Cardinal Gibbons' Love
Of Liberty Recalled
BALTIMORE —(NC)— A bio
grapher of James Cardinal Gib
bons recalled here the contribu
tions made by the great prelate
to the advancement of individual
freedom. Cardinal Gibbons served
as Vicar Apostolic in the Caro
linas shortly after the Givil War.
Msgr. John Tracy Ellis, profes
sor of Church history at the Cath
olic University of America, whose
two-volume biography of Cardinal
Gibbons was published in 1952,
said the prelate’s love of freedom
sprang from two sources—his re
spect for each individual made to
the image and likeness of God and
his acceptance of the principles
enshrined in the Bill of Rights of
the U.S. Constitution.
The Monsignor spoke at the ded
ication of Gibbons Hall, the recon
structed preparatory school of the
College of Notre Dame of Mary
land, which the Cardinal helped to
found. Archbishop Lawrence J.
Shehan of Baltimore, officiated at
the blessing of the school. Card
inal Gibbons served as Archbishop
of Baltimore from 1877 until his
death in 1921.
Msgr. Ellis said the Constitution
was a favorite subject of the Card
inal. In an article written five
weeks before his death, Msgr. El
lis said, Cardinal Gibbons stated:
“If I had the privilege of modify
ing the Constitution of the United
States, I would not expunge or
alter a single paragraph, a single
line or a single word of that im
portant instrument. The Constitu
tion is admittedly adapted to the
growth and expansion of the Cath
olic religion, and the Catholic re
ligion is admirably adapted to the
genius of the Constitution. They
fit together like two links of the
same chain.”
Msgr. Ellis described Cardinal
Gibbons as a man unafraid of dif
ference of opinion in all that per
tained to the realm of undefined
truths. Before the Third Plenary
Council of Baltimore over which
Cardinal Gibbons presided in 1884,
the prelate had a private audience
with Pope Leo XIII.
Msgr. Ellis related that the
Pope counseled that the Cardinal
and his fellow bishops should be
positive in their attitude toward
the legislation they would enact.
He said the Pope told the Card
inal: “I dislike severe and harsh
measures. I dislike anathemas.”
He said the Pope then elated the
Cardinal when he said: “I love to
appeal to the good sense and intel
ligence and heart of the world.”
The Monsignor said that under the
Cardinal’s direction the ecclesiasti
cal laws enacted at the council be
came a model to which the Holy
See directed the attention of the
hierarchies of other countries.
Msgr. Ellis recalled that three
years later Cardinal Gibbons cham
pioned the rights and freedom of
workingmen when the Knights of
Labor was being formed in this
country at a time when the Holy
See already had condemned the
knights as a forbidden society in
Canada.
CATHOLIC COMMENT
from around the globe
Encyclical
Goes To MP’s
LONDON — (NC) — A transla
tion of His Holiness Pope John
XXIII’s social encyclical Mater et
Magistra has been sent to every
Member of Parliament and trade
union leader in Britain.
They received a Catholic Truth
Society translation by Father Har
old Winstone, prepared at the re
quest of William Cardinal Godfrey,
Archbishop bf Westminster. It in
cludes an introductory analysis:
The British Liberal party’s
monthly journal “New Outlook” in
a special article this week praised
the encyclical for its emphasis on
co-ownership and the responsibility
it place., on the shoulders of work
ers.
“A generation ago it would have
been unthinkable that Liberals
should seek inspiration and sup
port in papal documents,” it said.
“But times have changed. In his
encyclical letter Pope John not
only demands co-management and
co-ownership of industry but states
bluntly that the initiative is un
likely to come from employers.
The impetus must come from the
artisans.”
Italian In Mass
Seen As Omen
CLEVELAND — (NC) — A lay
man prominent in the U.S. liturgi
cal movement said here there is an
“excellent chance” that use of the
vernacular in the Mass — at least
in part — will become universal.
The “guess” was made by John
B. Mannion, executive secretary of
the National Liturgical Confer
ence, Washington, D.C., a 4,000
'ear
member group organized to make
the Church’s official public wor
ship better known.
“I favor the vernacular in the
Mass for two reasons,” Mannion
said during an interview. He was
here to address a student assembly
at St. John’s College.
“First, it will help people to un
derstand what the Church is teach
ing and doing in the Mass.
“Second, it enables us to pray
in the language in which we think.
“There is an excellent chance
that the use of the vernacular will
be made universal in the coming
ecumenical council. There is a sub
stantial movement for this, and it
seems to be growing,” he said.
Mannion predicts that use of the
language which the worshippers
speak will be only partial at first,
with the Canon of the Mass pre
served in Latin.
Among signs of change he has
noted are use of the vernacular in
the dialogue Mass responses re
cently approved for the Diocese of
Rome in the synod convoked by
Pope John.
Italian Americans
Praised By EMK
NEW YORK — (NC) — The
tremendous contribution made to
this country and to Italy by the
American Committee on Italian
Migration during the last 10 years
was saluted here by Edward M.
Kennedy.
The President’s brother was the
principal speaker at the tenth an
nual dinner dance (Dec. 9) of the
agency which works with the Na
tional Catholic Resettlement Coun
cil. Some 700 persons including
dignitaries of Church and State, at
tended the event.
“The contributions of Italians to
the culture, the arts, the sciences,
the industry and agriculture of
every country in the world are im
measurable,” Kennedy declared.
He said the United States needs
“the skills and creative talents of
the Italian immigrant.” He said
that during the years from 1900 to
1930 more than 3,500,000 Italian
immigrants found new homes in
this country and contributed to the
nation’s welfare.
Kennedy said that Italian migra
tion was cut drastically during the
1930s and was shut off entirely
during the World War II years. He
recalled that in the postwar years
the principal effort was finding
new homes here for displaced per
sons and Italians did not qualify in
that category.
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African Refugees
Promised Help
MBARARA, Uganda—(NC)—A
special envoy of His Holiness Pope
John XXIII has visited 11,000 ref
ugees from Rwanda at Rikinga
Valley Camp near here.
Archbishop-elect Guido Del Mes
tri, Apostolic Delegate in East Af
rica, told the refugees he would re
port their needs fully to Pope
John. He said he would emphasize
their difficulties in educating their
children.
A beating drum summoned the
refugees to hear the Apostolic Del
egate. He spoke in French and his
words were translated into Kinyar
wanda by the president of the
Catholic teachers who accompanied
the refugees into Uganda.
The refugees fled fierce inter
tribal warfare that broke out in
Rwanda about two months before
September’s UN-supervised elec
tions in the twin trust territory of
Rwanda-Burundi. The elections are
designed to pave the way for the
independence of Rwanda and Bur
undi, which have been under Bel
gian administration.
Applause broke from the crowd
when the Apostolic Delegate de
clared the Pope did not believe
rumors that they were tainted with
communism. He said the Pope
knows they are staunch Catholics.
Peaceful Growth
Pope Wishes Volta
VATICAN CITY — (NC) — A
strong family life and peaceful de
velopment of the nation were the
Pope’s wishes for the Republic of
Upper Volta on the first anniver
sary of that African country’s in
dependence.
His Holiness Pope John XXIII
made his wishes known in a De
cember 10 letter to Archbishop
Paul Zoungrana, W.F., of Ouaga
dougou.
Pope John said he felt close ties
had been created between himself
and Upper Volta by his consecra
tion of Archbishop Zoungrana on
May 8, 1960 in St. Peter’s basilica,
and by the special delegation Up
per Volta sent to Rome for the re
cent festivities commemorating the
third anniversary of his coronation.
He spoke also of his pride in Up
per Volta’s “very fine and blossom
ing Catholic community.”
The Pope concluded with the
wish that “real and lasting happi
ness may reign in your families
and in your nation . . . that all
social classes may strive constant
ly toward promoting the well-being
of the nation and that the divine
gift of peace may assist your
people.”
Brazil Cardinal
Mediates Rail Strike
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina —
(NC) — The Archbishop of Bue
nos Aires was praised by acting
President Jose Maria Guido of Ar
gentina for his mediation efforts
in the recent national 42-day strike
of railroad workers.
Antonio Cardinal Caggiano,
Archbishop of Buenos Aires, had
been asked by Mr. Guido to medi
ate the strike, which ended on De
cember 11.
Some 200,000 railroad workers
had protested the threatened abol
ition of about 80,000 jobs by plans
to modernize the government
owned railroad system. On Novem
ber 30 the Argentine Bishops is
sued a statement urging govern
ment and labor leaders to end the
strike.'
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