The Catholic Times, 1951-11-09

faculty proper to it and permitted only in it, but always and delib deliberately - erately deliberately to remove oneself from its primary duty without grave reason, would be to sin against the very meaning of conjugal life. “Serious reasons—which are not rarely verified in a so-called med medical, - ical, medical, eugenic, social, or economic ‘indication’—may for a long time and even for the entire duration ot marriage exempt from obligatory fulfillment of the positive work (ed. note, i.e., exempt from the obligation of having children which is the primary end of marriage). From this it follows that observ observance - ance observance of non-fertile periods can be morally licit, and under the con conditions - ditions conditions mentioned it is really so. “But if, according to a reason reasonable - able reasonable and balanced judgment, there are not similar grave reasons, eith either - er either personal or deriving from ex external - ternal external circumstances, the de desire - sire desire habitually to avoid the fruit fruitfulness - fulness fruitfulness of their union while con continuing - tinuing continuing fully to satisfy their sen sensuality - suality sensuality could not derive from other than a false evaluation of life and from motives foreign to right eth ethical - ical ethical norms.” (Continued on Page 2)

Cardinal Pizzardo urged the nurses to have their patients offer up their sufferings to God, for the intention of increased vocations to the priesthood. The need for these vocations, viewed from Rome, “is both grave and urgent,” His Emi Eminence - nence Eminence declared. “Oh! What a beautiful vocation is yours, Catholic nurses!” the Cardinal said. “Your reward will indeed be great in Heaven, when you will hear, in a voice of un unearthly - earthly unearthly sweetness, the I .ord Him Himself - self Himself saying to each of you: ‘I was sick and you visited me You did it to me!” “The sufferings of the sick are pure gold in the world of the supernatural, if offered to God in union with the sufferings of Our Divine Lord.” Cardinal Pizzardo continued. “For every sick person can make theirs the words of St. Paul: ‘What is lacking of the suf sufferings - ferings sufferings of Christ, I fill up in my flesh for his body, which is the Church.’ Good news of the Gospel of which many are unaware? Ten-

The Union-Leader editorial stat stated: - ed: stated: “It is unfortunate if this move is made the object of a bitter as assault - sault assault of bigotry and thus a source of American division. The claim that it is a violation of the Amer American - ican American traditional principle of separ separation - ation separation between the church and the state is wholly unjustified. “The Roman Catholic Church has taken a determined stand against the atheism, the slavery, and the outright barbarism of com communism - munism communism in its fight for world dom domination. - ination. domination. This stand is highly com commendable. - mendable. commendable. Rather than being a nec necessary - essary necessary diplomatic move for the pro promotion - motion promotion of division in the United States, these treacherous times call for a firm coalition of all churches in the defense of Chris Christianity - tianity Christianity against one of the most sin sinister - ister sinister threats to its existence that it has ever faced.”

The Sunday News commented: “As in a lightning flash. Mr. Truman's action and the ensuing white-hot flash of resentment have revealed a great gulf in American thought and sentiment. An old bit bitterness - terness bitterness divides us and the roots go deep. Religious prejudices which our forefathers carried with them from Europe have not really abat abated - ed abated in this country as they have done in the old countries themsel themselves, - ves, themselves, where such things as diplo diplomatic - matic diplomatic connections with the Vat Vatican - ican Vatican are matters of mere casual and approbatory interest. Large numbers of Americans appear to be living still in a 16th century at atmosphere - mosphere atmosphere of blind and violent re religious - ligious religious animosity. “This is a weakness and a dan danger - ger danger in our national life one that calls for the utmost in tact, self selfrestraint - restraint selfrestraint and brotherly under understanding." - standing." understanding."

Attributing to the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine the ability to salvage for the world its most pre precious - cious precious heritage, the Pope also re recalled - called recalled these words of Our Lord to His disciples: “You are the salt of the earth You are the light of the world.” (Matt. 5, 13-14) The Pontiff’s message went on: “For, if the one preservative of modern civilization against corrup corruption - tion corruption and decay, and the one steady ray of hope that beckons the na nations - tions nations to bestir their reason and their courage and to shake off the illusory and fatal dream of peace and happiness without God. is the divine teaching of Jesus Christ, then the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine is not only lighting the way of truth for Our own dear children and helping them to walk it with firm step, but it is aiding mightily to salvage for the world its most precious heritage. Only believing souls will shed light on this dark earth.”

NEW YORK—(NC) —“The en enthusiastic - thusiastic enthusiastic response of Catholic dio dioceses - ceses dioceses all over the country for this year's Thanksgiving Clothing Col Collection - lection Collection for Korea is the greatest of any campaign in the eight-year history of War Rebef Services-Na Services-National - tional Services-National Catholic Welfare Confer Conference,” - ence,” Conference,” Msgr. Edward E. Swanstrom, executive director, said here. “One hundred and five archdio archdioceses - ceses archdioceses and dioceses, representing every section of the country, have pledged their assistance,” he said. “Almost every diocese is repre represented - sented represented except those in the Middle West which were overcome by this summer's floods.”

The interview drew a sharp re rejoinder - joinder rejoinder from Osservatore: “If Yugoslavia has no desire to inter interfere - fere interfere with Vatican affairs, it knows what it must do—allow Catholics not only to assist at worship and receive the Sacraments, but also make it possible for them to live according to their faith and to ed educate - ucate educate their children in a Christian manner, without being exposed de defenselessly - fenselessly defenselessly to materialistic and atheistic propaganda, to a system of militant anti-Catholicism, to schools which deny religion and to a morality which no longer con contains - tains contains anything of a Christian na nature.” - ture.” nature.”

Delegates from the Columbus Di Diocese - ocese Diocese to the convention, which opened Nov. 7 and will continue until Nov. 11, include the Rev. James W. Kulp, Diocesan director of the Confraternity Mrs. James P. Charles of St. Thomas parish. Columbus, who is national vice chairman of the National Council of Catholic Women’s Committee Cooperating with the Confraterni Confraternity - ty Confraternity Miss Mary Weilbacher of Co Columbus, - lumbus, Columbus, a student at the College of St. Mary of the Springs and chair chairman - man chairman of the National Federation of Catholic College Students’ CCD commission there and Miss Mary Ann Connolly of Cincinnati, also a member of the college CCD group.