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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. )une 16, 1'966
Blames Liberals For Drug Spread On Campus
Return From Exile
A Lutheran theologian, Rev. Dr. Carl E. Braaten, m: the Lutheran School of Theology in Maywood, Illinios, has compared Protestantism to a· government-in-exile. ~hat must now return to its "ecclesiastical homeland," the Ro . man Catholic Church. Dr. Braaten, in his, artide in Una . Sancta, .a .Lutheran qu'arterly, says that the ReformatiQn should be looked upon as an event in history that has ac-: eomplished its aims, the reform. of the church. His position :Js that the "franchise" of the Reformation was "liinited, provisional and terminal; and always related to the Roman Catholic ChurCh." The theologian writes that the last thing ··:Martin Luther intended was to make his reform. into . independent church that would permanently exist outside and il! competition with' the Roman Catholic Church.
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. The Catholic Church has always held, of cOurse, that the Church is the extension of Christ throughout time and space and as such is divine and carries the means of Salvation to men. But the Church is also made up of men· with all the faults and weaknesses and sins of men and as such is in constant need of reform, or renewal, in itS human aspects. That is why there are Councils through-· out the history of the Church, that is why there is never a sermon preached in a Oatholic Church that does not seek to inspire to personal conversion, reform, renewal. That is why every document from the Pope, every en eyclical letter, every p~pal pronouncement, every sermon given, is always a plea for holiness of life so that· the goodness of the members might contribute greater holi ness and spiritual strength to the whole body.
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It is to be hoped that Lutherans and all Protestants will listen to Dr. Braaten's suggestions with deep thought.
He expresses what has been the thinking ~f many scholars especially during the last decade. The Danish theologian Soren Kierkegard has said: "Lutheranism,' which start~ out to bea corrective movement within the Roman Cath ·olic Church, has become a fixed condition which itself is in sore need of /correction." Many Protestant :luis. ex pressed the idea that all throughout nistory there have been reforms, renewals, in the Catholic Church;' and 'only with the Protestant Reformation, because of the ·peculiar eultural and educational and politi~l and economic cir cumstances of the times, was there a splitting away, a splintering, a rendering in. the seamless garment of Christ.
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Goldberg on Religion
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United Nations Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg has said recently that religion was an "instrument 'with which to change the world, to seek justice and righteousness."
It should never be forgotten-amid the strife and wars . that ravage so many areas of the world, and the fears that overshadow the rest--tbat the sources of conflict are in the spirits, the minds and hearts of men. And these will be affected and changed, not by bullets or napalm or • nuclear devices,. but by ideas. . Religion, with its empha~is first on GOO. and then on man's'reaction to the creatorship, the fatherhood, the love of God, can change the minds and hearts and actions .of men. The work of religion is oot simply a work of tellectmii conviction and persuasion. It it! a work of the Holy Spirit, of confidence that GOO Can and will touch men's minds and wills to see the Truth ~nd to do the Good.
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to change the world' SO that men will seek after justice and righteousness, will pursue the kingdom of God. \
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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River ,flO Highland Avenue Fall River, Mass. 02722 675-7151 PUBLISHER Most Re.v. James L. Connolly, D.O., PhD;, GENERAL MANAGER
Rt. Rev. Daniel F. Shalloo, M.A.
ASST. GE,,!ERAL MANAGERI Rev. John P. Driscoll
MANAGING EDITOR Hugh j, GoI~en
liberal professors" for tbe widening abuse of drugs on ecIl lege campuses. . HatTy J. Anslbiger, chairmall and u.s, representative o f " 'United Nations Committee CIII -Narcotie Drugs,umderscored tIiIi horrlfying results of the ab...., " of drUgs among conege studen1ll . . The chief speaker at the 11911i' . 8iin~al St. Francis ~ollege ~ -mElDcement here in PennSJ60 vania exhorted eoIlege stude• . to help solve the ~ation's socite problems and assist in elimin;$o ingconditions which breed alii ger, frustration 'rmd blind . . bellion. . "The abuse of drugs on cam. puses once was unheard of, thea spurred by teachings of ultra liberal'professors, it sp'read ~ wi}dfire," Anslinger said. Wores Than Bomb "Drugs have killed more pe~ ~ ~IL sons than the hydrogen bomti lID ever will. The widespread use of hallucinogenic drugs is horrio Q ~Il. I!fi) [I Cl l€ ~ b~ 0 fying. The user winds up in au ~lf ~ewmSJ~ous ~U ~ons' asylum. in prison or the grave. Permanent damage to the mind By MsgJr. George G. Higgins. . comes with only one dose. Co& (lOirector, Socia} Action Dept., N.C.W.C.) 'siderable slaughter on the higli ways takes place because the The Internal Revenue Service is' said to be exploring driver is under the influence CIII the possibility of revoking tax-exempt status of the Chris- '8 drug," be continued. tian Century .and .the Churchman, highly I'espected "These murderers are undeoo periodicals· reflec'ting a ·libe.ral Protestant point of' view•• tected. It is up to you youDl men and women to assist tbtl Presumably the IRS thinks nation in solving these probleme Potentia.1 Threld . and to find some way to des~ that they may have violated . . the present code, which: pro.. ~ TheP.ost's editorial emphasis . the intellectual sanctions whid hibits tax-exempt periodicals on the contribution that ,inde-: promote free drugs, free ImIIO froin .supporting political candi- pendent: religious journals of - and other dangerous freedoma. dates or from publishing state- . opinion make "to the deiriocratic . If not ~hecked, t.hese f~lse prop. . ments "excessivelypropagandiz- dialogue" is well talten; But _ ets WIll p~t t?i s n~tlOn on tbe 'ing" for particsomething more important than road ~o rum .Just ~ ~~ey. have vlar bills. It is the democratic dialogue is at . done. 10 pre~ous ClvJlizatlO~ common knowlstake in the current IRS investi Anslinger .sald. .He cautIOned that college stu edge, of course, gatioil of the Century and the that many taxChurchman dents "are facing a world wheJe exempt news. your mind must not be dulled blr. pap e r sa n d He v 0 kin ~ the tax-exempt· drugs. You must be alert; com magazines, in status of .these two publications pletely on guard at all. .timee. the conservative would, in my opinion, constitute not only in the competition Cllf as well as the a potentional threat to the free .the business world but in all liberal cam p , dom of religion, for the political ~ctivities," he said. _. regularly overjudgments of the periodicals in .'
step these requestion....,.. whether these judg strictivebounds. ments be right ·or wrong from See' Adopts First
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ample have been known to 'op- stem presumably from :reiigious Grade Catechism ST. BONIFACE (NC)-".IlJJe po~ '(or support) a· particular convictions,' St. Boniface archdiocese will use Thi" t 'ell i ·t·ci· of' candidate for public office. . s lS.no sal n cn J sm a new first grade catechi8llll Many others, including an.of·- the IRS. For all I know iv re v·'" French and E-nglish 'editioD8 the better Catholic periodicals,' strictive. interpretation of the beginning this Fall, the archdi openly "propagandize" for' par- 1axeOde may be technically ocesan catechetical commisslGll ticullu bills. . . correct. announced here in Canada. Adoption. of the new cat& if "so,: ~owever, it. is. .be chism, the conuiJission said; __ AlB 1& BaDger . hoped that the Catholic Press volves a change In the prograa Obviously, then, the current. ..;.ssC?Ciation, in cooperatioJl ~th' and a change in the catechist.. IRS investigation of the Century ijs Protestant ~ncll Jewish eoun spirit and methOds of teachi»&. and the Churchman represents·. terparts; will. take -the lead ill First grade catechists· 'mud a potential, threat to the entire-: "propagandizing~ for ~, revi-' have adequate prepartory ..... religious press of the United sion of the code - a lrevision mation before or at the begiaoo States. If these two. periodicall! which will make it crystal dear }'\jng 0 fthe school year. Thej lose their, tax-exempt statu!" .~ll ~ha~ .tax-exempt religious pub-' should also attend periodical other religious newspapers. or lications are free' to support or. workshops during the year, tile magazines in the United States oppose particular' legislative' commission said. which are worth their' salt will proposals and equally lfree • be in danger of suffering the . support or oppose adminilltrative same fate in due time. decisions of government officials Priest's First Mass and agencies at every level up This means that they will for to and including the Presidency. Is Family Affair feit their right to solicit funds' with the assurance of a tax If religious publications inust CLOVIS (NC)-It virtuau" write-off to donors and would forfeit this right in order tel re was a family affair when Fathft' also forfeit their right to lower tain their tax-exempt status, Lorenzo Ruiz, O.F.M., offered postal rates. they might just as well go out of his first Mas~ as a newly ordain. business. Even now thE'Y' are ed priest of the Franciscamf The Washington Post finds'· often accused, whether rightly Cincinnati province, in Our Ladg, t his prospect' "somewhat dis 1 of Guadalupe church here •. New Mexico. . quieting." In a recent editorial . or wrong y'. of being irrelt~vant. throwing its weight behind the We can well imagine, then, Assisting at the Mass and ... right of tax':exempt religious what a fix they would be in if, ceiving the priest's bless.iBg publications to take political' in order to retain theil' tax- afterwards were his parents, sis stands and' to "serve as censors exempt status, the)' had UI keep brothers, seven sisters and 7eDa
of the government," the Post·ob quiet about. civil rights It~gisla-' . tiVt;lS by the dO'zens from Mexiecll"
served that "it would be a: sad . tion, the anti-poverty PTllgram, . The priest is the son of a ~
loss to the democratic dialogue the war in Vietnam, 'arid similar' road section foreman. Five of hill if these· v.oices, .often, devoted 10 . matters of public policy. They great-uncles were priests flUB eoriscientious protest, w ere' would hardly be worth the paper Spain "who served as missio.ner. eilenced, for whatever reaso,:lo" they are printed. on. . in Mexico. . .
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