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NEW YORK (NC)-“The
time of secret decisions
imposed on a silent and
passive people is over,”
visiting Cardinal Leo Suenens
of Malines-Brussels said here
in his final news conference
before leaving the United
States.
“The paternalistic style of
Church government is dead”
he said.
Discussing progress in
updating the Church,
Cardinal Suenens declared:
“We have to create new
forms of co-responsibility at
all levels. And that can be
done only with the
understanding, the active
participation, and the
involvement in the process of
decision-making of every
level of the Church, and of
every part of the Church
around the world. We are all
in this together.”
.Although he agrees with
those who say there is a state
of conflict, the Belgian
primate said he does not
agree with those who blame it
on the Second Vatican
Council. He put the blame
instead on “the excessively
long period of immobilism
that preceded the Council.”
He explained that the 1918
Code of Canon Law,
promulgated many years
before the Second Vatican
Council, “did not reflect the
social and cultural attitudes
of the early 20th century but
of a distant past.”
Cardinal Suenens had just
returned to New York from a
three-day visit in Detroit,
where he was the guest of
Cardinal John Dearden.
Before that he had
participated in a seminar at
Trinity Institute here with
Anglican Archbishop Michael
Ramsey of Canterbury.
Cardinal Suenens noted
that the 1962-1965 Vatican
Council brought pre-existing
problems into the open.
“We have to see the
problem clearly and in the
context of the progress we
are making,” he said. “We
have made substantial
advance in our understanding
of the principle of
co-responsibility. The Council
formulated this principle at
the level of the Pope and the
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“The first Synod of
Bishops in 1967 made a small
start toward implementing it,
and the second Synod last
October moved a further step
ahead. We are progressing,
but we still have a distance to
go-
“We have to clarify and to
translate into appropriate
structures, not only the
relation between Pope and
bishops and between bishops
and priests, but also the
multiple levels and
movements of co-responsi
bility as they affect Pope,
bishops, priests, deacons,
Religious and laity. We must
find methods and techniques
to ensure that the entire
people of God works together
in an organic way.”
Cardinal Suenens said that
“while authority remains
authority, the way in which it
is exercised becomes
different.”
As an example, he said a
father today does not
exercise his authority in the
family the same way his
grandfather did. “Still less
does he act like the Roman
paterfamilies who alone had
full legal personality in the
family group,” the cardinal
added.
Cardinal Suenens said he
believes today’s method of
dialogue and discussion in the
family shows a greater
appreciation of human values
and dignity. He said it was
fitting that the priest use the
same approach in dealing
with the people.
“Besides, this will help' to
get across the idea which is
absolutely basic-that every
member of the Church, every
baptized person, must assume
hiS personal responsibility fox
the work of the Church,” h<r
said.
“That is the big problem,
how to transform passive
Christians into active
Christians.”
Cardinal Suenens said he
was convinced the time for
“the idea of co-responsi
bility” has come. People,
today reject centralization, he
said, and they recognize that
unity does not have to mean
uniformity.
The people want no part of
legalism and they emphasize
the dignity of the human
person, the role of conscience
and the value of dialogue the
Belgian cardinal explained.
“I saw this in Rome last
October,” he said. “During
the Synod of Bishops, there
was also a meeting of the
hundred bishops who had
come from all over the world
with a hundred priests, one
from each country or region,
at the Congregation of
Priests.
“They had a frank and
open discussion together, and
I was really impressed by
what it did to give those
priests new courage.
“Often, it’s more
important to have a
discussion than to reach a
conclusion.”
Asked again for his
position on celibacy, Cardinal
Suenens said he sees the
question of a married clergy
as one particularly difficult
area “even if it is far from the
most important one.”
He pointed out Pope Paul
VI said recently that in spite
of his personal reluctance, he
was willing to discuss the
issue of ordaining married
men to the priesthood like
they do in the Eastern
Churches where the need of
priests is great.
The cardinal does not see
the celibacy issue as the main
reason for the exodus from
the priesthood.
“Perhaps it is reason five or
six,” he said, “but not the
main one.”
Does Cardinal Suenens see
the way open for women
priests?
“It is not a practical
problem' for today or
tomorrow,” he said, although
he thought it could be
discussed.
RECIFE,BRAZIL - Champions of non-violent movements for
justice, the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, president of the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Archbishop
Helder Camara of Olinda and Recife, Brazil, discuss their plans
for a worldwide campaign against “the human cost of poverty,
racism and war.” (NC Photo courtesy of Ebony Magazine)
Camara, Abernathy
Launch Campaign
RECIFE, Brazil (NC) — Two leaders of non-violent
movements for justice, — one a Brazilian and the
other an American-joined hands here for the first
time to launch “a worldwide campaign to awaken the
conscience of the peoples to the great human cost of
poverty, racism and war.”
U.S. civil rights leader Rev.
Ralph David Abernathy,
president of the Southern
Christian Leadership
Conference, met for five
hours with Archbishop
Helder Camara of Olinda and
Recife at the prelate’s
residence in this city to
exchange views on the
aspirations of the poor.
“We are especially
concerned with |he widening:
gap between the poor of the
world and the rich-not only
in material goods as the rich
get richer and the poor
remain in misery-but the
growing gap in understand
ing,” they said in a joint
statement. “The indifference
of the well-to-do is perhaps
the major obstacle in the
world today.”
“We feel we must warn the
peoples of the world that
present trends tend toward
the permanent pauperization
of two-thirds of the human
race,” the statement said.
“The poor people of every
nation are being locked out
of the system of opportunity
to remain in misery for future
generations, unless mankind
can find and choose a better
way to live together.”
Archbishop Camara and
the Rev. Abernathy will take
their message to the World
Conference on Religion and
Peace to be held at Kyoto,
Japan, in October. Meantime,
they will work at the national
levels: Archbishop Camara
through his non-violent
Action, Justice and Peace
movement, and the Rev.
Abernathy as head of the
Southern Christian
Leadership Conference.
“We two, a Baptist pastor
and a Catholic bishop, are not
discouraged,” “the leaders
said. “There is hope, and
there is a great dream of a
world in whieh there will be
no more misery, no more
war, no more prejudice, and
all men will be free. This was
the dream of Jesus Christ, of
Mahatma Ghandi, and of
Martin Luther King. It is our
dream, too.”
Archbishop Camara and
the Rev. Abernathy paid a
tribute to youth, who, they
said, can make that dream
come true.
“We recognize and salute
the youth of the world for
their courageous attempts
during the past few years to
call attention to the great
needs of the poor, the
injustices of so much of the
world today, and the insanity
of war,” the statement said.
“We pledge our support and
prayers to these youth as
they continue the struggle.”
After issuing the
statement, which they called
the “Declaration of Recife,”
Archbishop Camara took the
Rev., Abernathy to the
cemetery where the remains
of Father Henrique Pereira
Neto were buried after his
murder by right-wing
extremists in May, 1969. The
young priest was a youth
moderator and taught
sociology at the Catholic
University of Recife. The late
priest’s parents were present
during the graveside visit.
The Rev. Abernathy laid
flowers on the grave and, in
return, received from the
parents a photograph of their
slain son. Later, the Rev.
Abernathy said at a press
conference in Recife that
both “Father Neto and Dr.
King died for the struggle
against social injustice.”
The Rev. Abernathy gave a
lecture at the local.
Presbyterian seminary and
briefly visited with its 50
students. With him was a
team from the U.S. magazine
Ebony, and Dr. Brady
Tyson-of American
University, Washington, D.C.,
who acted as liaison in
bringing Archbishop Camara
and the Baptist leader
together.
“Dr. King himself wanted
in his time t.o meet
Archbishop Camara, and
twice we made preliminary
moves to have the two leaders
confer,” Dr. Tyson said. The
plans were changed, he said,
and last May the archbishop
was to meet Mrs. Coretta
King at Atlanta, Ga., during a
planned visit to U.S., but
“violence in the form of
Father Neto’s murder
prevented him from leaving
Recife.”
Some Archdioceses
Hold Vow Renewals
BY SUE CRIBARI
WASHINGTON (NC) — The archdioceses of
Baltimore, St. Louis, Dubuque and Los Angeles are
among those planning to incorporate a renewal of
priestly promises into this year’s Holy Thursday
liturgy.
The suggestion that priests
reaffirm their commitments
to celibacy, obedience to
their bishops, and faithful
fulfillment of their ministry
developed when the Vatican
announced (Feb. 9) a new
rite for Holy Thursday and
added a sample format for a
new renewal ceremony which
could be included.
Cardinal Lawrence Shehan
of Baltimore planned to send
a letter inviting archdiocesan
priests to attend the Holy
Thursday Mass of the Chrism.
After the Gospel, an
archdiocesan spokesman said,
a “renewal of commitments
to the life and ministry of the
priesthood” will be done in a
simple ceremony.
Forty-four St. Louis, Mo.,
priests, representing the 10
deaner deaneries,
archdiocesan priests serving in
Latin America, and religious
order priests have been
invited by Cardinal John J.
Carberry to concelebrate the
Holy Thursday Mass and
renew their vows.
“Nowhere in the new
directive is there to be found
any reference to a call that
every priest must be present
for this ceremony, as the first
reports of its introduction
seemed to be interpreted by
many,” Cardinal Carberry
said in a letter to his priests.
“The key world in the
entire beautiful rite is the
word ‘invitation,’ which
carries with it a warmth and
consideration.”
The Congregation for
Divine Worship had orginally
proposed that the Church set
aside Holy Thursday to honor
the priesthood. It had issued
a new preface for the Mass of
the Chrism for that day,
during which a bishop blesses
sacramental oils to be used
during the year.
In addition to the new
preface, other Vatican
officials suggested that priests
of a diocese could attend the
Mass of the Chrism and
publicly renew their promises
of celibacy and
obedience-and provided the
sample format.
The announcement created
much controversy and
confusion. Some priests
interpreted the invitation as
an order from, the Vatican.
They resented the implication
that they were not already
loyal to their vows.
Others wondered about the
validity of renewing their
celibacy promise when they
were honestly questioning
that tradition. The question
also arose of what to do
about priests unable to attend
the Mass of the Chrism, since
if it usually recited in only
one church in a diocese each
Holy Thursday morning.
No official Latin text has
been released for the vow
renewal ceremony, only the
suggested form printed in
Latin and Italian in
L’Osservatore Romano,
Vatican daily newspaper.
Bishops are free to use the
suggested form however, or
to write their own version if
they wish.
Archbishop James J. Byrne
of Dubuque, Iowa, wrote his
priests about the Vatican vow
renewal recommendation and
said he “would like to have a
representative group of
priests of the archdiocese
voluntarily make this renewal
at the Mass of Chrism on
Holy Thursday.”
“Perhaps,” the letter
continued, “priests who are
not present- an the cathedral
on Holy Thursday morning
would renew their promises
and or vows privately on
Holy Thursday as a sign of
their acceptance of Christ
indicating His will to them
through the recommendation
of Our Holy Father.”
Archbishop Byrne said the'
vow renewal “does not
indicate any lack of trust in
self or in others.”
“To my way of thinking it
is a virtuous act that will have
its own divine blessing
flowing from it,” he said. “In
addition it would seem to me
that this ceremony could be a
help to our Religious sisters
and brothers and the laity by
giving them reassurance in the
face of the upsetting
experience they have had in
certain priests who have given
up the practice of the
priesthood.
A spokesman for the
archdiocese of Los Angelep
said areh diocesan priests
would be invited to attend
the Mass of the Chrism ori
Holy Thursday—at which
Archbishop Timothy
Manning will officiate-if they
are able. Priestly promises
will be renewed at the
conclusion of the Mass.
Other dioceses contacted
were either uncertain or are
definitely not planning to
include the vow renewal
ceremony in Holy Thursday
services.
“No decision has been
made on it yet,” said a
spokesman for the
archdiocese of Louisville, Ky.
The archdiocese of Denver,
Col., reported no renewal
ceremony scheduled.
“Hie matter has been
considered and talked about,
but as yet nothing has been
planned,” a Milwaukee
archdiocesan spokesman said.
A Detroit archdiocesan
spokesman said: “The
bishops of Michigan are going
to be talking about it this
week, but there’s no definite
decision one way or the
other.”
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