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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1963)
Pope Paul Throws Influence Behind Movement To Bring Church Reform And Christian Reunion (EDITOR'S NOTE: Thll ii the last of three dispatches by United Press Internation al'! religion writer summing up the work of the second session of the Ecumenical Council. Hy LOUIS TASSELS VATICAN CITY (UPP-Pope Paul VI lias demonstrated at the second session of Hie Ecu menical Council that he is wholly committed to the great vision of church reform and Christian reunion which ani mated the laic Pope John XXIII. Any douhls which may have lingered in the minds of kheral Catholic bishops about Pope .'Paul's attitude have been re ' moved during the past few . weeks. ' Quietly but forcefully, lie has thrown the weight of the papal office behind the council fathers who are striving to renew and modernize the Catholic Church, and lo remove roadblocks from the long road to Christian uni ty. . His influence often has been ". exerted in subtle and indirect ' ways, because he is very an--xious to avoid any appearance of dictating to the council, But it has been made clear to all even lo the adamant conserva tives on the council's key theo logical commission that the Pope meant exaclly what he said In his opening address to the council on Sept. 29. At that lime, the Pontiff sum moned the church to "move forward boldly" along the path marked out by his predecessor, John XXIII. Means Business Even before the council con vened, Pope Paul was trying to make clear to his old col leagues in the Roman Curia I lie citadel of stand-pat conser vatives that he meant busi ness about reform. In a re markable address to Die Curia on Sept. 21, he said bluntly that it deserved criticism and needed reform. Ho added he would not tolerate any efforts on the part of Curia members who are supposed to function as the Pope's secretaries lo side track the work of the council. ; But old habits die hard. Al though consistently outvoted on the council floor by huge ma jorities, the preservers of the Btatus quo, led by Alfredo Car dinal Otlavlanl, still wield enor mous power In the backstage machinery of the council. They are particularly well entrenched in the theological commission, which must pass on all docu ments affecting doctrine. Olta vlanl Is chairman of this com mission. Apparent Early Early In this council session, It became obvious lo the fa thers that there was going to be trouble about getting Ottavi ani's commission to bring to a final voto a document which as serts that bishops have a di vine right to share with the Pope, In the government of the church. Pope Paul had said in his opening adress that this document was the most im portant business of this council session, and Its basic principles were approved by overwhelm ing majorities In a series of test votes on Oct. 30. But the word filtered back to liberal bishops that Ottaviani's commission was simply "silling on" Uie document, rather than prepar ing a final draft for formal adoplion. The suspicion that the crucial document had been pigeon holed was heightened when 01 taviani and oilier conservative cardinals closely allied to him declared In council debate that the Oct. 30 voles were not bind ing on the commission, and that the whole Issue of bishops sharing power with the Pope was still unsettled. Angers Liberals Tins outraged the liberal bloc. The lid blew off the sim mering dispute on Nov. 8, when Joseph Canknal Frings of Co logne, Gcrmanv, ripped into Ot MOK .... MOK .... MOU . T taviani at a tense and drama tic council session. Klines said it was "indeed amaimg" for the llieological commission to . suggest that the issue was un settled. He bluntly reminded ' the comnssion that it Is sup posed to lunclion only as i -tool of the council and to ex ecute the will of the council fathers." Within hours after ' Wines' speech had electrified the council, Hie Vatican grapevine was pasting the word tint Pope Paul had called Wines Into lus office and had expressed whole hearted agreement, A few nights later, wlxn the theological commission was holding a meeting with Ottavi '.nl In the chair, a papal at Undent arrived, bearing a mes sage, lis content have never been made ptiblic, but persons present said that It was a hand written letter from Ihe Pope, Area of the Great Lakes Is equal to the combined spread of Belgium, tlie Netherlands, Lux embourg and four Donmarks. and that it expressed quite for cibly his desire that the com mission proceed expeditiously with its proper work of carry ing out the expressed will of the council fathers. Expands Commissions The Pope later expanded membership of the commis sions to make Ihem more lib eral in make-up, more respon sive to Ihe council majority, and more responsive to its will. That same night, Otlaviani appointed several suhcommis sions to begin working on the details of the church govern ment document. There is no hope that it will be ready for voting before the present ses sion ends Dec. 4, but council fathers anticipate it will be tlie first order of business when they reconvene next fall. This episode is typical of the undramalic and often secret backstage role which Pope Paul has played in the council. His hand rarely shows in public, but the fathers are learning that his views arc accurately represented by the four moder ators whom he named to pre side over the council and par ticularly by one of lliem. I,co Joseph Cardinal Suenens of Bel gium. 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