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I ’- "W, « » North Carolina Catholic Volume I. Nazareth, N. C., Sunday, February 9, 1947 Number 19 John G. “Buddy” Redmond was awarded the national Junior Cham ber of Commerce’s distinguished service award as being the out standing young man in Goldsboro. He is shown above, right, being presented the award by Mayor Scott B. Berkley. Mr. Redmond is active in Catholic groups and one of the reasons for his selection, according to the national group, was his service to the Church. Last year’s winner of the high honor was G. C. Nelson,, another Catholic, who is now a member of St. Lawrence’s parish in Ashe ville. Mr. Redmond belongs to St. Mary’s parish in Goldsboro. Catholic Committee of the South Will Meet In Charlotte Sept. 23 CHARLOTTE.—Southern Catholic leaders from 11 states will meet at Charlotte for three days starting Sept. 23 for the seventh annual convention of the Catholic Committee of the South, it was decided last week at a meeting held in the Hotel Charlotte. Edward MacClements, president of the North Carolina Cath olic Laymen’s Association, was named to head the convention Church Blocks Russian Conquest, Says Budenz PHILADELPHIA — (NC— The Catholic Church was described as “the chief moral force blocking Russia’s way to world control,” by Louis F. Budenz, former man aging editor of The Daily Work er, communist newspaper, in an address here. Mr. Budenz, who de serted communism to return to (Continued on Page 7) committee. Initial plans for the seventh an nual convention of the Catholic Committee of the South to be held in September in Charlotte were made on January 29th by the pro gram committee of the organiza tion here. This meeting, which will be held on Sept. 23, 24, 25, at the Hotel Charlotte, will be at tended by representatves of the clergy and laity of the eleven Southern States. Bishop Vincent S. Waters of Ra (Continued on Page 6 ''Communism Born of Godless Creed May Be Punishment"—Msgr. Sheen NEW YORK — (NC) — As “wicked” Babylon was “God’s in strument lor disciplining the peo ple ol Judah” and “bestial” Assy ria “was the rod and the staff of God’s anger against the people of Israel,” it may very well be that “communism will be the instru ment for the liquidation of a bour geois civilization that has forgotten God.” *rtii« was an observation made by Magr. Fulton J. Sheen, of the Catholic University of America, in his second of a series of eleven addresses over the Catholic Hour last Sunday evening. The radio program, to which the noted priest orator has returned for the seven teenth consecutive year, is pro duced by the National Council of Catholic Men and broadcast over the network of the -National Broadcasting Company. “Cojnmunism is not to be fear ed because it is anti-God,” he de clared, "tSut because we are God less; not because it is strong, but because we are weak, for if we (Continued on Page 6 Declaration of Human Rights Presented by Catholic Leaders NEW YORK—(NC)—The “inalienable rights” which man must have to fulfill his obligations as a creature of God are catalogued in a document drafted by Catholic scholars which has been presented to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Entitled “A Declaration of Rights,” the document was prepared by a committee of a dozen' distinguished philosophers and jurists appointed by the National Catholic Welfare Conference. The declaration treats of its subject in four categories: the rights of the human person, the rights-pertaining to the family, the domestic rights of States and the rights of States in the inter national community. It insists that “suitable opportunity to discharge fundamental obligations in New Bern Man Received By Pope Pius XII In Visit to Vatican NEW BERN — Henry Zaytoun, now a dentist in the Navy, with the rank of junior-grade lieuten ant, has written his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Zaytoun of New Bern, about a trip to Rome where he had an audience with the Pope, from his regular home base at Heidelburg, Germany. In the group received by the Pope, were nine Americans and 55 Italians. “We all lined up around the room in single file against the wall,”' the lieutenant wrote. “After two hours of waiting the Holy Father came in and walk ed around the room and stopped to speak with each individual and to bless each one. When he came to me he spoke in English and commented about my being in the American Navy and I replied that I was and then hat said he would give me a special blessing. I kneeled and kissed his ring. “After he had spoken to every one in'the room, he stopped and gave us all his Papal blessing. As he passed out, he was accompanied by two monsignors, one on each side. They, of course, were dressed in their scarlet robes — or purple, whichever they call it. The Holy Father wore white robes and a white skull cap with his crucifix around his neck. It is impossible for me to describe him fully, for words cdShld never express all that one saw in that humble and sin cere face.” Vatican Directory Lists Changes In Official Order of Church's Popes Vatican City. — (Radio, NC— The designation of His Holiness Pope Pius XII as the 261st of the successors to St. Peter as Bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church has been dropped in the 1947 Annuario Pontificio, the offi cial Vatican directory published here each year. In a note explaining that there are some difficulties and uncer tainties in the 1.900-year line of (Continued on Page 7) Russia Spiritually Inert Says Orthodox Leader New York.—(NC)—No matter how hard their Soviet rulers may try to convince the Russian peo ple that they live in the freest country in the world, a slavery that involves not only the body, but also the spirit, the conscience and the mind weigh? them down, (Continued on Page 12) the various and separate situations of life is a right that cannot be denied,” and it points out that “for man’s use God has provided the basic resources of the world.” It strikes out against pretexts that would deprive man of these rights. The text of the document fol lows: A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS DRAFTED BY A COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE CONFERENCE General Preamble God, the Creator of the human race, has charged man with obli gations arising from his personal dignity, from his immortal destiny, and from his relationships as a social being. These obligations are in reference to the Creator, to himself, to his family and fellow men, to the State and to the com munity of States. For the fulfill ment of these obligations man is endowed with certain natural, in alienable rights. These obliga (Continued on Page 12) Possibility of CathoKc High School Seen For St. Paul's Parish New Bern—Possibility for a Catholic > high school in New Bern was seen this week as Joseph Rachide was appointed to head a committee to devise ways and means for the immediate raising of funds to build a high school for St. Paul’s church. Monsignor Michael A. Erwin, pastor of St. Paul’s, spoke at the regular meeting of the Men’s So ciety, told oT the great need for higher education for Catholics in the city. He said that it was ne cessary from a civic as well as a spiritual viewpoint. Monsignor Erwin skid that the Most Reverend Vincent S. Waters, Bishop of the Diocese of Raleigh, is enthusiastically in favor of the projected new high school and will support the efforts of the parish to attain it. Ban on Cosed Shop Vigorously Opposed By Catholic Unionists DETROIT —(NC)— Opposition to any ban on the closed shop or third annual conventilon of the “union” shop was expressed at the Detroit Association of Catholic Trade Unionists here in a resolu tion stating that such a ban would “disrupt employer-employee rela tions, make it impossible for un ions to discipline'their own mem bers, and strike at the root of la bor organization.” “We support laws designed to effect peaceful settlement of dis putes' between unions,” the con vention resolved; “to prevent the unjust use of the boycott; to strengthen meditation and concili ation machinery; to provide for a study of the wage-price-profit problem by representative com mittee; and to require accounting of union funds." Laws prohibiting industry-wide collective bargaining were charac terized by the ACTU group as “a step backward . . . which seeks to reduce labor to a state of impo tence . . . and would merely sub stitute for a big strike a large number of little strikes.’ In objecting to proposed amend ments to the Wagner Act, the AC TU declared that it would not op pose, however, any attempts to “even up” the Wagner Act by “prohibiting unions from interfer (Continued on Page _6 Cardinal von Preysing Will Visit America Washington.—(NC) — His Em inence Konrad von Preysing, Bish op of Berlin, will leave Germany by airplane on February 14 and will arrive at La Guardia airport in New York the following day, it is announced in word received here. Cardinal von Preysing is com (Continued on Page 6 Catholics Believe What I Believe So I Became Catholic"—Mrs. Luce i; NEW YORK _(NC)— “What Catholics believe is precisely why I became a Catholic. I found I be lieved it too.” Clare Boothe Luce, playwright, lecturer, editor, and, former Con gresswoman, who joined the Cath olic Church in February, 1948, makes this statement in an article on the reasons why she embraced the Faith appearing in McCall’s Magazine for February. A second installment of her story Will be published by the monthly in March. Mrs. Luce writes that thousands of people have asked her for the “reaP’ reason why she became a member of the Church, but that she could not choose between the reasons, that they were all "real’* reasons. One reason, she says, was that “by the Grace of God I was given the Gift of Faith.” Mrs. Luce disdains any influ ence of family background or per sonal friends in her conversion, but mentions a correspondence she had during her term in Congress with (Continued on Page 6
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