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of Atlanta YOUR PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER VOL 2 NO. 29 ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1964 $5.00 PER.YEAR 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 • SEE FULL TEXT. PAGE 2 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,