2nd Session Of Ecumenical Council Nears End
After Making Decisions That Affect Millions
EDITORS NOTE: The sec
find session of the Ecumeni
ral Council i 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, ri'iorting on
what may be evpeclcd from
future sessions, and assessing
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By LOUS CASSKLS
VATICAN CITY (ITU 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
Falls. Oregon Thursday. November 2H, ISM
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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
w ill aflect hundreds of millions
of people for centuries to
come."
He did not exaggerate. At its
PACK IS
first session, in the fall of 1962,
tlie 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.
Rut 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 do
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 allirms that bishops have
a divine right to share w ith 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
IR70, and to restore the much
more ancient concept of the
Pope as the head of Ihe col
lege of bishops.
Begun work on practical
measures for enhancing the
powers of bishops 'and corres
pondingly reducing the vast
power now exercised in Ihe
name of Ihe Pope by the Ro
man Curia. I 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
u hich national hierarchies
would send elected representa
tives: 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
bishops possess not merely such
powers as the Vatican has dele
gated to them, but all powers
of decision which have not been
specifically "reserved" by Ihe
Pope. The practical effect would
he lo greatly reduce the num
ber of mailers that must be
referred lo Rome. Voting on the
details of this controversial doc
ument was deferred until Ihe
next council session.
Approved the restoration of
Ihe ancient order of deacons,
which goes back to Ihe 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
conlessions.
Begun debate on a docu
ment which seeks to create an
entirely new climate in inter
fallh relations. It recognizes the
right of Protestant churches to
le regarded as Christian bodies
tn which the Holy Spirit is auth
entically at work. It calls on
Catholics, from bishois to laity,
to do all in tlteir power to "re
move obstacles" to Christian re
union and to achieve greater
mutual love and understanding
with tl.e "separated brethren."
It puts the Catholic Church of
ficially on record, for the first
time, in favor of religious lib
erty for all. lAnd it strikes a
blow- at one of the historic roots
of anti - Scmitism by declaring
that the Jews must not be made
sranocoats for Ihe crucifixion
of Christ, since Ihe guilt for
that "decide" rests upon all
mankind. TNs document on
"ecumenism" iecclesiastic.il
slang for the movement toward
Christian unity: was the last lo
he taken up at this session, anil
voting on its nrovisions doubt
less will await the next ses
sion. These are only the highlights
of the work accomplished by
the council fathers this fall.
Manv other things might ho
mentioned Iheir overwhelm
ingly favorable reception of a
document which emphasizes the
importance of the laity as
Christ's ambassadors to the real
workaday world . . . approval of
a decress upholding freedom of
the press but calling for higher
moral standards in all media
of mass communications. . .their
decision, by a very close vote.
lo devote a single modest chap
ter rather than a whole lengthy
document t0 exposition of Cath
olic beliefs about the Virgin
Mary.
Rut 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.
II has begun to move, and it
seems lo le moving with a
might determination toward the
goals of reform, renewal and
reunion which fired the heart
of Poe John XXIII when he
called the council into being.
Mill Output
Shows Drop
PORTLAND fUPli October
output at sawmills in the Pacific
Northwests Douglas fir region
dropped from September, it was
reported today.
Octolwr output al Ihe mills
was 1112.001,000 board feet week
ly, compared with a September
figure of I7l.fiin.000 hoard feet,
according to the West Coast
Lumbermen's Association.
But the first 10 months of the
year were ahead of l'.HB figures,
WCLA said, despite the summer
lumber strike. Sawmill produc
tion through October totaled
about fiKl billion board feet tn
6.75 billion board feet for the
previous year.
Basin Briefs
BONANZA
.MR. AND MRS. BID STE
VENSON and Mary Ann sient
several days at Reno with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Neal Fer
guuii, and helped her father
celebrate his birthday on Nov.
17. Mrs. Juanita Stevenson has
returned home from visiting lior
two daughters and tlieir fami
lies in Oakland.
ST. BARNABAS EPISCOPAL
CHI HUH GUILD will meet next
for the Christmas parly on Dec.
12 at the home of Donna Gift.
There will be a gift exchange
and those with children are to
bring them a gilt. Each mem
ber is asked to bring material
to make something (or next
year's bazaar. The meeting w ill
be at 2 p.m.
BONANZA LIBRARY will be
the scene of an election on Dec.
7 from 2 to 7 p.m. to elect a
member to the lxjst River-Bonanza
Cemetery hoard. The
term of Don llorsley will ex
pire. HAROLD .SMII) r,f Eugene is
spending two weeks with Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Kclleson.
Joining them for the weekend
were Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Kel
leson of Keno and Charles Kcl
leson of Bly.
MR. AND MRS, DON LUCAS
accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Lance of Tulelake lo Denver,
where the men will attend a
school for managers of irriga
tion districts. They left Nov. 18
lo be gone a week.
JOHN AND BILL COTTEI. of
Coos Bay were visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. George Wu (or several
days.
BONANZA PARENTS AND
PATRONS CLUB will meet in
Ihe elementary gym at 8 p.m.,
Dec. 4, combining the Novem
ber and December meetings.
There will be a panel discus
sion on child development.
MR. AND MRS. LLOYD GIFT
spent several days at Giants
Pass and attended a Soil Con
servation meeting.
CHERYL SMITH has returned
to home at Peetz, Colo., allcr
several months with her un
cle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Art
Slruve.
MRS. RONALD HUSK and
children Jennifer. Jay and Greg
of Euugenc spent several days
with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Giv
an. Other visitors at the Givun
home recently were their chil
dren, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Friar
and three children of Sutter and
Mr. and Mrs. Pal Givan and
Gordon Givan of Eugene.
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