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2 THE GEORGIA BULLETIN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1967
Negotiations
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We ask out Government to re
affirm our offer of a billion dol
lar economic program through
the United Nations.
We urge vigorous support for
internationally supervised free
elections. Only through demo
cratic elections can all political
factions bring their programs to
the people of South Vietnam, not
by terror and violence but by
orderly political processes. We
reject the call for unilateral
withdrawal of the United States
from responsibility for helping
to establish a stable peace in
Southeast Asia. We reject also
the present tragic entrapment
in which the war’s gradual es
calation skirts World War III
and brutalizes and degrades all
nations and political forces in
volved.
With growing dismay we have
viewed a public climate in
creasingly characterized by
troubled acceptance of military
escalation or by intemperate
dissent which in condemning
the policies of our own country
has too often ignored the ob
stacles to peace posed by North
Vietnam and the National Libe
ration Front.
We call today not for minority
dissent but for majority affirma
tion of a new course by our
government. Not simply for de-
escalation but for bold and dra
matic action which can bring a
response from the other side.
We ask of our government more
than an expression of willing
ness to negotiate.
Along with U Thant, Secre
tary General of the United Na
tions, and Pope Paul VI we be
lieve the initiatives listed above
would maximize the chances
for beginning negotiations.
While there have been bomb
ing pauses in the past, never
before have tried simulaten-
ously the actions which we call
for today. We earnestly call
upon our fellow-clergymen,
Catholics and all Americans for
their prayers in this hour of
peril, and for their help in
showing President Johnson that
they support the United States’
initiatives to end this war. In
seeking one million signatures
to the Negotiation Now! peti
tion, we urge every American
to sign this call and to help
gather signatures in their fam
ilies, in their parishes, and in
their community. We believe in
America's ability to take these
steps, not simply to end this
war, but to begin to strengthen
the international institutions of
law needed to prevent wars or
future Vietnams.
Priest
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VATICAN CITY (NC)~Pope
Paul VI, fulfilling a four-year
old promise, has reformed the
central government of the
Church. Time-worn channels
of authority in the Roman Curia
will be given modern pace and
direction by major changes he
has ordered:
—The Papal Secretariat of
State, now to be known as the
Papal Secretariat and given
broader powers, Will be able
to settle many / administrative
problems that formerly burden
ed the Pope;
—Five-year terms for high
Curia officials will replace the
former indefinite tenures that
often became lifetime careers;
—Incorporation of diocesan
bishops from around the world
into Curia leadership will alter
the hitherto heavily. Italian
Character of the administration;
—Permission for use 1 of mo
dem languages in Curia Com
munications will speed papal
paperwork, though Latin still
remains the official language;
—Principal Curia depart
ments will be reshuffled, re
named, and in some cases plac
ed in new combinations to meet
20th-century conditions;
—A new tribunal will be set
up to handle any disputes among
the various Curia offices;
—Administration of the Holy
See's temporal possessions and
financial resources will be unit
ed in an entirely new depart
ment.
Pope Paul’s reform of the
Curia, which goes into effect
J an. 1, was spelled out in an
apostolic constitution Regimini
Ecclesiae Uniyersae (For the
Government of the Church Uni
versal) dated Aug. 15 and made
public three days later.
Setting the theme of the re
form, Pope Paul quoted in his
new document from the dog
matic constitution Pastor
Aetemus of the First Vatican
Council, the constitution that
defined the infallibility of the
Pope. He chose this passage:
’’Certainly
raised about
Roman Curia,
the supreme
no doubt can be
the need for the
For how could
pontiff, weighed
down by so many great bur
dens, alone, without advisors
or assistants, bear that burden
which arises from the care of
all the churches? It is equally
necessary that the Roman Curia
be kept intact both in its basic
structure and its close rela
tionship with the Roman Pon
tiff, that is, as an organic in
strument he uses in exercis
ing the supreme power which
'according to the institution o
Christ...he holds over the en
tire Church.’ "
Although Latin remains the
official language it is "accept
able to communicate with the
Roman Curia in any of the
widely-known modern langua
ges,’’ the new constitution ad
vises.
Regarding the tenure of Cur-
ial officials, all prefects, mem
bers and consultors of Curial
departments remain in office
five years, with reappointment
at the discretion of the Pope.
Prefects of congregations re
sign at the death of a pope,
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leaving only the Cardinal Cam-
erlengo, the Cardinal Peniten
tiary and the Cardinal Vicar
of Rome in office. In the Pa
pal Secretariat a substitute will
assume the prefect’s duties
temporarily. All other major
curial officers are to leave
their posts within three months
after a new Pope is elected
unless he reappoints them.
Pope Paul had already intro
duced various curial reforms,
notably the reorientation of the
former Holy Office (now the
Doctrinal Congregation) toward
a promotion of the faith and a
renewed emphasis On the rights
of authors and teachers whose
opinions come under suspicion.
He has also brought several
non-Italians into high Curia
posts, thus keeping his promise
to internationalize the Curia.
Most recently, he provided that
diocesan bishops should be full
members of each curial congre
gation; this provision was
incorporated into the apostolic
constitution Regimini Ecclesiae
Universae.
A press conference explain
ing the apostolic constitution,
was given by Msgr. Giovanni
M. Pinna, a judge of the Roman
Rota, high Church court, who
(as it developed) was secretary
of the top-secret cardinalitial
commission for the reform of
the Curia.
Until Msgr. Pinna’s confer
ence it had only been known that
Francesco Cardinal Robert!, an
Italian, headed the Pope'scorn-
mission of cardinals for cur
ial reform. Msgr. Pinna said
that Andre Cardinal Jullien of
France and Anselmo Cardinal
Albareda, a Spanish Benedic
tine, had made up the rest o
the original commission until
their deaths. They were re
placed by William Cardinal
Heard, a Scot, and Efrem Car
dinal Fomi, an Italian.
Among other features of the
curial reform listed by Msgr.
Pinna were:
—Emphasis on qualities of
piety and selflessness required
of all members of the Curia;
—Closer collaboration be
tween the Roman Curia and the
world’s bishops, "especiallyby
means of the episcopal confer
ences*’;
—Greater coordination
among the various departments
of the Curia "by means of mixed
meetings on various levels."
Msgr. Pinna said that would
avoid a "dispersion of energy,
waste of time, uncertainty over
competency, an eventual clash
between decisions.’’
Among details of. the reform
is the renaming of various con
gregations:
The Consistorial Congrega
tion will be called the Congre
gation of the Bishops, the Con
gregation of the Council will be
called the Congregation of the
Clergy (and its competency in
cludes permanent deacons), and
the Congregation on Seminar
ies and Universities will be
called the Congregation for Ca
tholic Education. The Congre
gation for the Propagation of
the Faith, while retaining its
historical name, will also be
called the Congregation for the
Evangelization of Nations.
In the new reform, prece
dence is given to the Papal Se
cretariat of State, .now known
as the Papal Secretariat, and to
the Council for the Church’s
Public Affairs. The latter cor
responds roughly to the former
first section of the Secretariat
of State* which was identical
to the now suppressed Congre
gation for Extraordinary JEc-
clesiastical Affairs.
Msgr. Pinna compared the
Council for the Church's Pub
lic Affairs to the foreign min
istries of secular governments.
However, he said the word
* foreign’’ could not be applied
to the Church’s public affairs,
because "in the Church no af
fair is foreign because no na
tion is a stranger to her,’
The Council for the Church’s
Public Affairs will deal, on the
Holy See’s behalf, with various
foreign governments and will
handle diplomatic relations.
Like its predecessor, it will be
closely linked to -the Papal
Secretariat of State. The coun
cil’s prefect is to be the se
cretary of state, but the coun
cil and the secretariat are to
wholly distinct.
Under the new regulations
laymen may be called into the
curia as consultors.
The Roman Rota assumes
competency over all cases of
nullity of marriage, whether
dealing with marriages between
Catholics of the Latin or Eas
tern rites, mixed marriages,
or marriages between non-Ca-
tholics, whether baptized or
not.
The Congregation of the Dis
cipline of the Sacraments holds
competency over dispensations
for marriages ratified andnon-
consummated.
The Congregation of the Cler
gy will seek to obtain a better
distribution of clergy through
out the world, while maintain
ing the principle that every
priest should be incardiiiated
in a diocese.
The second section of the
Congregation of the Clergy will
concern itself with keeping pas
toral activities in tune with the
times. Much of its work will
deal with the religious instruc
tion of persons of all ages and
with the problems of religious
practice during vacation time.
A third section of the con
gregation will deal with the
clergy’s material needs. Msgr.
Pinna commented: "Whoever
serves at the altar must live
by the altar, and every worker
has a right to a fitting recom
pense.’’
The Congregation for Catho
lic Education will help foster
cooperation among Catholic
universities, will see to it that
spiritual and even material help
is available to students, and
will supervise Catholic educa
tion on every level.
To the Congregation for Re
ligious will be added a special
section for secular institutes.
The Congregation of Rites
has been radically restructed.
It will consist of two sections:
one forworship and the other for
canonization causes. This se
cond section will be divided into
three subsections: the first
dealing with the introductory
phase of the canonization pro
cess, the second with the can
didate’s writings and virtues
or with his martyrdom, and the
third with miracles.
The Supiteme Tribunal of the
Apostolic Signature retains its
title and function as the
Church’s supreme tribunal, but
it extends its competency con
siderably. This is done through
the addition of an entirely new
institution for the settlement of
interdepartmental disputes
within the Roman Curia.
A statistical institute for the
Holy See has been created, al
though the final details of its
structure have not been settled.
However, its purpose is to
gather data useful to the Church
for a better understanding of its
own condition. It is also ex
pected that the statistical insti
tute will be of use to the bi
shops of the world, and it will
certainly draw upon data sup
plied by them.
The Prefecture of the Apos
tolic Palace has been reformed
so deeply that it is described
as a new organism. It re
sults from the fusion of the of
fice Of major domo, of the of
fice maestro di camera and
of the Ceremonial Congrega
tion, which has been suppres
sed. This new office of the
Apostolic Palace will super
vise the maintenance of the
pope’s residences, will handle
papal audiences and will
arrange pontifical ceremonies
within the framework of litur
gical norms already laid down.
Given the Pope’s penchant
for pilgrimage-making, its
most important function may
turn out to be the making of
arrangements for his pilgrim
ages.
The Secretariat for Promot
ing Christian Unity, the Secre
tariat for Non-Christian Reli
gions and the Secretariat for
Non-Believers have been for
mally absorbed into the Curia.
The Council for the Laity and
the Commission for Justice
and Peace have been brought
into the Curia on a trial basis.
Martin Luther’s
Wedding Ring
BERLIN (NC)—The wedding
ring of Martin Luther is being
used by the communist govern
ment of East Germany as an
indirect source of revenue. '
In connection with the 450th
anniversary of the Reforma-i
tion, the East German govern
ment is selling replicas of
Luther's wedding ring for ap
proximately $16. The original
is in a museum in Leipzeig.
The anniversary ceremonies
will be held this fall in Witten
berg, regarded as the cradle
of the Reformation.
Foreign Student
Increase Noted
NEW YORK (NC)--There are
more foreign students than ever
in the United States, and more
American students studying in
foreign lands than ever before.
But according to statistics
just released by the Institute of
International Education, U.S.
Catholic colleges ana universi
ties lag behind others in at
tracting foreign students.
The only one reporting more
than 10Q foreigners in its stu-
denb body was Gaorgetown Uni
versity in Washington, withf 071
According to the'report, there
were 100,262 foreign students
from 172 countries in the U.S.
in the 1966-67 school year*
They attended - 1,797 institu
tions. More than 30 per cent
studied in either New York State
or California and preferred
either the University of Cali
fornia (5,787) or New York Uni
versity (2,646).
From a percentage stand
point, the leader in attracting
foreigners was Washington's
Howard University, which had
17.6 per cent of its 8,500 stu
dents coming from abroad.
The 25,000 Americans study
ing abroad, according to the
report, preferred France,
Mexico and Canada.
Curiously, one of the world’s
smallest states—Vatican City
--(with its extra-territorial in
stitutions) stood 13th in at
tracting American students,
most of them Americanpriests.
The Vatican City leader was
the Pontifical Gregorian Uni
versity. It accounted for 321
of the 497 Americans studying
in "Vatican City."
Slightly above Vatican City
in the Ustings—at 11th—was
Belgium. Its leading attraction
was the Catholic University of
Louvain; which drew 1 382 at'
the^country’s 594 American stu
dents.
DePaul Gets
Okay To Give
Doctorate
CHICAGO (NC)—Dfc Paul Un
iversity has received approval
for degree programs leading to
the doctorate from the North
Central Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools.
Father John T. Richardson,
C.M., executive vice president
of De Paul, announced that the
university is now accredited to
give doctoral degrees in the
departments of biology, philo
sophy and psychology.
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