Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1962 — Page 11

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Ecumenical Council Slated In October

£JS3U A meeting that could have a profound fmpact on |ll Christians will get underway in Borne next month. In response to a summons from Pope John XXIII, more than 2,500 bishops, archbishops, cardinals and other church fathers will assemble in St. Peter’s Basilica for the first Ecumenical Council in nearly a century. An Ecumenical Council (the term comes from a Greek word meaning “worldwide”) is one which brings together the entire Roman Catholic hierarchy for solemn and secret deliberations on the state of the church. There have been only 20 such councils in the past 2.000 yews. The most recent was held in Rome in 1870. Known as the First Vatican Council. it remained in session for eight months, and proclaimed the dogma of papal infallibility. The assembly Oct 11 will be called the Second Vatican Council. With qecesses for Christmas and Easter, it may continue into the summer or fall of 1863. Pope John has said that this council will not promulgate any new doctrines. What it probably will do, however, is to re-state and clarify a number of Catholic teachings, in an effort to make them more jptelligibje to modern man and m ore acceptable to Protestants. Expects Several pesujts In defining the goals of the council, the Pope has expressed hope that it will (1) “bring the churcji into step with modern time; and (2) clear away some

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of the ,r oadblocks to Christian unity. He also hopes that it will BMrk a moral and spiritual revival throughout Christendom, rl that it will further the cause world peace. Most of the world’s major Protestant and Orthodox bodies have accepted the Pope’s invitation to send observers to the council. They will be allowed to listen in on Rebates which are closed to the .press and public. If they have comments, suggestions or criticisms to offer, they can submit them to the' council through its secretariat for Christian Unity, headed by Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J. No informed person, Catholic or Protestant, expects the council to result in a drama tic reunion of the long-divided Christian fam* ily. The differences which have accumulated during five centuries of separation are too great to be resolved that easily or that quickly. But the Pope is earnestly praying — and millions of Protestants around the world are prayJng with him — that the council’s labors will somehow smooth the path toward eventual Christian unity. Remove Irritants Besides c larifying some doctrines (such as papal infallibility) which are particular stumbling blocks for Protestants, the council may take at least two specific actions to remove ancient irritants from Protestant - Catholic relations. First, it is likely to re-state the doctrine of “no salvation outside the church” to make it crystal clear that all baptized Christians belong to the church in some sense, and that salvation is not limited to those who are Roman Catholics. Second, there is a good chance that the c ouncil will adopt a strong statement on religious liberty, upholding the right of nonCatholics to freedom of worship in Catholic countries. There ha? never been a clear and unequivocal declaration from the Vatican on this issue, and the World Council of Churches, representing the major Protestant and O rthodox bodies, has expressed hope that the council will remove any doubt about the Catholic position on religious tolerance. There js strong support for such action among U. S. Catholic bishops, who will constitute more than one-tenth of the voting members of the council. What the council does not do also may be Important to future Catholic - Protestant relations. There has been some speculation that the council might further enhance the status of the Virgin Mary in Catholic devotion by proclaiming her “co - redemptrix” with Christ. But this idea has encountered strong opposition from some prominent Catholic theologians who recognize that it would only widen the gulf. Views Internal Questions Christian unity will not be the only concern of the council. Most of its time, in all probability, will be devoted to the church’s inter-

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Foreign Aid Funds Aid Church Schools

By LOUIS CASSELS United Press International the U.S. government cannot give financial support to religious schools in this country, can it do, so abroad? This is the crux of a foreign aid policy dispute which has put President Kennedy on an awkward spot. In opposing Roman Catholic demands for federal aid to U.S. parochial schools, Kennedy has firmly maintained that such aid would violate the constitutional principle of church-state separation. His stand has been applauded by Protestants and criticized by many of his fellow Catholics. Within the past m onth, both Protestants and Catholics have been stirred by news dispatches from Washington disclosing that the government is doing in other — — ... ■ A nal problems. And its actions in this realm may have a far-reach-ing effect on the world’s 550 million Catholics. High church officials predict, for example, that the council will authorize use of modern languages rather than Latin in some parts of the Mass. This reform has tremendous popular support among American Cathplics. The layman’s role in the church will come in for much discussion, and the rights and responsibilities of the laity probably will be both clarified and enlarged. Os less popular interest, but of great importance to the church, will be the act ions the council will take to spell out more clearly the duties and powers of bishops. There is a strong feeling in the hierarchy that too many decisions have been concentrated in * the hands of the predominantly-Ital-ian Roman Curia, and that the .time has come to “decentralize” the administration of the church by giving bishops more autonomy In their dioceses. To relieve the acute shortage of priests, particularly in mission - territories, the council may authorize the ordination of married men to serve as “deacons,” performing some of the duties now restricted to priests, such as distribution of Holy Communion and preaching at Mass. There is not much chance, however, that the council will alter the rule of celibacy for priests themselves.

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countries what the President says it cannot do at home — namely, using tax funds to support churchsponsored schools. Document Sets Policy- *" On July 16, top officials of the Agency for International Development (AID) approved a document officially described as a “policy determination,” authorizing use of foreign aid funds to assist religious schools in areas such as Africa and Latin America, where church-sponsored schools are the main bulwark of public education. No public announcement was made of the “policy determination.” But the document was distributed privately to religious agencies engaged in overseas missions, and its contents leaked to the press in mid-August. There were immediate protests from the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State (POAU), and other Protestant groups. Announces Withdrawal In an effort to mollify Protestant criticis, AID administrator Fowler Hamilton announced in late August that the policy determination had been “withdrawn.” He added that “henceforth the agency will continue to pursue the same policies that it had and predecessor agencies have pursued in this regard during the past period of more than 10 years.” Any Protestant critic who found in Hamilton’s statement has been seriously misled. For the statement was, as an AID spokesman acknowledged to a UPI reporter this week, “essentially meaningless.” The truth of the matter is that the policies which the foreign aid agency followed in the past—and which, according to Hamilton, it will “henceforth continue to pursue”—are precisely the same as those spelled out in the controversial July 16 document which Hamilton says he has “withdrawn.” “The July 16 policy determination simply pulled together in one document what has been the standard operating procedure of the foreign aid program under both the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations,” the AID spokesman said. Disclose Cases He said the agency’s records disclose “hundreds of instances” in which church-related schools in

SOUNDING LOW NORTH HOLLYWOOD. Cal. (UPI) — An underwater network of sonar stations is one of the latest developments out of Hollywood these days. The equipment is not the product of the movie ndustry, however. To provide positioning information to ships involved in tracking space vehicles, the equipment is being designed and built by the Pacfic division of the Bendix Corporation for use in the Mobile Atlantic Range System. The stations will be on or near the ocean floor and transmit sound waves more than three miles through the water to the ships. other countries have been assisted with US. foreign aid funds during the past decade. AID officials feel that they have no choice but to continue this policy, if the United States wants to help raise educational standards in underdeveloped areas. “Mission schools are the only kind of schools there are in many parts of Africa,” the AID spokesman said. “Similarly, in many Latin American countries, Catholic schools are officially recognized by the national governments as an integral part of the public education system. “These countries do not share our tradition of church-state separation. If we sought to stipulate that their schools must be free of religious control to be eligible for U.S. aid, they would feel that we were tying strings to our help, and trying to meddle in their domestic affairs.” S Protestants Get Aid He said a review of past grants indicates that Protestant institutions, mainly mission schools in Africa, have received well' over half of the total U.S. aid funds distributed to religious schools. Catholic schools, primarily in Latin America, have received about 35 per cent of the total aid, he said. This explanation doubtless will satisfy many Protestants. But groups such as POAU will continue to oppose any aid to religious schools in other countries, for fear that the policy may later be cited as a precedent for government support of parochial schools in this country. At present, the whole problem is officially up for “top level review.” This means the White House is trying to figure out some way to get off the hook with Protestant critics without abandoning a policy which AID officials say is the only one this country can follow if it intends to raise living standards in Africa and Latin ■ America.

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