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By Father Placid Jordan, O.S.B. from Rome An attempt to circumvent the authority of the ecumenical council and reverse its basic trends — carried out by forces whose identity can only be surmised — has been thwarted.
It was thwarted by the resolute action of a group of progressive cardinals, headed by Joseph Cardinal Frings cf Cologne. Germany, and including Albert Cardinal Meyer of Chicago and Joseph Cardinal Ritter of St. Louis, the only American cardinals then present in Rome. Council Fathers familiar with the events that stirred public opinion over the weekend of October 11, have assured this correspondent that Pope Paul VI was unaware of the contents of two letters recommending changes in procedure in dealing with two key Council issues— the proposed Council declarations on the Jews and religious freedom. The letters were sent by Archbishop Pericle Felici, Council Secretary-General, to Augustin Cardinal Bea, President of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, which had drawn up the declarations. That Pope Paul did not know about the letters' contents became a certainty when a memorandum signed by 15 cardinals was presented to him on October 12. The letters had suggested that the declaration on the Jews be taken out of the ecumenism schema and instead incorporated in the schema on the Church.
the two declarations for the preceding ten days, Archbishop Felici's letters were immediately looked on as undue interference and as openly contradicting Council regulatinos.
In both respects the motivation of the unusual move seemed to be to water down the contents of the two declarations. But this need not be so, because perfectly good arguments can be advanced in favour of incorporating the statement on the Jews in the schema on the nature of the Church, where it would fit well into the chapter dealing with the people of God, who include the chosen people of the Old Covenant. NO OBJECTION As for the religious freedom declaration, there seems to be no objection to formulating it on firmer foundations. theological Cardinal Bea is known not to be averse to consulting on this with members of the Theological Commission. But it is now established beyond a doubt that the jurisdiction of Cardinal secretariat Bea's unity over both declarations remains in force, even though the suggestions in Archbishop Felici's letters will be given due consideration. The issue is not so much whether the Archbishop • Continued on Page Nine
Layman Speaks At Council By Father Placid Jordan, 0.S.B., at- Vatican City. THE BISHOPS OF THE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL APPLAUDED WARMLY WHEN PATRICK KEEGAN OF GREAT BRITAIN STEPPED UP TO THE PULPIT TO BECOME THE FIRST LAYMAN TO SPEAK AT THE COUNCIL. Keegan, head of the International Federation of Christian Workers Moveaddressed the ments, Fathers on behalf of the lay men and women auditors of the Council, who had been charged theretofore to listen, not speak. The 48-year-old Englishman's address resounded in vigorous English over the council hall's amplifyHis Grace the Archbishop is pictured blessing the new War ing system. Memorial Church of Corpus Christi at Mosman last Thursday. "The very existence of the document under disHe was assisted by Fathers .1. McGillicuddy ( left ) and .1. Nestor. cussion is proof that the apostolate of the laity is no See page eight for a full report on the opening. luxury or passing fashion," he said. referr:ng to the lay apostolate schema. He went on to say that the lay auditors welcomed the chapter in the schema on the Church dealing with the laity as ''giving us a new vision of our active participation in the 39 the whole mission of Church."
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NEW COMMISSION They also suggested that a new commission be appointed from members of the unity secretariat and the Theological Commission to rework the declaration on religious liberty. In connection with the latter suggestion, the name of Bishop Carlo Colombo, r ector of the Milan, Italy, theological school, was mentioned. He is generally considered close to Pope Paul as one of his theological advisers. Also mentioned as members of the new commission were Michael Cardinal Browne, 0.P., of the Roman Curia, the former Master -General of the Dominican Order, Father Aniceto Fernandez, 0.P., Present Dominican MasterGeneral, and Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre C.S.Sp., Superior-General of the Holy Ghost Fathers. The latter three are k pown to be unfavourably d!sposed towards the religious liberty declaration. .Since a special sub-cornnut.tee of the unity secretariat had been working on
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ALDERBURY STREET ENTRANCE GATE, NORTH SIDE OF STADIUM 27—Kalamunda, Maida Vale, Carilla, 28 —Bellevue, Midland Junction. 29—Mundaring, Wundowie, Guildford. 30 —Bayswater, Bassendgan. 31—Morley Pk., Embleton. 32—Bedford Park, Inglewood. 33—Highgate, Mt. Lawley. 34—Cathedral, Maylands. 35 to 41: Country Parishes, Vithtoes and General Public.
But he said that it is the schema on the lay apostolate which "marks for us a point of fulfilment in the historical development of the lay apostolate." He continued: "All working in the various fields of this apostolate welcome its debate as a powerful recognition of their efforts. It means this apostolate is incorporated into the new dynamism of the Church, and it leaves the field open for further developments." Keegan added that lay people are also anxiously a waiting the Council discussion on Schema 13, on the Church and the problems of the modern world. He concluded by saying that the lay apostolate reaches its fullness in close collaboration with all other members of the Church, especially t h e bishops and their clergy. NO DISTANCE "There must be the 'family dialogue' of which the Holy Fathers have so frequently spoken," he said, "for the distinction between hierarchy and laity implies no distance, and this debate has done much to bind us together inseparably in the single mission of the Church." The Council Fathers listened to Keegan's address in rapt silence, and applauded spontoneously at its conclusion. "A woman ought to be next," one of them remarked, and the Council would not be surprised if this other innovation were to occur soon.