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POPE PAUL VI welcomed Simon Chikwanda Katilunga, the new ambassador to the Holy See from the Zambia Republic (May 31), as he presented his credentials at the Vatican. (NC Phntn'l Pope Urges Women: Speak Up on Moral Law Vatican City — (NC) — Don’t be afraid to speak of the moral law in conversations, Pope Paul VI counseled an Italian Catholic wom en’s group. 1 Speaking of women’s role in to day’s world, the Pontiff encour aged his audience “not to blush, not to be afraid to speak of moral values and imperatives, as if men tion of the concepts and realities they evoke were to exclude you from modern conversations.” “Those persons who remain si lent about these values and im perative are the ones who deny them or have lost them, those who dare to violate them or who do not realize that the highest ex pressions of the spirit, such as truth, justice, liberty, honesty, goodness, courage and heroism, are in the moral orders,” the Pope said. POPE PAUL spoke after a Mass celebrated in St. Peter’s basilica which was attended by members of the Italian Women’s Center. The group had gathered to cele brate the 20th anniversary of the center. “Those persons who remain si Mother Theophane Honored at Wilson Mother Theophane, O.S.P., of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, Mother Superior of the St. Alphon sus School, Wilson, was guest of honor at a Communion Breakfast held at the Holiday Inn following the nine o’clock Mass on the last Sunday of May. Mother Theo phane, who has served the maxi mum of six years as Mother Supe rior at St. Alphonsus, will be leav ing soon for the Mother-House in Baltimore for re-assignment. She was paid an eloquent tribute by Father James Schomber, C.S.S.R., pastor of Immaculate Conception Church, for the work she has done in religious education with the children of the parish. Mrs. Melba Paige presented Mother Theophane a gift of appreciation from the parish. Guest speaker for the occasion was Dr. Gregory Hung, professor of Economics at Carolina Wesley an College. Dr. Hung, a native of Saigon, Viet Nam, is a graduate of the University of Saigon and holds Master and Ph.D. degrees from the University. Dr. Hung spoke of the political, economic, religious and social problems of his native land. He stated that Communists are at tempting to take over ic Viet Nam and are using propaganda and ter rorism as means of recruiting young people, especially students. He warned that Communists seek to deprive Americans of its cher ished freedoms, also. Dr. Hung said he wanted to see America guard her freedoms lest they be taken away. During the question-answer pe riod which followed his speech, Dr. Hung remarked that the greatest danger to America was not the threat of nuclear bombs but suc cumbing to Communist propagan da in the psychological warfare currently being waged. Parish participation in the break fast was close to one hundred per cent, thanks to the work of the committee on planning, consisting of Mrs. Catherine Lucas, chairman, Mrs. L. Vick, and Smith Costen. Mrs. Corlease Morgan, president of the N.C.C.L.A. of the parish, was mistress of ceremonies. PINE STATE Electric Supply Co., Inc. “The House of Better Lighting” Phone 682-9258 Durham, N. C. P. O. Box 237 Joe McDaid, President 937 Washington St. Vilification Law Upheld Rome — (NC) — Italy’s Con stitutional Court has ruled that a law prohibiting public vilification of the Catholic Church is consti tutional. The court held that the law does not violate article eight of Italy’s constitution which guarantees all religions equal freedom before the law, nor article 19 which guaran tees individuals the right to pro fess the religion of their choice, propagandize it and worship ac cording to its rites. The constitutional question was referred to the court by a tribunal in Cuneo. The argument that the law was unconstitutional revolved around the point that it does not give equal protection to all reli gions, but only to the Catholic Church. The Constitutional Court admitted the argument was based on correct grounds but asserted that such inequity of protection does not violate the constitutional guarantee of equal freedom of re ligions. GEORGE W. SPARKS Excavating—Grading Contractor Commercial—Industrial Phone RO 6-6651 Middlebrook Drive Clemmons, North Carolina Jefferies Southern Processing, Inc. i ' ' ; ' By-Pass 27 West Albermarle, North Carolina lent about these values ana im peratives,” Pope Paul continued, “prefer to give free vent to infe rior expressions of instinct, pas sion, paradox, which are also hu man expressions, but if left to themselves, derive from inferior and irresponsible areas of the complex human being. “At times, they are most lively, dramatic and interesting, but all too often they are guilty of un dermining the true, complete and organic order of life which is turned toward the transcendent and moral order.” Pope Paul called for the formu lation of more emphatic and dy namic principles of “true woman liness” and for determination of “certain statutory principles re garding their proper durability and beneficial application.” On the other hand, he said, “it is necessary to remain vigilant re garding the invasion—one might even in a sense say the eruption— of a mentality which is pleased to adopt freethinking attitudes and to subvert feminine mores not only regarding those old-fashioned or contingent aspects which might be subject to criticism and trans formation, but also regarding those values which must in any case constitute the honor and pledge of true human and Chris tian womanliness. DURING THE MASS, the Pon tiff delivered the homily, and spoke of the dangers of compro mise in the face of challenges from the world. “Christ Himself . . . was the first victim of His own word, and the Gospel has always met, throughout the centuries, with strong opposition from the society of every age,” the Pope said. “We must not be afraid—and the Gospel itself tells us so—nor be scandalized if so many adver saries of the Divine Word still ex ist even today. “We live in difficult times and one feels a certain discourage ment. Some weaken. Others, be lieving in their own way that cer Miss Dowd Scholarship School of Nursing Mary Angela Dowd of Bur lington, N.C. has been named the re cipient of the Mercy Hospital | Auxiliary I Scholars h i p, | She is the | daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. Fran- i cis Dowd and a member of Miss Dowd JDieS&CU Odd cUlICIit JJdi loll. Patricia Ann Reece of St. Maij parish in Wilmington, N.C. willi ceive a partial tuition scholars! from the Auxiliary. Both girls are enrolled in I Mercy School of Nursing, Chi lotte, N.C. and will start tt< nursing education on August tain elasticity and possibility i compromise may be drawn fro the Gospel, try to adapt tha selves to melt the obstacles. As result, one descends to the lew of the others instead of raisi them to one’s own level,” he ss| “This is not a good way peace and conciliation. It is i stead yielding to the ideology i others. But it happens even amijj our ranks, even in our days,” I said. AFTERWARD, the Pope q peared at a window o/erlookii| St. Peter’s square for the no« blessing and called on the crowii to join him in prayer “for the ef ficacious presence of Christiu women in the contemporaif world.” “Let us pray that women may understand and conquer the mu horizons open before them . . .1 that their presence may tmt bring goodness, beauty, love, k cent living and hope,” he said. ! BRYANT ELECTRIC CO. HIGH POINT, N. C. Quality Electrical Construction Since 1924 TRAVEL TOURS, INC. 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