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MEOFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Council Decisions Will Affect Millions of MONDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1963 EDITOR'S NOTE: The Sec ond session of the Ecumeni cal Council is drawing to a close after making decisions that will affect millions of persons. The following dis patch is the first of three, summing up the council's ac complishments, reporting on what may be expected from future sessions, and assessing the role of Pope Paul VI. By LOUIS CASSELS VATICAN CITY (UPI) - On a bright blue Roman day last week, a priest and a newsman stood outside St. Peter's Basili ca and watched 2,000 colorfully garbed bishops pour through its massive iron doors at the end of the days meeting of the Ecumenical Council. "No matter how often you see it, its a moving spectacle," the reporter said. "Yes," said the priest. "I can never forget that these men are making decisions that will affect hundreds of millions of people for centuries to come." He did not exaggerate. At its first session, in the fall of 1962, A 9 People the Ecumenical Council did not accomplish very much. It got bogged down in endless debate, and had to grope its way pain fully to efficient procedures. Religious Bodies But the second session, now drawing to a close, has been tremendously fruitful. It has completed action on some proj ects, and initiated others, which will lead to far - reaching changes not only in the inter nal life of the Catholic Church but also in its relations with other religious bodies. Since they reconvened last Sept. 29, the council fathers have: Finished work on a lengthy liturgical reform document de signed to convert Catholic laity from silent spectators into ac tive participants in public wor ship. Among many other things, it authorizes use of modern languages instead of Latin in large portions of the Mass and in the administration of such sacraments as baptism and marriage. This document will be finally approved by the council and formally promulgat ed by the Pope at a public cer emony Friday. Endorsed by an overwhelm ing majority a theological doc trine known in council jargon as "the collegiality of bishops" which affirms that bishops have a divine right to share with the Pope in the government of the universal church. This doctrine, which has the full support of Pope Paul VI, is intended to correct the emphasis on papal supremacy which has charact erized Catholic thought since the last Ecumenical Council in 1870, and to restore the much more ancient concept of the Podo as the head of the col lege of bishops. Vast Power Begun work on practical measures for enhancing the powers of bishops (and corres pondingly reducing the vast power now exercised in the name of Uie Pope by the Ro man Curia). 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Voting on the details of this controversial doc ument was deferred until the next council session. Approved the restoration of the ancient order of deacons, which goes back to the new testament, in areas where there is a serious shortage of priests. Deacons, unlike priests, may be married men. They will be or dained clergymen, and will per form many of the functions of priests, but will not be author ized to celebrate mass or hear confessions. Remove Obstacles Begun debate on a docu ment which seeks to create an entirely new climate in inter faith relations. It recognizes the right of Protestant churches to be regarded as Christian bodies in which the Holy Spirit is auth entically at work. It calls on Catholics, from bishops to laity, to do all in their power to "re move obstacles" to Christian re union and to achieve greater mutual love and understanding with the "separated brethren." Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- THE MAN who gave fair Harvard its name may never coon if Tho mllpes was orjened in 1637. John Harvard, a vouns cleric in Charlestown. Mass., died in 1638 and left his entire liorary and half his other prop erty to the struggling new institution of learning. The General Court there upon ordered that it ba named in his Honor, jno nnrtrait of John Harvard ever has been found. Tho statue in the Yard is a visualization for which & freshman posed. After the opening of an off -Broadway play, the author, dismayed because a largo part oc in nuuivuu never came back for tho second aot, alibied to Critic George Op penhelmer, "I wrote this entire drama in four days flat." Oppen beimer answered coldly, "What toolc you so long?" Going the rounds again is George Burns' classic story of the pig who swallowed a atick of dynamite, rubbed against a building, and caused an explosion that razed four city blocks. . "It sure inconvenienced us," admitted the owner. "For two or three days we had a mighty sick pig on our hands!" ' O 1963, by Benuett Cert. Distributed by Klnj Featurel Syndicate Tts ? It puts the Catholic Church of. ficially on record, for the first time, in favor of religious lib erty for all. And it strikes a blow at one of the historic roots of anti-Semitism by declaring that the Jews must not be made scapegoats for. the crucifixion of Christ, since the guilt for that "decide" rests upon all mankind. This document on "ecumenism" . (ecclesiastical slang for the movement toward Christian unity) was the last to be taken up at this session, and voting on its provision doubt less .will await the next ses sion. . .Mural Standards These are only the highlights of the work . accomplished by the council fathers this fall. Many other things might be mentioned their overwhelm ingly favorable , reception of a document which emphasizes the importance ot tne laity as Christ's ambassadors to the real workaday world. . .approval of decree upholding freedom of the press but calling for higher moral standards in all media of mass communications. '. .their decision, by a -very close vote, to devote a single modest chap ter rather than a whole lengthy document to exposition of Cath olic beliefs about the Virgin Mary, But even a partial listing of the second session's accomplish ments should make clear that the Ecumenical Council is no longer bogged down in talk. It has begun to move, and it seems to be moving with a might determination toward the goals of reform, . renewal . and reunion which fired the heart of Pope John XXIII when ha called the council into being. Next: What may be expected from future sessions of the council. . Smart, Slimming Motor Hotel Group Favors Sales Tax PORTLAND (UPI) -The Ore. gon Motor Hotel Association has approved a resolution favoring a statewide sales tax if the re- ceipts are used for real prop erty and income tax relief. . The resolution also stipulated that the tax should be' non selective and have one uniform rate. - : ' , It was passed Saturday on the concluding day of the asscia. lion's convention here. Other re solutions urged legislation to control excessive highway noise and a lien law to protect own ers of mobile home parks against customers who do not pay their bills. Mel Stricklett, Portland, was elected president. In addition to Slncklclt, new members of the board of direc tors are Ernest Trcmper and Walter Johnson Portland; Don Dennis, Hal Boone and Carl (Rudy) Nystrom, Eugene; Paul Farnsworth and R o b e r t Rea, Bend; J. R. Bcadmore, Depoe Bay; J. T. Hamilton, Medford; Harry Molalore, Klamah Falls; Bob Sussman, Pendleton; llallie Urquart, Ontario; Carl Labiske, Astoria, and William Mctcalf, Seaside. Father of Convicted Murderer Kitted in Industrial Accident GREAT FALLS, Mont. (UPI) The father of Dennis Schmel- zer White, 17, has been killed in an industrial accident at Ashland,' Ore., less than one month after his son was con victed of murder. Everett Marion Schmelzcr, 37, f Talent, Ore., was killed Wed nesday at a lumber mill when he fell from the side of a fork lift and the vehicle's wheels ran over him. , The White boy ,t who had taken the name of his stepfather after his mother divorced Schemlzer and remarried, was convicted here Oct. 22 of first-degree mur der in the July 14 ax-killing of Godfrey Johnson, 78. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Reports here said White asked permission to attend his father's funeral but prison officials re fused to let him leave the stale. 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