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PAGE 2 GEORGIA BULLETIX THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1964
AMONG THE PEOPLE
Warmth, Tenderness Mark
Pope’s Bombay Progress
BY ELMER VON FELDT
(N. C. W. C. News Service
BOMBAY—A touching dis
play of human warmth and ten
derness marked the fast-paced
schedule of Pope Paul VI on the
third day of his four-day visit
to India.-
Early in the morning Dec.
4.) he gave first Communion to
22 small orphan boys. When he
found himself unable to bend
down sufficiently to place the
Sacred Host on the trembling
tongues of the small boys kneel
ing below him, the Pope knelt
down himself to distribute Com
munion.
AFTERWARDS he went to the
orphanage to share a simple
breakfast of bun, fruit and cof
fee with the orphans.
At a student rally later in
the morning, the Pope heard
the president of the Indian Cath
olic University Federation re
mind him that he had once been
close to students as chaplain to
the university students of Italian
Catholic Action in Rome. After
an address of welcome, the
youth proceeded to the throne
to kiss the Pontiff’s hand, but
Pope Paul rose and pulled the
youth from his knees and em
braced him twice, pressing him
to both the right and left side
of his shoulders.
At a civic reception shortly
after noon, the Pope embraced
thrilled children who were pre
sented to him. Adults who knelt
to kiss his hand received an
affectionate handclasp. How
ever, one was so overcome
that he rose impulsively, em
braced the Pope and kissed him
on the cheek.
WHILE walking to the recep
tion room, a bearded prelate
accompaymg the Pope tripped
on a carpet and went sprawling
onto the floor. The Pope stop
ped tp help the.pjrelate up and
immediately led him to a chair.
The welcome to the Pope at
the orphanage was given by an
11-year old boy who said: "Our
hearts are full of joy because
you are interested in us.” He
continued:
“Some of us have no father,
some no mother, some neither.
God is our Father. Now that
you have visited us, we know
that you are a father to us.”
IN A brief response the Pope
said: “I have come all the way
from Rome to see you and to
tell you now truly I love you
as your Holy Father.” He urg
ed the orphans to "work liard,
not to waste time. Study «nd
obey your superiors because
this is what God wished you to
do.”
Pope Paul gave $10,000 for
the maintenance of the Bombay
archdiocesan institution, which
cares for orphaned and destitute
boys of all creeds and is sup
ported entirely by private con
tributions. It was immediately
announced that the name of the
orphanage is being changed
from Our Lady’s Home to
“Home of Pope Paul VI under
the Patronage of Our Lady.”
Prior to the orphanage visit,
the Pope offered an outdoor
Mass for 5,000 members of
Saint Paul’s, a poor working-
class parish in an industrial
area of Bombay.
In a formal address the Pope
referred to the apostolic origin
of the Faith in India, express
ed his pleasure at the freedom
of missionaries to preach the
Gospel and lauded the natural
goodness and deep religious
disposition of the Indian people.
He said:
“WE ARE aware of the long
and glorious history of the
Church in India, evangelized
by St. Thomas the Apostle,
who sanctified its soil by his
preaching and is acclaimed as
the Apostle of India, and evan
gelized also, according to tra
dition, by St. Bartholomew. We
recall the fruitful apostolate of
St. Francis Xavier and many
other priests and Religious who
spread the good news of the
Gospel. . .
“In the secular history of
your land we know the natural
goodness, humility and patience
of the sons of this country, your
unswerving devotion to spiritual
ideals. We are not ignorant of
WASHINGTON, D. C. (RNS)—
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoo
ver had a “Quite amicable dis
cussion” here, the Baptist cler
gyman and integration leader
told reporters after the sur
prise session."
Dr. King — called “the most
notorious liar in the country”
by Mr. Hoover two weeks ear
lier— said he had requested the
meeting because “a nonvio
lent leader must seek to main
tain communications” with all
who are in a position to aid the
civil rights cuase.
“THERE must not be misun
derstanding between the FBI
and civil rights leaders,” he
said. “I sincerely hope we can
forget the confusions of the
past and get on with the job that
Congress, the Supreme Court
and the Preside nt have outlin
ed — the job of providing free
dom and justice for all citizens
of this nation.”
Mr. Hoover, whose verbal at
tack on Dr. King followed re
ports that the integrationisthad
critized the role of the FBI
in the Southern racial justice
effort, had no comment follow
ing the session here.
Dr. King said that the FBI
director had told him there
would be arrests shortly in the
murders of three Civil rights
workers in Mississippi.
SOURCES close to Dr. King
the many trials and difficulties
which you undergo with forti
tude. . .
“The people of India and Asia
can draw light and strength
from the teaching and spirit
of Jesus, from His love and
compassion, in efforts to help
the less fortunate to practice
brotherly love, to attain peace
among themselves and with
their neighbors.
“WE ARE deeply grateful
for the freedom assured to pre-
companied by Valerian Cardi
nal Gracias, (his host in Bom
bay, who accompanied the Pope
at all his activities).
Just before noon, the Pope
was taken to the J. J. Hospital,
named after its founder Sir
Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy, a 1,300
bed municipal hospital which is
the largest in Bombay.
HE visited the children's
ward , the blook bank, occupa
tional therapy and physio
therapy departments. The Pope
blessed a young man donating
blood and gave a rosary to a
lad who had lost both legs.
He was presented a spiritual
bouquet by Catholic nurses, who
make up 100 of tjie 900-
nurse contingent. The Pope paid
tribute to the nursing profes
sion as one that is not easy.
“It requires complete dedica
tion, patience, perserverance
and an unselfish love of neigh
bor,” he told the nurses.
said he expressed appreciation
for FBI accomplishments in
the South and would urge all civil
rights workers to cooperate
with the federal agency.
In the midst of the public con
troversy between Dr. King and
Mr. Hoover it was reported that
President Johnson was looking
for a replacement for the FBI
Director. The White House later
denied the report.
Reaction to the controversy
included a letter by the Luther
an Human Relations Associa
tion of America, a voluntary
group, to the FBI director
saying he should “publicly with
draw” his charge and apologize.
THE association also wrote to
Acting Attorney General Nicho
las Katzenbach, calling for
“serious attention to the intem
perate and irresponsible at
tack. . .”
The American Clvl Liberties
Union also wrote to Mr. Kat
zenbach, citing a **basic con
flict of interest which exists
because of the FBI-local police
relationship” and urging a
strengthening of the federal
agency’s role in civil right*
cases.
Following first reports of
his attack on Dr. King, Mr.
Hoover spoke at the annual
award dinner of the Stritch
School of Medicine of Loyola
University, Jesuit insititution at
Chicago.
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WITHOUT mentioning the in
tegration leader, Mr. Hoover
asserted that he would main
tain the impartiality of the fed
eral agency “despite the host
ile opinion of its detractors.”
He also pledged that pressure
groups would not be permitted
to use the FBI to “attain their
selfish aims.”
“IT is a great misfortune,”
he said, “that the zealots or
pressure groups always think
with their emotions, seldom
with reason. They have no com
punction in carping, lying and
exaggerating with the firecest
passion. They cry liberty when
they really mean license.”
THE occasion for Mr. Hoov
er’s remarks was a fund-rais
ing dinner to benefit the school
of medicine, at which he be
came the first recipient of the
Sword of Loyola, a copy of the
sword carried into battle by St.
Ignatius Loyola, founder of the
Jesuit order.
AT ST. PA l L ORPHANAGE in Bombay, where the greetings of homeless bovs brought
tears to his eyes, Pope Paul VI had breakfast with a group of the youngsters. Here the
Pope smilingly offers a rosary to a lad who Appears to prefer to eat his orange.
Before leaving, the Pope pre
sented the hospital with a gift
of a shortwave diathermy mach
ine for treating rheumatism
of the joints and bones.
AT A civic reception later,
the Pope was introduced to
members of the Bombay muni
cipality and the Eucharistic Con
gress organizing committee and
other citizens of different reli
gious affiliations.
“This manifestation has been
wonderful,” he told the group.
“It transcends anything we
thought o f before we left Rome
to visit this city.”
The municipality presented
the Pope with a miniature sand-
lewood and ivory chariot depict
ing “gitopadesa”— a scene
from the Hindu holy book
“Mahabharata,” depicting the
Lord Krishna exhorting Arjuna
to fight for the triumph of good
over evil. Other gifts includ
ed a brass image of Buddha and
a set of 2,080 books dealing
with Indian culture, religion and
philosophy.
POPE Paul quipped that if
he'were to take back a^l the
gifts he received he would have
to take a ship rather than a
plane.
Thanking the congress’ or
ganizing committee, he said;
“We thank you most sincerely
for the self-sacrificing genero
sity with which you have dedic
ated your talents, time, and in
many cases your personal con
tributions, to the success of this
universal act of worship and ve
neration of our Most Blessed
Savior in the sacrament of His
love for men.”
In the afternoon the Pope ad
dressed a huge assemblage at a
Malankara-rite Mass held at the
large many-tiered altar in
Bombay’s sprawling Oval Park.
POPE Paul called attention to
the many rites and cultures in
the Church and added that the
“plurality of these traditions
is a living witness to the cath
olicity of the Church of Christ,
which is at the same time for
all men embracing all cultures
and also can express in a par
ticular way the truth and beauty
which exist in each culture.”
He added:
"Perhaps in the past the idea
of legitimate plurality join
ed with mutual cooperation may
have been obscured at times.
But today there must be a new
dedication to this idea. . .
“There is another obligation
which stems from this reliza-
tion of the catholicity of the
Church. That is the obligation
to remain faithful to your tra
ditions at the sams time as
you strive to adapt yourself to
needs of the pesent age and to
become more fully part of the
life and culture of your native
land. Fidelity to your traditions
will help maintain so many ties
with what is good and genuine
in the past and also preserve
or re-establish bonds with those
who share these tradiitions but
who are not in full communion
with the Catholic Church, In a
spirit of fidelity and charity,
through mutual cooperation de
void of any spirit of content
ion, you can contribute great
ly to the building up of un
ity among Christians who live
and work together side by side.
DURING the ceremony the
Pope blessed some 50 sick and
crippled persons who had been
brought to the Oval grounds for
the purpose.
Later Pope Paul received
newsmen at the Eucharistic
Congress press lounge and en
trusted to them “our special
message to the world” urging
nations to halt the armaments
race.
Late in the evening the Pope
participated in a dramatic Way
of the Cross which he led around
the huge tiered altar in Oval
Park. Floodlights were trained
BEIRUT, Lebanon (NC)—The
Catholic Melkite-rite Patriarch
Maximos IV Saigh of Antioch
issued a statement here in which
he voiced regret at the uproar
in Arabgy ntries following the
ecumenical* council's approval
of the declaration acknow
ledging the Jewish people as
“dear to God.”
Patriarch Mximos’ statement
noted that the council declara
tion on Christian-Jewish rela
tions is “purely religious” and
is part of the council’s overall
declaration on the Church’s re
lations with non-Christians.
THE patriarch indicated that
some segments of the Arab
press had distorted the council
action. Tlie statement hit In par
ticular allegations that the de
claration—which was given onl
initial approval by the coun
cil in its voting on Nov. 20- b
would be tantamount to diplo
matic recognition of the state of
Israel by the Vatican.
Credit Union
ELIZABETH, N. J. (NC)—St.
Anthony’s parish here has
formed a credit union to keep
its parishioners out of the clut
ches of loan-sharks and loan
companies that charge usurious
interest rates.
on the altar which was topped by
an illuminated cross glimmer
ing against the dark blue sky.
AS the Pontiff made the Sta
tions of the Cross on the lower
tier of the altar, he was fol
lowed around by a horde of news
photographers on the upper tier
who kept exploding flashbulbw
before his tiring eyes. But the
Pope endured the ordeal patien
tly, perhaps accepting it as his
own Way of the Cross.
Recalling that similar char
ges were made last January
when Pope Paul VI in the cour
se of his pilgrimage to the
Holy Land visited Israel, the
statement said that if the Holy
See had wanted to recognize the
state of Israel it would have
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It asserted that the Vatican
has not extended recognition to
Israel because of the Holy See’s
concern for the situation of the
Arabs and its sympthy for the
Palestine refugees in particu
lar.
THE statement said that
Catholic leaders in the Near
East had opposed the declara
tion because of attempts on the
part of Israeli partisans to
fuse Zionism with Judaism.
Appealing to Arabs not to let
Israel exploit the situation now,
it said that Israel cannot
be beaten by words or demons
trations, but rathef* by giving
solidarity to the ranks of the
Arabs and by convincing those
aiding Israel that the Arab view
is right.
“Likewise,” the statement
said, “Israel cannot be defeat
ed by opposing the Roman Cat
holic Holy See, which has a
great weight in the world.”
INDIAN workmen place part of modernistic canopy above
main altar in center of Oval Maidan, great open area in
downtown Bombay, where ceremonies of the Eucharistic
Congress were held.
ON JEWISH STATEMENT
Melkite Patriarch
Chides Arab Press
FATHER MURRAY
Predicts Passage
Of Liberty Text
WASHINGTON, D. C. (RNS)—
A co-author of the declaration
on religious liberty predicted
here that the document will be
approved, with but slight chan
ges, at the fourth session of the
Vatican Council.
Father John Courtney Mur^*
ray, S.J., noted theologian from
Woodstock (Md.) College, spoke
before 5,000 persons at George
town University — believe to be
one of the largest crowds ever
to attend a theological confer
ence in the U. S.
HE said that as he looks over
the action which led to the delay
on voting this year, he consid
ers it wise not to have voted on
it while there existed so many
controversial items in the doc
ument.
The Jesuit theologian expres
sed confidence that many of the
more controversial items can
be clarified and that sound doc
trine on religious liberty will
be forthcoming.
He said the delay in deciding
the question will afford time for
fuller discussion, and a “cool
ing-off period” will allow its
opponents time for reconside
ration. Father Murray also
viewed it as an opportunity for
its proponents to reconcile some
of the differences which exist,
’THE vast majority” of Coun
cil Fathers, he said, favor a
strong statement on religious
liberty. The debate at the third
session advanced the cause be
cause it opened the touchy ques
tion “to full and frank discus
sion.”
Recounting the arguments of
both sides at the Council, Fath
er Murray said there were two
basic clashes, one involving
the classicist theory of toler
ance versus the more modern
concept of freedom of con
science.
THE classicist theory main
tains that truth holds exclusive
rights in society and that error
has no rights whatsoever. Ar
guing that the Church is the
vessel of truth, it would follow
that other religions, opposed to
Catholic doctrine and authority,
should be banned from society
whenever possible.
THIS was Father Murray’s
succinct summary of this
theory: “Intolerance whenever
and wherever possible, toler
ance whenever and wherever
necessary.”
He noted that another clash
over the declaration on relig
ious liberty developed between
two group's of bishops, both fav
oring religious liberty but argu
ing for it from two different
stances. A group largely from
French-speaking areas took one
side, with a large delegation of
primarily English-speaking and
Italian-speaking delegates tak
ing the other position.
Earlier, Father Piet Fran-
sen, S.J., a professor at the
University of Louvain, Belgium,
defended the authority of the
Church in the light of freedom
of the believer, holding that the
Church was authorized to make
whatever rules necessary to
carry out its representation of
the will of God on earth.
THIS, he held, does not re
strict the freedom of man, but
makes the ’ minimal” will of
God more evident to man, af
fording him a guidepost. By do
ing the will of God out of love
of Him, man has his true free
dom. Sin, or willful disobed
ience of God’s will, is in real
ity bondage, and it is the role of
the Church to help man gain his
freedom from this bondage.
COUNSELOR -PRIES T
Calls Psychiatry
Aid To Sanctity
BATON ROUGE, La. (NC)~
The Church is looking today to
the behavioral sciences for gui
dance in attempting to develop
the human personality toward
sanctity, a marriage-counse
lor priest said here (Nov. 30)
at the Catholic Student Center
of Louisiana State University.
Father George Hagmaier, C.
S. P., professor of religious
education at Catholic University
in Washington, D. C., said too
much emphasis on the soul
and the spiritual can be just as
corrosive in society as mater
ialism.
THINKING of emotions and
drives as lower faculties, Fath
er Hagmaier suggested, causes
religionists to assume “that the
higher faculties are always in
control of the lower; that spir
itual helps can solve all beha
vioral illnesses.”
The reasons for mentally ill
behavior are often rooted not in
free choice, but in the disor
dered emotions of the patient,
said the speaker .
Both the priests and the psy
chiatrist have important roles
to play, in helping people be
come more free, self-reliant
human beings, leading happier
and holier lives, Father Hagm
aier said.
A CAREFUL distinction must
be made, he added, between the
“couch and the confessional
patient. Seminarians must be
taught to distinguish between
persons who are able to help
themselves and make free cho
ices in all areas or just in one
and those who need psychiatria
help.
Father Hagmiaer stressed
the importance of the pre
school years, where the highly
impressionable child, “a bund
le of feeling,” picks up
“signals” from his parents and
carries them with him through
out life.
Father Hagmaier said many
parents do not realize that a
child’s basic attitudes “have
been set or jelled” before he
enters the first grade and is
placed in a “Catholic desk” for
the nuns to form him.
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