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THE VOICE 630! Biscayne Blvd., Miami 38, Flo. Return Requested VOICE Weekly Publicotion of the Diocese of Miami Covering the 16 Counties of South Florida VOL. IV, NO. 33 Price $5 a year ... 15 cents a copy NOV. 2, 1962 HOLY FATHER SPEAKS IN SHADOW OF CUBAN CRISIS ^Millions';ln U.S. Pray As Pope Pleads For. Peace Forty million American Catholics united in prayer last Sun- "Let them continue to negotiate because this loyal and open day, the Feast of Christ the King, for peace with freedom and (Complete text of Pope John's appeal on Page 3; News, attitude is of great value as a witness for the conscience of each justice. comment, pictures of Council on Pages 2, 4, 5, 6, 7.) one and in the face of history." The nationwide supplication for Divine help came just The Pope said his lips were "trembling," but his voice was three days after Pope' John XXm had appealed by radio firm as he declared that "to promote favor and accept negotia- to rulers of all nations to do everything in their power to tions at all levels and at all times is a rule of wisdom and save peace. was rebroadcast in several languages, the* Holy Father said: v prudence which calls down the blessings of heaven and earth." And the Pope spoke just one day after President Kennedy's "We beseech all rulers not to remain deaf to the cry of The world crisis, he continued, had brought fear to mil- mankind. Let them do everything in their power to save announced quarantine of Cuba had become effective and Pre- lions of families. He urged alL_Catholics, all Christians and mier Khrushchev had declared any U. S. attack on Soviet ship- peace. By so doing they will spare the world the horrors of a (Continued on Page 4) ping meant nuclear war. war that would have disastrous consequences such as nobody Speaking in French in a broadcast over Vatican Radio which could foresee. " Voice Photo .LECTED NOW . Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo Boza Masvidal of Havana, Bight, At Council With Bishop Coleman F. Carroll EXILED PRELATE URGESXXJBANS TO PRAY IN CRISIS Bishop Indorses United Fund: 'Fulfills Civic, Moral Duty' Bishops Carroll And Boza Talk It Oyer Before his departure for Rome to attend the second Vati- (Other articles by Msgr. Havana is well known in South Needless to say, it was ob- make, any statement or com- 'ean Council, Bishop Coleman F. Carroll, a vice president of Walsh on Pages 5 and 7.) Florida. Many remember before vious from his words and ment to the press. the United Fund of Dade County, prepared the following state- his exile how resolutely he de- manner that he is deeply con- By MSGR. JAMES J. WALSH fied the communist pressures in cerned over the welfare of The prelates spoke after the ment formally indorsing the United Fund campaigns in Dade Special Voiee Correspondent and Broward counties: Cuba to make him bow to gov- Cuba hi the light of this most Rome leftist daily Paese.Sera "Hie annual United Fund campaign has been demon- VATICAN CITY — The morn- ernment desires. recent happening. said the Bishop of Matanzas had ing after the electrifying news of &~ *»ted to be an effective and, indeed, admirable means declared that he and other Cu- President Kennedy's quarantine Afterwards he was the cele- As always, he is urging his ^^iereby ail of us,can best fulfill what we acknowledge ban Bishops were following to be an urgent civic as well as spiritual obligation. on the shipment of military brant of Mass in the great sta; Cuban compatriots to pray and dium rally of refugee's in Mi- events with great interest and "It is a timely reminder of the duty which is upon the equipments to Cuba, we were sacrifice without ceasing that waiting for Bishop Carroll at ami. More recently he was the God may reunite them all in were praying for peace. community as a whole to promote the well being and better- preacher on the occasion when ment of all our fellow citizens, particularly those in our midst the obelisk in the piazza of St. peace in their homeland. Peter. Cardinal Spellman ordained the who are victims of misfortune. • .. first Cuban seminarian to finish The three other Cuban Bish- "We cannot all discharge that duty by personal services, The Council session that morn- his studies for the priesthood in ops here at the council have nor is it desirable that those who act in our stead engage in ing had run three hours and a the United States. denied that they made or intend Nov. 4 Ceremony * a multiplicity of appeals throughout the year." : •• half, as a full quota of bishops to make any statements to the i* - Among the United Fund agencies is the Catholic Wel- were having their say on the It's a safe guess that the press on the Cuban crisis. fare Bureau which finds foster homes for needy children H To Honor Pope ! project of the Liturgy. earnest conversation engaged in and operates a child adoption bureau that unites neglected between himself and Bishop Car- In a note published by the VATICAN CITY (NO — The boys and girls with Catholic parents. It also provides pro- When the huge grilled gates roll had to do with the latest Vatican City daily, L'Osserva- fourth anniversary of the cor- • tection and care for unwed mothers. The bureau has again finally swung open and the climax in the ever worsening tore Romano, Bishops Manuel onation of Pope John XXIII, asked Catholics to volunteer in promoting the United Fund Fathers of the Council came situation of communism in Rodriguez Rozas of Pinar del will occur Sunday, Nov. 4. Sol- and to contribute generously to its support. out into the open, Bishop Car- Cuba. Rio, Carlos Riu Angles of Ca- emn ceremonies commemorat- "It is my sincere hope that the. people of Dade and roll was seen walking down maguey and Jose Dominguez ing it will be held in St. Peter's Broward counties will respond readily and generously to the the slope with Bishop Boza When we spoke to Bishop y Rodriguez of Matanzas de- Basilica. appeal the United Fund is making this .year." Masvidal. Boza, it was understandable clared that since their depar- that he could not at that time ture from Cuba they have not The Ecumenical Council is n*t The exiled auxiliary bishop of make a public statement. made, and do not intend to in session oh Sunday. Council In New Phase Begins Study Of Eucharisf "Differences of opinion were "There are reasons which VATICAN CITY (NO — The tions and referred in a general The bulletin said the Fathers liturgy in seminaries and in. expressed, however, regarding militate in favor of Latin, in- inseparable tie between worship way to the problems being dis- were unanimous in agreeing theological faculties; the in- language, methods and means asmuch as its adoption has not and the Scriptures was dra- cussed. that there is a need to increase troduction of the science of the to be used in adapting liturgi- only traditional values but it matically symbolized during the UNANIMOUS CONCEPT the active participation of the liturgy among* basic studies; cal rites to present times and also has a true unifying ef- ecumenical council's first week The sessions regularly began faithful in the Church's worship. the creation of national and mentalities, to the customs and fect. Furthermore because of of deliberations when the book with Mass, which was followed "In this respect," it said, diocesan liturgical commis- traditions of different nations." its logical precision, because of the Gospels wa's solemnly by the enthronement of the Gos- "certain proposals were pre- sions and of institutes of pas- sented: for example, forma- The bulletin stated that some of its concrete phraseology of enthroned prior to each day's pel book on the special table toral liturgy which may even- tion of truly qualified teachers of the council Fathers stress legal terms, it is particularly discussion of the liturgy. with lighted candles on either tually avail themselves of side. to instruct on the historical, competent lay experts, es- the need to conserve liturgical suited for theology and The liturgical discussions The ninth general session theological, spiritual, pastoral pecially in the fields of sacred practices as the Church now dogma. continued over the fifth, sixth, Monday saw the conclusion of and juridic elements of the music and art. ' has them. "The use of the vernacular seventh, eighth and ninth the first chapter of the liturgy The bulletin said that the ap- Reveals, moreover, the univer- general sessions of the coun- project. Sixteen churchmen parent slowness of the council's sality of Christendom, capable cil. And at the sixth session, spoke. Next in order of busi- discussions is a "most evident even in its unchangeability, oi the Mass was that of the ness was the opening discus- indication of two characteristics assuming the values and tradi- Byzantine Rite, sung in Greek sion on the second chapter of which have marked the Second tions of the individual peoples, and Arabic, giving the council the project, which deals with Vatican Council from the time of all latitudes and all t" , of Fathers an immediate re- the Holy Eucharist. of its antepreparatory and pre- the present and of the i^-jfe." alization of the fact that while The council bulletin said later paratory phases: namely, free- "On the other hand there are the Church is catholic, her that the "discussions of the first dom of expression and through- important reasons which recom- liturgy need not be uniform.