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PAGE 2 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1965
BALTIMORE PRELATE
Cardinal Raps Criticism
Of Pope Paul As ‘Untrue’
BY FATHER PLACID JORDAN,
ROME--Baltimore’s Law
rence Cardianal Shehan has de
clared it is not true that Pope
Paul VI is insincere in his
desire for a real updating in
the Catholic Church.
“Throughout the Second Va
tican Council our Holy Father
has demonstrated his commit
ment both to the spirit that
animated his predecessor and
to the objectives Pope John
XX111 indicated for the inner
renewal of the Church, “ he said.
Interviewed here, the Car
dinal referred to several ar
ticles appearing in the United
States that were critical of Pope
Paul’s policies,
“HOW CAN anyone have any
doubt about the sincerity of
the Holy Father when he him
self, both before and after his
elevation to the chair of Peter,
has expressed himself so clear
ly in favor of ’aggiornamento’?
“Let us recall that in his-
famous address to the Roman
curia he asked in unmistake-
able terms for modernization,
reform, simplification and de
centralization,
“Let us also remember what
he said in opening the second
council session. At that time
he called for a ’renewal of
Holy Mother Church which
should manifest itself in the
resolute purpose of a real re
juvenation.’
“IT DOES not seem fair
that statements as explicit and
unequivocal as these be not
taken at their face value,’’
It was pointed out to the
cardinal that some writers have
-criticized the Pope for not ap
plying the principles he has
expressed.
“Of course,” he said, “there
always will be those who are
displeased no matter what the
Holy Father does. These cri
tics do not seem to appreciate
that the far-reaching reforms
now in progress can only be
accomplished if patience is ap
plied.
“ANYONE willing to judge
fairly must admit that the Pope
has proceeded with great pru
dence and patience, but at the
same time with admirable de
termination. I don’t think any
one could have done better.”
Which specific instances did
he have in mind, the cardianl
was asked.
“Well,” said Cardinal She
han, “the recent vote on the
schema dealing with religious
liberty certainly is a case in
point. We all remember the
dramatic circumstances which
led up to it. For a while it
looked as though the deadlock
that had arisen between the ma
jority of the council Fathers
and opposition minority could
not be broken. There really
seemed to be no hope that an
agreement could be reached
until the Holy Father person
ally took action. On this, as
on other occasions, he proved
his ability to take action and to
make decisions. He ruled that
the test vote be taken which
cleared the way for the ulti
mate adoption of this vital
schema.”
CARDINAL SHEHAN said he
disagreed with those who felt
the complications over re
ligious liberty could have been'
avoided if the Pope had made
his position known at an ear
lier date.
“In the first place,’’ he said,
“the Holy Father quietly pas
sed the word along that he was
anxious to see this test vote
taken, but he wanted to give
all the council Fathers as much
time as they desired to ex
press their views freely. By
permitting this protracted dia
logue, in the end he brought
about a consensus which other
wise could not have been ob
tained.”
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, But was not the question voted
upon phrased in a manner that
perhaps helped “water down”
the key pronouncement on re
ligious liberty?
"CERTAINLY NOT,” the
cardinal said. "No one wants a
conciliar document that is not
compatible with accepted
Catholic doctrine. The ques
tion only meant to reassure
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those Fathers who had legi
timate doubts, To remove these
doubts, the competent com
mittee will not provide a re
vised text which will make it
crystal clear that this docu
ment will be doctrinally ac
ceptable."
Cardinal Shehan said there
were instances of Pope Paul’s
leadership. "As a matter of
fact he wants the bishops now
assembled here in Rome for the
council to use the recess period
after Oct. 18 to organize them
selves in countries where epis
copal conferences do not exist.
The conferences then will
choose representatives for the
future world synod.
’This means We are
really moving ahead
with amazing speed. I won
der if the critics still dare
talk of hesitancy and lack of
resolution on the Pope’s part?’’
SINCE THE ROMAN curia
would continue to exist, Car
dinal Shehan was asked whe
ther he thought the curia would
dominate the planned interna
tional synod.
‘The curia is directly under
the Pope," he answered. ""It
is his secretariat, just as every
bishop has his curia as a
secretariat and administrative
instrument. It will always be
needed.
"But the world synod will
function independently. It will
provide the direct ’collegial’
contact between the bishop of
Rome and his fellow bishops
the world over. This certainly
means the much hoped-for de
centralization. It is again the
Holy Father who brought it
about, and ' curial reforms al
ready are projected. They will
tie in with the plan of over
all reforms in the Church as
decided by the council.”
Finally, Cardinal Shehan said
he saw no contradictions be
tween Pope Paul’s encyclical
on the Holy Eucharist and the
council’s decree on ecumenism.
‘THE ENCYCLICAL was
most timely," he said. ’The
Holy Father once again showed
his ability to take firm action
when he issued it. The funda
mental doctrines of the Church
must not be challenged. The
authoritative word of the Pope
helped avoid misunderstandings*
For this we owe him thanks.
"Let me conclude by saying
that this council now is ap
proaching its end , after an im
mense amount of progress has
been achieved under the wise
guidance of Holy Father. He
wants his council not only to
come to an end, but to a truly
satisfactory end. There is no
doubt whatsoever in mind that
it will be a satisfactory end,
for it is the Holy Spirit Who
guides us all.”
PROFESSOR SAYS
Canon Law Must
Foster Aims Of ,
ChristianF reedom
FATHER LEONARD F.X. Mayhew, pastor of Holy Cross Parish,
Chamblee, shown celebrating Mass in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank McBrearity, of 3329 David Road. The Mass was for the
board of directors of the parish and their families. Some 40
persons attended and were served coffee and sandwiches afterward.
British Urge Race Action
LONDON (NC)--Maurice Fo
ley, director of the British
government’s commission on
Catholic School
Gets A 6 No’
BATHURST, Australia (NC)
—The Deputy Registrar of the
University of New South Wales
said he does not favor the esta
blishment of an Australian Ca
tholic university.
J. Brock Rowe told the Bat
hurst Catholic Men’s Dinner
Club that Catholics should be
sufficiently strong in theirfaith
to live in universities already
available to them.
race relations, has declared
that there are far too few Ca
tholics in this country com
mitted to bettering racial rela
tions.
Foley, a Catholic member of
parliament, spoke at the annual
meeting of the Catholic Insti
tute of International Relations.
"If race is anything, it is a
moral problem, a religious pro
blem,” he said. "One waits for
priests, Religous and—above
all-lay people to stand up and
involve themselves. This coun
try needs their leadership.
There are far too few people
committed.”
He noted that the Catholic or
ganization was devoting itself
in the coming year to the study
and solution of racial problems.
CHICAGO—The aim of canor
law in the Church should be not
so much to prevent people from
doing evil as to help them do
good, a canon law professor
told the 27th annual meeting of
the Canon Law Society of
America.
Law does not so much lead
to God as express an already
existing relationship with God,
said Father Thomas M. Cun
ningham, O.S.M., professor of
canon law at Stonebridge
Priory, Lake Bluff, 111.
Church law specialists from
many parts of the U.S. and
Canada attended the Canon Law
Society meeting here (Oct. 12-
14).
FATHER CUNNINGHAM ask
ed whether law is a restricting
force and whether it does not
deprive a person of the need
to make responsible decisions.
Since Church law in many
cases does just that, he argued,
it is in need not just of revi
sion but of complete renewal.
“It means asking such ques
tions as ‘what is law?’ and *how
does it relate to our concept
of the Church and its mission?”
Father Cunningham said.
HE EXPLAINED:
‘The worst thing that can
happen to a man is to feel
that the pattern of his life
has already been pre-determin-
ed, so that all he has to do
is say yes and follow a plan.”
The temptation of every law
maker, he suggested, is to be
lieve that "because he has, in
his own estimation, covered
every eventuality, he has gua
ranteed the salvation of man,”
Father Cunningham said.
He warned that law can be
come like “an over-protective
mother who strives diligently
to protect her children from the
evil influences of the world.”
"WHEN THEY become se
parated from her they find
themselves strangers in a world
of which they are supposedly
a living in it.
a part, and completely incapable
of coping with the reality of
living in it,” he added.
“Now matter how fearful we
are that men will often make the
wrong decisions,"he continued,
“we cannot solve the problem
by trying to make all their de
cisions for them."
Church law, he said, ‘‘should
express in concrete terms what
-it means to live in a society
of men who have already ac
cepted Christ as the focal point
of their lives... Canon Law
should be a guide to help be
lievers live their commitment
to Christ in His society, the
Church, of which they are mem
bers.”
he said, “the purpose of the
law really is not to restrict,
but to establish and insure free
dom.”
CROSS AND RING
Pope’s ‘Most Precious’ Gifts To United Nations
VATICAN CITY (NC)~The dia
mond-studded cress and ring
^thgfcj ffflTftnjPffl 1 ', VlaagftVf the
Unipsd. iNations to be,.sold for
the relief of human suffering
were, in the Pope’s words, ’’the
most precious things I own.”
Having a value estimated at
$150,000, the cross and ring
were presented to United Na
tions Secretary General U Thant
by Pope Paul at the reception
Following his adress to the
General Assembly on Oct. 4.
In revealing the gifts the fol
lowing day, the United Nations
said:
"IN MAKING the presenta-
gift was a demonst4ation of his
esteem kor the United Nations
and its activities.
"He added that he would sug
gest that the cross and ring be
sold and the proceeds might be
used by the United Nations to
alleviate, In some measure,
human suffering.”
According to a source very
close to the Holy Father, Pope
Paul in deciding to give them to
the United Nations for the re
lief of suffering had commented
that the cross and ring were
•"the most precious things I
own.”
THE CROSS is a pectoral
cross about eight inches long
studded with large diamonds
surrounded by sm aller ones and
edge. The ring—a bishop’g, ring
—has a large diamond wi|^ 0
smaller ones around it and with
small crosses set with rubies
on each side.
It was at U.N. headquarters
in New York that the cross and
ring—reckoned to have been
made at the turn of this cen
tury—were estimated to be
worth $150,000. It was expect
ed that If purchased by a col
lector because of the back-,_
ground rather^tjian fpr, fheir
tjrlnsic r^ri^ cth&pjeqg§ rp igjflfc;
bring several times that a-
mount.)
In addition to the cress and
United Nations a painting en
titled "Christ Crucified” by the
late great French contemporary
painter George Rouault.
Birchers Deny Religion Issue
BELMONT, Mass. (NC)—The
john Birch Society denies that
it si “an organized threat” to
religions, as charged by a Bel
mont Unitarian minister. The
society said it has a $100 re
ward for anyone who can prove
otherwise.
AS A PERSONAL gift, the
Pope gave Secretary General
U Thant a bronze sculpture of
' Of flsUTte, syrribbLttf IOVe‘ and
‘peaCSL set on a' marble'base r
bearing the words "Am oris
Alumna Pax” (Peace Is the Of-
Alumna Pax” (Peace Is the
Offspring of Love). The Bishop
of Rome also gave the Burmese
diplomat an autographed port
rait in a silver frame, and a
red leather case bearing three
medallions—in gold, silver and
bronze—bearing a motif simi
lar to that of the sculpture and
inscribed with the same motto.
Secretary General Thant in
turn had presented to the Pope
with the International Coopera
tion Year medal. As a personal
of jSaint
j@incent he ijjlaui
WORKSHOP
9:00 A.M. Mass and Communion - Sacred Heart
Church
9:45 A.M. Continental Breakfast - St. Joseph's
Cafeteria
10:00 A.M. Welcome Address -
Mr. Henry L. de Give
President
Particular Council
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
10:15 A.M. History and Purpose of St. Vincent
de Paul Society
Mr. Dudley L. Baker
Executive Secretary
Superior Council, Society of
St. Vincent de Paul
11:00 A.M. Coffee Break
11:15 A.M. The Theology of Vincentian Poverty
Rev. Aloysius 'll. Scheller, S.J.
Director of Admissions
School of Social Service
St. Louis University
12:00 P.M. Luncheon Meeting - St. Joseph's
Cafeteria
Address by Rev. Conald Foust
2:00 P.M.
Sunday, October 17, 1965
St. Joseph's Auditorium
Atlanta, Georgia
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Handling a Typical Vincentian Case
(a) The poor - Economic and
Spiritual Assistance
(b) Rehabilitation of the Poor
(c) Social Worker Techniques
Moderator -
Mr. Henry L. de Give
President
Particular Council
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel -
Rev. Aloysius H. Scheller, S.J.
Mr. Dudley L. Baker
Mr. John M. Howley, Jr.
Superintendent Child Service
Atlanta, Georgia
Mr. Clint Rogers
Director of Vista
Atlanta, Georgia
3:45 P.M. Coffee Break
4:00 P.M. Thrift Shops -
Moderator -
Mr. Joseph F. Murphy
Vice-President
Particular Council
Atlanta, Georgia
Panel -
Mr. Joseph H. Lang, Jr.
Vice-President - Central Council
Diocese of Dallas - Fort Worth, Texas
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gift, he gave Pope Paul a Bur
mese silver bowl Inscribed with
words from classic Buddhist
scriptures: “...he who conquers
himsplf, . he. indeed -is the
greatest of cenquerers.”- The
bowl, encased in a wooden box,
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