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♦ 1 j YOUR PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER VOL. 2 NO. 50 ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1964 $5.00 PER YEAR ‘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.