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VOL 2 NO 52 REBELLIOUS TENDENCY ‘NewBreed’ Priest Seen Stirred By Social Problems NEW YORK (RNS)—A Domin ican priest suggested here that the “apparent rebelliousness*' among the “new breed*' of young priests, Brothers and Sisters stems from their acute awareness of social problems and a strong desire to do some thing about them. Father Sylvester S.Mac Nutt O.P., of Ekibuque, Iowa, said that the “ground swell of ques tioning, of criticism of authori ty* among some young relig ious shows that they feel “something is wrong, even though they cannot articulate it clearly.*’ “SUCH UNREST baffles those of us who were brought up in traditional ways,*’ he wrote in the Jan. 2 issue of America, national Catholic weekly. We hear the groan without being able to see the logic of the speech. But they are trying to say something, and for this very reason it is vitally import tant to see what they really mean, to understand the thought behind the incoherent cry.** Father Mac Nutt then pro ceeded to quote what some young religious might say if asked for a frank opinion about the real cause for the “seeminglycriti cal spirit’’ among them. Most of them, the priest said, understand the “theory of obe dience and accept it... we are not disturbed by what obedience asks us to do; it*s what obe dience sometimes asks us not to do. That worries us. “In other words, we some times feel we are asked to sin through omission.** CITING THE parable of the Good Samaritan, the article continued: “A wounded man is lying in the ditch; I see him ly ing there and naturally I want to help him. In fact, I feel I must help him. Now, what should I do if I am told to pass by .. to Ban Distinction BARCELONA, Spain 0JC)— Class distinctions in funerals, weddings and baptisms have been banned beginning March 7 by the Barcelona archdio cesan committee on liturgical matters. Pastors may apply the ban even before March 7. MOVIE RATINGS N.Y. New ALBANY, N.Y. (NC>- The New York State Board of Reg ents has decided to ask the Leg islature for authority to classi fy motion pictures according to their suitability for children. Under the terms of the bill proposed by the Regents, the motion picture division of the Department of Education would review all films submitted by movie distributors and exhibi tors for classification. THE bill would authorize the board only to label films as ac ceptable for minors under 16— not to say that objectionable ones were unacceptable for showing to that group. James E, Allen, Jr„ Com missioner of Education, said the bill would enable the Regents leave the poor man to his mis ery. “What happens if nobody else is helping and the man needs help desperately? ... Yet in the eyes of my generation we are sometimes asked to walk by that wounded man — modern man.*’ Father Mac Nutt said that this is what is disturbing the young religious: “We are walking along a road, see a man hurt, and cannot help because of a rule or command ... “We know we can’t be rushing around worrying about all the problems of the world. But what disturbs me is the wounded man lying at my feet — the one who is my responsibility. All I have to do to help him is reach out my hand; yet suppose I am for bidden to do it. What then?*’ FATHER MacNUTT said the young religious are more dis turbed than the older genera tion of priests “because we have been trained to be aware of social problems. “Just as our country has be come aware of the poverty of the world, we as young Catho lics are sensitive to poverty and wretchedness — spiritual as well as material ... * We have accepted the idea that all Catholics have an obli gation to the direct social apos- tolate ... We heard the cries of our fellow man before we en tered the seminary or convent, and we cannot now close our ears to those cries. “IT IS WHERE we young sub jects feel there is unawareness or the part of authority regard ing modern problems, where the rules seem to prevent the com munity from meeting the real apostolate, that we feel distrub- ed. “We hear modern man’s cry for help; we hear the Negro crying for freedom, and we feel we must march with him; we hear young people crying alone at night with their problems, and we feel we must talk to them.*’ Father MacNutt, whose arti cle was entitled, ‘The Problem of Obedience,’’ is president of the Catholic Homiletic Society and chairman of the Department of Communications at the Aqui nas Institute in Dubuque. to inform parents of films suit able for the children. The ab sence of approval, he added, might serve as a warning. The bill would also modify the rarely enforced state law that bars children under 16 from theaters unless accom panied by an adult. It would al low children between 8 and 16 to sit in special sections of theaters under the supervision of matrons. Congo Toll LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo (NC)—Successive rebellions in the Congo have taken the lives of 75 foreign Catholic mission aries since February, 1961, ac cording to statistics released here. Regents Seek Censor System ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1964 $5.00 PER YEAR CONCELE BRAT ION of midnight Mass at the Trappist Monastery of the Holy Ghost at Conyers, emptied the chapel choir stalls as the whole community participated in the Eucharistic Banquet within the confines of the sanctuary. See also, picture, page 8, EPISCOPAL RITE Priest Had No Authority To Attend Friend’s Ordination JEFFERSON CITY, MO (NC) —Bishop Joseph M. Marling, C.PP.S., of Jefferson City has informed clergy of his diocese that he did not authorize a priest to take part in a recent Epis copalian ordination ceremony and considers the action a serious infraction’’ of canon l&W * Bishop Marling said in a let ter to clergy of the diocese that he was not consulted* in advance about the matter and “had my permission been sought, it would have been refused." THE BISHOP wrote his letter after Father John B. Schultz, assistant pastor at St. Pius X parish in Moberly, Mo., read the litany at the Dec. 19 ordination of the Rev. Richard H. Baker, an Episcopalian pr iest. The ordination ceremony took place in Palmyra, Mo., and was performed by Episco pal Bishop George L. Cadi- gan of Missouri. Clergymen of several other religions also were present. It had been reported that Father Schultz acted with Bishop Marling’s permission. However, the bishop, who was visiting missions in Peru at the time, called this an “error and said “l knew nothing about this move.” “In order to provide gulden lines concerning such actions and to enable you to set stra ight members of the laity who are expressing surprise that this procedure was officially approved, I may add that had my permission been sought, it would have been refused,” he said in his letter. “It is my judgment,” the bis hop said, “that the act in question was a serious in fraction of canon 1258, which is still in force and which re presents the mind and wish of the Church.” Canon 1258 of the code of canon law forbids Cath olics to take an active part in non-Catholic religious cere monies. IT WAS also reported that Father Schultz had received permission to take part in the ordination ceremony from the Jefferson City chancery office. But Msgr. Ralph G. Kutz, chan cellor, denied this. “No permission was given to Father Schultz by anyone on the chancery staff,” he said. “Furthermore no action or statement or statement of any one on the chancery staff could have been even remotely con strued as either granting such permission or tolerating Fath er Schultz’s participation in the Episcopal ordination service.” We Introduce A Conservative With this issue the Georgia Bulletin introduces a new weekly column of personal comment by Garry Wills, a 30-year-old Native Atlantan author-scholar-editor with a rising reputation as an ob server of the American Catholic scene. We believe readers will find his “Old and New*’ column lively and enlightening, and that even readers who differ from his approach will enjoy the challenge he offers. GARRY WILLS is a classicist by profession, a member of the classics department at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. He is also an associate editor of National Review, a former asso ciate editor of the Richmond News Leader and a contributor to such journals as The Commonweal and The Critic. Though his opinions on social and political matters are not always predictable, his general inclination is toward the conservative end of the spectrum and he may aptly be described as a voice of the responsible right. His recent pioneering study Politics and Catholic Freedom has been widely discussed in the general press as well as in Catholic newspapers and reviews. He is also theauthorof Chesterton, Man and Mask, and has contributed essays to What Is Conservatism and to the forthcoming The Generation of the Third Eye. WILLS HOLDS a bachelor's degree from St. Louis university, master's degrees from Xavier university and Cincinnati and Yale, and a Ph.D. from Yale. Born in Atlanta in 1934, he is married and has three children. Hiy first column appears on page 5, HOLIDAY SCHEDIIT.F Pope Addresses Diplomatic Corps, Visits Bedridden VATICAN CITY (NC)—The backdrop for Pope Paul Vi’s second Christmas as head of the Church varied from the splendor of the Sistine Chapel to a tiny room in a working class suburb of Rome. A drizzling rain was also a part of the observance, forc ing a scheduled outdoor Mass in St. Peter’s square to be celebrated inside the basilica and cutting attendance for the Christmas blessing from the usual hundreds of thousands to less than 20,000. THE Pope celebrated his first Mass of the day at midnight for the diplomats accredited to the Holy See and their families in the hushed splendor of the Sistine Chapel at an altar fac ing Michelangelo’s master piece, “The Last Judgment.” “On this night you are for us the world,” the Pope told the congregation. Speaking of his role as head of the Church, the Pope said: “Our only reason for existing and our sole de sire consists in spreading in the world love and peace.” EARLY on Christmas day the Pope celebrated a second Mass and spoke briefly again, but to a very different group of people. At 8 a.m. he arrived at the working-class parish of St. Ra phael the Archangel in the Tru- Ho district of Rome. He was greeted by damp crowds and slightly soggy bunting and car pets which had been used to ornament balconies over looking the street in front of the church. The Pope told his listeners that they must heed the voice of heaven when it tells them of their Faith and then they must put it into practice, and par ticularly they must practice their Faith so that they can trust in Christ to help them. THE poor were the first to come into contact with Christ, he said, and thus it is you yourselves whom Christ first calls, he explained. The Pope distrubuted Holy Communion to the parish’s chil- drep and its youth groups and at the end of Mass he presented the church with the chalice and chasuble he had used. He also gave an unspecified amount of money to help the poor and left many packs of gifts. In return the Pope was given flo- Enthrone In Charleston CHARLESTON, S.C. (NC>— Bishop Ernest L. Unterkoefler will be enthroned as Bishop of Charleston, S,C„ in the Cathe dral of St. John the Baptist here Feb. 22. The prelate, who has been auxiliary bishop of Richmond, Va„ since December, 1961, will be enthroned by Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan of Atlanta, Bishop John J. Russell of Rich mond will preach at the service. Bishop Unterkoefler, 47, will be spiritual leader of 37,960 Catholics in South Carolina’s population of 2,383,549,He suc ceeds Bishop Francis F, Reh who was named rector of the North American College in Rome. wers, a lamb, two doves and an album of pictures prepared by the school children. Before he left the area the Pope was driven in an open car, despite the rain, to visit two bedridden persons, First he talked with 26-year-old Lo- reta Del Vecchio, who has been paralyzed for 17 years. The girl was visibly moved. THROUGH her tears she managed to say “This Christ mas, Your Holiness, is the most beautiful day of my life.’* He spoke words of comfort and presented her with a statue of the Christ Child and a personal gift of money. At a second visit nearby, the Pope talked with 62-year-old Alcide Sereni, a former em ployee of the Vatican’s print ing facility, the Polyglot Press. He had lost the use of his legs 12 years ago after an auto accident. At 11 a.m. the Pope cele brated a low Mass in St. Pe ter’s after being carried there on his portable throne. After the Gospel he spoke briefly, urg ing the more than 10,000people attending to make their Christ mas truly good by “giving it its authentic spiritual value and recognizing its deep hu man meaning.” AFTER the Mass he went up to the main balcony in the fa cade of St. Peter’s which was hung with a huge banner of red and white bearing his coat of arms. He was saluted by the band of the national police and by details from the Italian Army, Navy and Air Force. The Pope took his place on a throne. Unlike last year’s Christmas , he did not wear the triple crown of his office. This time he wore a gold- embroidered miter. After speaking briefly of the meaning of Christmas he exten ded his blessing to all, par ticularly the children. Many in the wet crowd knelt as the Pope pronounced the solemn bene diction Urbi et Orbi— to the city of Rome and to the world. This conclude d his public ob servance of Christ’s Birthday. N E W SECRETARY O F COMMERCE. John T. Con nor, who will succeed retir ing Secretary Luther H. Hodges in President Lyndon B. Johnson's cabinet, prob ably on Jan. 15, 1965. The post is subject to Senate confirmation.