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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 25. 1962
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Second Vatican Council Now in Debate of Role of Christianity
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By DANIEL F. GILMORE
United Press International
Vatican City -UPD- "tiaudct
mater ccclcsia . . ." intoned
Pope John XXIII. 'Mother
church rejoices . ."
Thus on Oct. 11. in medi
eval pomp and splendor, did
Pope John inaugurate the
great assembly of the Roman
Catholic church the second
Vatican council which now
is joined in a great debate
on the role of Christianity in
the space age.
"Mother church rejoice? "
said the pontiff, and the lead
er of the world's half billion
Roman Catholics, who will be
81 years old next month, him
self had reason to rejoice A
very personal reason: it was
convened on his instigation
Pope John, the peasant's
son who ascended the throne
of St. Peter four years ao,
is convinced that love of God
and man fits in with any are.
Yet he is acutely aware of the
changes around him Born in
1881, he is trying to think
young.
This Ecumenical Council,
the first in a century, was sum
moned "so that the church
will bring itself into step with
modern times," he has said.
And that is the problem.
Guidelines for this second
council in the Vatican the
first here was in 1870 rai.iie
over topics from the ethereal
spirits to the hard tacts of
life. One of the "facts of life"
is an efficient administration
of the 1. 082-year-old Catho'U
church. Then there is the problem
nf church-state relations. This
is a vast field. It concerns
such things as Catholic schools
and the United States and
whether one can constitution
ally say a prayer in public
schools, to tlie simple profes
sion of "I believe in God" ir.
the Communist-ruled regimes
of the world.
Deep in Study
The nearly 3,000 church
"fathers" in attendance also
are deep in the study of
redefinition of their own pow
ers. Pope John, unlike his pred
ecessors, delegates authority.
He is aware of criticism of
"Rome and the Vatican."
"It has become impractical
to channel everything through
Rome," the American Catholic
bureau of information states.
This voice of more than 40
million American Catholics
says:
"One of the items before
the council is redefinition of
the authority of bishops. Many
routine decisions now mus!
be referred to Rome before
action. With about 550 million
baptized Catholics in all parts
I of the world, it has becom.
! impractical to channel every-
thing through Rome."
The bisliops meeting in
council are certain to emerae
with increased powers.
Extending Dogma
There is even talk of ex
tending tlie dogma of papal
infallibility to bishops
This is not intended to mean
that the pope - or possibly
eventually tlie bishops can't
make mistakes in what they
say or do. It refers to the doc
trine that when they are talk
ing strictly on subjects of faith
and morals, they have the
guidance of God and cannol
err in those fields.
The church fathers also con
front the challenge of militant
atheism, spotlighted by the
doctrine of communism which
controls much of the world.
Yet Moscow saw fit to allow
to attend the council two
! prelates of the stale-controlled
orthodox church of Russia
Struggle Is Concern
i The power struggle between
East and West is of concern
to the council. It will deliber
I ate far into next yea1- such
' problems as, for example, the
moral issues of a possible nu
clear war.
Many other topics incen
ccivable in open church dis
cussion only a decade ago also
will be discussed, such as
birth control, marriage for
priests, slacks for nuns, taking
some French classics off the
index of prohibited books,
and so on.
Catholics and non-Catholics
alike are excited at the possi
bilities of a "modernization"
of the Church of Rome that
might eventually make it
easier for a unification of all
Chrisitan churches.
Pope John, in addressing
the opening council session,
said it all comes down to the
basic question of whether man
is good or evil.
Problem Remains Unchanged
"The great problem con
fronting the world after al
most 2.000 years remains un
I changed," he said. "Christ L"
tcr of history and of life.
Men are either with Him and
His church ... or else they
are against Him."
The pope plunged into the
council with the optimistic en
thusiasm of youth.
"We feel," he said, "thai
we must disagree with those
prophets of gloom who are
always forecasting disaster a.!
though the end of the world
was at hand.
"In the present order of
things, divine providence is
leading us to a new order of
human relations, which by
men's own efforts and even
beyond their very expecta
tions are directed toward the
uilfillment of Gods superior
and inscrutable designs . . ."
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