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PAGE 2 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1964 4-1 MARGIN Predict Council Approval Of Religious Liberty Text DURBAN, South Africa (NC) The Fathers of the Second Vatican Council will pass die declaration upholding free dom of religion for everybody by an overwhelming majority of four - to - one at the third session next fall, is the fore cast of Archbishop Denis E. Hurley, 0. M. L, of Durban. The prelate said at the same time that the council will need at least four sessions in all in order to complete its work. But he added: "I doubt if the bishops of the world can be asked to attend more than two further sessions.*' who served on the Central Pre paratory Commission for the council aijd is now a member of its Commission on Semi naries and Catholic Education, spoke of the work still facing the council in an exclusive in terview with the N. C. W. C. News Service. The most critical problem that the council still must deal with, in his estimation, is the education of seminarians. ' The renewal of the Church planned by the council can take place only if future priests are train ed to participate intelligently and responsibly." he said. Asked what priority he would suggest for the draft declarat ions still to be discussed, he said: 'THE DISCUSSION of the schemata on the Church and ecumenism must be completed. This involves the chapters on the Blessed Virgin, religious liberty and the Jews. After that, I would say that the train ing of seminarians must be top priority, followed by Schema 17 (the declaration on the Church's position in regard to problems of the modern world). "If we cannot manage any thing else I would not be wor ried. But if we can, we should also deal with the lay apostolate and marriage, the religious life, and missions, in that order." 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W. 255-0503 Referring specifically to the question of the declaration on freedom of religion, Archbishop Hurley said: "I THINK that the question of religious liberty will come up for discussion early in the third session, and that it will receive overwhelming approval. It should be supported by all the trans - Alpine, English-speak ing, Oriental and missionary bishops and by most South Americans. It looks likeafour- to-one vote in Its favor." The prelate, an outspoken op ponent of the racist policy of his native South Africa, also pre dicated that the council will take a firm stand in favor of equality of opportunity for all men. He said a declaration on race relations will most likely be included in the document on the Church and the modern world, adding: "The council will obviously give it the full Catholic treatment." ASKED whether he thinks it advisable to eliminate some of the material In the remaining schemata, or even entire schemata, Archbishop Hurley replied: 'The schemata on clerics and the cure of souls do not seem important council material, and I would also be prepared to see the schema on education omitted." The Archbishop did not think that any substantial improve ments in procedure are possible beyond reducing the schemata in number and volume. "In theory, more effective pro cedures could be worked out, but in practice they would not be readily acceptable to bishops with such a diversity of back ground and tradition," he said. "Personally I have always been in favor of a procedure Involving two stages of dis cussion. The first stage would provide for discussion in language groups of 50 to 100 bishops. In this stage the heavy detailed discussion would be dealt with in modem languages under the guidance of leading theologians, and only approved amendments would go to the second stage. "IN THE second stage I would like to see ample presentation of conflicting views put forward by leading speakers of the coun cil, Including council theologi ans. Test votes could be taken after these confrontations and the commissions would then know where they stood in re gard to the framing of final amendments. "I do not promise that this procedure would speed up the council, but It would ensure (1) fuller active participation by many more bishops, and (2) fuller presentation of the great issues Involved," Atlanta, Georgia 30328 1 1 "I 1 11,1 ——mm OFFICIAL CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA Archbishop Hurley does not agree with those who say that the council's progress up to now has been unduly slow. But he admitted that it has been cumbersome, "Because of the procedural defects, bishops have had to attend 'night school' (Informal lectures) to get what they should be getting in the council itself," he said. "1 believe the achieve ments of the council so far to be proportionate to the amount of work and time ex-' pended when the starting situ ation is taken into account." Asked for his opinion of the likelihood or desirability of the third session being the last with the rest of the council’s work being done by commissions or by mail, Archbishop Hurley said he cannot see how the third session can be the last. "Important matters have to be discussed, and amendment* have to be formulated, and thia Culture Award COPENHAGEN (NC)--Father Dominique Pire, O.P., of Bel gium, winner of the 1958 Nobel Peace Prize for his workorrbe- half of refugees, was awarded the Sonning Prize here (April 21) for his contribution to Euro pean culture. The prize, amounting to $16,430 , was awarded by the foundation that administers the estate of the late J. S. Sonning, Danish writer and philanthro pist. POPE AND DANISH MONARCH—On a visit of state, Pope Paul VI welcomed King Frederick IX of Denmark and praised the "religious freedom upheld for members of the Catholic Church there,” Both exchanged gifts and both spoke in English. NEXT MONDAY Christ The King ‘Dream Whirl’ It's not a dream, and you will .have a "whirl" of a time at the "Dream Whirl Fair" to beheld at Christ the King Cathedra) grounds Monday, May 4, from 2 to 10 p.m. It will be a day to remember and loads of fun for the whole family. A trip around the grounds will be a trip around the world. The little ones will have fun at the South Seas Fish Pond, the Mexican Bean Throw Game, or the African Dart Game. Take a trip to Hollywood U.S.A, where make-up is their specialtyorto Vatican City for some religious articles. Stop for coffee and cake at the Japanese Teahouse or candy at the Dutch Kitchen. THE FIELD Kitchen will fea ture hot dogs, hamburgers and a delicious dinner will be served in the evening. Other interesting features will be the puppet show at 3:30 in the afternoon, and fine dis plays at the Hobby Show. Don’t miss the Spook House, Arabian Door, Old Hat Booth and the Treasure Chest. Be sure to pick up a package at the Parcel Post. Chances are being sold on a Log Cabin play house, an air conditioner and a 1964 Pola roid Automatic 100 Land Came ra. Maybe you'll be the lucky winner. The evening will be enlivened for the adults by the auction and the French Flea Market. Teens will go gay with music and dan cing to Phil Rosenberg’s band— "Marvin and the Maniacs". There will be a movie to en tertain the children. Games, prises, fun glore is in store for you. Come have a wonderful time. Honor Actress FAIRFIELD, Conn. (NC) - Actress Dame Judith Anderson will be awarded an honorary de gree and will participate in the Shakespeare Day observance at Fairfield University here May 16. cannot be done in the course of one session. We shall have to return to a fourth session at least to vote on what the com missions do after the third session." THE ARCHBISHOP was ask ed whether the Pope's expansion of the council commissions last November made them ef ficient agents of the will of the council Fathers, or whether there are further changes in order. He replied: 'The expansion of the com missions has probably in creased the representation of the 'reform party,’ but there has been no appreciable change in control and procedure. The real change required is the adoption of a strict order of dis cussion and voting. But outside of the Anglo-Saxon world I doubt whether this is appreciated." * Archbishop Hurley indicated he believes it pointless to keep the draft declarations of the council scret, ' Secrecy about the schemata serves no real purpose now that there is no longer any secrecy about de bates in plenary sessions," he said. TO THE TO THE EDITOR: This letter Is in reference to the front page N. C. W. C. article "Attorney Sees No Per secution In Cuba," Thursday, April 16, 1964 Issue of the Georgia Bulletin. We members of Accion Cath olics Hispano-Americana and Cuban Freedom Committee of Georgia, pray that the same news servles will soon send you a scholarly refutation of Mr. Donovan's pragmatic claim that the Catholic Church is not being persecuted in Cuba. With censorship what it is now in Cuba, factual reports are heard to come by. How ever, permit us to mention a few well substantiated facts, which are well known by the New York City attorney. In early 1961, Cuba had 6 million Catholics, 193 parish es, 723 priests (1/2 of them for eign-born), 2, 225 sisters, 350 Catholic Schools with a com bined enrollment of 67,000 students. The came Castro's May Day Decree that all foreigh-bom clergy were to be deported by June 30, 1961. In May of '61 Caatro confiscated the Pontifi cal University of St. Thomas in Havana. On June 7th, he con fiscated and nationalized all the Catholic schools. By June, all but 100 sisters had been de ported. And on October 20,1961 there were only 125 priests left In all of Cuba for her six mil lion Catholics. In December of 1962, there were still 4 priests in the pri son on the Isle of Pines. On March 14, 1963, Castro said, during a two-hour speech over Radio Havana, that “Con- THE PRELATE was asked what action he thinks the coun cil will take to implement the test vote of last Oct. 31 which indicated overwhelming ap proval of the concept of epis copal colleglality, and also whether he thinks there will eventually be a senate repre sentative of the bishops of the world, sitting periodically in Rome to assist the Pope. He replied: 'The council will want to see the results of the test vote clearly stated in the decree on the Church. It does appear that the Holy Father is willing to accept the proposal concern ing a senatg. of residential bishops meeting in Rome from time to time to consult him and the top curia officials. 'THE decision on this mat ter depends on the Holy Father. There will be a strong plea from the council in favor of it." On the subject of married deacons, Archbishop Hurley said that the time does not seem ripe yet for general ac ceptance. But he said it Is possible that the attitude of the council may encourage experiments on a limited scale. EDITOR flicts between the revolution and the Catholic Church have begun to disappear. . " If this were true, the Holy Father would lift Castro's excomm unication! In August 1963, Bishop Edward Boza Masvldal, a na tive of Cuba, now in exile in Caracas, said that if Castro reaLy wanted to prove that he was no longer persecuting the Church, he would allow native priests to return. In March 1964 Castro granted permission to six Beligian pri ests to enter Cuba. "But what are these among so many"? This was part of the "coexis- tance plan" or the party line, especial.y for the youth con gress in Chile. Today, the Catholic Church is classfled, under the Law of Associations, as an organiza tion directly controlled by the government, accountable to the Ministry of the Interior. Each Pastor must submit detailed reports on the financial income and expenditures, the number of parishoners, the hours and lengths of church services, etc. The number of inspectors now taking Inventories, especially In the rural areas, Increas ed hourly. We know that you will accept our letter in the spirit we in tend it. We are well aware of your past Journalistic ef forts for Spanish - Speak ing Catholics in California. CP. ALFREDO LEDON, PRE SIDENT ACC ION CATHOLICA HISPANO-AMERICANA DR. RENE GOMEZ-CORTES, PRESIDENT, CUBAN FREE DOM COMMITTEE OF GEORGIA, INC. ATLANTA. k VOTE' MAY 6 ¥ and Vote FOR LEGAL MIXED DRINKS IN ATLANTA THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE mad* our cowtry. Without ft—no America. No Atlanta. THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE made our country. Without it no America. No Atlanta. And that’s just what your vote on May 6th 'for the legal sale of mixed drinks happens to stand for: THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE. The right to decide all on your own, in freedom, whether or not you’ll patronize establish ments serving mixed drinks. Down at the roots, this doesn't have a thing to do with how you stand on liquor. But it does have everything to do with your right to freedom of choice! That’s the important freedom you value and defend when you vote FOR legal mixed drink sales. There's more; your vote FOR legal mixed drinks can bring the best possible control of mixed drink sales. It will assure stronger licensing regulations. And vital revenues to provide better public facilities for Atlanta.lt can show all visitors and the world our city’s ability to exercise mature judgement. It can forestall bootleg mixed drinks. . . pay-offs. It can be a body-blow to with any Edgar E. Schukraft, Chairman % Joseph E. Bimie, president Bank of Georgia Thomas V. Cauble, president, Atlanta Real Estate Board Wallace Dreyfoos, president, Davison’s Jack Paul Etheridge, State Representative Hix Green, president, Hix Green Buick Co. Rawson Haverty, president, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Leroy R. Johnson, State Senator Gordon Jones, president, Fulton National Bank and the corruption that always comes form of prohibition. But above all, your vote for legal mixed drinks can put freedom of choice in your own hands. And Atlanta's. Where it belongs. CITIZENS for PROGRESS MEMBERS Alfred D. Kennedy, president, Central Atlanta Association Mrs. John S. Knox Mills B. Lane, Jr., president. Citizens & Southern National Bank W. H. Montague, president, Georgia State AFL-CIO Fred B. Moore, president, Georgia Properties Co. James O. Moore, president. Atlanta Labor Council Richard H. Rich, chairman of the board. Rich's Inc. Hugh Richardson, Jr., president, Building Owners & Managers of Atlanta 0. K. Sheffield, president, Atlanta Junior Chamber of Commerce Edward D. Smith, president, First National Bank of Atlanta A. H. Sterne, president, Trust Company of Georgia Robert A. Thompson executive director, Atlanta Urban League Mrs. Henry Toombs Howard Wilson, president, Atlanta Retail Merchants Association Robert M. Wood, general attorney, Sears Roebuck Co Grigsby H. Wotton president, Atlanta Bar Association Mrs. P. Q. Yancey C. R. Yates, president, Yates & Milton Stores, foe