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NAZARETH, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1957
P. O. Box 9503, Raleigh, N. C.
VOLUME XII NUMBER 11
Pope Interrupts Retreat To
Affirm Europe's Dire Need
For Federation of Nations
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Interrupting his annual Advent retreat,
His Holiness Pope Pius XII received delegates of the third National
Congress of the Italian Association for the Council of European Com
munities. - -
In a prief address the Pontiff
praised the council's work and
stressed the need for a political
unification of Europe.
The council, he noted, is one of
the most important movements for
the unity of Europe. It can play a
great part in the task of prompt
ing governments toward achieving
political and “supranational” fed
eration of European states.
The task of the European com
munities in the federal unification
of the old continent, he said, is that
of helping to guarantee individual
freedoms.
The Holy Father warned that
tendencies toward centralization
in modern nations greatly limit
the freedom of local communities
and individuals, and that there is
a great need to eall to the attention
of governments the supremacy of
personal values over economic and
social values.
“Common welfare, for which
civil power is established, finds
its climax in the autonomous life
of individuals. Only a community
of spiritual interests can unite men
in a lasting manner,” said the Pope.
“There is, therefore, a need to
create in Europe a great and strong
majority of federalists who be
lieve in the principles of a healthy
individualism; we mean to say,
who share the conception of a civil
society in which men achieve their
full development and freely serve
the community.”
He went on to praise the council’s
creation of a “European commun
ity of communal credit” which aims
at preparing the establishment of
a European Institute of Commu
nal Credit.
The Pontiff expressed the hope
that the credit community would
be able to obtain international jur
idical status and thus become a
useful organ of consultation in the
new structures created by the
European common market.
New Elementary Supervisor Probes
'WHY' of Grammar School Collection
By Mother O. Masse, R.IJ.C.
His Excellency, the Most Reverend Vincent Waters, D. D., has
dedicated December as the month for further development of Chris
tian Education. The Bishop stated, “Education is the Salvation in the
true sense of the word.” This dedication is for all one of devotedness,
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each and every one the offering
- of a part of self in order to share
in the foregoing statement.
To make the Christ Child known,
loved and served demands a true
knowledge of one’s responsibility
in the noble work of Education. In
reality, education develops the
whole man: spiritually, mentally,
morally, and physically. Unless
one shows a sincere interest in the
value of Christian Education, and
the possible means to acquire this
heritage, a large per cent of our
American youth will continue to be
frustrated, and little by little will
try to evade this interior confusion
by following the line of least re
sistance. To combat this ever
growing trend there is to be found,
however, at the Crib on Christmas
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This issue of North Car
olina Catholic is dedicated
to the elementary schools
of the Diocese.
Morn a lesson which spells: Chris
tian Education.”
The progress of the Diocese of
Raleigh in the past decade may
well be considered from various
angles: its spiritual ascendency,
its aesthetic values, its musical
achievement, and its scholastic
growth, each of which has its
bearing on the other. Education
is not a short-cut to knowledge,
but a true development of God
given faculties. With the develop
ment of these human powers with
which each rational being is en
dowed every human ill can be
overcome. In the issue of the
“North Carolina Catholic” of No
vember twenty-ninth, His Excel
lency brought forth with strength
and vigor, the fact that: .“Educa
tion is the development of the In
tellect, Emotions, and Will, with
the grace of God and our own co
operation.”
In order to keep alive this edu
cational movement which was
launched in the Diocese of Raleigh
some years ago Bishop Waters hjis
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must doctor prolong life ...?
Visiting with members of the INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ANESTHETISTS IS HIS HOLINESS
POPE PIUS XII at Vatican City. In a special address in French, the Pope answered three questions sub
mitted him by Dr. Bruno Haid, chief of the anesthesia section of the surgical clinic of the University of
Innsbruck. The questions were all related to the problem of “reanimation,” and the moral aspects of
artificial respiration. Delegates, meeting at Rome’s Mendel Institute, came from 12 nations, and included
Prof. H. Beecher of the U. S., and Dr. Paul Niehans of Switzerland, who treated the Pontiff during his
illness two years ago. Turn to page 2 for complete story. (NC Photos)
Laymen Travel250 Miles
To Attend Wilmington
NCCLA Deanery Meeting
WILMINGTON — The Fall
Deanery Meetings of the North
Carolina Catholic Laymen’s Asso
ciation have been marked by large
attendance of both priests and laity
in all deaneries throughout the
state, but the Wilmington Dean
ery Meeting established a record
of travel. Parishioners of St.
James Parish, Hamlet, made the
round trip with their pastor, Fa
ther James H. Tevlin, which to
taled over two hundred and fifty
miles. St. Mary’s Parish, Laurin
burg, headed by Father James J.
Noonan, Pastor, made the two hun
dred mile round trip from their
home town. The meeting was
held in St. Mary’s Auditorium at
the invitation of Right Reverend
Monsignor Peter McNemey, Dean
of Wilmington. Over 800 miles of
travel was involved in aU the par
ishes attending this deanery meet
ing.
Monsignor McNemey Speaks
Monsignor McNerney toward,the
end of the meeting told the assem
bled group that “the purpose of the
laity is not to be dormant regard
ing matters of our faith, but to be
active members of Christ, to be in
telligent operators in the Mysti
cal Body of Christ bringing troth
to mankind.” He further cited
that “if you give a man a cause, he
will be willing to die for it and
that Christ gave us a cause and
that in the confraternity of all
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EMBER WEEK
Wednesday, and Saturday
of Ihe Third Week of Advent,
beginning Sunday, December
15, are days of fast and
partial abstinence: Friday
fast and complete abstinence.
On Wednesday and Saturday
meat may be taken at the
principal meal.
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• brothers, the laity should be will
ing to understand their place in the
Church.”
State Vice-President Attends
Arnold F. Beerkens of Murphy,
and the Association’s Vice Presi
dent substituted for Dr. Walter M.
Kulash and his message was high
lighted by the important work that
has to be done by the Catholic lay
men in missionary North Carolina
and of their “role to inspire peo
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Christ The King School, Kinston, N. C. — Opened Sept 1953
Italy's Supreme Court Finds State
Religion No Block to Civil Rights
ROME (Radio, NC)—The Ital
ian Constitutional Court has ruled
that Catholicism’s position as the
state religion here does not inter
fere with the constitutional guar
antee of freedom of religion.
The decision, which stated that
Catholicism’s special position in no
way interferes with “free exercise
of worship and freedom of other
religious confessions,” was sought
by a local magistrate in Mineo,
Sicily.
He contended that there is a
contradiction between the article of
Italy’s Constitution which estab
lishes freedom for all religions and
equality among them, and the ar
ticle which recognizes Catholicism
as the state religion.
He appealed to the court in the
case involving Sebastino Scaccia
noce, who was charged with pub
licly insulting the Church and
brought to trial. (Italian law pun
ishes persons found guilty of in
suiting the Church in public with
jail sentences of from one to three
years.)
The magistrate argued that the
provision of the penal code, under
which the Church is treated dif
ferently from other religions, is un
constitutional.
In its ruling the court pointed
out that the penal laws giving
special protection to the Church
are called for by the Lateran
Treaty between Italy and the Holy
See and do not interfere with the
freedom of other religions.
It also noted that in the matter
of the Church’s special position
the ancient tradition of the Italian
people has to be taken into ac
count. The court declared:
“The fact cannot be denied that
the Catholic Church holds a posi
tion different from that of other
religious organizations because of
the ancient and uninterrupted tra
dition of the Italian people, almost
all of whom belong to it.”
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right to educate ...
Indian Bishops State Laws
Of Nature and Cod vs State
KERALA (NC)—Meeting in November against the threat of the In
dian State of Kerala to close Catholic schools, the assembled Bishops of
India drew up a solemn protest against the unwarranted invasion of
civil rights by the Communist regime of the Indian State of Kerala.
The following clearcut statement of parental and human rights is
taken from the official statement of the assembled Indian Bishops,
and is signed by the twelve archbishops of that country. It will stand
on its own merits as a classical protest of the rights of God vs the
rights of Caesar. (Ed. Note) -
“The emergence of communism
into an organized party and the
success [of communism] in one
state is a significant phenomenon
as well as a warning portent.
While we are not concerned with
partisan politics, we cannot but
take into consideration the religi
ous and moral issues of the policy
and program of the party.
“The educational bill of the com
munist government in Kerala,
with its drastic and arbitrary laws
and regulations, has given rise to
a disquieting situation.
“The various provisions of the
bill are an unwarranted intrusion
into the fundamental rights of
parents and of religious minorities
in the field of education. The pro
tests raised by responsible persons
of all schools of political and re
ligious thought are an indication
of the alarm roused among the
people of Kerala, following the
daring attempt at the rigid control
and eventual nationalization of
schools.
“We do not question the right
of the state to frame regulations
for the steady and orderly ad
vancement of education. But we
strongly object to interference
with the sacred and and inaliena
ble rights of parents to educate
their children according to their
wishes and religious convictions,
and of the Church to conduct
schools in accordance with the
historic policy of liberty, autonomy
and tolerance, and the guarantees
under Article 30 of the Constitu
tion of the Republic of India.
“Though the communist leaders
in Kerala have given positive as
surance before and after the elec
tions that they will respect all re
ligious faiths, they have unmis
takably manifested their totali
tarian tendencies, antagonism to
Christians and their religious con
victions to educate their children
in accordance with their faith.
“Catholics should not be penal
ized for the legitimate demands to
safeguard their natural rights by
means of schools established pri
marily for their children. Any mo
nopoly, educational or scholastic,
which throttles private agencies
and compels families to make use
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Colorful Liturgy
Honors Our Lady
of Guadalupe
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (NC)—A
public demonstration honoring
Our Lady of Guadalupe was held
here, featuring three candlelight
processions of the faithful converg
ing from different points of the
city to attend Mass outside San
Fernando Cathedral.
Auxiliary Bishop Stephen A.
Leven of San Antonio was cele
brant of the Mass, attended by
an estimated 30,000 persons.
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patroness of Mexico on December
12 was sponsored by the Catholic
Council for the Spanish-speaking.
Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared
in 1531 to a 55-year-old Indian in
Mexico as he was on his way to
attend Mass.