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I T U~-f 1 u I l- H- I _ «» 1 \ -/ - J ] _M* ' • | 1 A ' T - - \ ; / - -•X-£l \ : • s ;i • &«,,:: i'4l A t * ^r • ** LZ^ — 2Q Pcga^ ^ ?6\N^ \i AT_ \ 'u N Rochester, New York^ ' YX \ Price: 150 r? J v Friday,, Jan. TQ^T' By FATHER R. A. GRAHAM Special Correspondent >,. Yificih^CtjIy ^W(RNS) -c Pope ^^3^ai|lght™,jCftristniaS\Mass in* the steel mills of Tarahto i?as a bold and>Jelibir|Lte f<»rayijito the world of J|Hei^(>i^ihg; -class, ,JIls,'wbrd^ ..to. • the helmeted men. pausing between ^sMm^rMet%d5^mhagj^men^^__Yil,-. -jnvfiCTTriyHnaal- a^frjieiidiy. and. recep-. tiye••^Swn«^H«r^|o|jfintor 'the. Church,.,^a» meant hot so much for the^:-i»y-iftcruit^ from rural South- \efiffril^Siy^nfpr w^^cf elsewhere more fixed than they in traditional Working-class ideologies. 1% yras not- always ,like that, he v —said; and it should ' n<o£ be like that, today. _' \Precisely as ° Pope of the Catholic Church,; as» a lowly but au- ~ th«ntic^e|i)^BseTn1a^ve of that Christ . whose nativity we commemorate this night . . ; we havie come 'here among, you to say that thl^. separation-be- tween, the world of labor and. the World of \reflgBnHheChristian re- ligion, should not^exist.\ Pope Paul insisted that the'Church, •as a mother, does understand them. „_iffi»^b^ay^aM^dev-»0|^tJ3 sic thelb^e^when—he^tfansferred the problem from the marrOw perspec- tive of worker-employer relations (the \exploited'' and the^exploiter\) frdm the industriahreyolutidntozthe' technical explosion that has 'trans*, formed soc'iety_since World War II. Since Vatican II—the need is. to clarify the Church's outlook .on the 'relation ' of religion\ to technology and not so much to the classic capi- talistic society.. ' '. * The pontiffs frankness in admit- ting the gap separating him from tbem was so®rlsBag; \H seems to uS that between y^ii v and us there ,is no ^minon language. You stand im- •mersed'Hhiavwortd that is unfamiliar -to J Mie ,wttrid in which we, men of the CJhiii^ Hye. ,i: ~ -~Bernddress6d tttenv.juy!brethra^ l^jgfn^^eyhe^wen^^t'immedfc, \ she is blind to your heeds or deaf to your voices.\ It is true that the Church is not -a partisan of *the- class struggle, he said,. especially* when it takes the form of hate and violence. .\But the Church recognizes t^Jneed for justice for ah honest people and defends and promotes 1 it as much as ' it is able.\ : * - •. <* These are themes;-of course, that have been, classic at least since Pope —PiuSrrXI 4n^thevlO30slidTd the then. a^aaian^^^nde^f^erYaMtng^- hr:~\V- ately jo say-that^ jn-realityr this; may hot he the truis state of affairs. Be- -eaase, ho said, \ali-of iis-are-aware of. tMs v :teyident fa^: the. world of la- bor ^aridr the wprid of rreligion In our times are Iwo separated worlds, cut Ptf^ and-roften-irtopposition;\' Christian workers, that tne \scar of \the-19th Century was.the loss of Jhe working class to the Church.\ The\ de-Ohristianization of labor in Europe has beeii-a major worry of the Church. But Paul VI perhaps marked the' transition from this clas- The .pontiff—eited-tfae conoiliar• de=—» \cre^TBff'th^'^hurclr World. .130 stress that there is no - thought of challenging the. victories of. man's genius -as—though \these achievements could in any way pre- sent a challenge to .God's achieve-' ments. He denied that the Church wishes to \clericaldze as he put it, man's work or to substitute purely reli- gious ends for the development of human activity, **to oppose the gos- —pel-to^cienUfic^echnical^ economic social-^rogressJl:—... / Pope Paul VI distributes Communioh to steel workers at Tarantor, \Italy ditfing the celebration of : .\' \ \ \ ~ ~ Christinas Mianight Mass. (ENS) There were no protesters at Taren- - to^ no_..^'coTttestatorg,'' certamly^tet- among the workers for whom'the midnight Mass was reserved. It .is legitimate to speculate on the Pope's own reactions to this peaceful recepr a class are identified with the \revolution.\-He had spoken of them as \disinherited\ and \despairing.\ . Yet they were willing to listen to him and—to anyone who could show_ them a way to abetter future. This is a kind of revolutionary spirit, he must have thought, that is now out of- date in a time when the upheavalF iff\ society arise not from the victims of the industrial-revolu-- tion. but from the children of the con- sumer revolution. On Diocese Jl \ Thousand Steeples\ *y John Decker, ITTy story of the Diocese of Rochester marking its 100th Anniver- sary, will be presented \on Channel 10, Bochester, next Tuesday, -Jan. 14 at^ k404lM>^- the progrtm to= - e4^i-d-e^M»»nittlsCences JLy Bishop James E. Kearney and forecasts on the second century by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. . -** \^-^-^^ - ' *•* U.S. Bishops Ask Talks rat t ^Washington — CNCJ —The U.S. Catholic Bishops, speaking through^ their division for World Justice and Peace, have publicly pleaded with \the Arab and Israeli governments to pursue conciliatory—negotiations toward peaceful coexistence. A statement issued in conjunction with U.S. Catholic jibiervance-of— World Day for, Peace said: \Nowhere else is peace more tenu- ous, nowhere \else has war struct more often in recenj umes r than in JhTMHdIe~neast; ^KKiiflhr past two week* tne-pattern pi reprisal and counter-reprisal, of violence and mis- understanding, has accelerated^ . \We feel it necessary to insist that the Middle East's sufferings be view- ed in their proper perspective.\ It continued: \Those-who^wish to bring peace and justice to this trou- bled area must begin with the un- derstafrding of^two facts: —-«--That-lsrael-does~exist.as-a_state^ and is a member nation „of the United Nations organization; > r f I •. That a large number of- refit gees on both sides; many- of them entering their third de^adevol\ un-_ perTiamt3raiid\deprivltion. nmsE~re- ceive. effective • faeh> to permanently relieve their sufferings. -\gej>Jead_ with the Arab govgn^: ments to enter sincerely into negoti^ atton»4n. or4er_tD_fJnd_a„griu^^ plead wJRfi ihe IsraeU \ goverm»|$ : to maintain.a cbnciUailory spirit m seeking negotiations and settlements with the Arab governments^ \We urge all members of the United Nations to strongly support —tfeit-^orgflinizatioh's' efforts to seek and • utilize every feasible route to peace in the Middle East.!l . . =fi 4 Altar Girls, attired in-white robes, pose in the sanctuary of,St. Catherine of Siena Catholic church, a French-language parish in-Montreal. The \altar girls\ serVe alongside altar;fcoys in assisting the priest at liturgical services, .includingJfessOEWhexJG^ar.i.Jlip^^^ tradition has Jbeen enthusiastically received by the parishioners and \has. created a new •'..\ interest in religious worship. (BNS) zeevtimu Washington, B.C. — (KNS) — The year 1968 Js the first on record to T pass without any executions in -the , United States, according to the Fed-- eral Bureau of Prisons. Have Faith in Today ? g Youth _3attcaaCity^ <JSGK—.Jaaverfaitii in:ijoday*8* youth antLthey will\pay you back -a fiundreafold with.their MMS«Ses£^JMll^e-^hgations sOdetyiwltt a?k of them, Popfe Paul V3:jfela=a=g)n)u^of Italian \educators (Decs 30). - include directors of Italy's Catholic with which they take*, their obliga- schools. - • c . ^ tions. Young people-and the \problems -fliat^ace-memHffas^he-^op v ic-of-Pope- Paul's briefLjalk tMOO-lmambers of tfresEJBil&ation oi Institutes: Under Ecclesiastical Authority. Members. The Pope said ihat ^he^adultsof tomorrow** are \the connecting fabric of ciyjl and social, lifW 1 He said- that the Church\ looks upon these youths with ^great-hope, conviheed Mbf the mature and profound -seriousness\ • \Have faith in these young people,\ Pope Paul exhorted. The young, he said, are -capable of \giving back a hundredfold for one of those seeds planted in their avid minds which seek toTcriow.\ \ ' This disclosure. led one legal ex- - pert-in thebattle against capital-pun- ishment to predict that executions Will never be-resumed in this coun- try. . \^\William Cr Kmgr director^of infor- matidn for the Bureau of Prisons, re- ported that l968~~was the firsLwith- out executions since his agency be-\ gan cpllectiag records in 1930. Jack Greenberg. director of the National Association, for the Advance- ment of Colored People Legal De- fense and.\\ Educational FuhdV lnc;r said last year's absence of executions^ constituted a temporary \de facto national \-abolition of the death penalty.\ '_.... _ -HheJonger-this- de facto-abolition lasts,\ he said, \the tougher it is going ttr *e to just- open' the gas chambers again some day and march a thousand- guys hx there.\ ' The Bureau\ of Prisons -reported thlt WTKe~ firstrxlay;-of~i968- there were 435 inmates waiMhg in \death .rows it ^across=the oouuliy — twice the number of the previous year. The great number of court chal- lenges-to-the death penalty, has been the delaying factor and Greenberg said that it could be years before the questions are resolved. The NAACP agency launched its drive-against- capital punishment-in- 1965: A similar effort was also un- dertaken- by-the : American-Givil-Lib- erties Union. * . The ACLU has been backing at- tempts, to have state legislatures abolish the-death penalty. Thus far, inine: states Jia^e^liminlrf^ ir~cora* pletely and four others (including New York) -allot it under \Special circumstancesrnotably the-murder of a policeman or prison guard. ON THE INSIDE -BishoklSheen. i • Around the World ..... i-AlMu^^^^ountry ,, jSonikenlafy 4,,.... • • Entertaihment yH! i 1lr ; P*H»e^^^HBtFRKEr&S^^ (NC News Service)^ in the May^ne offensive Hejs^re- • ',•'.. pared\ to. use-his options for psychol- Saigpn ^\Despite tfte dire, fore qgical-And propaganda purposes but CastsHiniade^^y^^nie^bii^ntators witii no hope of eventual military ittlhjs4|^tJMei^^:^^^«t_ , stxecess. p6btancy_of ^ffiie^hreu . government' tbility~in - extend ; ing its' authority and presence throughout Vietnam. The—accderated-paeification--pro- immediately following tjhe Viet Cong Tetp^eHSivei the ove^Hjgctgre at ttfe~e1idrot~thryear^is-^mM * •ton^#6tte^would-have-imiaginedJ-a U.Sl official said here; '»•-,. „. __. . ... 'and*-* again: irij&& r? tn'e^jih^WN**\ 5 ** 0 -- %Mw i ^'-i^i'iW4oitiM'»&. were. -iUi£thjH^iek^o^^M^wo^^ciol- gram ordered by President Thieu is r^»w-aimtog\tO'^ehieve~ln^three»-'to He.remains a threat because of his six months~what had' l>eeh program- use of the sanctuaries in Laos and • med for drie^yeaf. More than 1,100 Gambodia, where-he retires to refit contested hamlets are ±he targets for andjetrain. In rural areas he still the program by the end of January, has an infrastructure which he is 1969. If. pacification, succeeds there ^tnOw^-tryihg to legaUzdr— •—,: —wlll-liejiothingJeft^or^he Viet Cong ^o^s^pport-or-to-supptol?t B .them.* . f TIeWiftow 7 It was an eterttftil ymf ,#>f ^iet- iian^Witm^deveiopnienlsy inslde^the r '-kleb^tfE -Cbtirtef. CptraAg, to countiy andleveilts outside affecting^ i y brrtimer^Mone^©f-ffiail--^us~-^ HS^^Vi^^n^ssttthf^VI^^ ^ P^ito^jor^our.^cl liS;^v. ffr-^ J^\\ -~*rtBx.^ 7 ••-••.;• fusal^te^^Parjs, .aM finally .the r copgea can ^ ^ ««« J _>^sr*^.- .w ,•. . -. '-rmt-rvr~Z ~~ ttMsi&n uf 66^imfcSSa thV-coim- a We » f achieving theu^ objecti mW§' •I'ti-h^^Qtfii&l^ ? ^rt-^-^fflcia1< S aid. \There iwiAiiSiv - J J,»«.> rfH^*h^«raiwiasi ^^••7^^M^ : ^oM^^'^kiii^m&&i • • ifi\ v Sect. of' -reasonable • successes.\ J3y December thiS-year the enemy claimedlo have elected 1,986 liber- ation committees in the villages and can identify 1,028. According to al- lied sonrces, 65%^ of theser,liberation cdmmitteie4 *re4n yiet^Cong=contrdlL_. led \areas; lS% 'in Contested-areas, .15% in areas cojatroUed by the_South ( Vietiiamese government and 5% in abandoned, hamlets '•\_- z2 ^ \The Vietnantese are. intelligeiit- and-wheh Well led and properly en- couraged can getv ahead and* are cap- **' -* '\ \-^ \'-\\--objectives \in a U.S. On Jan. 31, 1968, the\ goveniment - had complete control of j58% M the Tural EW iJop^laHolii' ) ,n while™ immediately after Tet it dropped to 44%.\ By the end of November, it Had risen again eyery. pros^' Village, and hamlet administration - is improving, blut there Is a defFnlfe\ shortage in- managerial tajQit,_and t very? ofteir there^ls\ lack, of motiva- tioir :but- \withr improved\ leadership • the pacifjeation\\, cadres are ge.tting better. There is. now a training pro- gram for elected village and hamlet officials. Tlie.Ohieu.Hoi (Open Arms) .program is doing well and there is progress.in rpoting out the Viet,Cong \ififr^ructure: „ * v - .v \* \But, ; as always, the \ba3js for paci- flcatiQn\ is secuyityl s -\^ to the 0 ' \ \Called to Vreedon7\is the theme rot..«MSt3il^^\?t*|ag; • for'Chtistisn uVity» Jan. HM.,^(^Mii^m^f6^m, Pk 1 tioh» Coum o* ehurches r \BepartWeht W .Paltk.lM-0J(r#|^» recommended by the Roman/.Catholte-Bishop^•(E^^^^^ —*•' ^me^al-iuid-HlirterreItgious-~Atfai^vthKw^lllgiSfcP\ \\ help churches torisidei- the meattihg U MM #**^ ^ »—**^ &h-
