Vatican Over Italy Benedictine Monasteries Vatican City (RNS) — In an unprecedented nction, the Vat­ ican Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes dissolved the autonomous administrations of Italy's 10 Cassinese Bene­ dictine monasteries and set up a Talk about tasty— temporary governing body for the houses. this is it!!!

The Vatican press spokesman, a state of shock." L^st March, a group of the Federico Alessandrini, said the abbot's supporters marched in a action affected some 200 Italian Abbot Burne's counterpart in candlelight procession to St. Benedictine monks and was Italy, the president of the Italian Peter's Basilica to protest rum­ taken by the Congregation for Cassinnese federation, is Abbot ored moves by the congregation Religious following what was Alberto Clerici, of St. Peter's to remove him from office. described as "apostolic visita­ Abbey in Modena. The abbot- tions." primate of the world Benedictine Alessandrini, during the order is an American, Abbot news conference announcing the Such a visit to the famed Bene­ Rembert Weakland, formerly dissolution of the administra­ dictine monastery at Monte Cas- of St. Vincent Archabbey, La- tions of the 10 monasteries, ad­ sino — one of the 10 houses of trope, Pa. mitted the actions of Abbot the Cassinese congregation — Franzoni "might have had some­ was depicted by a Vatican source Earlier this year, speculation thing to do with it." as tantamount to an official in­ grew in Rome that the Congre­ spection. gation for Religious headed by "But I personally don't think Cardinal Ildebrando Antoniutti, so," he added. "You must re­ LIP-SMAJCKING DELICIOUS Placed in temporary control would act to oust the controvers­ member that we are speaking NATURAL CASING HOTS of the monasteries was a com­ ial Abbot Giovanni Franzoni of of 200 Italian Benedictines and mission made up of religious St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls not of a single man." ZWEIGLE'S INC., 65! PlynMrth Ave. N. • 546-1740 from various' sections of the Abbey, one of the 10 abbeys now U.S. GOVERNMENT INSPECTED country. The commission is ex­ taken over by the Vatican con­ Abbot Franzoni, who is also pected to govern the monasteries gregation. * procurator general of the Cas­ until a replacement group is sel­ sinese federation in Italy, has ected next Spring. Abbot Franzoni, a youngish spoken out continually in favor man who has repeatedly shun­ of conscientious objection, Contacted at St. Mary's Abbey, ned the trappings of his office against the Vietnam war, and has Morristown, N.J., Abbot Martin in dress and manner, has been a sponsored "beat music" Masses. Burne, abbot president of the center of controversy since his The Vatican and conservative WHY American Cassinese Federation election in 1964. members of the Benedictines of the Benedictine order, told in Italy have objected strenuous­ Religious News Service that in Some of Abbot Franzoni's ly not only to these actions of PEOP his opinion the action by the colleagues have long contended the abbot but to his practice of Vatican congregation was "uni­ that his monastic life is exemp­ sending monks into slum areas BUILD que." lary and that the Vatican wanted to do pastoral work. to oust him only because his lib­ The abbot-president, who pre­ eral stands on social problems- sides over 22 autonomous mon­ have become an embarrassment THE HOLY FATHER'S MISSION AID TO THE ORIENTAL CHURCH asteries in the U.S., said he was to the Vatican. at a loss to explain why the ad­ The answer is easy: they welcome the oppor­ ministrations of the Italian Mon­ tunity to do something needed where it's needed. asteries were dissolved. 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