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THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1964
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LONDON PRELATE
Says Real Pope
John Obscured
By Myth Cloud
LONDON (NC) — Archbishop
John Heenan of Westminster
has criticized what the called
the cloud of mythology obscur
ing the real personality of the
late Pope John XXIII.
Pope John was being talked
of as 4, a resourceful, ruthless
visionary conscious of his
destiny to become the libera
tor of the Church held In bond
age for centuries by his small-
minded predecessors, ” the
archbishop wrote in his dio
cesan Journal, the Westminster
Cathedral Chronicle.
‘THE MYTHICAL John is
being built up into a man with
phenomenal perception. , .de
termined to make the Church
free for scholars of every de
gree of immaturity. No longer
would restrictions of any kind
be put on freedom of thought.
Away with censorship! Down
with the Roman curia! Set free
the people of God!"
Pope John has been dead
only a year "and already those
of us who thought we knew
him are hard put to it to re
cognize his gentle, lovable per
sonality behind a cloud of
mythology," the archbishop
added, ‘The chief difference
between Pope John the man
and Pope John the myth is that
the real John was no genius,
"The Pope I knew was not
in the least like this mythi
cal John, My Pope John was
more like a benevolent parish
priest, I doubt if he had read
many of the books of contem
porary theologians. He made
scholars smile when he told
them the name of his favorite
bedside book—Father Faber's
‘All for Jesus’,
"BUT THE widest divergence
between the two Johns is in
Vernacular Seen
Aid To Children
BATON ROUGE, L*. (NC)—
Bishop Robert E, Tracy, set
ting directives for introducing
English into Church services in
the Baton Rouge diocese, said
children will particularly bene
fit from the new way of doing
things,
‘These children will grow up
into a more meaningful climate
in tholr public religious devo
tion, and we trust develop e
greater understanding of the
Church’s public worship than
their fathers were able to
achieve, "Bishop Tracy said.
GENERAL HEADS USO—
General Emmett "Rosy"
O’Donnell Jr. (above), wide
ly known and highly decor
ated for his combat exploits
during World War II and the
Korean War, has been elect
ed president of the United
Service Organizations, Inc.,
(USO). When he retired last
year, President Kennedy hon
ored him with a second Dis
tinguished Service Medal.
relation to the Vatican council.
For the mythical John, the coun
cil was a brilliantly thought -
out campaign to open all win
dows in the Church for the
emergence of an entirely new
Catholic life. Tiresome domes-’
tic disputes among Catholic
theologians would be forever
silenced,
‘The Church must be seen
as essentially the same as all
other Christian denominations.
Theological differences were
unimportant and modern theo
logians could hide them in the
impenetrable mystery of the
Church, Under the influence of
the mythical John, a Protestant
observer remarked; ‘By the
time the Romans have the
English liturgy and a married
clergy and the Church of
England has gone back to Latlr
it will be hard to tell the dif
ference.* *’
Archbishop Heeosn said
Pope John never seemed very
sure of what he wanted for the
Church, "He was rather be
wildered by the council. He told
me that the idea of holding a
council had come to him quite
suddenly. I was speaking to him
long before the first session
while I was attending meetings
of the Secretariat for Christian
Unity,
‘THE POPE though that if the
council started in October it
would be over by Christmas,
This was like a pathetic echo
from the England of 1914 and
1939 (at the outbreak of the
two world wars). Simple people
always think a war will be over
by Christmas,
‘This is not of course to sug
gest that the Vatican council
is like a war, I mean to say
merely that Pope John like those
who plan wars did not foresee
the effects of his decisions, I
doubt if he would have sum
moned the council to meet so
soon had he realized what pre
paration was necessary. The
council will bring renewed
strength to the Church but five
years of hard work are really
required between sessions."
FBI CHIEF
BISHOPS APPROVE
ST. JOHN’S Melklte Church, Decatur was the scene, Sunday,
of a Pontifical Mass celebrated by Archbishop George Hakim
of Nazareth and all Galilee, who is visiting in this country.
Left to right are; Fr. Thomas Roshetko, S.M., Fr. William
Haddad, Archbishop Hakim, Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan and
Very Rev. John Elya, Rector of St. Basil’s Seminary, Mass.
SUBJECT NOT REVEALED
Pope Finishes First Encyclical
BY JAMES C. O’NEILL
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY—Pope Paul VI
has finished work on the first
encyclical of his reign.
The document was written en
tirely by hand by the Pope in
Italian and has been given to
Vatican Latinists for trans
lation, An unofficial but quali
fied source said publication of
the encyclical can be expected
when the translation is com
pleted, It was estimated that
this would be by July 31 or
later.
The subject and length of the
document was not revealed.
ITALIAN newspapers have
been full of speculations on the
document's form and content.
Several papers have stated flat
ly that it will be devoted to birth
control. One paper linked the
subject of the document with
its rumored date of issue, the
feast of St, Anne, patroness of
Christian mothers and child
birth, on July 26,
Reliable sources, however,
seriously doubt both the rumoo
ed date and the statement that
the document deals primarily
with birth control. Instead, it
is most likely that the ency
clical will deal with Popa Paul’s
program of action for his pon
tificate, with perhaps some ref
erence to problems posed by the
so called population explosion,
THE POPE has delayed issu
ing an encyclical for more than
a year after his election. Norm
ally, custom dictates that a new
ly elected pope issue an en
cyclical shortly after his elec
tion to set forth the aims of his
reign, a sort of platform docu
ment which sets the tone of the
pontificate. But Pope Paul has
not followed this custom. In
stead, he noted in his speech
opening the ecumenical coun
cil’s second session last year
that the address, setting fortn
the goals of the council, would
take the place of an encyclical.
SPECULATION that the Pope
was readying a major document
Increased greatly in early July
because all private and special
audiences were cancelled by the
Pope prior to his departure
(July 15) from the Vatican for
his summer home in Castel-
gandolfo.
The subject and length of the
document was not revealed.
JAMBOREE TOLD
Obedience Key
Trait Of Scout
Hoover Says Public Must
Comprehend Crime Trend
WASHINGTON (NC)—The na
tion’s best known law enforce
ment officer wants the public
generally to interest Itself in
the country's crime problem,
The problem, he cites figures
to show, is getting worse and
worse.
"If we are to reverse the na
tional crime trend," says J,
Edgar Hoover, "the average
citizen must have a better com
prehension of its cost in human
suffering and economic loss,**
THE FBI director says law
enforcement "msrely asks that
each law-abiding citizen recog
nize his responsibility by re
ducing the opportunity for
crime, by providing assistance
to police and by keeping the to
tal crime problem in proper
perspective.”
Serious crime in the U.S. in
creased 10% in 1963 over 1962,
and this "continued upswing”
was consistent in all areas of
the country, an FBI report says.
The rate of rise was led by su
burban areas, at 13%, with cities
averaging a 10% increase, and
rural areas a 6% advance.
Geographic ally, the trend w as
considered uniform, with North
Central states up 6%, Western
states 10%; Southern states 12%
and Northeastern states 13%.
CRIME in the U.S. is increas-
lng "five times faster than our
population growth,” Hoover
pointed out. Since 1958, the na
tion's population rise of 8% hai
been outstripped by a 40% In
crease in crime. In 1963, there
were 35 arrests for all types
of criminal acts per 1,000 in
habitants. In cities the arrest
rate was 42 per 1,000; in su
burban areas, 19, and in rural
areas 15. Volumwlse, the re
port says, "the number of city
arrests remained about the
same level as 1962; however^
suburban and rural areas each
had a 6% Increase in arrest
activity.”
During 1963, arrests of per
sons under 18 years of age for
criminal acts soared 11%. Since
1958, police arrests of Juveniles
have increased twice as fast as
the young age population. For all
criminal acts young offenders
accounted for 17% of all police
arrests.
PERSONS between the ages of
15 and 19 showed the greatest
frequency of arrest of all the
population groups, and tended
toward crimes against prop
erty, such as burglary, larceny
and auto theft. The 20 to 24
year age group had the highest
arrest rates for murder, aggra
vated assault, rape, robbery and
narcotic violations. Arrests for
gambling were highest in the 30
to 34 year range. Fraud and
related arrests occured most
frequently in the 29 to 25 year
range.
Hoover said 88 law enforce
ment officers died in the line of
duty in 1963,
VALLEY FORGE, Pa, (NC) —
Obedience modeled on Christ
should be the characteristic
trait of a Boy Scout, the bishop-
moderator of the Catholic Com
mittee on Scouting told Catho
lics at the national Boy Scout
Jamboree here.
Imitation of Christ "means
obedience to God’s will at any
cost and under any circum
stances," Bishop William G,
Connare of Greensburg, Pa„
said,
"SURELY this Is not strange
language for Scouts. By oath and
by law you are pledged to obey
God and to follow His plan
always,"
Bishop Connare preached the
sermon at a pontifical low Mass
offered for Catholic Scouts and
adult leaders (July 19) by Arch-
Erie Auxiliary’s
Requiem Offered
ERIE, P«. (NC)—Pontincil
Requiem Mass for Auxiliary
Bishop Edward Peter McMana-
man of Erie was offered in St.
Peter’s cathedral here with
burial following in the bishop's
crypt of the cathedral.
Archbishop John J, Krol of
Philadelphia offered the Mass
(July 23) for Bishop McMana-
man, 64, who had been auxi
liary bishop of Erie since 1948.
The eulogy was given by Bishop
Michael. W. Hayle of Wilm
ington, Del., a classmate of the
late bishop during their student
days in Rome.
Bishop McManaman died July
18 in Philadelphia where he had
been stricken with a cerebral
hemorrhage July 6. Following
the attack he lapsed into a com a
from which he never recovered.
bishop John P. Cody, apostolic
administrator of New Orleans
and episcopal chairman of the
Youth Department, National
Catholic Welfare Conference,
The Mass was one ot scores
of religious services re
presenting many denominations
held midway through the Jam
boree which was attended by
some 52,000 boys and adult
leaders.
Nearly 50 Catholic priests
as well as dozens of clergy
men of other faiths were on
hand to minister to the needs
of the Scouts, whose daily acti
vities included a morning
prayer period immediately
after 7 a,m, reveille,
BISHOP Connare, addressing
his listeners as "fellow
Scouts," said that obedience is
"the aould of your Scout law,"
"Gradually you have, learned
that obedience to God, speaking
in the direction of your parents,
your teachers and your Scout
masters, Is the key to the 1
future," he said,
"In (unquestioned obedience
Is the only certain way to be
come the sure and self-reliant
young man who is master of his
own destiny. In direct propo»
tlon to your willingness to obey,
like the boy Jesus, will you
possess that confidence which
will stamp you as a leader for
tomorrow," the bishop de
clared,
BISHOP Connare said die
Scout law obliges Scouts to
"serve God in His own needs
and those of other people.”
"Living by this law," he
said, "you wUl gladly serve God
and other people to your own
happiness through all the days
of a long and fruitful life and
even into eternity,"
Text Of English
Parts Of Mass
Given Release
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WASHINGTON (NC) — The
Catholic Church in the United
States has moved another step
toward the general use of Eng
lish in parts of the Mass; The
approved text for the Ordinary
parts of the Mass pertaining to
the people has now been made
public.
The text provides for English
in most of the Liturgy of the
Word—the first part of the
Mass, up to and including the
Creed. The same is true for the
Communion service. The dia
logue formulas such as ‘The
Lord be with you. And with your
spirit," are English when they
precede prayers or scriptural
readings in English, But pre
ceding prayers such as the Col
lect, Preface and Postcommun
ion, which remain in Latin, they
will be in Latin: "Dominus vo-
biscum. Et cum spiritu tuo,"
THE TEXT, approved by the
National Conference of Bishops
of the United States at a meet
ing in Washington last April 2,
was confirmed by the Vatican
Liturgy Commission on May 1,
The purpose of these actions
was to begin implementing the
ecumenical council's Constitu
tion on the Sacred Liturgy,
which seeks to have all the peo
ple take part in the Mass "not
...as strangers or silent spec
tators” but with understanding
and active participation.
The Bishops' decrees and the
Vatican confirmation of them
were made public in mid-May by
Francis Cardinal Spellman of
New York, ranking member of
the American hierarchy, who
presided at the full meeting of
the bishops in Washington in
April.
IN ONE of their two decrees
adopted on April 2, the U.S.
Bishops stated that dates for of
ficial publications of the ap
proved texts would be set "as
soon as the time necessary for
the preparation and distribu
tion of the respective transla
tions can be determined,"
The Bishops’ liturgy com
mission in releasing the text
stated that "permission to re
print it is freely given with the
explicit understanding that the
text will be set down in its en
tirety with no omissions or ad
ditions whatsoever and with the
punctuation, Including aster
isks, precisely as they are found
in this text,"
THE BISHOPS in their April
action approved not only trans
lations for the Ordinary but al
so for the variable parts of the
Mass, such as the entrance
prayers, lessons and Gospel
readings. These Mass propers
are being published only in mis
sals for altar use—not in popu
lar hand missals—and it is ex
pected to take several months
before they can be made avail
able to parish priests.
The Bishops in their April 2
action stated that the change
over to English will "take ef
fect for all our dioceses only
from the day, to be determined
by our body of bishops, of the
publication of the approved
translation of the respective
rite," It has been widely pre-
Ucted that the new usage will
segin throughout the U.S. next
Nov, 29, the first Sunday of Ad
vent,
THE TEXT for the prayers of
the Ordinary pertaining to the
people provides the English to
be used in the Kyrie, Gloria,
Creed, Sanctus, Lord's Pray
er, Agnus Dei, Communion of
the faithful and dismissal and
blessing.
Except in the Our Father—
for which the traditional Cath
olic form is used in the United
States is retained—the prayers
are adapted to contemporary
English and substitute the
"y<m M form for the archaic
"thou" and "thee,"
The introduction to the Lord's
Prayer is indicative of the mod
ernization of the English usage,
Traditlonal translations of this
invitation to pray the Our Fath
er have generally run along this
line: "Let us pray: Taught by
saving precepts and guided by
the divine institution, we make
bold to say:,.," The new ap
proved text reads: "Let us
pray: Taught by our Savior's
command and formed by the
word of God, we dare to say,,"
Prelate Speaker
ST, LOUIS (NC) — Bernard
Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of
Utrecht, Holland will lecture at
the University of St. Louis (July
26), The Dutch prelate is on a
speaking tour of the United
States.
COLUMBIAN SQUIRE8 FOUNDER, Brother Barnabas,
F.8.C., is the subject of this portrait, a gift to the % Knights
of Columbus Supreme Council from the Columbian Squires
of New England. The organization is composed of Catholic
boys 13-18 years old. In the photo, Supreme Knight John W.
McDevitt accepts the portrait from New England Regional
Chief Squire Joseph Cavallaro,