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J^ortf) Carolina Catholic Volume VIII. Nazareth, N. Cv Friday, October 9, 1953 Number 2. CHAIRMAN AND INSTITUTE SPEAKERS Pictured in the above photograph are, 1 to r, Mrs. Robert Doherty, chairman of Catholic PTA, Kansas City, Missouri; the Reverend Ed ward T. Gilbert, diocesan superintendent of schools, Goldsboro, N. C.; and the Reverend Sister Bernard Frances,, S.S.J., of Phlladephia. Father Gilbert presided at the two-day sessions held at Nazareth. Sister Bernard Frances and Mrs. Doherty spoke on timely subjects during the Friday morning conference. (Waller and Smith photo) Sterilization Laws Always Wrong Pope Pius XII Tells Doctors By Very Rev. Francis J. Connell, C.SS.R. On September 7, 1953, Pope Pius XII addressed the delegates td the first international Symposium on Medical Genetics, held in Rome. The Holy Father manifested a profound knowledge of genetics—the science concerned with the transmission of characteristics, whether desirable or undesirable, by heredity, from generation to generation. He commented on the theory of the evolution of the human body from International Crimes Should Be Punished Pope Pius XII Says CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy. — Adoption of a code of internation al law for the proper punishment of “war crimes” and other crimes of international consequences was urged by His* Holiness Pope Pius XII in a lengthy address to jurists from more than a score of nations. “The certitude, confirmed by treaties, that one must render an account — even if the criminal act succeeds, even if the offense is committed abroad, even if, after having committeed it, one flees to a foreign country — is a guaran tee not to be underestimated,” the Holy Father told the jurists. All Crimes Included , The Pontiff was referring to all manner of crimes, but chiefly to unjust war which “provokes ruin, suffering and unimaginable hor ror.” He said that “the community of nations must reckon with un principled criminals who, in order to realize their ambitious plans, are not afraid to unleash total war.” At the outset, the Pope drew a distinction by stating that the ab solute necessity for self-defense permits nations the right to arm themselves for such purpose, “a right which cannot be denied any state.” “That, however,” he declared, “does not in any way alter the fact that unjust war is to be accounted as one of the very gravest crimes which international law must pro scribe, and must punish with the heaviest penalties, the authors of which are in every case guilty and liable to the punishment which has been agreed upon.” i some lower luun ui aajlc auu, while encouraging diligent study on this matter, clearly asserted that up to the present no certain evidence' of such evolution has been given. This is the same stand that Pope Pius XII took in his Encyclical Humani Generis. However, the most important part of the papal address is that which deals with the right of men and women to marry and to pro duce offspring. The Pbpe agrees that the basic purpose to the sci ence of genetics — to influehce the transmission of hereditary fac tors so as to promote the good of the offspring and to eliminate heredity defects — is praise worthy. But; at the same time, he points out that some of the meth ods employed for this purpose are I morally objectionable, from the (Continued on Page 4) NCCLA Sets 7,500 as Goal For Their Membership Drive RALEIGH. — A goal of 7,500 members was set this week as plans were announced for a state wide membership drive for the North Carolina Catholic Laymens Association. Mrs. Anne An dresky, Kannapolis, vice president of the NCCLA, has been named to head the membership drive. Psychiatry Good When Kept in Proper Bounds, Pope Pius Tells Experts VATICAN CITY. — The Church is keenly interested in psychiatry and is glad to see it make prog ress, so long as it uses proven methods and keeps -within the bounds of Christian precepts. This was the assurance given by His Holiness Pope Pius XII at an audience to Italian nurses and medical technicians gathered in Rome for a national congress. Church Is Anxious “The Church is anxious in Her pedagogical and pastoral mission,” the Holy Father said, “to promote the best methods which, through proven experience, contribute to a harmonious/development of the spiritual faculties. Notwithstanding that which the sectarianism of an other day presumed falsely to af firm, it is admitted today that a conduct of life in conformity with Christian principles ... is the best guarantee for safeguarding har mony of spirit in normal subjects, while its reacquirement constitutes a corroborating element for ex hausted or shaken physic energies.” Work Praised The Pope told the nurses that the Church knows "that “winning a soul away from insanity is the same as gaining it, at least origi nally, for Christ, because this puts it in a position to return from atro phy and inertia to being a knowing, active member of His Mystical Body.” Resumes Program GREENSBORO. — The Most Reverend Fulton J. Sheen will resume his pro gram on October 13, 8:00 p. m. to 8:30 p. m., WFMY, Greensboro. This will be a live program direct from New York. The drive will open Uctober 25 in all parishes, he comptetea a week later. - Largest membership in the history of the association was predicted by Mrs. Andresky. She cited growth of the diocese as one of the chief reasons for the expected growth of the as ! sociation. “Every adult Catholic should be j a member,” she said. “The NCCLA is promoting the work of the Con fraternity of Christian Doctrine, which according to Church law should be functioning in every parish. If for no other reason than this, it would be the privilege of .every layman to be a member.” The NCCLA was organized eight years ago. Since that time it has promoted many projects. Among them was the founding of the North Carolina Catholic, a library plan that placed books into public li braries all over the state, the show ing of Catholic films, the sponsor ing of the trailerumapel. The local organization is unique in the nation and has won wide recognition as a pioneering organization. Membership in the association will be open to any Catholic lay man or lay woman 16 years old or over. Memberships range from simple annual memberships to life time memberships. * Mrs. Andresky said that local association groups will be asked to carry on their drives by per sonal canvass of all membership of the parish. I NCCLA Deanery Meet Scheduled by Officers FAYETTEVILLE. — The Dean ery of the North Carolina Catholic Laymen’s Association for the Ral eigh area will be held Sunday, Oc tober 11, with Mrs. J. L. Marks, Raleigh” Deanery Chairman, pre siding. The meeting will be held at St. Patrick’s School Auditori um here at the invitation of Fa ther William Darley, O. M. I. The other deanery officers will as sist in the business program of the meeting. , L. R. Biven, State President of (Continued on Page 8) PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS AT CATHERDAL GATHERING Featured speakers during the two-day annual diocesan teachers’ institute held at Nazareth recently are pictured above drith Their Excellencies, the Most Reverend Vincent S. Waters, D. D., Bishop oi Raleigh, and the Most Reverend James J. Navagh, Auxiliary Bishop. Reading from left to right are the Navagh, Dale Francis and the Reverend Edward T.Reverend Bernard Kunkel, Bishop Waters, Bishop Gilbert. The addresses of Father Kunkel and Dale Francis comprised the program for Friday after noon. The institute was the largest ever held in the diocese. A great number of interested parents at tended all the sessions. (Waller and Smith photo) Marian Year Lends Nation-Wide Drive Stronger Emphasis WASHINGTON. — Designation of 1954 as a Marian Year will en courage Americans in their plans to build a national church dedi cated to the Mother of God. This was predicted here by Archbishop John F. Noll,* Bishop of Fort Wayne. The United States is dedicated to the Mother of God under the title of her Immaculate Conception. As 1954 will be the centenary of the promulgation of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, Amer ican Catholics already had decided to begin next year the great Upper Church of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception here. Now Pope Pius XII has proclaimed » 1954 a Marian Year, giving added impetus to good works honoring the Blessed Mother. To raise funds for this splen did shrine, the Bishops of the Unit ed States are conducting a nation wide appeal. In most parts of the United States this appeal will be held on December 6, the Sunday nearest to the Feast of the Imma culate Conception, December 8. Archbishop Noll is chairman of (Continued on Page 8) Religion - Patriotism Freedom's Twin Hopes Says Bedell Smith DETROIT — The surest guar antee of America’s survival in the struggle witl* communism is her continued allegiance to “the prin ciples of religion and patriotism.” Without these, there is no hope for an individual «r for a nation. This is the messagfe Under Sec retary of State Walter Bedell Smith gave the First Friday Club of Detroit as ha accepted the Club’s highest aware, the Cor Jesu Med al. No nation can endure unless its roots are imDrdded in moral prin ciple, Mr. Smith said. “Our Christian faith,” he added, “is basic to the spirit which’mo tivates our society. It pointed the road to our way of life long before our forefathers gave it political meaning.” Today, he said, Christian con cepts are “the strongest bond link ing us to other peonies. We live by them. They would mean little if each of us were to leave them behind as he stepped out of his place of worship . . .” The Christian heritage and way of life, Mr. Smith continued, is pre cisely what sets Americans apart from the communists. “The communists boast of their godlessness. They are aggressively anti-religious and have relentlessly persecuted the religious leaders of the peoples under their control . . . Thev well know that an indi vidual cannot serve God and com munism.”
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