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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,
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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). Proposals- for de
centralization of church govern
ment, considered by the fathers
in two weeks of sharp debate,
include the establishment of a
"senate of bishops", in Rome to
whirh national hierarchies
would send ejected representa-
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lives; the granting of real leg
islative powers to national con
ferences of bishops, such as the
U. S. National Catholic Welfare
Conference (NCWC) and an ex
plicit council statement that bish
ops possess not merely such
powers as the Vatican has dele
gated to them, but ail powers
of decision which have not been
specifically "reserved" by the
Pope. The practical effect would
be to greatly reduce the num
ber of matters that must be
referred to Rome. 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
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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
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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.
Schmelzer and his present
wife were in Groat Falls for the
trial of the frail teen-ager.
The Jury found the White boy
guilty of slaying Johnson with
an ax during burglary. atlcmpt
at the home' of the' elderly
man's son in Great Falls. John
son's wife, Alma, 73, also was
beaten with the ax but survived.
Schmelzer is survived by five
other children, Tony, Carol,
Randy, Ronald and Linda.
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