of doctrine in the *cumenical field. This Is not exact.” The Cardinal pointed out that he does not mean a compro mise which he said cannot take place i n the field of Faith. “OFTEN ideological differe nces which divide us are not dogmas but misunderstandings, which come from differences in AMERICAS CHURCHES Crisis Of Conscience CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 “1* only the "outside** agitators would go away." We are one nation, not fifty- “indivisible, with freedom and Justice for all" we were taught to say i n school. THE RELIGIOUS leaders 0 f the nation have Glanced their crisis of conscience. The humi lity and determination with which they have set themselves to the task of achieving justice is a call to every individual religious person. Justice and charity will no longer be respectable words unaccompanied by a personal commitment to their fulfillment. The cause has diffused itself widely enough that each man is called upon to take his stand, the stand heralded by the faith he embra ces and the values he upholds. 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Orinoco tributary 11. of the same type 12. condition of the church In her day 16. strange 19. military unit 21. bring up 23. precise point 24. Syrian deity 29. Army Transport Service 45. 46. 47. 49. 60. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 60. 63. 64. 65. 67. 68. 70. 72. 74. 77. 79. revises lamb Eric, the — exist Hindu cymbal Mediterranean Island honey-eater bird Christmas — Pope whom she Induced to return to Rome also Spanish one sea (fr.) rogue Italian seaport Tumeric She belonged to the Third Order of 8t. — own During her time the Pope was an — from Rome linear measure procure state (abbr.) bury hoard German numeral speed soothe seize male swan compass point southern state (abbr.) ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLE ON PAGE 3 GENOA, Italy (NC)—"Let us do what is necessary. This Is always a good rule for summit level meetings such as the ecu menical council.” With these words, Giuseppe Cardinal Slri of Genoa, expres sed his belief that the council should deal only with a few maj or and compelling Issues rather than with the numerous propo sals that have been presented. Moreover, the Cardinal stress ed that one more session is all that is required to complete the necessary work facing the Sec ond Vatican Councl.. "ONE MORE session is enough and it is convenient," Cardinal Siri declared In an ex clusive interview with the N.C. W. C. News Service. "Today the bishops cannot remain ab sent for too long a time. The dioceses would suffer too much.” Asked what he thought re mained of the necessary work to be completed, the 57-year- old churchman singled out the schemas dealing with the sour ces of Revelation and doctrine on the bishops. To these he al so added "all material that concerns laymen and the pres ence of the Church in the world (Schema 17). The rest can be completed through the commis sions and, even better, through ordinary means." The Archbishop of Genoa, one of the presidents of the coun cil, disagreed with those who maintained that the pace of the council up to now has been too ARNOLD VIEWING Bland - Non- Controversial BY JAMES W. ARNOLD in mentality and terminology, he stated'. In these cases, it is possible to eliminate them with a fuller explanation of doctrine, an explanation which takes into account the mentality and language used today by non- Catholic brethren.” Cardinal Bea stated that phi losophy and the history of phi losophy can render great ser vice in explaining, and that the many non theological sciences can assist theology. As exam ples he cited date which can be supplied by the general history and history of the Church, the possibility of collaboration bet ween natural sciences and phi losophy in the elaboration of a solid Christian anthropology as well as the collaboration oif anthropology as philosophy in the elaboration of a solid Chri stian anthropology as well as the collaboration of archeology, history and ancient literature in the science of Biblical ex egesis. The Cardinal concluded: "While Christianity of the Middle ages was called on to give mankind the sublime crea tion of the cathedrals, our era seems to be called on or at least to prepare thoughtfully an incomparably greater, more sublime, more fruitful gift—the constructed temple of the unity of all those who bellve Christ.” Moviegoers with soft spots in their hearts and heads for the artless but painless Hollywood come dy-dramas of the 1940's may renew sentimental attachments by seeing "CaptainNewman, M.D.,” the cinema version of Leo Rosten’s 1961 novel about the joys and sorrows of running an Air Force hospital psycho ward. The story is mostly bland and non-controver- sial. The essence of every character is clear from his first five minutes on screen. The empha sis is on acting and dialogue, rather than camera and film editing, as a group of moderately like able people struggle with mod est success against the snares of service comedy, routine ro mance, and psychoanalytic drama ("Doctor, come quick 1 The patient has got a knife and gone berserk 1”) One is grateful for the ab sence of message, bedroom and torture scenes. The film seems to have been honestly made about a psycho ward and not in one. But it is indicative of the faults of such movies that they must be describ ed in terms of what they lack rather than of their positive values. ROSTEN’S book was a nice blend of the tragedy and comedy, pathos and absurdity, Inherent in war time service situations and in treatment of the mentally ill. But It has fallen into the clutches of old Hollywood hands like scenarist Richard Breen and director David Miller, They have been satis fied to take a handful of the novel’s incidents, strip away much of their complexity, and trans cribe them more or less literally on the screen. A few of Rosten’s events are film naturals: a struggle with an enraged patient in a boiling show er, a slapstick "roundup" of panicky sheep who have wandered onto the base airstrip. Sometimes the book is changed on grounds of taste as well as visual effect: instead of deteriorating into per version, a disturbed officer leaps off a water tow er. But mostly the characters simply sit or stand around and talk. GREGORY Peck brings his customary intelli gence and quiet charm to the role of a psychia trist at a southwest desert base trying simul taneously to cure combat psychoses and con vince the blockheaded camp commander (James Gregory) that his patients are not merely "odd balls and malingerers.” It’s not news that psychiatrists are the saint figures of popular drama. We have become skep tical of businessmen, clergymen, military brass and politicians. But the psychiatrists patiently bear, understand and forgive all, while constantly battling Ridicule and Ignorance. Yet the trend may be encouraging: the first step toward sanity, after all, is trusting one's analyst. When psychiatrists begin to show up as villains, watch out. On the credit side, the film was shot at histo ric Fort Huachuca, deep in Arixona’s Apache coun try. The exteriors are startlingly crisp. The water tower, up which Peck chases patient Eddie Albert, looms from the flat wasteland like a giant rattle left by some predatory baby. Some of this foot age, shot from above by intrepid cameramen Russel Metty, is dizzily impressive. TENSE AS this may sound, the bulk of the film is comedy, built around a brash orderly (Tony Curtis), a wheeler-dealer who somehow turns every disaster into triumph, and a sincere but dimwitted assistant (comic Larry Storch), who with the stuffy commandant serves as foil for Curtis. There Is also, thank heaven, a doll of a nurse (Angie Dickinson), who is as sweeras all movie heroines used to be. Comedy in a neuropsychiatric ward for combat casualties? It's nothing to be alarmed abut. The sane people are the funny ones; the sick are treat ed with respect and compassion. The humor, In fact, is no more offbeat (and not much brighter) than if TV’s "McHale's Navy” had been lifted on masse to section eight. Bobby Darin, as a hillbilly aerial gunner with a guilt complex, is put under sodium pentothal by Peck and thus gets another chance to do his crazy- man bit (last time: "Pressure Point**). There are no hard feelings against Darin, who may well have talent within a certain range, but he Is building a reputation as an actor on the basis of mad •cenes. This is like Judging a golfer on his ability to swing hard. BUT THE gravest fault in "Newman" is still the failure of Miller and Breen (Henry and Phoebe Iphron, who contributed "Take Her, She's Mine” to our culture, also fiddled with the script) to find a way to tell this story inmovle terms. In the Darin episode, the actor is simply given the frame in which to win his Oscar. We sit through what amounts to a 10-minute medium closeup of Darin being hysterical on a cot while he relives an event that could well be shown in flashback. IN A TEDIOUS bit of potential comedy, Curtis and his ward of invalids tease Storch about a stolen salami, but all the actors do Is jaw at each other. Later, writers and director handle an entire comic episode - the filching of the topfive feet of the colonel's Christmas tree - by having Curtis stand there for five minutes and tell Peck about it. If one does not insist that a movie be more than Just dialoge in technicolor, "Newman” Isa rea sonable success. Everyone Is so warm and decent and genial, and we haven’t been able to say that since the last PTA dinner-dance cocktail hour. CURRENT RECOMMENDED FILMS: For everyone: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; Lord of the Flies, Lilies of the Field. For connoisseurs; Winter Light, Tom Jones, The Leopard. Better than most: America America, Dr. Strange- love, Love With the Proper Stranger, Billy Liar, Charade. slow. On the contrary, he said, "I am of the opinion that there was too much haste. A council must be respected and must deal with few, necessary, unpost- ponable, supreme things. The others can be dealt with in a different way.” HOWEVER, he said the pro cedure of the council could be improved "in the sense of in troducing a form permitting or derly but clear discussion on certain points. If this had been done, everything would have been simpler and clearer as well as more conclusive.” Asked if he favored lifting the rules of secrecy that surround the work of council commis sions and council projects that have not yet come to the floor, the Cardinal was emphatic. "No, Everything that Is in the process of formation, even though merely civil, must reach a certain perfection before be ing communicated to the pub lic. Before that ‘moment, as everybody knows, even busi ness firms, reserve is neces sary." THE CARDINAL continued: "Assuming, for the sake of ar gument, that the public should also know, Its right (to Infor mation) will begin at a certain point; the point I mentioned. Not before. This is, after all, an ordinary rule.” Turning to specific matters before the council, Cardinal Slri said he did not think it Is necessary for the council to discuss the question of religious liberty. "This doctrine is al ready quite clear and precise, at least for those who know it. The schema which was pre sented was not right; naturally this is my humble opinion." As for the relation of the Church to the Jews, the Cardi nal stated that he thought it would be "better not to speak of it, because, to speak of it, we should first of all say what our Lord Jesus Christ and St. Paul said of the great drama. To speak without mentioning that would be a real error and 1 do not think that it would please the Jews very much. Let us leave them alone and pray for them and let us love them as bro thers.” CARDINAL Slri also indicat ed that he does not think jthe council will take action on race relations. "The Catholic doc trine is clear on this point, and to speak of certain matters, in themselves right and true, could play into the hands of political factions. Since everything is already clear, 1 do not see why the matter should be stirred up in such a place (the council hall). Let ua do what is necessary. This is always s good rule for summit level meetings such as the ecumenical council.” On the subject of the concept of the collegiality of the bishops, the Cardinal made It clear that he does not think that the test vote taken during the last ses sion of the council has any force. "The vote on collegiality la null, because it was done with out specifying the meaning of the term. When a question is asked which may have from three to five meanings, without specifications, any answer is worth from three to five an swers, that is to say, it an swers nothing. REGARDING the proposal that a senate representative of the world's bishops be set up to advise the pope on major prob lems, the Cardinal said: "Let us abide by what was done by Jesus Christ. The con stitution of the Church is what it is, that is to say, what it has been to this day. The pope is free to choose the advisers he wants, otherwise he would not have the primacy. It does not seem to *ne reverent to advise him on his senate. He has it and. he, and he alone, can change what he wants.” W God Love You &Y MOST REVEREND FULTON J. SHEEtf ' Helmud Thieliche asks: "Is not the (Jhruuan Wes tern world on the same road of separation from Its origin and the source of its blessings as was the prodigal son when he left the father's house? Are we not In danger of being stuck with our freezers and tele vision sets — not that they are bad in themselves but because we have made them into a delisive kindof gtufflng to fill up our emp tied and peaceless lives? And meanwhile we are still impressed by all this blown up nothingness and many even indulge in the Illu sion that when 'X Day* comes we shall be able to impress the Invading Communists with all these gadgets. 1 am afraid the Communists will hold their noses at the vile smelling wealth of the man who squandered the father's capital and goes babb ling around a battlefield with a few decayed Christian ideas. The Christian West becomes some thing impossible to believe.” The Christian who has suffered from Nazis, Communists and war has gained an insight into world- affairs that is far deeper than that of us who "must stay up to listen to the eleven o'clock news,” The burden of the world is not on government, nor on foreign aid, nor on education. The burden of saving a world in rebellion be cause it is hungry falls primarily onus Catholics. Scripture tells us that God's judgement begins with the Church. May we go on building million dollar chanceries, dormitories, high schools and religious houses—all of which are necessary—without giving one to ten per cent of the cost to the Good Lord Who does not have walls for His Eucharistic Presence in Africa, Asia and elsewhere? May we Catholics continue to enjoy our cars, our gadgets, our comforts, our snacks between meals—all of which are good—without ever giving at least a dollar a month to the Vicar of Christ to feed the poor In the slums of Latin America? We have too much; they have too little I The Lord does not want us to give up our split-level homes, but He does ask that our hearts be less hard than Cavary's rocks, which were split at His Love for us. The next time you are asked to make a contribution of $1,000 for a $2 million high school with gymnasium, send $900 for the school and make the pastor happy that he as well as you will share in bearing Christ's Cross in other parts of the world by giving the other $ 100 to the Holy Father and his Society for the Propagation of the Faith. GOD LOVE YOU to M. L. for $5 "1 promised the Sacred Heart of Jesus and also my Patron Saint that I would make my gratitude public if my prayers were answered.” ....toS. C. for $150 "This Is for Pope Paul and his Missions." .,..J„ J., and R. for $1 "Please use our allowances to save a soul for Christ.” ....to J.P.C. for $500 "This is s Lenten offering for the Missions to be used wherever deemed best.” MISSION combines the best features of all other magazines: stories, pictures, statistics and details, human Interest. Take an Interest in the suffering humanity of the mission world and send your sacrifice along with a request to be put on the mailing list of this bi-monthly magazine. Cut out this column, pin your sacrifice to ft and mall it to Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, National Director of the Society for the Pro pagation of the Faith, 366 Pifth Avenue, New York lx, N. Y, or your Archdiocesart Director, Very Rev. Harold* Jw Rainey P, O, Box 12047 Northside Station, Atlanta 5, Ga.