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MARXIST - CHRISTIAN MEETING MARRED BY SUDDEN ABSENCES
Salzburg, Austria: The twin mysteries of the missing cardinal and the missing communists hovered like a cloud over the four-day dialogue between Christians and Marxists here.
Marxist scholars from four Iron Curtain countries, who had been scheduled to come, refused to attend the study session on collaboration and ideological co-existence between Christians and atheists. Some observers here attributed their refusal to false reports that the c onference was being sponsored by the Vatican's new Secretariat for Noa-Believers. Also absent was Franziskus Cardinal Koenig of Vienna, president of the secretariat, who sent word at the last minute that he would not attend. But the secretary of the secretariat, Father Vincenzo Miano, S.D.B., was among the 230 Marxist theorists and Christian theologians from East and West who met here under the auspices of the Paulus Society.
Misgivings Expressed
He had actively encouraged Father Kellner's effort to organise this year's debate on religion and had said he would bring a three-part Polish delegation of Marxists, government - favoured Catholics of the Pax group and Catholics who fully support Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, the Polish Primate, who has been an outspoken critic of the government.
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Commission Member Gives Views
Since Schaff is a member ORGANISERS of the meet- Communist party, Lucio ing as well as some of its Lombardo -Radice, did not of the Polish Communist leading participants ex- hide his anger at the action party's central committee CHICAGO: pressed frank misgivings of the communist officials and therefore wields conA MEMBER of the papal over the present and future in the four eastern coun- siderable power, the abcommission studying implications of the absence tries and promised that the sence of a Polish delegaof Cardinal Koenig and the Italian party would fire off tion was taken as indicat- birth control and family ing strong opposition with- questions counselled people delegations from Czecho- letters of protest. in Polish officialdom to "not to expect something slovakia, Poland, East Ger"If Christians are willing the Christian-Marxist dia- like change" in the teachmany and Hungary. to stick their necks out in logue. ing of the Church on these issues. MARXIST SCHOLARS dialogue. it is shameful for Yugoslav Marxist theocomm -Faith and knowledge FROM ALL FOUR COUN- said. unists to refuse," he rists, however, came in can develop, but there can force, and there was one be no TRIES EARLIER HAD from Bulgaria. Rumanians, simple turning back, no EXPRESSED A WILLINGchange" that conwho were invited, did not tradicts previous NESS TO COME, AND come. Marxist thinkers declared Father teaching, Bernard from the Soviet Union Haering, ALL BUT THE EAST C.SS.R., in an were not invited. The GERMANS HAD EVEN interview. biggest representation of "Whatever happens, it SHOWED EAGERNESS. Biggest disappointment Marxists was from West- will be in the direction of Europe, especially going ahead. And it would Father Erich Kellner, was the absence of the ern e xecutive secretary of the Polish Marxist theorist, France and Italy. be unwise for me to draw Among the French dele- conclusions which I do not Paulus Society and prin- Adam Schaff. Schaff, who criticism of gation was Roger Garaudy, yet see." cipal organiser of the meetFather Haering, besides ing, said it is possible that Marxism's theory of man a member of the central the Holy See had asked has touched off a fiery de- committee of France's being a member of the Cardinal Koenig to stay bate among Marxist intel- Communist party. who has papal commission on famaway. He said there have lectuaK had taken part, in adopted Schaff's criticism ily quesions, is a secretary been indications that the last year's meeting of the and become one of the of the sub-commission in Holy See, because of Italy's Paulus Society on human leading figures in Marx- charge of the Ecumenical Precarious political situa- society. ism's intramural debate. Council's schema on the tion, is wary of any corn munist-Catholic dialogue. He added that because the Cardinal is head of the new Secretariat for NonBelievers, his presence might have seemed to give the Vatican's approval to the meeting. Father Kellner stressed that the Christian-Marxist dialogue got off to a good start, adding that "this dialogue is not political, rather it is a matter of science, humanity and respect for the human mind." "Ihope the Holy See will look on it ••••• with a benevo• lent eye," he said. Father Kellner said it is also possible Koenig had that Cardinal OWn to stay decided on his away from the Meeting or even that the Austrian This new church-school parishes asked himgovernment had made by His The parish priest, Father not to come. of Byrne, is at present Our Lady of Good M. year. this new The Grace Both and Counsel, Karrinyup, was ttaying at St. Dominic's school, which has 65 puMarxistsChristians at the meeting atblessed and opened last Presbytery, North Doublepils at present, is staffed tributed Sunday by His Lordship view. Work is expected by two Sisters of the Holy scholars the absence of the from the four Iron Bishop McKeon. This is to begin on the new presCurtain Family of Nazareth who nations to governthe beginning of the parish bytery at Karrinyup within travel daily from their ment or party opposition. plant in one of the new a few weeks. convent at North Beach. An official of the Italian
Biggest Disappointment
The Beginning Of A Parish
Church in the modern world, where the question of married love is considered. He is a German moral theologian w h o teaches in Rome. He predicted that Pope Paul VI will "say something to direct the conciences of people" after the papal commission finishes its study of family questions. But in the meantime, he added, "no one should anticipate what the solution will be." He did not speculate as to when the Pope would speak. He said the norms set forth by Pope Pius XII in 1958, condemning the use of anovulant pills for contraceptive p u r poses, must be "observed in a reasonable, not rigoristic manner." LARGE FAMILY IDEAL Father Haering remarked that the large family is an ideal, if all conditions are favourable — but the responsibility for making the decision rests not with a government or a confessor, but with each individual couple. He said he sees no conflict between the work of the papal commission and that of the Ecumenical Council sub - commission dealing with the schema on the Church in the world. "In my opinion," he said, "the Council will give only great directions for the future. It would be unfortunate if the Council entered into the casuistic questions of our year, which may no longer be important in a few years." He said all currents of theological opinion are represented on the papal commission and it is unfair to suggest that only con-
servative thought has a voice there. Outlining a "most probable" schedule for the Council's fourth session, which opens on September 14, he predicted that three or four days will be spent discussing the declaration on religious liberty; next will follow two or more weeks on the Church in the modern world; then will come discussions of completely revised documents on the missions and the priesthood. He stated flatly that there will be no further. discussion on the declaration on Catholic-Jewish relations, despite recent newspaper reports to the contrary. Instead, he said, there simply will be a vote. The fourth and last session will probably end before Christmas. but its work-load could carry it over beyond the Christmas holidays, he said.
Schemas Reviewed
VATICAN CITY: THE commission for the co-ordination of the E cumenical Council's fourth and last session met in Rome on May 11 and 12. The commission's task was to review the revisions of the various schemas being made by individual c ommissions. The revised schemas will then be sent to Pope Paul for approval and will be presented to the Fathers when the Council opens on September 14. The commission is headed by Amleto Cardinal Cicognani, Papal Secretary of State.