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PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 1964
POPE’S PRIMACY INVOLVED
Collegiality Is Major Issue
In Current Council Debate
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posed doctrine could be true
but he insisted that it is not
ripe enough to warrant a de
cision.
He added that collegiality, un
less fully explained, would re
strict not only the Pope’s power
but even the power of individual
bishops in their dioceses.
BISHOP Franic raised no
doctrinal arguments against re
storation of a permanent dia-
conate. But he argued that to
restore it without making celi
bacy binding upon deacons has
already been understood as a
first step to abolishing priest
ly celibacy.
Cardinal Koenig then ex
plained the method followed by
the doctrinal commission in al
tering the schema. He urged
the council to vote for the text.
ARCHBISHOP Parente pre
faced his argument by declar
ing that he spoke not as as
sessor of the Holy Office but
as Titular archbishop of .The-
baide. He noted that the an
cient African see of Thebaide
now lies in a desert. He said
he hoped he was speaking
"only as a voice from the de
sert, not as a voice in the
desert."
He asserted that the text
should allay any fears that
collegiality would rouse an
cient ghosts of the conciliar
heresy of gallicanism.
ARCHBISHOP Parente then
said that the Pontifical Bibli
cal Commission had confirmed
the text’s assertion that col
legiality is of divine institu
tion according to the letter
and spirit of the New Testa
ment.
He said the continuance of
collegiality in the successors
of Peter and the other apostles
follows logically from the con
tinuance promised by Christ to
his Church. This is confirmed
by the documents of tradition,
he said.
THE SCHEMA insists, he said,
that the college of bishops has
no authority except in u nion
with the Pope, understood as
its head. This, said Archbishop
Parente, forestalls erroneous
interpretations; the text re
iterates that collegiality im
plies no lessening of papal
primacy.
The Text emphasizes the full,
supreme and universal power of
the Pope as the Vicar of Christ,
he continued. It says the body
of bishops succeeds the college
of the apostles in the power to
teach and govern. It states that
the body of bishops, with the
Roman Pontiff at its head, and
never without this head, is like
wise a subject of supreme and
full power over the universal
Church.
THIS assertion is based on
the 28th chapter of St. Matt
hew, he said, in which Christ
gave his commission to the
college of the apostles as a
whole. The assertion is sup
ported by the 18th chapter of
St. Matthew, he said, where h e
power of binding and loosing
given to Peter is likewise con
ferred on the other apostles.!
The schema avoids the qi es-
tion of whether the holder of
this power is cn e o r plural, i
Archbishop Parente said. He
added that in any case there
is still only one power.
HE SAID there is no valid
ity to the objection against the
word "full" used to modify the
power of the Pope alone, and
then to the Power of the Pope
and bishops in union with him.
However, he did admit dif
ficulty arising from the use of
the word "supreme" in those
two ways. He said both diffi
culties disappear upon con
sideration erf the fact that
Christ instituted not a two
fold power in the Church but
only one power, and that He
conferred it upon the entire
apostolic college composed of
Peter and the other apostles.
Hence, the supreme power of the
pope remains intact, he said.
He asserted that participation
of the bishops in the govern
ment of the Church m akes the
Pope's primacy more solemn
and "more palatable" (Latin
suavior).
ARCHBISHOP Parente also
said that the schema does not
contradict the teaching of Pope
Pius XII in "Mystici Corporis"
that episcopal power is d erived
from Christ through the Roman
Pontiff: "Our text sets forth
clearly that this power, though
derived from Christ, is under
stood only in dependence upon
the Roman Pontiff, both as re
gards its existence, because of
the organic structure o t he
Church, and as regards its
exercise."
Bishop Henriquez Jimenez de
livered the section of the state- j
ment dealing withthe restora
tion of the diaconate as a per
manent order. He said the same
schema merely leaves the door
open for married deacons.
THIS 84th general congre
gation of the council had open
ed with the Mass of St. Matt
hew, the feast of the day, cele
brated by Massachusetts-born
Bishop Frederic Donaghy,
M.M., exiled Bishop of Wuchow,
China, who is now a mission
ary in Formosa and who is
marking his silver jubilee as
a bishop. The Gospel was en
throned by Illinois-born Bish
op Adolph A. Noser, S.V.D.,
for Alexishafen, New Guinea.
Julius Cardinal Doepfner of
Munich was the moderator.
AT THE end of statements
the voting began. During the
balloting, five council Fathers
spoke on the schema under de
bate, that on the pastoral dut
ies of bishops.
The speakers were Cardinal
Leger of Montreal; Carlo
Cardinal Confalonieri, Secre
tary of the Consistorial Con
gregation, Bishop Enrico Com-
pagnon, O.C.D., of Anagni,
Italy; Archbishop Agnelo Rossi
of Ribeirao Preto, Brazil; and
Bishop Rudolf Steverman, O.
F.M., for Sukamapura, Indo
nesia.
Following is the gist of their
points:
CARDINAL Leger: The coun
cil’s aim is pastoril and there
fore demands new methods of
teaching and governing. Today's
men have a different approach
from that of a generation ago*:
they are technical-minded, they
reject any paternalism in the
hierarchy or clergy, their Idea
of obedience safeguards their
personal responsibility. To be
pastor ally effective, bishops
and priests must be personally
present among their flock. Ar
chaic ecclesiastical language
may be one reason why we
are like voices crying in the
wilderness. Diocesan chancer
ies should be reorganized on
more pastoral lines. There is
room for reform in clerical
dress and titles.
BISHOP Compagnone: The
primary contribution of the Re
ligious to the apostolate is
prayer, expiation and example.
The zeal for the apostolate
should not make bishops fo
cus attention exclusively on
what merely appears to be a
greater good. The danger of
abusing the contribution of Re
ligious to the apostolate must
be forestalled by determining
concrete legislation in the fu
ture code on canon law.
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STRIKING ACTION in which Pope Paul VI, joined by 24 Council Fathers from all around the globe, concelebrated opening Mass of the third session of
Vatican Council II (Sept. 14). Two United States prelates, seen in chasubles at left front of altar are Archbishop John J. Krol of Philadelphia and Arch
bishop Lawrence J. Shehan of Baltimore.
OVERWHELMING VOTE
Council Approves Collegiality Teaching
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
it would bo well not to strike
too deeply at the exemption of
Religious from diocesan auth
ority lest they not be avai
lable to the pope.
Archbishop Joseph Urtasun of
Avignon, France, calledforcol
laboration between bishops and
Religious,. saying they should
form a single family. Team
work was called for again and
the Archbishop stressed par
ticularly the need for it in
terms of interparish activities.
Bishop Pablo Barrachina Es-
tevan of Orihuel a-Alicante,
Spain, said it is basic from
a pastorlal viewpoint that the
diocese be looked on a&arnodel
or miniature of the universal
Church. He warned that bishops
should not favor some priests
more than others because of the
income which comes with the
individual's assignment. To do
away with this problem he re
commended that bishops take
steps to reduce differences
and inequalities.
ARCHBISHOP Emile Guerry
of Cambrai, France, urged that
more stress be put on the bis
hops’ duty of didactic preaching.
He said that the modern world
calls bishops to a new form
of preaching because they are
called on to appear incivil life
and should be heard on'civil
and social problems. Bishops
need to be aware of the social
problems of the day and need
the explicit knowledge of the
social order they can gain
from laymen, he said.
Archbishop Guerry admitted
that this would take courage
and humility and the gift of
clarity.
Bishop Jean Sauvage of An
necy, France, said he felt the
schema talked too much of the
relation of priests to bishops
and that it should also stress
that of bishops to priests and
the bond of unity which should
exist between them.
ARCHBISHOP Eugene D*
Souza of Bhopal, India, echo
ed the call forcooperationbet-
ween bishops and Religious.
Saying that in some cases.
Religious fear falling under a
diocesan dictatorship, he warn
ed that there must be give and
take on both sides.
Religious should not push
their privileges, he said. To
safeguard their interest he
suggested they be given a place
on national episcopal conferen
ces or that a mixed commis-.
sion of bishops and Religious
be set up. Lastly he warned
against what St. John Chrysos
tom called "those icy words—
yours and mine."
Another Frenchman, Auxi
liary Bishop Marius Maziers of
Lyons, deplored the lack of a
pastoral tone in the schema
and called for emphasis to be
placed on poverty, simplicity.
humility and the need for be
ing near the people.
A similar note was sounded
by Coadjutor Bishop Herbert
Bednorz of Katowice, Poland,
who wanted stress to be plac
ed on the care of souls. He
emphasized the need for amis
sionary spirit and said that a
pastor must serve everyone,
not just Catholics. He recom
mended a common life for all
engaged in apostolic work.
ARCHBISHOP Miguel Miran-
day Gomez of Mexico City de
voted his talk to a plea to
include material on vocations.
Talking of the vocation crisis
in Latin America, he urged co
operation of bishops and Religi
ous in securing vocations.
Listen as well as speak: That
was the advice of Bishop Juan
Iriarte of Reconquista, Ar
gentina. Saying that since there
had been a change in types of
bishops from feudal times to the
period after the Council of
Trent, so too a change is now
needed from the post-Trent era
to today and bishops must con
vince rather than dominate.
Cardinal Doepfner intervened
to call him to matters under
discussion.
Bishop Wilhelm Pluta of
Gorzow, Poland, was another
to deplore the lack of a strong
pastoral tone in the schema.
He asked the council Fathers
to issues a declaration-to cor
rect the lack of concern for
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WASHINGTON (NC)— Some
150 physicians, clergy
men, hospital and social ser
vice officials and family life
educators from the U. S. and
aboard are expected to parti
cipate in a three-day Interna
tional Symposium on Rhythm
here Oct. 20-22.
Sponsored jointly by the
Family Life Bureau of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence and the National Fede
ration of Catholic Physicians
Guilds, the symposium at the
Gramercy Inn will bring to
gether the latest findings on
periodic continence as a means
of fertility control from the
fields of medicine, psychology,
theology and the social scie
nces.
DR. JOHN Marshall of Lon
don, medical director of Eng
land's Catholic Marriage Ad
visory Service, will keynote
the symposium with an ad
dress of "Fertility Control;
Context Possibilities."
Other principal talks will be
by Father John C. Ford, S. J.,
professor of moral theology at
the Catholic University of Ame
rica, on "The Morality of
Periodic Continence;" Dr. and
Mrs. John C. Willke of Cin
cinnati, on "Sexuality, Chast
ity and Periodic Contineuce;"
Dr. John D. LaTendresse, psy
chiatrist at Georgetown Univer
sity Hospital, Washington, D.
C., on "The Psychology of Sex
uality and Periodic Continence;
and Dr. Joseph Ricotta of the
Buffalo, N. Y„ Family Life
Clinic, on "The Varieties of
Rhythm."
ALSO: Dr. John Bowes, of
the Rhythm Center of Rhode
Island, Inc., on "The Effecti
veness of Rhythm;" Dr. Frank
lin T. Brayer, director of
Georgetown University's Popu
lation Research Center, on
"Current Research in Fertility
Control;" and Drs. H. A. Sal-
hanlck and Hugh Holtrop of
the department of obstetrics
Archbishop
To Labor
Convention
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them? Are you willing to give
yours?' *’
"THIS IS strange talk in a
nation where many of our par
ents and most of our grandpar
ents came to these shores with
out jobs and remained to build
the most powerful economy in
the world." he declared.
'This prejudice against the
immigrant, the Puerto Rican,
the Cuban, and especially
against the American Negro is
unworthy of men of labor. Your
long tradition of fighting for
what is right cannot afford the
luxury of loopholes. For 25
years you have struggled to es
tablish the right of all workers
to form a union of their own
choosing. In the words ofMsgr.
Edward Head of New York, The
objective must now be the right
of all working men to join these
unions so formed—all men, re
gardless of race or color,* "
the archbishop said.
'Tour society of apprentice
ships is meant to insure compe
tency, not to propagate preju
dices," Archbishop Hallinan
emphasized. "You have boldly
challenged public opinion in the
cause of justice. It must be done
again when that public opinion is
guilty of denying the Negro a
series of rights any one of which
the white American would de
fend with his life,"
pastoral theology.
THREE bishops devoted their
remarks to the need for bishops
to use sociological studies
and other scientific means of
getting to know the needs and
problems of their DeoDle.
Bishops Leonidas Proano
Villalba of Riobamba, Ecuador;
Samuele Ruiz Garcia of Chia
pas, Mexico, and Charles-
Marie Himmer of Toumai, Bel
gium^ all stressed the fact
that a bishop cannot know his
people individually today, but
that he must know about them.
To do this he should use the
instruments which science, and
particularly sociology, give to
him.
An Eastern-rite prelate took
issue with the schema because,
he said, he felt it was wholly
directed to dioceses of the Latin
rite. Maronite-rite Archbishop
Ignace Ziade of Beirut, Leban
on, called for revision of the
schema so that it will apply
also to the Eastern-rite areas.
In particular he called for
abolition of multiple-rite dio
ceses with a mixture of rites
and jurisdictions. He pointed
out that the Holy See was care
ful not to appoint two men to
the same titular See and asked
why the same concern could
not be shown toward living Sees.
BISHOP Agostinho Lopes De
Moura, C. S.Sp., of Portalegre-
Castelo Branco, Portugal, sug
gested various technical chan
ges.
He was followed by Arch
bishop Antoni Baraniak of Poz
nan, Poland, who read a state
ment of Polish Archbishop Jozef
Gawlina, who had died the day
before.
BEWARE
TERMITES
and gynecology, Harvard Uni
versity, on "The Prediction of
Ovulation."
Dr. W. M. O. Moore, a Brit
ish physician doing fertility
research at Johns Hopkins
Hospital in Baltimore, will re
port on his experiences as
medical director in a rhythm
project spronsored by the gove
rnment of the Island of Mauri
tius.
CLINICAL and educational
programs in rhythm at Buffalo
and Chicago will be discussed
by panels led by Father Dino
Lorenzetti and Father Walter
Imbiorski respecitively. Mr.
and Mrs. Gilles Breault of Mon
treal and Dr. Claude Lanctot,
department of gynecology and
obstetrics, Yale University,
will review the activities of
Montreal's Equipe- Serena
family counseling program.
Special consultants to the
symposium are Drs. Herbert
Ratner of Oak Park, Ill., and
Benedict Duffy of Washington,
D. C.
Approve Missal
In Hungarian
WASHINGTON (NC) — The
Bishops of Hungary have ap
proved a Hungarian translation
of the Roman Missal for litur
gical use, it was learned here.
Archbishop Endre Hamvas of
Kalocsa, head of the Hungarian
bishops’ conference, advised
Archbishop Patrick A. O'Boyle
of Washington, chairman of the
National Catholic Welfare Con
ference administrative board,
that the Hungarian episcopate
has approved the missal trans
lation by Ferenc Xaver Szun-
yogh for use in all Hungarian
parishes.
INDIA: COMMUNISM THREATENS
IN INDIA, THE TYPICAL WORKER’S TAKE-HOME PAY
is only $1.75 a/week! On this he supports his wife and children.
mother, father, and parents-in-law
... He lives in a hut made of inud
or loosely woven bamboo. The hut
has no lights, running water, ot
-sanitary facilities . . . Small wonder
» that, in KERALA STATE, where
m - ^ our Priests and Sisters are hard at
work, the Communists may be re
turned to power next February! . . .
Our priests and Sisters, few in num
ber. struggle against overwhelming
... - ... odds, of course. They need churches,
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for the Orunial Chunh their struggle against Communism.
Won’t you help? . . . BISHOP VALLOPILLY, 53. asks help this
week to build a church in MAVUR, for workers in a new rayon
pulp factory there. There is no church anywhere in the vicinity
for some 600 Catholic families. “We are losing the workers
because we can’t reach them even for Mass,’’ the Bishop writes
. . . An adequate church will cost only $4,200 altogether. Would
you like to build it (knd name it for your favorite saint) in
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