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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1964
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‘RESPECT MULTIPLICITY’
Pope Paul Urges
Broader Concept
Of Universality
VATICAN CITY—Pope Paul
VI has called on the Catholic
Church to broaden its concept
of universality and recognize
the good to be found in other
religions and cultures.
' Because universality is cor
relative of unity and because
unity is defined in clear and
unmistakable terms by St. Paul
...we are easily led to believe
that universality...is uniformi
ty/’ On the contrary, Pope Paul
said, * ‘multiplicity must be rec
ognized, respected and indeed
promoted and vivified/'
CASTING his thoughts in the
framework of his recent trip to
India during his weekly general
audience (Dec. 9), the Pope
said:
'The duty immediately aris
es of knowing better those peo
ples with whom we come in con
tact by reason of the Gospel,
recognizing all the good they
possess, not only in their his
tory and civilization, but also in
the heritage of moral and reli
gious values which they possess
and preserve.
‘This attitude of Catholics
toward noq.-Catholics is now
sharpening and developing, al
though it also belongs to the
honest and positive traditional
manner in which the Church has
considered the Gentiles and
pagans/’
HE cited to support this the
statement of St. Augustine who,
he said, was severe in affirm
ing the necessary relationship
between the Church and salva
tion: “It must not be doubted
that the Gentiles also have their
prophets,"
This impression of ancient
values to be preserved, the Pope
said, was the result of his
Official
The faithful may choose eith
er December 23 or December 24
for the fulfillment of their obli
gation to fast and abstain on the
vigil of Chistmas.
Whichever day is chosen, fast
and complete abstinence must
be observed.
meeting with the Indian people.
But, he added, the impression
"does not end in irenicism or
syncretism, but rather imposes
on the apostolic dialogue the
need for much moderation, wis
dom and patience. It reminds
us further that Christianity is
not linked to any one civiliza
tion, but is designed to express
itself according to the charac
ter of each, so long as the civili
zation is truly human and open."
Another impression the Pope
gained from his India trip, he
said, was the “complex and
fruitful significance’* of the
Church’s visible mark of uni
versality, which “indicates the
ever expandable multiplicity of
human forms which can become
part of the unique Mystical Body
of Christ.
“WE ARE quick to say that
all men are called to salvation,
and that the Church has an un
limited capacity to receive all of
mankind within its house. And
because universality is a con-
relative of unity — defined
clearly and unmistakably by St.
Paul when he says ‘one Lord,
one Faith, one Baptism, one
God and Father of all’ (Eph.
4, 6)~we are easily led to
believe that the extension of
unity to mankind in the practi
cal order of reality is not only
universality but uniformity.
"In fact, merely considering
that peoples with different cul
tures, languages, customs and
nationalities are called to con
stitute ’one Body and one Spirit
...in one hope’ (Eph. 4, 3) at
first astonishes us...Then it
leads us to the discovery of
innumerable problems, most
delicate and difficult, from
which we progress to the re
flection that all that multipli
city must be recognized, re
spected and indeed promoted
and vivified.
“In other words, we must
have a more adequate concept
of the universality of the
Church, a greater desire for
human brotherhood, to which it
educates and obliges us, and we
must face with greater apostolic
courage questions relating to
the presence of the Church in
the world.”
AT ST. PETERS
URSULINE NUNS try out a proposed new garb. Sister Stephen, left, and Sister Immacu-
lata, who teach at Bishop McGuinness high school, Oklahoma City, tell Father David Mon
ahan, about the pilot study in which they wear high heels and a band in their hair, with
a modem blouse and suit. The trial is authorized by their superior, Mother Charles Mc
Grath, O.S.U., of the Paola, Kansas, community.
BISHOP UNTERKOEFLER
Charleston Has New Bishop
WASHINGTON, D.C.—N.C.—
Pope Paul VI has named Bishop
Ernest L. Unterkoefler to be
Bishop of Charleston, S.C. He
is presently Auxiliary to Bis
hop John J. Russell of Rich
mond, Va.
The appointment was announ
ced here by Archbishop Egidio
Vagnozzi Apostolic Delegate to
the United States.
Bishop Unterkoefler suc
ceeds to a See left vacant by the
transfer of Bishop Francis F.
Reh to the office of Rector
BISHOP UNTERKOEFLER
of North Amercan College in
Rome.
versity in study of canon law.
Bishop Unterkoefler served
as Assistant Pastor of St. Pe
ters Church, Richmond, Vir
ginia, from 1944 to 1947, and
was at the same time Notary
of the Diosecan Tribunal. He
was assistant pastor of Our
Lady of Loudres Church, Ar
lington, Virginia, from 1947
to 1950, and of Sacred Heart,
Richmond, Va„ from 1950 to
1960. He was also Notary and
Secretary of the Richmond Dio
cesan Tribunal from 1952 to
1960. He was named Chancel
lor of Richmond Diocese in
May, 1960.
Fr. Hardy Ordained
In Rome Ceremonies
Since Christmas falls on Fri
day this year, the usual obliga
tion of Friday abstinence will
not apply.
EX EC T TIV K SEC It ETA K Y
of the U.S. Bishops’ Commis
sion for Ecumenical Affairs
is Very Rev. Msgr. William
W. Baum of Kansas City.
Mo. Msgr. Baum will have
his office at the National
Catholic Welfare Conference.
W a s h i n g t o n. D.C.
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Fath
er Jerry E. Hardy of Atlanta
was among 62 priests ordained
by the new rector of the North
American College in Rome in
ceremonies in St. Peter’s basi
lica on Dec. 16.
Bishop Francis Reh, who be
came rector in September after
serving as bishop of Charles
ton, S.C., said it was gy far
the largest group he had ever
ordained, and the first time he
had presided at an ordination in
St. Peter’s.
THE newly ordained priests
from cities all over the United
States are on the last leg of a
four-year course in theology at
Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian
University. Some will continue
their studies and others will
return to their dioceses. It is
traditional in Rome that semi
narians are ordained midway in
their final year of theology in
stead of at its conclusion, as
in the U.S.
Father Hardy is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Hardy of St.
John the Evangelist parish,
Hapeville. He has been study
ing in Rome at the North Ameri
can College since Sept., 1061.
Formerly of Augusta, he was
graduated from Marist College
High School in 1957. He then at
tended Belmont Abbey College,
Belmont, N.C. before entering
St. Bernard Seminary in Ala
bama.
FATHER Hardy's parents and
15 other Atlantans, including
Father M. Anthony Morris, as
sistant pastor of Our Lady of
the Assumption parish, were
in Rome for the ordination.
Father Hardy will complete
his studies in June, 1965 and
then return to Atlanta for as
signment in the Archdiocese.
Bishop Unterkoefler was born
in Philadelphia on August 17,
1917, He attended St. Bonaven-
ture Elementary School and Ro
man Catholic High School in that
city and took his college and
seminary training at the Ca
tholic University of America
here. He was ordained for the
Richmond Diocese at the Uni
versity on May 18, 1944 by
Bishop John M, McNamara.
Following ordination, he spent
three years at Catholic Uni-
He has served as Diocesan
Moderator of the Council of
Catholic Women, as Secretary
of the Diocesan Board of Con-
suitors and as Clerical Exa
miner for the Junior Clergy
Examiners.
On December 13, 1961, Arc-
bishop Vagnozzi announced that
Pope John had named Father
Unterkoefler as Titular Bishop
of Latopolis, and Auxiliary to
the Bishop of Richmond.
Archbishop’s
Statement
The appointment of Bishop Unterkoefler is warmly welcomed by
the Province of Atlanta. A priest who has served in Virginia since
his ordination, he has had excellent experience as Auxiliary Bishop,
and secretary for the Administration Board, National Catholic
Welfare Conference and as a Father of Vatican Council II. We are
proud to have in Charleston (once the Mother Diocese and now an
important See of our new Province) a man of his background and
distinction.
As a former Bishop of Charleston, I can assure Bishop Unter
koefler of a hearty welcome in South Carolina. Like the Church in
Georgia, our neighbor has grown in numbers and stature without
losing the missionary instinct. The new bishop will be a worthy
leader in the Apostolate.
VOIDS SIT-IN JUDGMENTS
Court Confirms Civil
Rights Accomodation
WASHINGTON, D.C. (RNS)—
A unanimous ruling that the con
troversial public accommoda
tions section of the new Civil
Rights Act is constitutional was
handed down here by the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Also, on a 5-4 vote, the high
tribunal issued a significant
edict that requires the dismis
sal of charges against sit-in
demonstrators arrested in res
taurants or other establish
ments covered by the Civil
Rights Act.
DURING arguments on the ap
peal of three sit-in demonstra
tors, the Conn was told that
some 3,000 persons were either
appealing convictions or await-
ng trial. It was expected that
the the decision would nullify
these proceedings.
In numerous demonstrations
aimed at integration of public
facilities, Protestant, Roman
Catholic and Jewish clergymen
have been arrested in recent
years.
During efforts to enact the
Civil Rights Act, many leading
churchmen and religious groups
called for a law which would
contain a strong public ac
commodations section among
its principal features.
A FIRST test case on the pub
lic accommodations section was
filed by the Heart of Atlanta
(Ga.) Motel Corp. on the day
the Civil Rights Act went into
effect. It asked the Supreme
Court to declare the entire act
unconstitutional.
In a second test case, involv
ing Ollie’s Barbecue in Birm
ingham, Ala., the owner con
tended that his restaurant was
not covered by the federal law
since it was a considerable dis
tance from interstate roads,
served only local patrons and
bought most of its food in Ala
bama.
In its opinion on the motel
case, written by Associate Jus
tice Tom C. Clark, the Court
concluded * that the action of
the Congress in the adoption of
the act as applied here to a mo
tel which concededly serves in
terstate travelers is within the
power granted it by the com
merce clause of the Constitu
tion, as interpreted by this court
for 140 years."
THE OPINION said that meth
ods of removing obstructions in
interstate commerce caused by
racial discrimination are with
in “the sound and exclusive
discretion of the Congress/*
provided that the means em
ployed are permitted by the
Constitution.
“We cannot say that its choice
here was not so adapted," the
opinion said. ’The Constitution
requires no more."
The unanimous opinion on the
restaurant case, also written by
Justice Clark, noted that, while
the case was based on the indi
vidual restaurant's relation to
interstate commerce, "Con
gress appropriately considered
the importance of that connec
tion with the knowledge that the
discrimination was but 'repre
sentative of many others
throughout the country, the total
incidence of which if left un
checked may well become far-
reaching in its harm to com
merce.* "
In Birmingham earlier, a
three-judge federal panel had
upheld the restaurant’s refusal
to serve Negro patrons, stating
that “if Congress has the naked
power to do what it has attemp
ted to do (in the public ac
commodations section)...there
is no facet of human behavior
which it may not control."
The Supreme Court's opin
ion called the powers of Con
gress "broad and sweeping*’
in this field and said when the
Constitution is not violated, “it
has been the rule of this Court,
going back to the founding days
of the Republic, not to inter
fere,"
SUMMING UP the sit-in de
cision, Justice Clark said:
“Now that Congress has exer
cised its constitutional power
in enacting the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 and declared that the
public policy of our country is
to prohibit discrimination in
NEW YORK (NC)—Exhibition
of Pope Paul Vi's tiara will
raise a far larger sum for the
poor than outright sale of it
would have earned, a secretary
to Francis Cardinal Spellman
of New York said.
Msgr. Patrick V. Ahern gave
some additional details about
the gift of the tiara to Cardinal
Spellman in a letter to the edi
tor of the National Catholic Re
porter, Kansas City, Mo. He
released the letter here.
MSGR. Ahern’s letter was a
response to what he called
“misstatements’’ by a Reporter
columnist, John Leo, who com
mented on the appearance of the
tiara in the United States.
On Nov. 13, before 1,000
Fathers of the Second Vatican
Council, the Pope dramatically
relinquished the be jeweled
tiara, putting it on the altar in
St. Peter's basilica as a gesture
of his concern for the world’s
poor.
On Nov. 30, Cardinal Spell
man revealed that the tiara was
in New York and would go on a
nationwide tour as a tribute of
the Pontiff to American gene
rosity to the poor and as an in-
ALBEUT VOISIX, one of the
five children to whom the
Blessed Virgin appeared in
1932-33 at Beauraing, Bel
gium, has visited the United
States. Now a school teach
er in Belgium, after 13 years
of teaching in the Congo, Mr.
Voisin will return to the U.S.
next year to lecture under
the auspices of the Pro Maria
Committee, Lowell. Mass.
public accommodations as here
in defined, there is no public
interest to be served in the
further prosecution of the (three
Negro) petitioners."
Associate Justices Hugo L.
Black, John Marshall Harlan,
Potter Stewart and Byron R.
White dissented from the ma
jority opinion.
Justice Black, alongtimelib-
eral member of the Court, said
in his dissent: ‘The idea that
Congress has power to accom
plish such a result has no pre
cedent, so far as I know, in the
nearly 200 years that Congress
has been in existence.”
Each of the other dissenting
justices also wrote separate
opinions.
spiration for further generosi
ty.
* POPE Paul gave the tiara
not to Cardinal Spellman per
sonally, but to all the American
people, of whatever religious
persuasion in recognition oi
their well-known generosity to
those in need," wrote Msgr.
Ahern.
“Mr. Leo suggests it should
have been sold and given to the
poor," he wrote. "Had tins
been done, it would have netted
them perhaps $10,000. Instead,
Cardinal Spellman will go to a
great deal of trouble to exhibit
the tiara in order to raise afar
larger sum for the poor. Is
there something wrong with
this? I am sure those who bene-
fit will not complain," Msgr.
Ahern wrote.
Leo had commented that the
papal gesture of giving up a
precious possession was deep
ly moving, but that "the lesson
it was intended to impart has
been neatly undercut" by the
tiara’s appearance in the United
States.
CARDINAL Spellman reveal
ed the tiara at a formal clergy
luncheon following the conse
cration of Auxiliary Bishop
George H, Guilfoyle of New
York, At the time, it was said
by spokesmen the tiara would be
displayed in St. Patrick’s
Cathedral, New York, go on a
nationwide tour, probably be
shown at the New York World's
Fair and come to rest per
manently in the National Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception
Washington.
Fr. K iernan To
Be Installed
Father R, Donald Kiemanwill
be installed as pastor of St,
Anthony’s on Sunday, Dec, 20,
at the 6 p.m. Mass, Installa
tion will be made by Msgr, Pat
rick J. O’Connor, representing
Archbishop Hallman.
Msgr. James King, retiring
pastor, will be honored for his
many years of active and fruit
ful service to the parish. Im
mediately following the Mass a
reception will be held until 8:15
p.m. in the church auditorium
for Msgr. King and Father Kivr-
nan. Friends and parishioners
are invited to attend.
CARDINAL’S AIDE
Defends Sending
Tiara To U. S.