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PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1966
Pope Receives Italian Bishops Italy, were received by the pontiff following their first general assembly in Rome.
Appaluse of Italian bishops acknowledged by Pope Paul BI at an audience granted Head of the conference is Giovanni Cardinal Urbani, Patriarch of Venice. Arch—
to members of the Italian Episcopal Conference. The bishops, from all parts of bishop Enrico Nicodemo of Bari is vice president.
Cardinal Shehan
No Clear Cut Christian Position In
BALTIMORE (NC)~Although
there is no clear cut “Chris
tian” position regarding the
Vietnam conflict, Christians
should be- aware of the moral
limitations on jnodern ware-
fare, Lawrence Cardinal She
han said here.
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In a pastoral letter the car
dinal said the Vietnam con
flict is a source of concern
and controversy around the
world, and it is evident that
“Christians of equal sincerity
and equal devotion to the Gos
pel may honorably differ” in
their views on the subject.
“But,” he cautioned, "cer
tainly no Catholic who claims
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of the Church a source of
moral guidance can be indif
ferent to his duty to care about
the overriding moral issues of
modern warfare as well as his
duty to know and follow the
pronouncements of the Church
on the moral limitations even
of lawful self-defense.”
The cardinal said the Ameri
can Catholics have an espe
cially grave obligation in this
matter because of America’s
military potential, the world
wide impact of the nation’s po-
liies, and the strength of U.S.
Catholicism.
Citing the Second Vatican
Council’s condemnation of in
discriminate bombing, the Bal
timore archbishop commented:
“It is clear how contrary to
Catholic teaching are some of
the suggestions occasionally
made about the degree of and
Vietnam
kind of violence our nation
should inflict on its enemies.”
He warned that voices
opposed to restraint and to
moral limitations in war-mak
ing seem to be growing stron
ger in the United States.
To resist such “lethal ap
peals,” the cardinal said, “We
must constantly recall that only
on moral grounds can our cause
in Vietnam be just. If our means
become immoral, our cause will
have been betrayed.”
“Let us also avoid the nar
rowness of supposing that all
the vice and the bad will lie on
one side of any major conflict
and that all the virtue and good
will lie on the other.”
The letter concluded with an
appeal for prayers for reason
able and honorable negotiations
in Vietnam.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (RNS) -
While nations are obliged to
defend themselves against un
just attack, there is a place
in the world for “legitimate
Catholic pacifism,” a priest
active in peace and racial jus
tice movements told the Ca
tholic Theological Society of
America here.
Speaking at the society’s an
nual meeting, Father Peter J.
Riga of Notre Dame, Ind., ex
amined the general attitude of
the Church towards war and
peace.
“As a Christian, ” he said,
“man cannot stand aside and
still reflect love while his nei
ghbor is pummeled, robbed and
murdered. Man must always
do what is in his power to
ward off injustice.”
Father Riga said the Chris
tian “must work with his whole
soul for peace and the con
ditions that make it possible —
our ideal -- and yet in a world
which is imperfect, filled with
ambiguities and with evil men
on both sides of the Iron Cur
tain.
“Thus, it seems, we must re
ject pacifism as an absolute
principle for the Christian in
his conduct of international af
fairs for two reasons: the
first is that no government re
sponsible to an existing nation
could adopt such a policy and
secondly, because pacifism
cannot deter nuclear attack or
defend a people from invasion
or political oppression.”
However, he continued,
“there is room in the Church
for certain heroic and gifted
men and women who are chosen
by the Holy Spirit to bear spe
cial witness to non-violence. ..
“These people are, as it
were, reminders of the peace
Christ wishes to pervade the
community of man -- in much
the same way religious, by their
vows, serve as reminders of the
kingdom which is imperfectly
presnt even here below, but
whose full efflorescence will
come only with the final es
tablishment of Christ’s king
dom.”
"The vocation of the Catholic
pacifist,” he said, "is not,
and, as long as we remain in
this imperfect world, it will not
be — the vocation of the ma
jority of Christians. But there:
are a few chosen by the Spirit,
from the community and for
the community, to bear this
special witness. The final peace
and non - violence of Christ’s
kingdom will always remain an
ideal for all Christians to pur
sue, even if they are morally
certain that it can never be
fully achieved here below.
“Those who bear witness to
this may be bishops, priests, or
laymen, We need these people
in our midst to remind us al
ways of our ideal of peace and
non-violence, to remind us that
men’s ways are not God’s ways
and that God is not the God
of war but of peace and bro
therhood.”
Continuing, Father Riga said,
“It is futile to think that the
Catholic pacifist — chosen by
the Spirit for this vocation of
intense suffering and even re
jection on the part of these*
alas, Christians who confuse
God with their nationalistic as
pirations —. will be able by his
efforts to banish war forever.
There is no assurance what-
so ever from divine revolation
that war will disappear. After
all, Christ, the perfect witness
of the Father among men, nevep
succeeded in converting the
world — not even a good part
of it. But continuous witness
He was, even to the 'failure'
of the Cross.”
In conclusion, he stated,
“With the Catholic pacifist, the
Christian must hope that peace
is a possibility, and he must
work for it optimistically. For
if the Christian were only to
hope for what men can do, he
might indeed despair. But he ha*
no such right, of course, for
'what is impossible to men is
possible to Godl”
The stated purpose of the pas
toral letter was to suggest
“some lines of thought about
the patriotic duties of an Ame
rican Catholic in the present
hour” and to recall “some of
the pertinent principles for
mulated by the Vatican council
concerning modern warfare.”
Bishop On TV
Show July 12
Bishop Joseph L. Bernardin
will appear on WAGA-TV July
12 at 10 p.m. in an taped
interview with newsman Paul
Shields on his show “Dialogue”
The bishop was questioned
about the new morality, church
politics and other matters con
cerning life in the church.
PERMANENT DEACON.
Rev. Michael James Nais-
bitt, 27, has been ordained a
permanent deacon in the dio
cese of Bunbury, Western
Australia. Deacon Naisbitt
serves as a secretary to
Bishop Launcelot J. Goody
of Bunbury, and assists him
at Mass, at other functions
and on Confirmation tours.
Against St. John’s U.
Professors File Complaint
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (RNS) —
Fourteen ousted faculty mem
bers of St John's University
have appealed to the ecclesias
tical court of the Brooklyn Ca
tholic diocese for a redress of
their grievances against the
school.
According to Hie New York
Times, a canonical bill of com
plaint was filed in the Brooklyn
Diocesan Tribunal by Father
Peter O’Reilly, one of the dis
missed professors, in behalf
of himself and the other tea
chers.
The court, headed by Msgr.
Marion J. Reinhardt, as presid
ing judge, was asked to seek
a mediation of the dispute with
St. John’s, rather than institute
a formal canonical trial. The
complaint was filed against St.
John’s and its president, Fa
ther Joseph T. Cahill, C.M.
(A spokesman for St. John’s
said the university had “no
comment” to make on the com
plaint, pending further study.)
In the complaint, the 14 tea
chers said that last December
they had been "relieved of all
functions, duties and respon
sibilities, including teaching
assignments, effective immedi
ately.”
They had been among 31 fa
culty members fired by St.
John’s, resulting in a strike
called by the campus chapter
of the United Federation of
College Teachers, not recog
nized by the university.
St. John’s has declined to give
specific reasons for the ous
ters, made without prior hear
ings, except to say that they
were based generally on “un
professional conduct.”
The complaint, according to
The Times, charges that as a
consequence of the university’s
action, the 14 teachers believe
that their professional reputa
tions and their chances of earn
ing a living were seriously en
dangered.
It also contends that the dis
pute with the minority tea
chers’ faction, and the resulting
OLA CYO
New Officers
The Catholic Youth Organiza
tion of Our Lady of the Assump
tion announces the election of its
officers for the 1966-67 term:
John Hotard; President: Denise
Simons; Vice-President; Sally
Moorman; Secretary: Jack
Hollfelder; Treasurer; The
above elections were held in
conjunction with registration of
new members, while the “At
lanta Rivieras” entertained.
The newly elected officers pled
ged their hard work and pro
mised a “new deal” for the
teenagers of the Parish.
At the first meeting of the
newly elected Board of officers
and committee chairmen with
Reverend Philip J. McArdle,
S.M., C.Y.O., Moderator pre
sent, these pledges began to
materialize. Plans include a
dance a month, a semi-formal
in thp Fall, a theatrical pro
duction, and various athletic
activities. Also on the pro
gram will be C.Y.O., breakfasts
following Sunday Mass fea
turing guest speakers.
Other activities include aiding
the Saint Vincent de Paul So
ciety in its work among the less
fortunate and also assisting the
Confraternity of Christian Doc
trine with its instructions.
A wider scope of publicity
is intended to keep the Ca
tholic Youth of Atlanta well in
formed about C.Y.O. activities.
Membership cards will be re
quired of allmembers attending
C.Y.O., functions and guest
cards will be issued to those
out of the parish.
Annual Peter’s Pence
The annual Peter’s Pence
Collection will be taken up as
the second collection in the
parishes of the diocese this
Sunday, July 10.
The funds received are for
the support of the Holy Father
the various offices of the Va
tican, and the vast Church ad-
m inistration. Also a good por
tion of the funds enable the
Holy Father to dispense the
works of charity in the name
of all Catholics to the needy
of the world.
strike, have damaged the repu
tation of St. John’s, and have
been generally “detrimental to
Catholic educational facilities
and opportunities within the me
tropolitan area. . .”
The ecclesiastical tribunal is
asked in the complaint to order
St. John’s and Father Cahill to
make a public apology, thus re
storing the plaintiffs’ good name
and reputation, and to rehire the
ousted 14, leaving it up to the
teachers whether they would
return to the university or not.
Also asked in the complaint
are assurances that the uni
versity will take no reprisals
against returning teachers or
faculty members supporting the
strike, a redress of individual
damages suffered by the plain
tiffs, and a disclosure of minu
tes of the St. John’s trustees’
meeting at which the ousters
were decided.
The general council of the
Sisters of Mercy have announc
ed the following appointments
for the Province of Baltimore
for the next four year period.
r
Mother Celeste Waynant, mo
ther provincial; Mother
Michelle Carroll, mother as
sistant provincial; Sister Kater;
Sullivan, second councilor; Sis-
The Times said the filing
of such a complaint in a church
court was regarded as rare,
since such religious tribunals
in all Catholic dioceses usually
handle questions pertaining to
marriages, clerical discipline
and ecclesiastical jurisdic
tions.
St. John’s, operated by the
Vincentian Fathers, is sub
ject to sections of Catholic
canon law applicable to institu
tions of higher learning. Father
Cahall is a Vincentian, but Fa
ther O’Reilly is a diocesan
priest of the Chicago arch
diocese, residing in Manhattan.
Although not all 14 teachers
are members of the Brooklyn
diocese, the university has
campuses in Brooklyn and Ja
maica, Queens, which come
under the jurisdiction of Bishop
Bryan J. McEntegart of Brook
lyn.
ter M. Alda Balthrop, third
councilor; Sister M. Eymard
Moquin, fourth councilor; Sis
ter M. Fidelis Barragan, secre
tary provincial; Sister M.
Anslem Noone, procurator pro
vincial.
Five southern states and the
District of Columbia are in
cluded in the Province.
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