Friday, Oct. 4, 1963
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Married Deacon Plan Rapped by Cardinal
VATICAN CITY—(UPI)—Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York today led a strong attack by conservative fathers at the Ecumenical Council on a proposal to authorize a new ordained order of married deacons in the Catholic church.
In his first speech at this session of the Council, Spellman objected vigorously to a section of the draft document on the church now under debate which would restore the new testament order of deacons as a permanent rank in the hierarchy, below priests.
The text of the document as it now stands would leave it up to regional church authorities to permit deacons to be married rather than observe the celibacy required by priests.
PROPONENTS have contended that this change would help the church overcome its acuate clergy shortage in Latin America and in mission areas of Asia and Africa.
Spellman warned that many "practical difficulties" would be created by such a move. Ee expressed fear that the ultimate result would be to reduce the number of priests because some men would settle for deacon status and a wife rather than celibate priesthood.
Spellman also asserted that the "growing number of dedicated laymen" in the Catholic church left no need for such an order as a perpetual deaconate.
The New York archbishop acknowledged that the order of deacons existed in the early church and is mentioned in the new testament, but he said that before reviving the order Council fathers should make a careful study of the reason why it was abolished centuries ago.
"NOT EVERYTHING old is good," said Spellman.
Two conservative Italian cardinals—Ernesto Ruffini of Palermo, Sicily, and Antonio Bacci of the Roman curia—vigorously endorsed Spellman's position.
Ruffini said that the proposal to allow married deacons be completely removed from the document carries grave dangers to the whole principle of celibacy in priesthood. Bacci asked that the section on deacons be completely removed from the document.
None of the speakers today supported the proposal, which is in
chapter two of the project "De Ecclesia" (About the church) which the fathers have been debating since the Council's second session began work on Monday. Debate on chapter two continues next Monday and it is probable that some liberal fathers will spring to the defense of the married deacon proposal, which is dear to the heart of missionary bishops.
Vox Interviews For Candidates To Start Oct.13
Interviews for potential Vox Populi candidates will begin Oct. 13, Tom Bornholdt, Topea senior and Vox president, announced last night at the party's general assembly meeting.
Bornholdt said interviews also will be conducted Tuesday, Oct. 15.
SIX PERSONS were elected to the executive committee. Independents elected were Jon Waller, Overland Park senior; Lew Ann Ogle, Kansas City sophomore; and Linda Ritter, Excelsior Springs, Mo., junior.
Elected as Greek representatives were Mike Waller, Cambridge, Md., sophomore; John Sapp, Havana, Ill., sophomore, and James Cook, St. Louis, Mo., senior.
John Turner, Dallas, Tex., sophomore, was accepted as general assembly representative from the unmarried and unorganized district.
AT VOX'S FIRST meeting last week, Jim Frazier, Topeka senior, was elected executive vice president. Other new officers selected were Jon Alexiou, Shawnee Mission junior, Greek vice president; Harry Bretschneider, Kansas City, Mo., senior, independent vice president; Susan Mustand, Wichita senior, secretary, and Marshall Brier, Overland Park junior, treasurer.
J. PREAS OF GEORGIA TECH kicked 17 extra points in a 1917 football game against Cumberland College.
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