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Vol. LII July 14, 1963 No' 11
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Cardinal Wyszynski
Says Pope Paul VI
Is Poland's Friend
Berlin — (NC) — Stefan Cardi
nal Wyszynski has told the Catho
lics of Poland that His Holiness
Pope Paul VI bears toward Poland
the same warm feelings of the late
Pope John XXIII.
The Cardinal Primate of Poland
wrote of Pope Paul’s close ties
with Poland in a letter from Rome
to his people shortly after the pa
pal election. He told them that the
first greeting the new Pope said to
him after the election was in Po
lish: “Niech zyje Polska” (Long
live Poland).
THE CARDINAL in his letter
recalled that in 1923, as plain Fa
ther Giovanni Battista Montini, the
Pope worked at the Warsaw nunci
ature at the side of the nuncio,
who later became Lorenzo Cardi
nal Lauri, and the present Carlo
Cardinal Chiarlo. And when he
was assigned to the central ad
ministration of the Church in
Rome, the primate continued,
Msgr. Montini ministered to the
spiritual needs of residents of the
Polish home operated by the Grey
Priest Surprised
To Find His Name
Used in Spy Case
AMSTERDAM, N.Y. — (NC) —
A priest here said it was “a great
surprise” to him that a man ar
rested by the FBI in Washington,
D.C., on spy charges had used his
name.
Father Robert Keistutis Baltch,
assistant pastor at St. Casimir’s
church, said he knew nothing
about the arrest of the man using
his name until he was informed
of it by a radio newsman.
The FBI arrested on charges of
conspiring to spy for the Soviet
Union a man using the name
Robert Keistutis Baltch. Arrested
with him was a woman calling
herself Joy Ann Garber Baltch.
The woman had taken the name
of Joy Ann Garber, a houswife in
Norwalk, Conn.
The FBI said the couple had
adopted the names of the two
Americans some time before 1959.
It was not disclosed whether the
arrested couple is married.
Father Baltch went to Lithuan
ia with his parents in 1933 and
studied there, returning to the
U.S. in 1947.
Father Baltch said his parents’
original name was Balcys, and
wnen they became nationalized
citizens of the U.S. they took the
name Baltch.
* said his middle name, Keistu
s» is a common one for Lithuan
ians to take, and that in the 13th
of ttlere was a grand duke
Lithuania by that name.
Ursulines and the Polish Institute.
The future pope was concerned
with Polish matters both while he
served in the Papal Secretariat of
State and as Archbishop of Milan,
See Says Pope, page 7A
Charlotte Principal
Assigned New Post
The Very Reverend James M.
Darby, S.M., Provincial Superior of
the Cincinnati Province of the So
ciety of Mary (Marianists), an
nounced that Bro. Robert Cassidy,
S.M., Superior-Principal of Char
lotte Catholic High School is as
signed to Moeller High School,
Cincinnatti 42, Ohio, effective Au
gust 15, 1963.
The Cincinnati Province of the
Marianists assumed operation of
Charlotte Catholic High School in
September, 1961. Bro. Cassidy is
the first Marianist Superior-Prin
cipal. Since that time the Cincin
nati Province was divided, and
Charlotte Catholic is now staffed
by the Marianists of the New York
Province. Bro. Cassidy’s home,
Newry, Pennsylvania, is in the Cin
cinnati Province and, with this
change he will permanently be a
member of his home province.
The New York Province has not,
as yet, announced the new Supe
rior-Principal for Charlotte Cath
olic High School
Priest Expert
Predicts Council Decree
On Christian-Jewish Ties
CINCINNATI —(NC)— A priest
expert on Christian-Jewish rela
tions said “there is.every reason
to hope that the council will have
something to say on the ties that
bind Christians and Jews togeth
er.”
Msgr. John Oesterreicher said
here that these ties are “of a
truly ecumenical nature since both
Christians and Jews consider them
selves, and are sons of Abraham.”
The monsignor is director of the
Institute of Judaeo-Christian
Studies at Seton Hall University,
South Orange, N.J., and a member
of the Vatican Secretariat for Pro
moting Christian Unity. He made
his statement during a visit here.
He said that “at no time was
there contemplated or drafted a
mere condemnation of anti-Semi
tism by the (Second Vatican) coun
cil.”
“The Church has denounced anti
Semitism several times in the
past,” he continued, “and these de
nunciations stand. They will re
main in force. The council, how
ever, as envisaged by Pope John
and equally, I am sure, by Pope
Paul, is not to issue or reiterate
condemnations but to make Cath
olics everywhere see the great
problems of .today in a fresh and
positive light.”
(Father Gustave Weigel, S.J.,
theologian at Woodstock (Md.)
College, stated in Atlantic City re
cently that a statement on anti
Semitism was prepared for the
council’s first session last fall. But
it was not presented, he said, be
cause, though theological in na
ture, it might be misconstrued by
the Arab states as a political state
ment. He said that for the same
reason he does not expect the coun
cil’s second session, opening Sep
tember 29, to adopt a statement
condemning anti-Semitism.)
Msgr. Oesterreicher said the
Christian-Jewish relationship is a
deeply human one, and the coun
cil “dealt with this aspect when it
solemnly proclaimed the dignity of
every human person, and the
brotherhood of men that exists and
must be made more and more oper
ative among individuals, nations,
races and continents.”
“The Christian-Jewish relation
ship is further one among heirs
... of a basically common heritage
of Hebrew Scripture,” he stated.
“The recent popes — Pius XI,
Pius XII and John XXIII — re
ferred more than once to this kin
ship and its several implications.
If the council lasts long enough
to take up . . . many of the issues
See Predicts, page 2A
AT WORLD COUNCIL— Fa
ther Raymond E. Brown, S.S.,
(above) American scripture
scholar will address the World
Council of Churches in Mon
treal, Canada, on July 16.
Father Brown is professor of
scripture at St. Mary’s Semi
nary, Baltimore, Md.
HUNGARY WILL ALLOW NAMING
OF BISHOPS TO VACANT SEES
Vienna — (NC) Deputy Premier Gyula Kallai of Communist
Hungary told newsmen here that his government will approve as
signments by His Holiness Pope Paul VI of new bishops to head his
country’s v&cant dioceses.
He said that the government’s only requirement is that “the
bishops respect the laws of the Hungarian State,” and added:
“We have no intention of obstructing such a measure [by Pope
Paul] and we are sure it will be useful.”
Meanwhile, it was also reported here that improved Church
State relations was one of the topics discussed by U Thant, Secretary
General of the United Nations, in his talks with Hungarian leaders
during his visit there in early July.
Of Hungary’s 13 sees, seven are either vacant or have ordinaries
who are impeded in their work. Two of the three archdioceses —
Eger and Kalocsa — are vacant, and the third is headed by Jozsef
Cardinal Mindszenty of Esztergom, now living in asylum at the U.S.
Legation in Budapest.
Pope Welcomes Greek Orthodox
Pilgrims at Sunday Audience
VATICAN CITY — (NC) —
His Holiness Pope Paul VI wel
comed to Rome a group of Greek
Orthodox professors and students
and told them that this center of
the Catholic world is in “great and
wonderful harmony with your own
hearts . . , with your faith in Christ
the Lord.”
He gave a special Sunday audi
ence (July 7) to a delegation from
the Vellas School in Greece.
THE ORTHODOX teachers and
students were in Rome as guests
of the Catholic ecumenical organi
zation known as UNITAS. They
were introduced to the Pope by
Father Charles. Boyer, S.J., presi
dent of the International Unitas
Association.
Pope Paul, addressing the group
in French, paid tribute to the heri
tage given the western world by
pagan and by Christian Greece.
“Are not we all in some way
disciples of Greece?” he asked.
“All of us have felt the influence
OBSERVE CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS 60TH BIRTHDAY — Three bishops and a governor join
ed in the 60th anniversary celebration of the Catholic Daughters of America, held in White
Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, in conjunction with the meeting of the Supreme Directorate.
Shown left to right are: Bishop Vincent S. Waters of Raleigh, N.C., national chaplain; Mar
garet J. Buckley of Chevy Chase, Md., supreme regent; Governor William W. Barron of West
Virginia; Bishop Joseph H. Hodges of Wheeling, W.Va., and Bishop William G. Connare of
Greensburg, Pa., episcopal moderator of the Junior Catholic Daughters. The C.D.A. was
founded in Utica, N.Y., June 18, 1903. They have a membership of 215,000.
of her history, her language, her
heritage of thought and of art, her
place in the tradition of Chris
tianity. Her saints, her patristic
literature and her liturgy are ven
erated throughout the Christian
world, or at least — and we do
not hesitate to say so — through
out the entire Catholic world.”
NOTiNG THAT the group was
the guest of the Unitas association,
Pope Paul continued:
“Is not this visit, for which We
give thanks to the Lord, within
the category of events which Our
predecessor John XXIII — who
loved Greece so much — liked to
view as what he so aptly called
‘signs of the times’?”
The Pope went on to say that
the Greeks were in Rome “as ex
plorers, sincere explorers,” adding:
“We are happy that you can ob
serve from its focal point the pan
orama of the Catholic Church and
contemplate from close quarters
the face of this ancient and mod
ern Christian Rome which most of
you have read about in books but
which the majority of you have
not known through direct experi
ence until now.”
POPE PAUL said he hoped the
visitors might come to know “the
heart of Rome, the profound reli
gious truth which characterizes it
and which constitutes the soui'ce
of its authentic historical and spir
itual life. We are certain that
penetrating its heart, you will have
discovered the great and wonder
ful harmony with your own hearts.
We mean with your faith in Christ
the Lord.
“Beloved students, illustrious
professor, may this contact prove
beneficial and salutary for all of
you. This is Our most sincere
wish. Allow Us to voice the wish
in your presence that many of your
compatriots may follow you one
day and that through your exam
ple they too may undertake this
Roman pilgrimage.”