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I n,cludes Church and Natwn Church and nation is the family, CLEVELAND (NC) hancis Cardinal Spellman and it is here-within the family -that the principle of authority -.ationed that Church and is either nurtured or damaged," alike today are threa.t Cardinal Spellman declared. _ed in this country with a ma ''There can be no strong au jor crisis-the crisis of authority. . thority within the Church or the Addressing the Fraternal Order nation unless it is found first in tJiEagles convention dinner here, the home. For there authority is lJ.e prescribed an antidote· to . respected or rejected; it is loved $'rercome the conflict-a strong, or it is lost. A Church iii as good ' 1JAealthy family life. as the family life of its members. ?'The basic unit of botta nation is as str~ng as the
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arisen "between those who rule and those who are ruled, be tween those who teach and those who are taught, between those who lead and those who are led." He said the Church has its own "crisis of authority." "The harmonious mating of
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The crisis "permeates life on . every level," rocks the founda tions of "every tradition we know, and it .leaves most of us uneasy and deeply concerned," . Cardinal Spellman said. Much of the "revolution" within the Church has resulted from -the changes effective as a result of the Second Vatican Council, the Cardinal asserted. . The changes were necessary to keep pace with the gigantic strides made by man in recent years, he added. . "Therefore, . wit h i n t h e Church," he said, "there has been a revolution. It has been . peaceful and orderly revolution, , but it deserves the name of rev olution." "But change is one thing," he continued. "The effort to anni-
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Peace in the world has been the constant theme of prac tically all recent talks by Pope Paul VI. Here, as he SAN FRANCISCO (NC)-An all-out effort to protect has done so many previous The Most Reverend Bishop announced today the trans the unborn child's right to life was urged by Father Bernard times, the Holy Father calls fer of two assistants. Rev. Daniel F. Moriarty has been Haering, C.SS.R., in an address to the Catholic' Physicians for an . end of hostilities in . trimsf~rred from St. Mary's Church, North Attleboro, to Caild here. Referring to the movement in California to Vietnam. NC Photo. . Holy Family Church in East Taunton. Rev. Harold J. Wil liberalize state abortion laws, . son, assistant at Holy Family the German moral theologian . ~llltllllltlltlllttIlIlHllltIlIlIIlllllItIIllIlHlllllllllmlllll""ItIII11HIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIUIllIllIlIllIllIIltIllItlIIIHIIllIlIItIHIItlItIIltIllItlIllItlIllHIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIl!§' . Chu rch in East Tau n tOIll Md, "We' must not be idle .~ . ~ . since his ordination. in May, . . this' situation/' Father § .§ has' bee.n transferred to St. Heel'ing called for the coopera § Mary's in North Attleboro. fiOO of doctors, journalists, and § ]'ather Moriarty was ordained "'alit those who influence public § I) II e • ~ § by the Most Reverend Bishop on ;apinion" to make known the § ~ April 25, 1951 in St. Mary's Ca dangers' inherent in liberalizing § § thedral. He has served at St. ~e law. § WASHINGTON (NC) _ to ask whether the senator had § Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, N therapeutic abortion is le § A C th I' h attended wedding Masses pre§ Sacred Heart, Fall River, the galized, he said, there are enough § . non- .a 0 IC guest W 0 viously. § Cathedral and St. Mary's, North doctors who will justify abor § followed the N u g e n t - J o h n - § Attleboro. tion for almost any reason. "AU son Nuptial Mass in the leafHe responded that he had F th W § .. been to many of them, but this § a er iIson, born May 22, doors will be opened." § let missal for guests, Sen. Everwas the first at which he felt he § 1940 in Fall River, is the son of Crime itself is less harmful ~_ ett M. Dirksen of Illinois, told understood the Mass from be~ Turn to Page Two ()l) society, he said, than the the TV audience later that it acknowledgement of crime by § , was the most complete particignming to end. § bw. § pation in the Catholic Mass he . Bound in gold and white with § 11111111111 1111111111111111111 111111111 1111111111111111 IIIl1l1mtm On the question of when hu ~ had ever experienced, and he the front cover bearing a picture ~ DRan life begins, Father Haering appreciated the opportunity. of the White House and of the INid, ."There is the greatest phi § The Senator made his r e m a r k s ' · Shrjne, "The Mass On ~he ·Day § hsophical probability that the § as he interviewed" on the of Marriage,'? was in 'the usual § Interesting features in this lIlew being is, from the moment ltf conception, a human being. "This is a full human life, a n»erson. It is tlte duty,ofdoctors, .-f every man, to promote human life. It is the chief' duty of the litate," he added. ._ • Pg. 5-Students do no cook _ "But we must not simply say, ing while attending food IIIIUlllllltlltllllllllllllilllltllllllllllltlllllllllllHlllllllllltIIIUIIHHHlllltliltlllltlllHltlilllllll1llIIl1illllllllllllllill"HlltIIItIIHllllllllllli!!llIlIlIIlIIlIltIilltllllliIlIllIlIllIItlIHIIIII IIt'his is what the Catholic service classes. ehurch teaches,'" he continued. . ~e must show the internal. .• Pg. 7-Veteran educator ap lJleasons: the dignity of the hu proves . new methods of Man person, respect for life, the teaching.- . eoncept of motherhood, the con • Pg. 8-The priest who offic ~~ences for the ethics of doc _rs." . iated at their marriage Father Haering denied that says their golden wedding ,.pposition to liberalizing the mass. . On Bishop's .Day at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown, Bishop Connolly acquired a new abortion laws was an attempt titl~Honorary Indian Chief. To the great delight. of the campers he helped dedicate an .• Pg. 15-A . dedicated nun ~ impose the Christian consci Indian village that they built this Summer. A rousing chorus of 550 young voices greeted eil\Ce upon all Californians. Since completes 60 years as 8be matter touche;,; on the right the Bishop with the "Cathedral Camp Welcome Song" as he cut the ribbon to the new White Sister. b life, the most fundamental enclosure. Welcoming him, " _ aU human rights, it is not along with the boys and their Lake, neighboring day .camp for sters, the' Bishop accepted an • Pg. 20-Fourth area biennial CFM convention at New • matter of Christian morality . . girls. Indian headdress, tomahawk and (lilly, he said.
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