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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. SURPRISE SESSION ‘Amicable’ Talk For Hoover, King JlantUnA fleuteOuf, Doalor % of Hamilton, Elgin, Longinos A Bui ova. Sabi - Repair* laGrange, Georgia S truing A Hama Sintt 1912 • PRINTING • LITHOGRAPHING CO/M r P4/l'y SSO Fp.ttsr t<3<P, N. t.. ATLANTA. OEO.OIA • TRinlty 5-4727 IGNATIUS HOUSE RETREATS BY JESUIT PRIESTS Weekend* For Men And Weekend* For Women 6700 Riverside Drive N. W. 255-0503 Atlanta, Georgia 30328 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 , yl &>Bfbso ye^ ago, t .saoignoD noiassc- not a lo 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. YOU'VE GOT TO COME OUT OF THAT SHELL AND ENJOY LIFE!... 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