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PAGE 8 . GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1966
Not Disheartened
Pope To Continue
His Peace Efforts
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VATICAN CITY (NC)—Pope Paul VI is
determined to press his thus-far fruitless
campaign for a negotiated settlement of the
war in Vietnam.
He said that although his suggestions for
neutral arbitration of the war have not
been successful, “we are not on this ac-
1 count disheartened in the pursuit of our
efforts.”
The Pope declared that Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko’s visit to him
had kept open a path to further negotia
tions on peace and religious freedom,
The Pope was speaking to cardinals who
had come on their yearly congratulatory
visit for his feast day, the birthday of St.
John the Baptist. .
He touched briefly on the prospect for
and problems in the Church itself, and then
launched into a detailed survey of the pro
blems of peace in the world.
He spoke first of Vietnam, then of Burma;
India and Pakistan, the Dominican Republic,
Haiti, Cyprus, Poland, Yugoslavia and the
African continent, mentioning Rhodesia by
name.
Vietnam, he said, is "tormented by a con
flict and by struggles that make it suffer
greatly and seem to have no end.” He con-
tiijued:
“With the worsening of the situation and
the terrible prospect of a possible extension
of the conflict, the demands of our aposto
lic ministry have spurred us to strive in
every way, even blazing new trails, that
a solution may be sought and achieved through
frank and honorable negotiations.”
He recalled that he had made “reitera
ted appeals both public and private” for
peace in Vietnam and had left no stone un
turned “to hasten the meeting of minds.”
He also recalled his proposal for a Chris
to as truce and his hopes that it would be
not only prolonged but would serve as “a
base for launching peace negotiations.”
He indicated that he had channelled his
suggestions for neutral arbitration in Viet
nam through the United Nations: “Trusting
once more in the work of the United Nations™
of that organization that works for peace and
in the 20 years of its existence has preven
ted so many conflicts and settled so many
others—we thought it good to suggest arbi
tration, to be confident in neutral nations,
for a pacific solution of the grave problem.”
He continued:
“You well know the inconclusive outcome
of our Sincere and unselfish efforts in favor
of peace. But we are not on this account
disheartened in the pursuit of our action, for
we are anxious to foster in the society of
men the concord and brotherhood proclaimed
by the Gospel message.
’ “Meanwhile we renew to the heads of
state and to all men of good will~who have
so generously and enthusiastically respon
ded to our solicitude as universal father
and shepherd—our sincere and profound
gratitude, and the appeal to focus their
throughts on a just peace that may give
those peoples liberty, order and prosperity.”
TVirning to the recent explusion of mis-
sioners from Burma, he said he had com
municated with the Burmese government
about the problem.
“Unfortunately our hope was not com
forted with happy success, and the news
that arrives fills our spirit with profound
bitterness, because we see so many excel
lent missioners and generous missionary
Sisters sent away wthout deserving such
treatment, and because we fear the fate of
so many of our children in that nation, who
stand deprived of adequate spiritual assis
tance.”
Speaking of the Tashkent agreement which
put an end to fighting between India and Pa
kistan, the Pope said he hoped it would be
“a prelude to that serene and efficacious
cooperation that will contribute to the social
progress of the peoples, to the reconstruc
tion of the two countries and to the triumph
Of the cause of peace in the world.”
He said he found reason for comfort in
having been able to give aid to both these
nations and others in southeast Asia “through
the generous offerings put at our disposition
from every part of the world.” He voiced
the hope that distribution of these goods “en
trusted principally to Caritas Internationalis
(the international Catholic charities organi
zation) may not encounter difficulties, since 1
our only purpose is to alleviate sufferings
"g people so dear to us.”
He spoke next of the Domincan Republic
where, he said, peace has been “severly
disturbed” fop more than a year.
He said he. was happy that his repeated
appeals for peace through mutual under
standing had been heeded in that country.
Next he spoke of “particular difficulties”
that have disturbed relations between the
Church and State in Haiti in recent years.
However, he expressed confidence that “the
various pending questions can find a satis
factory solution very soon, and the Church
can take up again with renewed vigor its
own activity and contribute in an ever grea
ter measure to the welfare and prosperity
of that nation.”
He said that in Cyprus, “where tension and
strife remain,” he had appealed only re
cently to the good will of the heads of state
of the interested governments (presumably
Greece and Turkey and Cyprus itself) to find
a way to a negotiated solution.
He said again that he had wanted to accept
the invitation of Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski;
of Warsaw to visit Poland’s millennium cele
brations.
“The fulfillment of this pilgrimage—we
again repeat this not without chagriu—was
not possible.”
However, he said, it made him happy to
see that the Polish bishops and Christians,
“firmly united to their most worthy Cardi
nal Primate,” have confirmed their fidelity
to the Holy See “without ever diminshing
in the love of their country.”
Speaking of Yugoslavia whose communist
government broke off relations with the Holy
See in 1952, he said that from the outset of
his pontificate he had Welcomed the regime’s
overtures for negotiations.
He said that ensuing attempts to reach a
normalization of relations between the two
nations were “not yet complete.”
Clearly referring to the signing of an
agreement scheduled for the following day in
Belgrade the Pope said; “A stage of the
journey thus undertaken is about to conclude
in a positive way and we trust in Providence
that this result may bring, beneficial fruits
for the Church and for the peoples in that
nation.”
Next he spoke of Gromyko’s visit to the
Vatican on April 27.
“In the fulfillment of our pastoral duty,
prompted by our universal fatherhood and
trying to help overcome the difficulties that
disturb civil concord among peoples and
that threaten to provoke, wretched and ir
reparable conflicts, We received in audience
His Excellency Andrei Gromyko, minister
of foreign affairs of the Soviet Union, who
came to us as an Official representative
of his government.
“The meeting in fact rendered possible
the hoped-for continuation of the talks be
gun in New York—on the occasion of our
voyage to the United Nations—about the pro
blems of peace, naturally without forgetting
the problems of the Church and of the faith
ful in the entire vast territory comprising
the Soviet Union and a less inadequate re
ligious assistance to the numerous Catholic
groups living in that great and noble country.
“We hope this meeting will not be without
fruit for the cause of peace and of effective
religious liberty.”
Speaking erf the African continent and the
vast problems that agitate it, he said: “The
school of the Gospel can contribute in a de
cisive manner to the formation of a superior
African mentality.”
He said he was following with keen interest
the attempts at a peaceful solution in Rho
desia. “We harbor a lively trust that the
interested parties, animated by good will and
a sense of reality, will finally be able to
find a satisfying solution that, in respect
ing the rights of all, will open ever greater
potentialities for the human and civil better
ment of all, giving a concrete expression of
human and Christian brotherhood.”
Originally this congratulatory visit of the
cardinals was scheduled, as is customary,
for the eve of the Pope’s feast day. It was
displaced by the Pope’s lengthy audience with
the Italian Episcopal Conference.
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“EVEN THE SILENCE WORSHIPS HIM”
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Gives Comment
Hopes Pope Won’t ‘Dogmatize’
On Birth Control Controversy
MONTREAL (RNS) — Ar-
fahbishop Iakovos, Primate of
the Greek Orthodox Arch
diocese of North and South A-
merica, told a press conference
here that he hoped Pope Paul
Vi would “not dogmatize” the
issue of birth control which, he
said, should be left to the con
science of married couples.
The Greek Orthodox Church,
he noted, leaves the question of
birth control ' to the conscience
of the family which we want to
become and remain a good,
Christian family.”
When asked to comment on
the birth control study con
ducted by a special papal com
mission,he said:
“I hope the Pope will not dog
matize on this urgent problem.
I think the Roman Catholic
Church will condemn all arti
ficial birth control means, but
may make some concession.
“We are for the establish
ment of Christian families. We
are the 18th biennial Clergy-
Laity Congress of the Greek
Orthodox archdiocese. More
than 1,000 delegates from a
IN blairsville]
I dozen countries in North and
i South America attended the con-
, gress, held outside the U.S. for
i the first time.
Honorary chairman of the
congress which was attended by
observers from die Catholic,
( Anglican and other Protestant
f Churches, Archbishop Iakovos
; said:
* We are here not only to
}bear witness to our ecumenical
j aspirations, but to express our
| testimony to the movement.
|There is no Church in the world
ithat can live in apathy, whether
■; spiritually, politically or socio-
' logically.”
While expressing delight at
;the historic meeting between
iPope Paul and the Ecumenical
Patriarch Athenagoras in Jeru
salem, he declined to comment
on the stand on that meeting
'taken by the Orthodox Church
*in Greece.
> He said his concern was the
‘“flock of the Greek Orthodox
Church in North and South
i America," not of Greece, (Lea
ders of the Church in Greece
have expressed disapproval of
N. Georgia Town
Holds First Mass
Another mil stone in the grow
th of the Church was passed
this month with the Celebration
of the first Mass in the small
North Georgia town of Blairs
ville.
The county seat of Union
County, Blairsville lies with
in the boundaries of St. Luke
the Evangelist Church, Dah-
lonega. Although the area is
sparsely populated, the hills
and lakes of the area are ra
pidly becoming a popular va
cation spot, Nottely Lake, Lake
Winfield Scott and Brasstown
Bald, the highest point in Geor
gia, are familiar names to re
sidents of the Atlanta area.
Of the 19 persons who at
tended the first Mass, eight
were permanent residents of
the area and the rest were
summer residents and visi
tors.
Father Gerald Peterson is
pastor of St. Luke’s parish
and is assisted by Father
Frank Ruff.
New Pastor Named
In Dahlonega Area
Father Gerald Peterson has
succeeded Father Leonard
Spanjers as pastor of St. Luke
the Evangelist Parish in Dah
lonega. Hie four-county parish
encompassing Lumpkin, White,
Union and Towns counties in
Northeast Georgia , was formed
by the former bishop of Atlanta,
Bishop Hyland, Father Span
jers, a Glenmary Home Mis
sion priest, was its first pas
tor.
Mass was first said in the
living room of a house until a
Presbyterian church was pur
chased in 1963. The Church was
renovated and a rectory, con
taining a meeting hall, two
classrooms and a Newman Cen
ter, was added. Nearly all bf the
work was financed through the
Georgia Mission Collevtion ta
ken up in the Archdiocese.
Father Peterson, a native of
Loretto, Ky. was ordained in
1956. He has spent the first
five years of his ministry in
Appalachia, Va., as a pastor.
The past five years, he has
served as the assistant novice
master and instructor at the
Glenmary Home Missioner’s
Novitiate at Aurora, Ind.
Father Peterson has a twin
sister who is a Glenmary Mon-
asery in Gethsemani, Ky. An
other brother is serving as a
Salesian priest in Goshen, N.Y.
Father Spanjers has been re
assigned to the Glenmary Home
Missioner’s Headquarters at
Cincinnati, Ohio, as director of
brothers.
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CBS network.
The filmed program, to be
telecast from 10 to 10:30 a.m.
(EDT) visits with Don Nico-
demus, lay theologian at St.
Mary’s church in Elyria, Ohio.
Reactions to his work by Pro
testant as well as Catholic re
sidents of the community also
are presented.
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the cordial relations now exist
ing between Eastern Orthodoxy
and Catholicism.)
Archbishop Iakovos said he
would have private talks with
Paul - Emile Cardinal Leger,
Archbishop of Montreal, soon.
He noted that the cardinal would
be a major speaker at a con
gress dinner June 30.
The archbishop said he would
also meet with Anglican Bishop
R. Kenneth Ms i-uire of Mon
treal.
Church Council
Hits Definition
SAN FRANCISCO (RNS) ~
The Northern California-Ne-
vada Council of Churches has
come out strongly against a
proposal that would create a
new legal definition of ob
scenity placed on the No
vember state ballot.
"We question the wisdom of
by-passing the Legislature
with its built-in requirements
for careful drafting, informed
public debate and continuing
amendment,” the Council
board’s resolution said.There
has been no “scientific evi
dence that pornography is a
definite cause of sexual mis
conduct.... Sweeping censor
ship has been known to en
hance, rather than limit, the
appeal of pornography.” .
In conclusion, the resolu
tion stated that if the initia
tive is adopted, "it could pro
hibit publication and distri
bution of the works of Shakes
peare and even the Holy Bible.
We therefore find it neces
sary to take a stand in oppo
sition to the anti-obscenity
initiative,”
Australian Bishop
VATICAN CITY (RNS) —
Bishop Johannes Jobst, S.A.
C„ Vicar Apostolic of Kim-
berleys, was named by Pope
Paul VI as Bishop of Broome,
Western Australia.
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