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Discuss Increasin,g Catholic Population, Priest Shortage MILWAUKEE (NC)-What 00 do about an increasing world Catholic population in the face of a definite shortage t!Jf priests was explored illl a meeting of the Vatican Om t:.regation for Clergy held there. The meeting was attended . by Archbishop William E. . " ~8ins of Milwaukee, one of and even diocesan level, in the fJhree Americans on the con- sense that there be some coop- . r:regation, which is com- eration between bishops within @rised predominanttly of Roman i'ardinals. .Tihe other two American mem"; \!)em are Richard Cardinal Cushilig of Boston and John Cardinal fiody of Chicago. . lfnterviewed on his return lltiome Archbishop C<lusins said MAe t'hrust of the meeting was \Woorld-wide and centered on a broad approach of the whole r:mssion of the Church. .littatistics were studied. by a (JpeCial subcommittee of whiCh x Archbishop Cousins was a.memM. The subcommittee has been ~ecially commissioned b7 Pope ~uI VI to prepare some procedures for a better distribution of ~rgy "011 a worldWide, natiOnal,
the same country as to use of personnel." No definite co~clusions w~re .
reached, ArchbIshop. C<luslOS said. The ex·plorato9' two and a half day meeting. of the subco!" mlttee was confmed .to stating the question, discussing means and possibilities, recognizing that episcopal conferences and, more specifically, dioceses would be involved. lInternationally, the statistics showed the "same' b~lc prob lerns we have of a const·antIy rising Catholic population, either by birM! or oonver~ion, and a static vocation situati~n," the llrehbisbop said. '. 'l!'um to Page '~l:a:
NEW ORLEANS (NC)-An archbishop asserted here "the world needs to be rea newed and a renewed womanhood can accomplish that task." Coadjutor Archbishop Leo C. ByrnE( .of Minneapolis and St. Paul, keynote speaker at the 14th congress of the National Laywomen's Retreat Movement, declared: "The term renewal often is used glibly today' and refers to externals. But the heart of role to play in all facets of the the Church as the people ~ renewal refers to the depths Church's work, Miss Goldie said. God, she added. Second Vatican Council "Lay people have roles to play of eternal life." More than The recognized this in its concept of 1,500 women attended the three day congress. " "Women vitally affect the world in which they -live and fQr them to 'renew the world, they as individuals must be re newed," Archbishop Byrne said. Rosemary Goldie, associate secretar~' . of the Rome-based Holy See's Council on. the Laity, discussed the kind of renewal which is necessary. The laity has an important
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ChangesT0 Come In Baptism' Rite Father Annibale Bugnini, C.M., secretary of the C01\l~ cilium for the Implementa,tion of Reform in the Lit~rgYD has indicated proposed changes in the baptismal rites for infants. Plenary sessions of the Concilium have recentl7 been cOl:npleted. Father Bu gnini reported that the. re be celebrated in the presence oft formed baptismal rites will the community at the same consist of two parts -'- the time." baptism of infants and the bap tism of adults. "Tile baptism of in-fants is set up in a way to be adapted to
the actual condition of children. It is not' they who aet. And therefore stress was laid not 90 much on their will but' on the aetual action of the grace of God . and the oommitment of parents, godparents and the oommunity." No inform'ation on when the new rites are to /JO into effect . 'was given. ' Father Bugninl added that "it is to be hoped, that the bap tism may be celebrated with the . participation of the parish 'oom m\1nity (the Mass) or at least with it certain number of frie~da and relatives. 'It is preferable .~ .that more than one bapt~s~
.Outlining the new riteDt Father Bugnini said the cere mony- would unfold in foWl' parts. First is to be the presen tation and ac<:eptllnce of the baby, carri~ out in a dialog~ between relatives and priests. Second, the themes of baptism are to be illustrated by the Lit. urgy' of the Word and by a ser mon, ooncluding with the prayer of the faithful. Third, there !B to be the renewal of the baptismall promises and the profession of feith by those present in their own name, which is to be' fol lOwed by administering the bap.. tism. This is to be crowned b,. some concluding rites and a final blessiJig which wlll illl elude the newly baptized infanta, Turn to Page· Sm
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some, at. least, of an ~ whQ have written and spoken about the encyclical Humanae Vitae-canno1 and re-read it with ' . have read ..." reverent care. For myself; its fuH power was only revealed' after cOnstant' r~~reading. It is, takeh as a whole; a majestic:~ and eloquent· document, a careful exposition iof Cl1 theme in which no consideration of imp~rtance is ·omitted. It is solemn and magi,sterial, yet in tensely personal: and compassionate. It is funy . cognizant of modern condition's of life and modern ways of thought. It is perfectly clear and simp~e-would that an comments upon Of had been so-but it assumes in the reader a Il'ecognition of his complete creaturely depen dence upon God, as ciIIso a living faith in has vocation, aided by God-given powers, to !be a child of God; and ito rise to Christian full ness of life here, and to the fellowship .pf t~e divine nature hereafter. U'niike almost all his commentators, the !Pope allows for: both sin and divine grace os practic91,·lIsituationai," fadors ill1l the human predicami;mt. Turn
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