2--THE PROGRESS F,id00y, Nov00 6, !964 Dissolves
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government has dissolved the
administrative board of the
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Foundation which awarded its
Churches Give Housing Aid
LONDON (NC)--Catholics are cooperating with other Chris-
tian groups in a British Churches' Housing Trust just formed to
provide houses and apartments for rent for those in sPecial need.
*'., The Anglican and Protestant Churches, Quakers, Jews and
Cathbi/es are all represented on the trust, which is obtaining a
grant fro London civic authorities and has appointed a pro-
fessional housing adviser.
He will stimulate formation of housing associations through
local inter-church councils and other religious organizations to
meet the most acute needs in each area. This will be concen-
trated on London at present, but later it is hoped to operate in
other areas of Britain. , '
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Church.State Relation Topic '
LONDON (NC)--A commission appointed by the Swedish
government to examine the relationship between the established
Lutheran Church in Sweden and the state called on Catholic
authorities in London to discuss the situation in Britain.
The commission members spent over an hour at Archbishop's
House, where they discussed the legal, educational, political
and social issues involving Catholics in England, where the
Anglican Church is the state church.
Among those taking part in the talks on the Catholic side
were Auxiliary Bishop George Craven of Westminster and three
Catholic members of Parliament.
first prize to the late Pope
John XXIII in 1963.
The government's action fol-
lowed a dispute earlier this
year when foundation officials
awarded the prize to U Thant,
secretary general of the Unit-
ed Nations, without consulting
the full prize committee.
At the heart of the contro-
versy has been Roy. Enrico
Zucca, O.F.M., who has been
charged by various other
foundation officials with by-
passing official committees
and failure to observe the
foundation's statutes.
Last year the Swiss govern-
ment froze foundation funds as
a result of the controversy over
the U Thant award and the Ital-
ian government's action has
been taken by virtue of the gov-
ernment's power to watch over
and control activities of the
foundations.
A commissioner has been ap-
pointed to straighten out mat-
ters over a six-month period.
SARGENT SHRIVER AND WILLIAM E. MORAN JR.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NC) -- The 1964 Peace Award of the
Catholic Association of International Peace was presented to
Sargent Shriver by William E. Moran Jr., CAIP president and
dean of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
here. : ..:
The presentation was' made at the annual CAIP conference
here. Shriver was cited "for furthering the Christian principles
of justice and charity in international life." :
Appeal On Mi;ers' Behalf
BONN (NC)--Bishops Franz Hengsbach of Essen and Joseph
Hoeffner of Muenster have appealed to West German Chancellor
Ludwig Erhard to take measures to aid thousands of coal miners
facing unemployment in the Ruhr area.
Twenty-eight Rub mines are scheduled to be closed because
of competition from oil and cheap imported coal.
The bishoPs' message to the chancellor expressed their deep
sorrow at the threatened loss of jobs and asked "for effective
measures especially to prevent the most serious human, family
and social need."
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Converts Demed Pnwleges
NEW DELHI, India (NC)--The Indian suprem e court has
ruled that converts are not eligible to special privileges enjoyed
by members of Hindu scheduled castes.
The ruling came when the court upheld a lower court in-
validation of election of a Buddhist convert from a constituency
reserved for scheduled castes:
The government claims that the aid is in relief of the dis-
abilities suffered by Harijans on account of untouchability. The
government argues that, as untouchability is a special feature of
Hinduism, converts are not entitled to the relief.
LOVE FOR THE SICK, the handicapped, the crippled, marked the life of Blessed Luigi
Guanella, the social action priest whom Pope Paul VI beatified October 25. Here the
Holy Father kneels to chat with a group of youngsters from the Father Guanella Home
in Rome.
Vatican Council II Takes Vote
On Birth Control Schema
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sacrifice of a particular value in order to save the value of
the whole marriage.
Here he added a crucial sentence:
"But with our new understanding of the science of man,
and especially with our growing understanding the essential
distinction between merely biological sexuality and human sexu-
ality, an honest doubt is arising among many couples and among
scientists and some theologians about the arguments produced
to demonstrate that in such conflicts in the married life of the
faithful 0f good will, complete or periodic continence is the sole
solution which is entirely efficacious, moral and Christian."
The cardinal said the Church should be solicitious for the
purity of the observance of divine law, but it must also be solici.
tious for human problems. He added:
"The Church must in a holy and diligent way so search
that all Christians may know that the Church, whatever the
answer may be, has studied the problem with great charity
with all the means which the various sciences can bring."
Be suggested creating a permanent commission to follow
the growth of problems treated by the council's schema on the
Church in the modern world.
Cardinal Alfrink's carefully prepared speech was followed
by a virtually extemporaneous plea from Alfredo Cardinal Ot-
taviani, secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office, that
the council not leave the role of Divine Providence out of the
scheme's treatment of marriage problems.
He said he had no text, since he had expected to speak
later. (It is believed that the moderators warned him they
planned to ask for a cloture vote, which, in fact, was passed
by a great majority.)
Then the cardinal, who has risen to one of the highest of-
flees in the Church, recalled his childhood in Rome's tough
Trastevere district.
"I come from a family of 12 children," the cardinal began.
"My father was a workingman, not an owner or manager.
I was the 10th Child.
"Never did my parents have any doubts about Divine Provi-
dence." " "
He quoted Christ's words: "Look at the birds of the air:
they do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns; yet your
heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much more
value than they?"
"We are forgetting Divine Providence," he declared.
He asserted that the text insinuates that the Church has
erred in the past on a grave moral problem. He said that if
such is the case, the commission now drafting the text on the
Church's indefectibility in doctrine should revise its text.
Cardinal Ottaviani said the council cannot possibly approve
the freedom granted by the schema to married couples to judge
for themselves the number of children they should have.
The Scriptural command to increase and multiply, he said,
is not in opposition to the other text which speaks of married
couples as two in one flesh.
Cardinal Ottaviani said that Michael Cardinal Browne, O.P.,
of theRoman curia, would emphasize the doctrinal points
which he too felt should be emphasized.
Cardinal Browne first noted that he was a member of the
mixed commission which had drafted the schema. He said that
he therefore had at one time decided not to speak, But he added
that he felt that certain things should be said which until then
had not been said.
"My purpose in asking to speak was to offer witness on
things that cannot usefully be argued about," Cardinal Browne
said.
Some things are certain, he said, from beth of the Church's
teaching authority and the classical schools of theologians.
The primary end of marriage is the procreation and education
of children. Other considerations of mutual help and the satis-
faction of desires must not be lost sight of, but they are second-
ary ends.
He made the classical distinction between the love of desire,
in which the lover desires his own good, and the love of friend-
ship, in which the lover desires the good of the beloved.
"The love needed in marriage to keep it firm, stable and
deep is the love of friendship," he said.
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Pacific Northwest Regional Convention / CATHOLIC PRESS
ASSOCIATION Sunday, Monday and Tuesday / NOVEMBER 8,
9, I0, 1964 host / CATHOLIC NORTHWEST PROGRESS /
Sorrento Hotel / Seattle, Washington.
THE HEADLINERS
The RL. Rev. Msgr. Robert G. Peters
President, Catholic Press Association
Editor, Peoria Register, Peoria, Illinois
The Roy. Nell G. MeCluskey, S,J.
Academic Vice President,
Dean of Faculties, Gonzaga University
Former Education Editor, "America"
The Roy. James H. Gandrau
Pacific Northwest Regional President, CPA
Editor, Catholic Northwest Progress
The Rev. Francis J. Greene, S.J.
Head, Journalism Department, Seattle University
The Rev. Peter F. Chirieo, S.S.
Professor, Dogmatic Theology, St. Thomas Seminary, Kenmore
The Roy. John D. Lynch
Moderator, Catholic Interracial Council of Seattle
The Roy. Timothy Lamm, O.S.B.
Journalism Department, St. Martin's High School, Olympia
Mother Mary Loretta, F.C.S.P.
Provincial Superior, Sacred Heart Province,
Sisters of Charity of Providence
Sister Gertrude of Providence, F.C,S.P.
Administrator, Providence Hospital, Seattle
James Doyle
Executive Secretary, CPA
Editor, "Catholic Journalist," New York City
"In married life there is indeed sense pleasure. Yet it is German Hogan
natural that the more one party is moved by desire, the more
the other party loses the love of friendship. Therefore, care
should be taken in demanding marriage rights."
He said the teaching that the conjugal act must conform to
nature and remain lawful in sterile periods can be found In
the works of Popes Lee XIII, Plus XI and Plus XII. There are
and always will be difficulties which must be solved by seien.
tific discoveries rather than by theological discussions, he said,
and added that the Church can only await the outcome of pres-
ent research.
If, with the Pope's consent, the council also occupies it-
self with problems' about the infertile period, this should be
done through a commission, he said.
Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Reuss of Mainz, Germany, speaking
in the name of 145 bishops of many countries, echoed Cardinal
Alfrink's emphasis on the distinction between merely biological
sex and human sex. He asked that the text be amended to in-
clude this emphasis.
• Bishop Reuss said the schema should say that human sexu-
ality involves the whole person. He asked for a forthright state-
ment that married people must realize that they are called to
procreation and not just to the selfish use of marriage.
Archbishop Joseph Urtasun of Avignon, France, deplored
the text's silence on divorce, which he called a plague of rood.
ern life. Be pointed to the dangers to children involved in
divorce. Be said the schema should include a passage on the
social implications of chastity and its importance in helping to
choose a marriage partner.
He said he entirely agreed with Cardinal Alfrink.
Bishop Abilio del Campo y de la Barcena of Calahorra,
Spain, said some parts of the text conflict with the traditional
dictrine on conjugal love and imply approval of errors which
have been condemned by the Church. This means a danger of
scandal both inside and outside the Church, he said.
Like Cardinal Ottaviani, he criticized the scheme's failure
to mention spiritual supports in the difficulties of married life.
Be said the text implies it is almost impossible to keep God's
laws,
Bishop Joseph Nkongolo of Luebo, the Congo, said the
schema should state the most basic requirements for a valid
marriage and should insist on its unity and indissolubility.
Bishop Francisco Rendeiro of Faro, Portugal, asserted that
it is the state's duty to safeguard the sanctity of family life,
especially through movies, radio and TV, He said it is an ines-
capable fact that the theme of most shows in these media is
human love, and that these do not always treat love with proper
reverence. Youths must be protected, he said.
Bishop Pietro Fiordeili of Prate, Italy, urged that the
text deal with the problem of abortion and asked that some-
thing be said about how to help young people of courting age.
Special attention should be devoted to illegitimate children,
who are deprived both of teir name and a home, he stated.
Bishop Fiordelli said the council should not concern itself
in detail with methods of birth control but should follow the
Pope's example and put the question into the hands of a
commission of experts.
Bishop Juan Hervas y Benet for Ciudad Real, Spain, com-
plained that the schema, though basically good, reflects one
viewpoint among many.
He said that there was no mention of the influence of the
supernatural life, of trust in Providence, of the love and accep-
ts.rice of the Cross.
Archbishop Bernard Yago of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, urged
the council to say something clear on the problems of tribalism.
Be criticized the scheme's silence on the modern cult of sensuab
ity and on polygamy.
Like Bishop Nkongolo, he asked for a statement on the need
for free consent in marriage. He also asked for a statement on
the abuses of the dowry system and on divorce.
Gregorio Cardinal Agsgienian, moderator of the day, an-
nounced that the moderators considered debate had been suf-
ficient on the subject of family life (Article 21). He put it to a
vote. An overwhelming majority opproved.
Managing Editor, Catholic Sentinel, Portland, Oregon
The Rev. Paul J. Beeman
Director, Public Relations, Methodist Church,
Pacific Northwest Conference
Walter T. Hubbard Jr.
President, Catholic Interracial Council of Seattle
George Edgar
Station Manager, Radio KETO, Seattle
Rip Collins
News Staff, Radio KVI, Seattle
Arthur Gerbel Sr.
Director of Public Affairs, KOMO Radio-Television, Seattle
Margy Grennan
Producer, "Telescope," KING-TV, Seattle
Dan Cheney
Assistant Makeup Editor, Seattle Times
Edwin J. Mitchell
Church Editor, Seattle Post.Intelligencer
Dr. Woodrow R. Clevenger
Associate Professor of Marketing, Seattle University
Robert Schulman
Director, Special Features, KING-TV, Seattle
Lane Smith
Religion Editor, Seattle Times
Ed Donehoe
Editor, Washington Teamster, Seattle
Marry Camp
Educational Director, Radio KOMO, Seattle
Producer-Moderator, "What's New in the Schcolhouse,"
KOMO-TV, Seattle
Producer, "Challenge," KOMO Radio-Television, Seattle
R. L. (Buzz) Capener
Executive Vice President & Northwest Manager
David W. Evans & Associates, Seattle, Portland,
Salt Lake City
Priest Receives German Award
MILAN (NC)--The Rev. Leonhard Adler, O.F.M., builder of
Berlin's Tempelhof airport and former Catholic Action leader
in Germany, has received the German Cross for Achievement
in a ceremony here.
After many years of public service as an engineer, Adler
came to Milan to direct the municipal transportation system.
He later entered the monastery, and was ordained in 1956 by
then Archbishop Giovanni Montini of Milan, the present Pope
Paul VI.
Protest Pope Paul's Visit
POSTERS PROTESTING the forthcoming visit of Pope
Paul VI to India are read by an Indian student in New
Delhi. Religiousgroups in India are asking that the Pope's
visit be cancelled and that Christian missionaries end their,
work in India.
Inter-American Married Couples Suggested
Press Award As Council Auditors
To Maryknoll
MEXICO CITY (NC) -- The
1964 Inter-American Press As.
sociation-Tom Wallace Award
was presented hem to Mary-
knoll magazine.
The magazine was cited for
its "excellent, comprehensive,
perceptive coverage of Latin
America." The Rev. Albert J.
Nevins,: editor of Maryknnll,
was presented with a bronze
plaque by Manuel Cisneros,
former Prime Minister of Peru
who now publishes Lima's La
Cronies.
The ,Awards Committee cited
63 Maryknoll articles dealing
with Latin America in 1953, and
Cisneros noted that "since the
end of World War II, MaryknoU
magazine has made it a policy
to actively promote friendship
and understanding among the
countries and : people of the
Americas."
ROME (NC)--A bishop from
India wants married couples
brought into the hall of the
Second Vatican Council when
it discusses its document on
marriage.
"Millions of families the
world over would be filled with
emotion and gratitude if one
or two families were invited
for the discussions on matri-
mony," Bishop Lawrence
Trover Picechy, S.J., of Jams-
hedpur told the N.C.W.C. News
Service here.
It would be a "symbolic ges-
ture," the Jesuit bishop said,
and would show the council's
"recognition of the dignity of
marriage and family life."
Bishop Picaehy pointed out
that lay auditors were invited
to the council in 1963, that
women were brought into the
third session, and that repre-
sentative narish priests were
invited to attend the debate
on the priesthood. . •
Be said the exhaustive de-
bate on the laity has failed to
touch on one vital point--the
family as the unit or "subject"
of the lay opostolate.
"God has instituted the
family as the first and most
basic social unit," the bishop
said. "By its very nature
the family apostolate can
claim priority ever other
forms." However, not every-
one has the time and inclina-
tion to join apostolic organi-
zations, and not everyone is
suited to their discipline, the
bishop said.
"Youth movement leaders
are still grappling with the
problem of how to preserve
the zeal of their most promis-
ing leaders after marriage.
Perhaps the Christian Family
Movement may prove1 to be a
providential answer. A couple-
centered apostolate is always
more effective than an individ-
ual effort."•
Press Agency
Group Slates
Rome Meeting
ROME (NC)--Representatives
of 11 members of the Interna-
tional Federation of Catholic
Press Agencies will meet here
November 9 to elect a new
president.
The office was left vacant
with the resignation of Frank
A. Ball, who withdrew when he
retired from the directorship of
the N.C.W.C. News Service,
Washington.
The meeting will be attended
by representatives of national
Catholic news agencies in the
United States, Canada, the
Congo, Belgium, Germany, Aus-
tria, Spain, the Netherlands,
Switzerland, Italy and Argen-
tina.
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