, 1951 •ulilJ icholar Says Vatican Ambassador Thinks Most American u . s Clergy Want Vernacular difficoij learly Comes Under National Law ’■'Mn s. Ryder c, ■ofessioi jPrinceton Authority In Ritual of Churc as in t_ National National a?iii Though Not in the Mass nave i On Constitution Is Edition Edition then w THE Washington. — (Special)—“ There are in America many priests opposed >'ne■" andia ».i to any vernacular in the Mass; but I have never heard a priest express him­ cau^ 5ven jteri On Side of Defense self against vernacular in the Ritual. I think a vote on preference here would upon 4 5 New York. — One o f the most en*inent legal be about 43,000 to none. Priests in this country are ready, and eager, for layed, more vernacular in the Ritual.” 'being.;, luthorities in the United States has gone on public Thus, in the November, 1951, thuiiaju tecord as indicating that there is no Constitutional REGISTER American Ecclesiastical Review Chri- “ does the Rev. Gerald Ellard, S.J., Pwin^ yea brohlcm in President Tpuman’s naming a U j S. Am­ y (Name Registered in the U. S. Patent Office) Was 'Tenth Muse' noted writer on liturgy, of St. ^ which bassador to the Vatican. Dr. Edward S. Corwdn sent MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATIONS | Mary's, Kans., express himself. 'without IcUer to The New York Times (Nov. 12, 1951). Thft Paper la Connected with NCWC Waahiogrton Newa Headqaartera by Ita Own Leased Wire, Has International News His article has at its top the - was : Service Daily Wires, Ita Own Special Service, Religioua Newa Service, Inter-Catholio Preea Agency, Misiion Service*, Religions following quotation from Pius !>'. howevi ~ e is “ an authority on Constitutional law,” says News Photos, International Illustrated News, and NCWC Picture Service XII’s encyclical, Mediator D ei: Jtion. “Admittedly the adoption of the James 'he Times, and “ McCormick profe.ssor emeritus of VOL. XXVII. No. 47. DENVER, COLO., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1951 vernacular in quite a number of itil he 1 riRprudence at Princeton univer- ---------------—----- functions may prove of great bene­ Kame, I, litv. .. He wrote from^---T»_:—*— Princeton, Court has held, a state en­ fit to the faithful.” ather-fiDe j. Following is the letter: titled to pay for the public trans­ The title of Father Ellard’s ar­ Um) laa^ One doe.s not have to he an all- portation of children attending ticle is “The Vernacular in Recent eforth, , it defender Qf the Administra- parochial schools in order to assure Bound for New Texas Home^®*®'*''*"' Rituals: Ten Years’ Progress.” -'5 foreign policy to realize that their safety on the highway, not- addict e President’s recent action in with.standing the fact that ‘in do­ Gift, Suggestion Made After showing that the selection 'lubi rrriinating General Mark Clark ing so it aids such schools, then of a liturgical language is a purely *• his? .. be Ambas.sador to the Vatican certainly the President is entitled By Apostolic Delegate disciplinary matter. Father Ellard njoyed i a logical addendum to it. The to bolster our precarious Euro­ Chicago.— (Special)—“The cate­ notes that on the mission front the >■ reipi thi uination has been attacked as pean diplomacy by sending an Am­ chism makes a lovely gift, and Church is urging the Ritual’s trans­ Andrn olative of the principle of sepa- bassador to the Vatican, notwith- should be given preference on such lation into the main vernaculars, I- Attei] ,tion of Church and State. But can .standing the fact that the separa­ occasions as Christmas. It is a re­ and is “conditioning men’s minds ^P?lishR be ?aid that this principle, when tion p^nciple is not considered membrance from the donor and for an ever greater use of the ver­ the j 'iven its proper constitutional set- by some of our citizenry as for­ from God Himself.” This practical nacular” at home. ‘ye cwf ai bidding them to mix religion with Christmas suggestion, which should The Kansas priest’s article was ‘ticks. ' ‘3 ing. disables the country from their politics. instanced by the issuance by Bruce rn-.ing advantageous diplomatic solve a problem for many, was of the last volume of The Roman flourish. lations? Thirty»seven other gov. I have been asked, “By what made by Archbishop Amleto G, Ritual in English and Latin With V knosn 1 nment.s maintain diplomatic rep- procedure could the con.stitutional Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to ne into \ ■ entatives at the Vatican, several question (raised by the President's , C.'- the United States, speaking Nov. byRubrics the Rev. and PhilipPlainchant T. Weller. Notations, This courw I imong them being countries which, action) be brought before the Su­ 11 at the national congress of the work, Father Ellard suggests, first of'i ke Brazil, Belgium and France, preme Court?” It is highly doubt­ Confraternity of Christian Doc­ could be the basis of one to be sub­ elt was d ihere to the separation principle ful if there is any procedure avail­ trine. mitted to Rome for approval, with nanent j> matters of internal legislation: able for this purpose. The Presi­ Setting Blessed Pius X as the restrictions, for use in the United had to 1 ;<! if they can, why may not we? dent cannot be compelled judici­ / example for all, the Delegate re­ States. clubs I The Supreme Court has said that ally to perform his constitutional calls how the late Supreme Pontiff “The Holy See has never had listence j the international field “the right duties nor apjoined from exceeding on Sundays would descend to s anything like the same insistence there j id power of the United States . his constitutional powers. The pay­ large courtyard and there person­ on adhesion to Latin in the Ritual existed 1 e equal to the right and power of ment of money out of the national ally instruct the crowds that would as it has in the Missal,” the Jesuit a three-U other members of the interna* treasury for an alleged uncon­ gather. The Pope had settled upon scholar notes. The trend toward 1 Montre ■onai family;’’ and that the lion’s stitutional purpose cannot be for­ the explanation of the fundamental the vernacular Ritual “is spreading three-U lare of this poWer is vested by bidden judicially. truths of religion as the best rem­ around the world from Vienna,” a cow p e Constitution in the President It is most questionable, more­ edy against the moral infirmities where the Viennese Ritual, modeled r. .not St, disputed. He alone may re­ over, if the court would recognize THE l.OOO.OOOTH DISPLACED person to enter the that afflict individuals and society. for “the widest possible use of the rican i. ive the diplomatic representa- anybody as having a sufficient in­ U; S., Andrew Ranezay fs pictured above with his family Speaking of the value of the vernacular,” was approved by s, Yonk« res of other governments; he dividual interest to entitle him to in New York city before they left for their new home in Midland, catechism, Archbishop Cicognani Rome in 1935. The Priest's New > match. I ^ne may choese persons, subject a judicial hearing on the subject. Tex. They were greeted in New York city and in Washington by said: “If we consider the content Ritual (publisher, Kenedy; com­ f holM L the consent of the Senate, to rep' But even should a case raising the Church dignitaries an’d government and civic officials. Mr. Razenay of that little book we may well call piler, the Rev. Paul Griffith) in ‘d to 7!,i; ?;ent the United States abroad; constitutional issue reach the thanked the Bishops an^ the NCWC War Relief Services for bring­ it divine. It is a perfect code of widespread use in the U. S. has ■ alone may “recognize” foreign court, through some device or in­ ing them and the other DPs to homes in the U. S„ “where we can morality, embracing what was pro­ Latin and English side by side, U.S. and governments. advertence, the court would al­ worship God without fear of persecution.” In the picture above, left claimed on Mount Sinai, on the without a word of restriction. rompetitii Thomas Jefferson and John Mar- most certainly refuse to pass on its to right, are Mrs, Rahezay, Mr. Ranezay, Lydia, 21; ana Erika,10. Mount of the Beatitudes, and near The encyclical Mediator Dei, rican scei all did not see eye to eye in many merits, on the ground that it was the Lake of Genesai'eth. It teaches though it roundly condemned the ry Vai lings, hut they did in this. “The “political” in character and hence us how to pray; makes us-realize A STANDING PROOF of the power of Spanish Cath­ introduction of “new liturgical iver to u an.«action of business with not “justiciable.” The only rem­ our filial relationship to God and olic culture to develop all the greatness of a woman is customs,” and clearly stated that BrooH ireign nations is executive alto* edy in such a situation, as the Some Scum Bums' Vocal our brotherhood with men; and out­ Sister Juana Ines de la Cruz (1651-1695), perhaps the greatest female “the Apostolic See alone is em­ ?r one 1 ther,” said Jefferson. “The court has pointed out more than lines our duties to God and to our powered to permit the use of the open, psident,’’ said Marshall, “is the once, is for those who consider neighbor. genius who ever lived. Born in Mexico of illegitimate birth, styled vernacular, seemed to condone the ‘iiack^ h le organ of the nation in its ex- themselves aggrieved to “resort to Equipment's Outta Whack No human book can compare “the Tenth Muse,” at the age of three she decoyed the teacher of further study of the possibilities of >uimet rr.tl relations, and its sole rep- the polls and not to the courts.” with the catechism in certitude or her elder brother into teaching her to read; she was not seven when she various languages in some Churcli y fon entative with foreign nations." —Edward S.