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<:^- v ^»»^^^^ S»NIK«8Mte»»B^-V^^^ .,., & ^_ )^^\-:^^ir^\f'^^^^g^^^ s ^ mmi s mil 100th ANNIVERSARY ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE 0 ROCHESTER NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER Vol. 80 No. 7 20 Pages Rochester, New York Price: 15?! &•<«?,<; ^^^Kms^^ Friday, Nov. 15, 1968 f§pH» 1 *\> * .V** ^' j#$.:. -;^&1!i*-.\-.^''^\V.:>.A'^lStMV* ^^.,'V ; r»*' \?J.f>W»?».-S^-.^ SO IllUCh Heed... Bishops Discuss v ^-y-w^f-vASS^i^ Bring UsableClothes to Your Parish Now Can you spare used clothes you don't wear anymore? Sweaters, Coats, Shoes, Blouses, Skirts, Slacks, Glomes and Shirts, The poor overseas need them badly to hold off winter cold. New President and Religion Bishop Sheen 6 Around the World 5 Commentary 19 Diocesan 7 Editorial 6 Entertainment 14 Sports 17 Interracial 18 IF YOU MOVE . . . let us know about it so we can keep your Courier coming to you on time. Phone or mail us notice of your change of ad- dress. Include your old address and new address and the name of your parish. Courier-Journal, 35 Scio St., Rochester, N.Y. 14604. Phone 716-454-7050. By WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY Washington — (RNS) — With Richard M. Nixon ready to take up residence in January at the White House, observers here ask the ques- tion: What will be his reaction to the petitions and influences of or- ganized religious groups? Churchmen's calls at the White House on matters of national and internationl import were almost rou- tine in the last eight years. Mr. Nixon, however, has had but little contact with religious agencies involved in issues of the day. There is no record, for example, of Mr. Nixon having been invited to be the speaker at any major or national Protestant or Catholic conference on U.S. crises since the day he left the Vice Presidency on Jan. 20, 1961. Observers believe that the trend of dialogue between churchmen and President, begun by Gen. Eisenhow- er and maintained by Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, will be con- tinued. Counting Mr. Nixon, four succes- sive Presidents have had at least one common religious influence — the friendship of evangelist Billy Graham. Mr. Graham had, and has, a first-name relationship with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and now Nixon. Mr. Nixon readily admitted that partially it was the \inspiration\ in- stilled in him by Mr. Graham that caused him to begin his successful quest of the Presidency, a quest de- layed by defeat at the hands of John Kennedy and the debacle which at- tended Mr. Nixon's bid for the gov- ernorship of California. There is no doubt that Mr. Gra- ham and his wife will be frequent White House guests. Early in the \Johnson Administration—the— same was true. Mr. Graham preached the inauguration sermon for President Johnson. It is a strong likelihood that he will repeat for Mr. Nixon. It was natural for Mr. Johnson to have an interested and at times im- portunate clerical group beating a path to the White House. Sweeping social and civil reforms were being promoted as never before, and most major Churches welcomed the trend. The exchange of views was benefi- cial to both. But as clergymen began to become vocal against the war policies of Mr. Johnson in Vietnam, partially be- cause they charged that heavy ex- penditures were vitiating such ihings as the War on Poverty, the visits with the President tapered off. What will be Mr. Nixon's rela- tionship with them is not known. His own religious affiliation, the So- ciety of Friends (Quaker) operates one of the most vocal of the religi- ously-affiliated legislative offices in Washington. Quakers make up an his- toric Peace Church, but Mr. Nixon has been called a \hawk\ for his stand on Vietnam, on armaments and on the non-proliferation treaty. There probably will be strong overtures regarding the future of the many innovative or improved social „wclfajce programs. Jjutialeu\_by-J±ia_ Kcnnesdy and Johnson Administra- tions. A more conservative approach would seem likely by Mr. Nixon, with possible retrenching in vital areas looming as real fears for the clergymen. lie is a Quaker who attends a Methodist church, and sometimes a Congregational church, but pictures of him going to, or leaving, church services are few and far between. This used to he a \must\ for a man wishing to advance in politics. When he was Vice President, the Nixon family attended the Metro- politan Memorial Methodist church in Washington, D.C Their attend- ance at this parUcuIar church was attributed to their two daughters who joined the church choir — Julie, in the family tradition, be- came the choir's vice-president. For seven of his eight years in Washing- ton he never attended the Friends Meeting of Washington. Pastoral Letter on s dl aereaness ofLif e (Compiled from Courier-Journal sources) Washington — (NC) — Prolonged discussion of a pastoral letter to American Catholics on the dignity of •human life, which was expected to touch on marital morality and mod- ern war, marked yesterday's session (Nov. 14), of the semi-annual meet- ing of all U.S. Bishops here. The proposed pastoral, according to Bishop James P. Shannon, aux- iliary of Mlnneapolls-St. Paul who gave the first general details of the letter to newsmen on Wednesday, will have three parts \to empha- size the sacredness and dignity of human life\: 1. \Marital morality, Including the issue of contraception\; 2. \Selective conscientious objec- tion, considering the dignity of human life in war\; 3. \Tremendous corollaries of the technological revolution as it touches human life.\ The discussion covered a revised draft of the long-expected statement from the Bishops to the nation dis- turbed by conflicts over the papal encyclical \Humanae Vitae,\ which prohibited contraceptives, and the peace-demonstrations protesting the Vietnam war. The first pastoral draft was pre- sented by Pittsburgh's Bishop John J. Wright, who had sent a question- naire to all bishops about its con- tent He said 219 bishops had replied with these votes on whether a want- ed topic is to be explicitly treated in document: • Contraception and abortion, 194 yes; 19 no. • Pastoral guidance on Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul's encyclical on birth control, 161 yes; 17 no. • Vietnam war, 121 yes; 64 no. • Selective conscientious objec- tion, 142 yes; 51 no. • Question of conscience and mor- ality of specific wars, 143 yes; 44 no. The bishops were given a draft of the pastoral several weeks ago and were asked to submit written sug- gestions or changes. It was reported at the press brief- ing that the pastoral will be about half the length of the 23,000-word document published last January and will be addressed to all the people of the Church, not just the clergy. It begins with stress on the basic value of human life, and also on the role of conscience in human conduct. It will relate a discussion of the sac- redness of life within the family to the sacredness of life in the prose- cution of war. At the Monday press meeting, New Orleans' Archbishop Philip M. Han- nan said: \All the statements I have read, precisely the statement of the French bishops, does say contracep- tion is a disorder and it is wrong. The U.S. pastoral certainly will not be in contradiction to anything that the Holy Father has said in Humanae Vitae. But Humanae Vitae is not a full theological discussion of all the nuances of freedom of conscience. Therefore, in the pastoral letter you can very well have a treatment of those things which impinge on mat- ters brought up in Humanae Vitae.\ Greensburg's Bishop William G. Connare, reporting for the bishops' Committee on Missions,- proposed a new structure to coordinate the work of all missions. The members would be from the conference of bishops and the Conferences of Major Reli- gious Superiors of Men and of Women. Bishop Alexander M. Zaleski of Lansing, in discussing the work of the Doctrine Committee, stressed it Is intended, as theological service to individual bishops or groups of bish- ops — it Is not an \amateur Holy Office\ — organized to seek out theological error. He stressed that the bishops should recognize this fact He urged bishops not to be hasty in placing labels on theologians who earnestly and conscientiously strive to assist doctrinal development in these changing times. He spoke at some length about the obligation to preserve true doctrino in the Church, at the same time recogniz- ing conditions necessary for legiti- mate dissent in the teaching func- tion. At the bishops' meeting in Washington, Bishop Sheen chats with Auxiliary Bishop Warren L. Boudrcaux of Lafayette, La. French Bishops Stress Birth ^untroiConscience (NC News Service) Lourdes—The assembly of French Catholic bishops declared here lhat although contraception is always ;i ' disorder,\ it need not imply moral guilt on the part of married couples who practice it. This is a matter the couple must decide for themselves |a(ter serious reflection before God. the bishops said. A declaration by the 120 French bishops at the meeting praised the spirit of Pope Paul VI's encyclical. Humanae Vitae, which reaffirmed the Church's ban on artificial birth con- liol. A Catholic couple has the duty to try to abide by.thc teachings of the Church and the duty of preserving the stability of their marriage, the bishops .••aid. When these duties conflict, a couple must prayerfully decide which \ fluty takes precedence, they said. Following Is the passage on \con- 11 let of duty\: v \Contraception can never be a good. It is always a disorder but this dis- continued on Page 2) German Diocese Gets Married Diaconate Rotterburg, Germanyt — (NC) — The Rotterburg diocese became the second See in this country to revive the permanent diaconate when nine married men were ordained deacons here. The first married deacons in this country — five —' were ordained in April in the Cologne archdiocese. \• 4&
