POMEZIA, Italy — Pope Paul VI thanb Pomezia's citizens from the door of a mobile chapel
they presented him (Aug. 29) when he offered Mass in their town.
Labor Day
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inanities that have been disen
franchised. One, be said, is the
racial and linguistic minorities,
and the other is the white collar
worker.
Although white collar workers
hare won benefits "because the
hard-won victories of the labor
movement have filtered to them
through the all-embracing power
of the public conscience,” they
are still disenfranchised because
“they are without representation
in the councils of economic pol
icy”
This is the advantage which
today's muonism must seek to ex
tend to workingmen outside the
present framework of organized
labor,” Father McCarriek said.
“We must strive to make it come
about that all workers, whatever
their roles in the economic sys
tem, may have — as the good
Pope John wrote in Mater et
Xagistra — ‘their say in and make
their contribution to the efficient
running and development of the
enterprise.’ Without organiza
tion, this will never come about”
Besides this challenge, he not
ed, there is another. “As if this
crusade were not enough, is there
not an even more pressing call
on the great conscience of Ameri
can labor today? To a movement
which became great because it
espoused great caves, need we
more than mention this new day
in the cause of civil rights?”
Father MeCarrick added: “This
Fourth Session
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we need is to implement these
decrees on the lower levels — the
diocesan level, the parochial level,
really in the grassroots of the
Church. If «hi» isn't implemented.
Asked about the possibility for
reform of the Roman Cura, Bishop
Primeau said: "The Holy Father
has spoken of it an several occas
ions, and I do know that in Rome
the underground has, on occasion
... picked the date for ... the an
nouncement of it. The last time
that 1 was in Rome, they had de
cided that Pentecost Sunday (May
29, 1966) was the day on which
the Pope would announce the re
viaon of the curia.”
The bishop said many bishops
are worried about the implemen
tation of "all the constitutions and
decrees.”
"There are those,” he said "who
hope that we will develop within
the Church a three-sold govern
ment much like our awn, in which
we will have a legislative branch,
an executive branch, and a juri
dical, or judical branch.
*Tf this is true then foe present
curia would become the executive
[branch of foe government, respon
1 is today’s challenge, for today’s
iousade. With foe help of God,
[we shall not be complacent; with
the help of God, we shall put out
our hands together to foe build
ing of this great new world.”
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able, of course, directly to the
Pope and perhaps to a senate of
bishops who would work with the
Pope. The legislative branch would
be the continuation of the com
missions that we hare now in the
council,
,
“Whether or not this will come
to pass completely 1 don't know,
but this I do know; that already
we bare commissions that are con
tinuing the work of the countiL”
ILLITERACY RATE DOWN
Caracas, Venezuela — (NC) —
The government announced thatj
the illiteracy rate at the start of
1965 was 122 percent, as against
38.4 percent a decade ago.
Face Bathed in Tears
Pontiff Visits
Flood Victims
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suburb of Prim* Porta, a stone’s
throw from the raging Tiber Biv
^Tbe small laboring community
was the most hard hit in Italy’s
weekktng onslaught of torrential
rains and electrical storms which
hare left nearly 100 dead or miss
ing.
As Pope Paul rode in an Army
Jeep among victims digging oat
their 800 devastated homes, men
in hip boots and covered with mud
stared in blank silence with faces
mirroring misery. Some women
cried silently; others shook their
fists at the hastily-assembled en
tourage of civic officials, police
and journalists who followed in a
motorcade.
“WHY DIDN’T you come when
we needed you?” some women ex
claimed.
“Where were you when the wa
ter almost took our children
away?”
The missives did not seem to be
directed at the Pope, hut they told
a story of anger so great dhat it
struck at anything in sight It was
also a reminder to passing offi
cials that something should be
done to help this community
which suffers yearly from the
flooding Tiber.
Throughout the journey Pope
Paul’s face was drenched in sweat
from the hot sun. At times, those
nearby could see his face contort
with grief, and tears stream down
his cheeks.
Cries of “Viva D Papa” and the
aborting and clapping which usu
ally attend a papal visit were con
spicuoosly lacking, perhaps be
cause of the fear that beneath the
nibble someone might still lie bur
ied.
THE POPE arrived at 9-45
just as the sun broke through the
clouds and began to bake the mud
into clay. Stopping briefly at the
entrance to the city, he addressed
a small group which had begun to
gather.
“Beloved sons,” he said, “I have
come to see you with my own
eyes. I do not hold in my hands
remedies for the present crisis,
but I want to share in the sorrow
and anguish which such pain has
brought you.
“I greet you all We will try
to increase our aid. We will do
everything possible to help in this
sorrowful hour. This morning I
prayed for your heavenly com
fort. I bring you the blessing 0!
the Lord.”
POPE PAUL then climbed into
the seat of the jeep and began
a two-hour tour of Prima Porta
and its neighboring community of
Labaro. He stopped many times
along the way to comfort a crying
family, or to bless men digging
out buried rubble, or sorting out
broken furniture and drenched
clothing.
As he passed, some looked up
from their brooms and shovels,
others doffed their hats, but when
the Pope stopped they silently
pressed dose to receive his bless
ing.
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