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SERIES OF UNDERSTANDINGS
Diplomat Calls
Holy See-Hungary
Pact ‘’A Beginning’
VATICAN CITY (NC)— The
Vatican diplomat who conclud
ed the recent agreement be
tween the Holy See and Hun
gary, which gives the Church
some freedom of action under
that nation’s communist sr-
that nation’s communist re
gime, said the agreement’s
terms are far from “satisfy
ing’' but that they constitute
a beginning that isfarfrom val-
uless.”
Msgr. Agostino Casaroli, un
dersecretary of the Congre
gation for Extraordinary Ec
clesiastical Affairs, was quot
ed in L’Osservatore Romano,
Vatican City daily, the day after
he returned from Budapest.
msgr. casaroli stressed
that the agreement was not to
be considered a type of treaty
or an accord, but simply the
setting down of a series of un
derstandings which both sides
had come to and of their points
of view.
*Tt seemed profitable to both
sides, without closing the dis
cussion, to set down in the
meantime, officially and in a
binding manner, a bilateral act,
although the results reached up
to now are only partial,*' the
Vatican diplomat declared.
AMONG the solutions to dif
ficulties that were agreed on
was “the possibility of the nam
ing of bishops by the only com
petent authority, that is the Holy
See, without obstruction from
civil authorities.”
Also overcome was the re
quirement for clergy to take
“an oath of fidelity to the state
and its constitution, an oath
which a Catholic churchman
could never give.’* Msgr. Casa
roli did not specify how that
difficulty was solved, but it ap
pears that there is no longer
—'N
only
s 229 50
will bu
in force the requirement for
priests and bishops to take an
oath supporting an atheistic
government.
LASTLY it was agreed that
young priests could leave Hun
gary to study in Rome.
In addition to these agree
ments certain “assurances or
promises" were given in the
accompanying protocol which
both sides have declared “bind
ing." Some of these assurances,
Msgr. Casaroli said, were
“particularly close to the heart
of the Church, because they are
connected with its fundamental
rights and because ecclesiasti
cal life becomes impossible
unless there is a satisfactory
solution."
AMONG these rights he listed
freedom of diocesan govern
ment and the priestly ministry,
training of the clergy and in
struction of the youth in Chris
tian doctrine. “Assurances re
ceived by the Church on these
points are still far from satis
fying the requests of the Holy
See and the requirements of
Catholic life, but at the same
time they constitute a beginning
that is far from valueless,"
Msgr. Casaroli affirmed.
Msgr. Casaroli concluded
that “the real possibility of
continuing effectively in the fu
ture the work which has been
begun will depend on the faith
ful carrying out, to the letter
and in the spirit, of the obli
gations by the government of
the People’s Republic of Hun
gary and by the Holy See."
“GOOD will is not lacking on
the part of the Holy See. Its
sole anxiety is to safeguard the
right and liberties of the
Church and the interests and
spiritual welfare of Catholics
in Hungary.
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PROMINENT among laymen attending the third session of Vatican Council II are: (left to right) Mieczyslaw de Habicht,
Polish, permanent secretary, Conference of International Catholic Organizations; Jean Larnaud, French, general secre
tary, Catholic Coordinating Center for UNESCO; Ramon Sugranyes de Franch, Spanish, president of Pax Romana, inter
national organization of Catholic students and intellectuals, and president, Conference of International Catholic Organ
izations; Jean Guitton, French, University of Paris professor and the only Catholic layman to attend the first session of
the council; Francesco Vito, Italian, rector of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan; James J. Norris, Ameri
can, assistant to the executive director, Catholic Relief Services-National Catholic Welfare Conference, and president, In
ternational Catholic Migration Commission; and Dr. Emilios Inglessia, Greek, executive director, International Council of
Catholic Men.
COUNCIL TIDBITS
Prelates Hitchhike, Dish Up Snacks
In Hectic Rome Council Living
BY FR. PLACID JORDAN, OSB
(N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
VATICAN CITY—It can hap
pen to a council Father. In this
instance it was African Bishop
Francis Abraha of Asmara,
Eritrea, who one morning miss
ed the bus that was to take him
and other bishops to the coun
cil. If he did not want to be late
for the session he had to hitch
hike, for taxis during rush hours
are hard to get in Rome, besides
being expensive.
Bishop Abraha quickly man
aged to obrain a ride on the
first passing car. While chat
ting with his host the bishop was
amazed to find out that he was
Giancarlo Paietta, a member
of the executive committee of
Italy's Communist party. The
Vatican guards immediately
recognized the driver after the
two men arrived at their des
tination.
"A co-existing bishopl” quip
ped one of the guards.
THE council snackbars still
are quite popular, and the jam
in them at times is worse than
in New York subways. The poor
waiters hardly can accommo
date the many thirsty Fathers.
So on a recent morning a Phil
ippine bishop, tired of waiting
in long too long and in a help
ful mood, slipped behind one
of the tables laden with soft
drink bottles and various deli
cacies and went to work.
“What will yours be?" he
asked with a big smile. “Cof
fee? Tea? An orangeade?''
Everybody was delighted, and
the waiters got a kick out of their
new fast working colleague,
***
OF COURSE, liquor is never
served in council snackbars,
but anyone craving a beer will
soon find out that in a corner
hidden behind the sacristy there
is a regular little cafe for the
convenience of Vatican em
ployes in St. Peter's. Some
times visiting bishops and
priests who say Mass in the
basilica will have breakfast
there. It is in this secreted spot
that alcoholic beverages are
freely dispensed. Actually few
council Fathers avail themsel
ves f the opportunity.
“It’s nice to know though,'
said one of them, “that you can
get a drink if you really want
ENDORSE A PROVEN RECORD
Vote {for
JAMES A. MACKAY
Democratic Candidate for
U.S. CONGRESS
NEW 4th DISTRICT
Gcnerol Election, Tuctdoy, Nov. 3, 1964,
Polls Open 7 A.M. to 7 P.M.
one.
***
THE DAY the ,ady auditors
were first admitted to the coun
cil one of them was taken to the
snackbar by a bishop friend for
a cup of coffee. There she was,
one lone woman crowded in by a
multitude of bishops. Their
manly preserve had been invad
ed I
“I never thought I’d live to see
thisl’’ remarked an American
prelate with a sigh.
***
THERE are numerous press
offices on the fringe of the
council. Twenty-four of them
are listed by the ' Centrum
Coordinationis Communica-
tionum de Concilio’ ’—C.C.C.C.
for short, or even shorter: the
4 C’s—which means Coordina-
tionation Center for Council
Communication Media.
All major nationality groups
maintain their own press head
quarters, The U.S. bishops’
press panel is efficiently di
rected by Elmer Von Feldt,
news editor of N.C.W.C. News
Service, Canadians, British,
French, Italians, Germans,
Spanish, Belgians, Dutch, Latin
Americans, South Africans and
the Pan-African groups have
organized their own offices and
turn out constant streams of
mimeographed copy. So do the
Divine Word Fathers, on the
initiative of tireless Father
Ralph Wiltgen, S.V.D., who hails
from Chicago, and other reli
gious and professional groups.
They do an admirable job of
feeding copy-hungry reporters
with handouts and documentary
material of all sorts.
If only one had time to read
it all.
***
NO LESS impressive is ano
ther list issued by the “4C’s,*'
of the “Hospitia et Instituta
Conciliaribus Patribus Recipi-
enda,*’ which means: Of the
Hostelries and Other Lodging
Places Offering Hospitality to
Council Fathers. Some 90 dif
ferent addresses are given,
which means that bishops are
accommodated all over town in
places ranging from large ho
tels (in line witl^pecial coun
cil rates) to simple convents on
the city’s outskirts.
Even more elaborate is a
booklet issued by the “Pere-
grinatio Romana ad Petri Se-
dem,’’ the pilgrimage assis
tance center, which also func
tions for the benefit of the coun
cil. There, on 94 pages, are
listed all the Fathers with their
addresses and telephone num
bers. It is an impressive di
rectory, bearing witness to the
astounding job being done by
those entrusted with the techni
cal and organizational services
of the council.
***
MENTION should be made in
this context of the Vatican's
Polyglot Press which supplies
council documents. Night and
day shifts are needed to meet
the requirements. Durjng coun
ci sessions one often notices
employes carting stacks of
these printed products on
wheelbarrows to the distribu
tion center in a side-nave of
St. Peter's. There are draft
proposals, texts of speeches
to be delivered, and booklets of
various kinds. It simply is
amazing how the press copes
with the task of maintaining high
standards of quality. Special
precautions are taken so that
one of this confidential material
is used improperly.
ARCHBISHOP Pericle Felici,
the council's secretary general,
can be a strict taskmaster in
keeping the sessions running
properly. When his sonorous
voice is heard over the loud
speakers everybody pays at
tention. “Exeant omnes" — all
CHURCH DECORATION
not having any business in the
council hall get out. That's
what he says every morning
when the council goes into exe
cutive session. But sometimes
it takes quite a while to clear
the guest galleries. Then the
archbishop adds peremptorily:
“Festinent omnesl” Hurry up,
all of you I
When votes are taken and too
many bishops linger in the naves
engaged in animated conver
sation instead of listening to the
speeches, the secretary general
mildly chastizes them and says:
“Those in the diaspora (mean
ing , the dispersion) please get
back to their seats I”
Liturgy Group
Hits Lavishness
MONTREAL (NC)--A Catho
lic liturgical^ group has de
clared that the spirit of pov
erty should characterize the
construction and decoration of
churches so that “a poor per
son should not be embarrassed"
at worshiping in them.
The Liturgical Commission
of the Montreal archdiocese, in
a series of directives approved
by Paul Emile Cardinal Leger,
says “the sacred always in
volves a certain magnificence,
but when we consider the mis
ery which afflicts so many hu
man beings..all lavish expense
in decoration as a scandal."
OTHER points made by the
document include a cautionary
note on the "commercial as
pect" of vigil lights; a warning
against putting too many statues
in churches; and a reminder
that the construction of a church
is the concern of the “Chris
tian community" it is meant to
serve.
"From the point of view of
the pastoral life," says the doc
ument prepared by a commis
sion of nine priests, “it is de
sirable that those responsible
for the construction of churches
should undertake their work
with the parishioners as a
whole. This common undertak
ing will contribute to the build
ing up of the Christian commun
ity which the church will gather
Pavilion A Hit
NEW YORK (NC)—The Vati
can Pavilion at the New York
World's Fair is closing Oct.
16 after having been visited by
about 75,000 people each day of
the fair for a total that may top
13,000,000 persons.
See you at the Conference on
Worship, Oct. 22 - 25, at the
Cathedral Center, Atlanta.
together."
THE church, the directives
declare, is not the private af
fair of the pastor of the archi
tect but rather should serve
“the community, the parish and
the liturgy."
Regarding decoration, the
document notes that the modern
Christian lives in “a world
overrun by the visual" and thus
has “ less need than he once
did of pictures in his church."
IT recommends that the in
spiration for interior decora
tion come from biblical themes
and that such pictures as are
used “excel in their artistic
quality."
“The artist should remem
ber that his work should reveal
the mystery of the Transcendent
...and instead of trying to acco-
...and instead of trying to ac
commodate his work to the of
ten superficial tastes of the
people, he will try to educate
them and elevate their appre
ciation of the esthetic,” the di
rectives state.
THE document warns against
having too many statues in a
church. It says a replica of the
church’s patron may be placed
in the sanctuary but “the like
nesses of Christ must always
have the predominant place.”
The entire church, it says,
should be built around the al
tar as “the point of polariza
tion.”
The directives say vigil lights
are not to be placed in the sanc
tuary, at the sides of the Com
munion table, or in the aisles.
AND the document adds: 'The
commercial aspect which the
enormous display of these vigil
lights takes on in the eyes of
many...demands that we ask
ourselves whether, in our day,
it is not more sitable to pro
pose to the faithful other ways
of making an offering or ex
pressing devotion.”
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1964 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE ■
BREAKTHROUGH
Lay Theologians
Join Dayton
University Faculty
DAYTON, Ohion (NC)—Tho
mas and Dorothy Thompson
have joined the theology facu
lty of die University of Dayton,
fulfilling a common ambition
neither expected to realize “for
the next 20 years."
With two other lay theologi
ans, Ralph Cardillo of Guelph,
Ont. and J. A. Johenning of
New York City, the Thomp
sons are the first full-time lay
teachers of theology in the
universit’s history.
THE young married couple—
both are 25— attributes the
change of attitude regarding
lay theologians to the new spirit
of renewal in the church, pro
ceeding from the Vatican coun
cil.
Thompson is from Detroit
and his wife from Yuma, Ariz.
They met at Duquesne Uni
versity, Pittsburgh. After col
lege he went to England to study
theology at Blackfriars col
lege, a Dominican school, while
she went to Germany for theo
logy at Tuebingen university.
Later he joined her there for
theology. Rhey were married
last December.
THEIR search for a school
accepting lay theologians on its
faculty was quickened when the
Thompsons saw an article by
a Jesuit from the University
of Seattle in which he reported
the results of a survey he
FOR ANNIVERSARY
conducted among Catholic col
leges, 33 of which were
willing to add lay teachers of
theology to their faculties,
among them the University
of Dayton, conducted by the
Marianists.
The Thompsons together are
teaching a course on the theo
logy of marriage and separ
ate classes in dogmatic theo
logy in a course called "God
in Creation." In addition, Tho
mas teaches philosophy and
Dorothy teaches English.
WHILE at the University of
Thebingen the Thompsons were
taught by some of Europe’s
leading scholars, including
well-known Father Hans Kueng.
According to Thomas, ec
umenical and liturgical move
ments started in Europe but
they are being implemented fas
ter in America. “Father Kueng
predicted this," Dorothy said.
“He told students that Europe
was ahead of America in many
of the changes in the Church,
but that in 10 years it was
going to be the other way
around."
THE Thompsons agree that
American priests and laymen
“have the feeling that change
is a necessity" and they don’t
consider lay theologians as
“mavericks" representing a
movement “foreign to the spirit
of the Church."
Restore Cathedral
At St. Augustine
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (NC)
—Anticipating the 400th anni
versary of the founding of the
nation's oldest city and parish
here, the diocese of St. Au
gustine.
Ground was broken in back
of the cathedral for the ex
tension of the sanctuary, and
adornment of the interior walls
was begun.
THE city of St. Augustine
was founded on Sept. 8, 1565.
Msgr. William Mullaliy, Day
tona Beach pastor and dean of
diocesan clergy, blessed and
broke ground for the cathedral
Martyrs’ Mass
WASHINGTON (NC) — Arch
bishop Egidio Vagnozzi, Apos
tolic Delegate in the United
States, will offer a solemn High
Mass Oct. 18 in the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Con
ception here marking the can
onization in Rome the same day
of the 22 Uganda Martyrs,
extension.
Among those attending the
ceremony was Mrs. Joseph
Pellicer of St. Augustine, aged
96, who remembers every pre
late who has presided over the
diocese of St. Augustine, in
cluding Bishop Augustin Verot.
He was consecrated vicar apos
tolic of Florida in 1858; served
as bishop of Savannah from
1861 to 1870, and became first
bishop of St. Augustine in 1870.
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