Moralist Predicts No Radical Change In Family Teaching CHICAGO — (NC) — A mem ber of the papal commission study ing birth control and family ques tions counseled people “not to expect something like change” in the Church’s teaching on these is sues. “Faith and knowledge can de velop, but there can be no turning back, no simple change” that con tradicts previous teaching, declared Father Bernard Haering, C.SS.R., in an interview. “Whatever happens, it will be in the direction of going ahead. And it would be unwise for me to draw conclusions which I do not yet see.” FATHER HAERING, besides be ing a member of the papal com mission on family questions, is a secretary of the subcom mission in charge of the ecumen cal council’s schema on the Church in the modem'world, where the question of married love is con sidered. He is a German moral theologian who teaches in Rome. He predicted in the interview that Pope Paul VI will “say some thing to direct the consciences of people” after the papal commis sion finishes its study of family questions. But in the meantime, he added, “no one should anticipate what the solution will be.” He did not speculate as to when the Pope would speak. He said the norms set forth by Pope Pius XII in 1958, condemn ing the use of anovulant pills for contraceptive purposes, must be “observed in a reasonable, not rig oristic, manner.” Father Haering remarked that the large family is an ideal, if all conditions are favorable — but the responsibility for making this decision rests not with a govern ment or a confessor but with each individual couple. He said he sees no conflict be tween the work of the papal com mission and that of the ecumeni cal council sub-commission dealing with the schema on the Church in the world. , “IN MY OPINION,” he said, ‘the council will give only great Directions for the future. It would be unfortunate if the council en tered into the casuistic questions of our year, which may no longer he important in a few years.” He said aU currents of theologi cal opinion are represented on the papal commission and it is unfair to suggest that only conservative thought has a voice there. On the question of the council end religious liberty, Father Haer ing said the effort led by American v bishops to get a preliminary vote on the issue at the close of the council’s third session, although it oid not achieve its immediate ob jective, was nevertheless a “real success.” Father Haering predicted that the new draft of the council dec laration on religious liberty, now in preparation, will be “better bal anced and less apologetic” than its predecessor. He said it would not seek to “whitewash” instances of Catholic failure in the past to respect religious liberty. He also expressed the view that several of the documents already adopted by the council, including the constitutions on the Church, the liturgy and ecumenism, em body the spirit of freedom. Others still to come, like the schema on the Church in the world arid the schema on seminary training, do the same, he indicated. In New Encyclical Pope Appeals for Peace Vatican City — (NC) — Pope Paul VI has issued an encyclical letter calling for increased prayers to Mary during the month of May for the Church and for world peace because “the present hour is especially grave.” The Pope’s encyclical letter, Mense Maio (The Month of May), was issued April 30 and though it included the success of the ecu menical council among the inten tions to be prayed for, the letter devoted more than 80% of its text to peace. THE SECOND encyclical of Pope Paul’s reign opens by noting that May is marked by special de votion to Mary by Catholics and that it is to Mary that Catholics have turned “whenever the needs of the Church demanded it or whenever danger hovered men SISTER LUKE ADDRESSES PROTESTANT WOMEN — Sister Mary Luke, the only American nun among women auditors at the third session of the Second Vatican Council, visits with Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr., wife of the famed civil rights leader, and Mrs. Stuart Sinclair, president of the United Church Women of the National Council of Churches, during a New York ecumenical event of unprecedented nature. For the first time, Roman Catholic Women were invited to such a UCW function, with about 100 from the nearby area attending a luncheon. Sister Luke, chairman of the Conference of Major Superiors of Women and superior general of the Sisters of Loretto, addressed the gathering, held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the UCW Board of Managers. Mrs. King, a member of the Board of Managers and a concert singer, pre sented vocal selections. BISHOP'S RESIDENCE 600 Bilyeu Street Raleigh, North Carolina April 28, 1965 My Dear Brethren: We of the Diocese belong to one Spiritual Family. Sometimes the older members of that Spiritual Family, the Priests, need our help. Some of our Priests are so devoted to spiritual work that they often forget themselves and their ultimate needs of the temporal order. Actually there are very few Priests anywhere who die with much of this world’s goods. Most of them are buried out of the charity of their parish, or with some meager funds that they or the Diocese has saved. At times, they are sick or disabled and unable to do work for God and souls, and this makes them even more de pendent upon all the members of our Spiritual Family. Priests seldom can save much from their $75.00 or $100.00 a month salary, but they are rich in the love and appreciation of the people of our Diocesan Family, as Priests everywhere. It is for these reasons that once a year, as head of this Family, we permit a collection in the parishes for the Aged and Infirm Priests who are depend ent upon our generosity because of ill health or accidental cause. Our people each year have been generous to this col lection for their Priests, and we hope this year, as always, you will be generous on May 9th when the collection will be taken up for the Priests of the Diocese who need our combined help after age and infirmity have limited or prevented their missionary apostolate of souls in the Church. With sincere appreciation of your generosity over the years to every cause, and hoping that God will bless us with vocations to the Priesthood, and that we will be able to assist those who grow old in His Service, I remain. Sincerely yours in Christ, Says Reds Lead Dominican Rebellion Miami, Fla. — (NC) — A Jesuit educator caught in Santo Domingo during the Dominican fighting said after his return here that the rebellion is definitely “communist in character.” Father Jesus Nuevo, S.J., princi pal of Jesuit Prepatory School here, had gone to Santo Domingo for an educational meeting. “The communist agitators took immediate advantage of the situa tion when the so-called Constitu tionalist rebellion began and seized the opportunity to create chaos and to take the uper-hand,” said the priest who was stationed in Cuba but expelled by the Castro regime several years ago. (Father Nuevo was interviewed two days before President Johnson went on nationwide television (May 2) to charge that “communist conspirators” had seized control of the rebellion and that the United States would not tolerate another Red government in this hemis phere.) Father Nuevo had no doubt that a link existed between Fidel Castro in Havana and the rebellious troops and civilians in Santo Do mingo. He said the radio controlled by the troops fighting the rebels had reported that telephone calls had been intercepted between the rebels and Havana. The Jesuit said casualties in the fighting were high. Hospitals in the capital city, he said, were crowded with wounded and that students at the Jesuit seminary of Santo Tomas had volunteered as hospital aides. acingly over the world .. when we look at the present needs of the Church or at the state of peace in the world, we have compelling reason for believing that the pres ent hour is especially pave; that it makes a call for united prayer from the whole Christian people more than ever a matter of urg ency.” Nowhere in his letter did Pope Paul specify what areas of unrest he was referring to. Instead he chose to speak generally of the The full text of ‘Mense Maio’ appears in the magazine section of this issue. world picture and to protest against breaches of the peace wherever they are to be found. He wrote: “TODAY, AS if no lesson had been learned from the tragic ex periences of the two conflicts which shed blood in the first half of our century, we have the dread ful spectacle in certain parts of the world of antagonism on the in crease between peoples, and see repeated the dangerous phenome non of recourse to arms instead of to negotiation to settle disputes of the opposing parties. This means that the populations of entire na tions are subjected to unspeakable sufferings caused by agitation, guerrilla warfare, acts of war, ever growing in extent and intensity, which could at any moment pro duce the s park for a terrible fresh conflict.” The Pope appealed to the See Encyclical, page 2A Legion of Mary Reveals Plans for Congress Saturday GREENSBORO—Auxiliary Bish op Charles B. McLaughlin will cel ebrate Mass at 9:00 a.m., May 15, in Our Lady of Grace Church to open the {Legion of Mary Congress here. The program for the morning also includes an address of wel come by Rt. Rev. Hugh A. Dolan, Spiritual Director of the Central Curia, and an opening prayer by Rev. Thomas Caulfield, Spiritual Director of the Baltimore Senatus. “The Legion of Mary—A Leaven in the Community” will be the theme of the first session. Mr. Rob ert A. Wiggs, President of the North Carolina Comitium, will serve as chairman, and Monsignor Dolan will act as moderator. Following lunch in the Towne House Restaurant and the recita tion of the Legion Catena, the sec ond session will begin at 1:30 p.m. Mr. Robert Ford will be chairman and Rev. John Barry, of Franklin, N.C., will be moderator for the dis cussion of “How the Legion of Mary Can Help the Culturally De prived.” The last session, dealing with the challenge which the Legion presents to Catholic youth, will be followed by Benediction at 4:15 p.m. All the business sessions will be held at Our Lady of Grace School, 2201 West Market Street. OFFICIAL The following appoint ments, effective immediately, are announced through the Diocesan Chancery: Rt. Rev. Michael J. Begley is appointed Diocesan Direc tor of the Cursillo for Wom en. Rev. Walter Sullivan is ap pointed Assistant Diocesan Director of the Cursillo for Women. James E. McSweeney Chancellor