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•••mi •m^mm •.*?ax ±t\a ^C life' ^$# •\:\i\SEX';.'..: EVENTS Illusion' COJJl^ER-l6URISlAL By FR. R. A. GRAHAM, S.J. Special Correspondent Vatican City ^-URNSl1—JXTSew\ offensive aimed at abolition of obli- gatory celibacy for Catholic priests- has developed in the past few months in Europe. On the flee of it, activity of priests' groups in Germany, France and Italy looks/ lifce the beginning of a ground swell. Hfcuf a—marricd Catholic .clergy., is not for tomorrow, if one looks close- ly into the real prospects and possi- bilities ot a change. Ihe_expecMion that priests will soon be allowed to marry >—-or that former priests now married Wltl\he™allowed to resume the ministry they left_—- must be - reckoned one of the biggest illusions current in the' Catholic world today. good springboard for renewal pro- — posals, offers no encouragement to ,—theljmti^eUbacy^^JiiLQveiaeJit. Thai The signs are completely lacking that the bishops and the Pope pro- pose to depart from the tradition of celibacy in the Western church. If there is\ a crisis in vocations, they do not intend to solve it by matri- mony. ... question, by the desire of the Coun- cil Fathers and of Pope John XXIII, did not get on the agenda as such. The decree 1 on The Ministry and Life of Priests; approved 1 and confirmed the existing traditional legislation. .Finally, the eneycliealrof PopePaW VI — On Priestly Celibacy — dated June 247 1967, definitely closed the issue so far as the Pope is concerned. We know now, since the birth con- trol eray4dicaf r ~thaf %e~ is ready -to brave currently popular opinion in support of what he thinks is -bis duty. A reversal of stand is not in the cards. \This question should not be dis- \cussed in;'the~i!OiiuicJLjuuI ; should re- public,discussion in the Council and.,, reserved UTtfteTfcflrSee, that is, to\ himself^.whateyer__measures wgre_to^__ be taken. Later oiy in the final stages^of the-,. Council, some bishops did raise the question again. At this poM£, Pope Paul had a letter read to thejCoun- - cl Fates on Oct. 11, 1965, Jn which he deciaredlie AH not want a debate,. on the matter. , He added, \Wis our intension, in- so far it lies in us, not only to pre- serve this ancient, sacred and provi-r PuMUhtd Widely by % „ toeh^Ur ,^p«tkollc Pr«. Ablation. SUBSCRIPTION BATES 11.10; Canada and So»Ui Awer t»f iW*; other foretan »«n«riet; $» S\. **»LO*REli5r Sdo Slreet.'-RodlMtar. N^TMIW^SfjiBSr Claia Paataaa P« ld •«: Rocheiter, N.Y.^<?J- ^•A'tos. dential law, tart to reinforce Bs 06* scrvance, recalling-.the priests of the Latin Church to the~awareneis-ftfJthe_- causes and the reasons that today — and especially today — make, this law most suitable^—-— YOU CAH GUARD AGAINST HEART AnACK WhflascienerissiarchiiiB far curov-taiw-tlMM precautions §nd r«du» your risks of hurt attack: main in the competence of the Holy See,\ said Cardinal Leo Su'enens of Malines. So also spoke Cardinal Frings of Cologne and Cardinal Eeger, -then of Montreal.- C1TO Award for Lombardi \ man very much: In the news^Vince Lombardr, receives the\Caf67 olic Youth Organization's highest sports citation from Archbishop Terence J. Cooke-of New York. Lombardi was given the John V. Mara Memorial Sportsman of the Year Award. He recently was named coach, general manager and part-owner of the Washington Redskins. {RNS) The German bishops, in a state- ment of Dec. 28, could not Jbe cleat. er, After noting with sympathy the personal drama of individual priests, they said thejr are-ready to 'help find new work for those Legitimately re- leased from their obligations. \All priests and priest groups which work against the obli- gation of celibacy- should ast them- selves honestly- how they stand in regard to their „own personal de^_ cision to follow the unmarried state of life.\ \It cannot be allowed,\ said the German bishops, \that in this mat- ter -any -ambiguitar-exist in the com- Pope John himself finally decided tharlh\e~question was rioT\suitabreToT The Vatican's (and the bishops'), resistance\ rests on the long history of the celibacy issue. Periodically in the past century, not to go farther back, a move developed in one or several countries. There was one such immediately after the First tican~Councrl in 1870. '— New York — (RNS) — Twenty Jewish, Roman Catholic and Protes- tant leaders, Negro and white, active in human rights banded together here in a campaign to end .escalating bigotry in the nation's largest-city. munity of the Church. We must ask the young men preparing themselves for the priesthood to decide for celi- bacy freely and without reservation, so that they can be advanced to the priestly state.\ The Vatican Council, usually a They acted in response to growing tensions between the black and Jew- ish communities here. Pointing out that-NegToes-and-Jews-*ave~acom-- mon stake- in defending one another from bigotry, a statement from the clergymen said: -t^We must break through the the 20 that a \hot Une^ would be established among city agencies to as- sure prompt communication and joint action on community problems. —They also asked mayors of U.S . c^^rto~ei^tal)Iisg^affieits~To mediate: community relations problems before they \escalate-out of all proportion.\ t!W-e-Jwho_^e-JW±ute^athoucs_and- v Blshhop Joseph J». Dougherty, 64, of Yakima, Wash., has retired because of £Q health andAvill be replaced by Msgr. Cornelius M. Power, it was announced by Archbishop Luigi Raiinondi, apostolic delegate to the U.S. ... In another appointment, Msgr. Joseph A. McNicholas has been appointed auxiliary to St. Louis Archbishop John J. Carberry. Rededication for Brotherhood terrible cycle of assault and counter- assault, hatred and response to hatred, which now threatens to en- gulf us.\ Roy Wilkins, executive director of the NAACP and Arthur J. Goldberg, president of the -American Jewish Committee, announced on behalf of Archbishop Thomas A. Boland of Newark, who was accused of ing—racist- .attitudes by 20 priests last month, is one of four men to receive the annual Brotherhood Awards-^rom—the New York — (RNS) — \Brother- hood Begins With You\ is the theme of the National Conference of Chris- tian and Jews' 1969 Brotherhood Week,JF-eb r -16-23. The eventr-to he- marked throughout the country, is now in its 36th year. - Drr-Sterlingr^Wr 3rowni—NCCJ president, stated that the week^'calr - well serve as a time Of rededication for each of us to increase our efforis to achieve the promise of America.\ For \too long have too many\ wait ed for the fulfillment of that prom- ise in their lives, he Bald. iTJhe\capa- city, vitality and know-how\ that ^Americans have used to solve their fcasss? Dr.-Moruilaiie Killed Dr._JMuardp Chlvanlto MondUne, president of the anti-Portuguese\ Moaamblque Liberation Front, was ^amwlnate^-tn-DarrBFSaliaig on: '. Feb. S. A Presbyterian layman, the freedom fighter was seen as a source of hope for hi* colonhed people^y=iiuuBy-t>f--thr-^forMP8-r^r- New Jersey chapter of the Na- tional Conference. of Christian and Jews. The archbishop is being honored for his support of the Mt. Carmel Guild and New Jersey Boystown . . . Arch- San Francois the ma^ r?nitlbnm^ilgriina^erfif honor of Father JunlperdSerra which will leave for Spain Oct. ,5 .-r^, -The-first- layrnan--td~-oo elected chairman of the board of directors at St. Francis Col- lege of Brooklyn is Francis P. Kilcoyne . . . Father Etienne Nixon Plans Visit With Pope Paul Washington — (NC) — President -Richard Nixon has announced-that on his visit to Western Europe from Fob. -23 to March 2 he will meet with • Pope Paul. Nixon £aid he will visit Rome on Feb, 27, and—will returnr there on March 2 to have an audience with Pope Paul VI before returning to the United States. (Vatican sources have reported- that Pope Paul has not yet received Protestants condemn both white \racism and anti-Seniitism as an af- front to the Creator who fashioned men IIL His t image We will appose ~ any-effortsr-to substitute punishment and repression for the quality educa- tion, full employment- and decent housing that every American has a right to expect\ Catholic Spokesman ^Harls Appointment Washington — (NC) — The chief spokesman for the nation's Catholic sclioolsJiailedJPresident Nixon's ap- pointment of James E. Allen as U.S. Commissioner of Education a& an \excellent choice, and one that all educators, both public and private will welcome.\ Allen, ;57, currently New York State Commissioner of Education/ will join the Nixon administration as the nation's No! 1 public school of- ficial sometime this spring. (The ap- pointment had been reported by wire services, but as of. Feb. 3 the White House had not confirmed the ap- pointment.) . . .. ...... \rring^roappftwir^ change to realize justice and equal- ity for all people. National Brotherhood Cnairman in . t9.89_J$_TJhomas Vail, publisher and editor of The Cleveland Plain Deal- er. His message stressed that \only by acting as-a team of people can we all enjoy the richness that is the American-heritage.\ a reauesjffOT^OTraudiencg-b^r^ura '*most willingly\ see the mew *U.S. President) Accompanying President Nixon on the trip will be Secretary of State William P. Rogers and Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, his national security advisor. \ Tilsgr. James C. &ononue[ director of the,'Division of-Elementaryvand Secondary Education, United States Catholic Conference,\ said: \Mr. Al- len's statesman-like handling of the educational\ problem in the State of New York and his consideration for the public policy issues in education\\ -have been admirable.\ '•*$£• South Vietnam* white doves of p cession move ti came as crowd th< GenjjMAJMlm, Negotiations Nig Vatican City — (I ops from warring Ni met in Rome at the t Paul VT *tn flnri m -51S ff<VpT\»r rti'-W-.r: \jl'sSis Heart Association Contributed by tht Publisher ligtoaa leaaers. Ait ettuotton ten ler of his movement In Tanzania has received eliurcli funds. He was one of the principal speakers at the 1966 Conference on Church anil Society sponsored by\ the World Council of Churches. <BNS) TMck, O.P., has been named as- sistant director of the Missibn- ary Secretariat of the Interna- UcoiaL-Catholic Film Office in Rome, \ ^BratheoiioodJs-rnore-4han-a-wopdTi^-- Mr. Vail stated. \It is-the spirit that recognizes the human dignity of every man. It is the effort we make to help the individual achieve his full potential. It is the action we take to insure equal opportunity and liberty for all.\ 3«S4I-^N^-OP-OUIV SALES CONSULTANTS FOR A DEMONSTRATION RIDE IN A PRE-OWNED FROM VALLEY CADILLAC Ui«rfC.t*%r. _J~ IF is cm established fact that no car years li • .. That's why the fine late cf « •'*-\ £1 \t !•&] *t t * ^toi & rVk« £ £&iMj M &i mh* i * ;1 rwis «. 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Both the Po the bishops' state; terms \ecclesiastical Kaduna and Lagos j£_&eJ&igerjaBL£ed fornuir .dared ttaelf x Indepgj name of Biafra), ark comprise the territo fore the advances of The bishops paid Pope's \noble efforts and declared thai Church nor its orj been involved, dire ly, in the present w :: Ih\a dear pro! mounting opposition Nigeria federal gov — to mercy flights bishops asserted thi ganizations fulfillinj duty of ^feeding the 1 ing the naked \des but praise.\ Caritas fiilernatis national Catholic re *^has served the caus a magnanimity bej and without'discrimi 'Undefg Criticizi Borne — (NC) Masses defeat the u unity which should of God, PopeTauf\ Italy's diocesan lit . siona meeting here Urging the liturg >^yeep«rH»iblicalT-Tw ttual understanding TeSEFSSrcerem^Hte! er said the liturgy hut unites, does nol but -joins hearts in love.\ Bnttng-to- J, nnde; Jie-saldt fttere an less underground, w Secupity Trust ha® combined with over 900 other ^Iwaks-from coast to^eoast to bpiag yoa-th64ltiiBa^e* in local and national credit convenience. 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