Bishop Leads at Price of Life '1eaching Office Demands Witness' Bishops must be the cus- ing them love that obedience todians of the faith, even at - within whose sphere the whole economy of salvation is unthe risk of their lives, in a folded." . ministry plagued with critiThe Pope urged the new
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Fall River, Mass., Thursday, January 9, ·1969
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Bishops are the "special custodians" of divine truth, the Pope pointed out, "and this high teaching office also demands a witnessing, if need be at the risk of one's own life. "A bishop's ministry is today 'often weakened by criticism, doubt and doctrinal whim. With sensitivity, meekness and a spirit of sacrifice, he must perfect his art of guiding men and mak-
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AMONG 80 MEDAL' RECIPIENTS: Top: Dr. John E. Manning of Fall River receives award from Bishop 'Connolly. Bottom, left: Medalists Thomas E. Mahoney, Taunton; Miss Lydia Pacheco, New Bedford; Richard E. Maxwell, So. Yarmouth. Bottom right: Recipients Miss Maria Cabeceiras, Attleboro; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest R. Letendre, New Bedford.
bishops to be "flames enkindled from Christ, the light of the world," and. told them that they must display exemplary faith for Christians Who seem to be losing the Christian orthodox spirit.
Letter of Pope Tops News WASHINGTON {NC)-Pope Paul VI's encyclical on birth control, Humanae Vitae, was rated the No.1 Catholic news story of 1968. The encyclical stirred greater worldwide reaction and a wider degree of dissent within the Catholic Church than any No.8: Pope Paul's visit to Boprevious papal pronouncement in many years. No.2 gota, Colombia, to participate in the 39th International Eucharisspot in the annual NC News tic .congress.
Service poll of editors of Catholic newspapers in the U. S., and Canada was taken by the stories on the reactions to the encyclical among -national ·and regional hierarchies, theologians, priests and others. In No. 3 place in .the poll to select the year's top 10 Catholic stories, was the controversy the encyclical caused between Patrick Cardinal O'Boy1e of Washington and a group of priests in the archdiocese, which .involved the disciplining of many of them. The next seven top stories chosen by the editors were: No.4: The U. S. bishops' Fall mee.ting in Washington and the issuance of their second pastoral letter, Human Life in Our Day. Two Assassinations No.5: The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., in Memphis and the nationwide Il'eaction to the slaying including the subsequent riots. No.6: The assassination of Sena.tor Rober.t F. Kennedy in Los Angeles.. No.7: The Biafran':'Nigerian conflict and U. S. and world aid efforts, particularly Catholic participation through the U. S. Catholic Relief Services and the Vatican.
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"Orthodox today does not seem to take the first place in the mind of Christians," the Pope said, explaining that liberties are taken wi th the "true heritage of Catholic doctrine." This is done, the Pope said, with the hope of explaining Catholic doctrine to modern man. But such liberties lead to a "relativism" of Catholic doctrine Turn to Page Six
Yarmouth on Sunday morning at 10:15. The two side altars will be blessed at the same time ·by Rt. Rev. William D. Thomson, pastor of St. Francis Church, Hyannis, and dean of the Cape Cod Area and Rt. Rev. John A. Chippendale, pastor of St. Patrick's Church, Wareham. Following the blessing, Rev. Christopher L. Broderick, pastor of the new church will offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The homily will be given by Rt. Rev. Daniel F. Shalloo, pastor of the Holy Name Church, Fall River.
No.9: The controversy over the New Dutch Catechism wi.th corrections desired by the Holy See causing widesprea(i discussion and considerable dissent. Turn to Page Seventeen
Christ Rules In Church FULDA (NC)-The German bishops have said that it is impossible for the Catholic Church to have a completely demqcratic structure. In a "Word on Questions of Faith and Churchly Life," released here after ·a special twoday session of the German bishops' conference" the bishops admit opinion for the cooperation of bishops, priests and laymen in the ministry of ;the Church. But ,they said, "questions of faith, of moral norms and sacramental life cannot be solved by majority decisions. In these cases the principle of democracy, that all power comes f·rom the 'people, has no validity. Here the churchly office is obligated only to the Lord in faithful obedience," they said. A full democratization of the Church, they said, is contrary to its mission given by Jesus . Christ. The document stresses that every curtailment of falsification of .the reality of the God incarn~te, Jesus Christ, of His birth of the Virgin Ma·ry or of His death and His resurrection means departing from the faith of the Church. 'T·he bishops, however recognize the freedom of personal religious decision and the necesTurn to Page Seventeen
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