The Rule· of Celibacy Stays
Pope Cites Example
Of Christ
VATICAN
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PO!!)e Paul VI has issued
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lllew ertcyclical reaffirmhlg' the C h u r e h's traditional teaching, on the need for priesUy oeidbacy, describing it as, a "heavy and sweet burden" and M "a total gift" of the priest to God and His Church. 'll'he document, entitled 8a-
eerdIotaIis Caelibatus (the, Celrn bacy of the Priest), was made ~ublic June 23 but it waS dated , i,lIne 24, the feast of st 'John the Baptist and the name day of PoPe Paul. The encyclical" of approximately 12,000 words, clearly restates the Latin-rite insistence on priestly celibacy, The encyclical examines and. rejects modern' objections to the
discipline of an unmarried pries~ hood in the Western Church and carefully reviews the argtA mEmts from theology and the Bible supporting celibacy, A· key paragraph of the Pope'lJ view is stated in paragraph U, which declares: "In any case, the Church 0« the West cannot weakelll hel!' Turn to Page Ten
EmphaSizes 'Seminarian Screening
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Creation of ,New Cardinals
Shows. Church Universality
VATICAN CITY'(NC)-Twenty':four of the new princes of the Church received! official notification of their eledion to' the' college of cardinals in Rome in a ceremonY' that lacked the splendor and privacy of old. Instead of. gathering in the private roomfll of national colleges and residences in Rom e as in the pas-to the new cardinals shared a large stage in Pope Pius XU auditorium near St.' Peter's' ,Archbishop Antonio Ribe'd, nun-· ··which have' flared ,up in Viei . basilica to ,hear of their cio ,to' ,SpaiIi'; ·M:axiinilien de nam and the Holy Land, . .fieial· elevation from the lips Furstenberg, ,nuncio to Portugal, 'Speaking· in the Hall of tbe ...: ..... .; . of,: .Mril~'tO 'Cardinal Cicogn~ni and Carlo Grano, nun~io to Italy, - Consistories ·in the' Vatican, t~ Papal Secr~hi~y ot'State. The; Warm ~pplauBe greete~ the Pope also touched on the pro~ e . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. .111111!• •- - -. . ,:inet'while Pope Paul was 'hoid- ·~eW' ,Amer~c,a,J,l me~be~s of 1il Tum to Page Eleven .. th t . t 'tL. Sacred College, PatrIck Car mg. e secre conSIS ory WI.. d' al O',Q 1 . f W h' 't '35 'of the old~r Cardinals. ,. ' 'J:~1l. Cardio:a{ K~ol of a~hIi~:d:f~ ;'" phia, John Cardinal Cody of" $4.00 par If..... Chicllg'o and- Francis'Cardinal Vol. 11, 26,J 0 ll'hca Anchor '; 'P~'CIE 1Gl:' Brennan; dean of the Roman . .: Rota, both when they entered' the auditorium and when latel!' they were· presented with their biglietto (ticket or document) of nomination .. Pope Paul VI, at the secret consistory, in which he officially Cardinal Cardinal created new cardinals, . deplore~ Did you feel yOui' plriest(s) fumbled a bit'during O'Boyle 'Brennan "the flames of fratrici<;lal war" )lass this morning? Understandable. It _was this morning' Ca'rdinal ·Cardinall' that the newest direCtives on the Mass rites went into' " 'Krol ,Cod,. Mfect. Habi,t is a forceful teacher and priests may occasion ~Iy fumble for some time Three other' cardinals who ~t. The directives effective expression of the blessings, that had been chosen at the sarrie has changed. ' ,; \ time were absent from the day's ~ay concern most espe In the beginning, when an ob- cereillonies ;because by tradition, ~ally the priest himself as VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI, has publishe:dl 1Jle ritually offers the Mass, They' ject was blessed, there was not' ,they received notif~cation ftom regula,tiomi· ,which will guide the ree'stablishment of the ttave done away with many ~r- . necessariily the accompanying' the heads ,of the various states perm,anent diaconate with ~th celibate and married dea the Cross bu~ only a' to which they ,were 'papal diplo.:."' Sign of 'CilO\onies Which gathered more urn to Page Eigh~ejll. ,matic n~presentatives'.Tl1ey were cons, implementing the 'will of the Second Vatican Council. and more meaning' as time went' , '" , ' T h e regulations are COl1\ CN4 but which are now Iiore-' ehumbs in the simplification of ,~._~ - .-~' ,~ined in, a motu 'proprio, a. vites as willed by Vatican XlL document drawn up on the
Multiplication of good things personal authol'ity of the
does not always make those gOOd Pope, entitled Sacrum DiaconatUQ
Cbings more me.aningful or 'fruit Ordinem and issued June 27. The
ful. So, the prIest now geneflects document makes it clear from
l\ess frequently but at· times the outset that the reestablish
when his reverential gesture ment of the permanent dia
teaches something clearly., conate in the Western Church
You will also notice that many depends on the decision of the,
." the blessings have been drop competent national or territoriall.
~, As a matter of fact not one conference of bishops, along
~ been dropped. It is only tbe .. with'the .cOllsent of the Pope.
Permanent deacons have long
, been traditional in the Eastern
,Chur.ches., ,
, The r.egulations, which consist
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Mass 'Ri'tes In 'Efifec~;
Simplification Stressed·
Pontiff Revives, Diaconate F,or Married, Single ,Men
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Supreme Pontiff
Marks Fouith'
AnniY~r$a,ry VA'l'ICAN CITY (N\J~ '!lomorrow" June 30, ""liill llIark the folirth anniversall'y' . . the crowning of Giovallllni .ontini aB Pope Paul VI. ThougIP. ~ was elected on June 21 and \11'00 pope at that very instant, ftIIle al\niversary is traditionally eommemorated on 'the date eX JAis cOl·onation. The Holy Father has stated flaat there will be no specw eell."emonies to mark the event _cept a solemn Mass at St. lPaul-Outside-the-Walls. T ill. ~ <illy will find him busily (lJ\t -.ork at his desk and 'in sche<il lWIed audiences. ' Tum to Page '!'eft ~llltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll:mmll;((C:::CJ
Summer Mas$<es
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restore t~i~
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.,:,j 'fullness a major sacred ordel!' ,. of the Church that has for cen CCD KEEPS IJ(ER YOUNG: Mrs. Mary McCormick of Our Lady' of the Cape parish, " ttllries ~ee~ only ,a pre;equi1ite " .
Brewster, probably ,qualifies as oldest COD teacher in Fall River Diocese. 'At 82 8~'8 fo~ ordlllatlon to ~he ~rIes~hood.
'ld te 'h' F' t Co ' H '" ,' , , WIth the new regulations It' be :J t Uu ac lUg, IrS, rnmulUcants. ere she IS ,w1th thiS year s crop. 'comes possible for' men' to be
ordained deacons without be
ing required to continue on t@
priestly ordination.
TOUCJI The order of· deacon for sem
inarians who intend to continue
on to the priesthood is not af
"fected by the new regulations'
because they only apply to the
They can her ,Mrs. Mac and al'e attached to her as to their. own grandmothers. For restored permanent diaconate.
three years Mary McCormick has been teaching Brewster children the love Jesus has' . As envisioned by the regula~ f th d h tions this restored permanent of or em an ow to return it. Recently less\>ns of her current crop of second gradelt"S' ifice will permit deacons' to of culminated with their First Holy Communion. Though she has never been blessed with ficiate at 'many various religio\Alj children of her own, the functions, including marriages, widow of' Radford J. Mc was called catechism then. But Who made the world?' and the Turn to Page Ten today's Christian Doctrine meth reply bY' rote was "God madIe Cormick has been close to, od is very much advanced, she the world', Now we go further 1~I!lIIl1ll11ltlllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllrJ young ones all her'life. She feels. earlier, telling them God is Ratings
~ught religious classes in her ''Then it was a matter of mem everywhere and not to forget Page 16
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