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Summer Session Kansan
Tuesday, July 2, 1963
Pope Paul Inherits Aura of Goodwill
By Louis Cassels
No Pope in a thousand years has begun his penificate with a greater reservoir of good will than Paul VI.
As he takes up the lonely burdens of his office, Protestants and eastern orthodox Christians are praying as earnestly as the world's half-billion Catholics that he may be truly guided by the Holy Spirit.
The unprecedented interest which non-Catholics are taking in the new Pope is a carryover of the vast affection they had for his predecessor. By sheer force of goodness, Pope John XXIII changed the whole image of the papacy for the non-Catholic world. During his reign, it was possible for those outside the Catholic fold to hear the authentic voice of a Good Shepherd speaking from the throne of St. Peter.
POPE PAUL is too brilliant and sensitive, too aware of the world, not to realize that his present popularity is a legacy. And, as he made clear in his first formal address, he is not ashamed to acknowledge his inheritance. He is quite willing to be known as the Pope who came after the great John XXIII, and tried to carry on his work.
In outlining the aims of his pontificate to the College of Cardinals, he repeatedly used the word, "continues."
He said his "pre-eminent" concern would be the continuation of the Ecumenical Council summoned by Pope John and automatically suspended by his death.
HE ALSO PROMISED to "continue with full dedication the great work started by our predecessor" in attempting to "restore the unity" of the Christian family.
"We are opening our arms to all those who take pride in the name of Christ," he said. "We are calling them by the precious name of brothers, and let them know that they will find in us constant understanding and benevolence . . ."
Despite his devotion to John XXIII's goals of renewal and reunion, Paul VI is by no means a carbon copy of his predecessor. On the contrary, he differs from him very strikingly in temperament and personality, and it would be unreasonable for anyone to expect him to do things in the same style.
JOHN XXIII was a peasant's son who retained an unaffected humility and simplicity all of his life. He had an irrepressible sence of humor, a natural affection for all sorts of people, and an innate dignity which could not be marred by the most
outrageously informal conduct, Like St. Francis, he manifested the rare combination of a Christ-like, self-denying character with a happy, outgoing personality.
Paul VI is an introvert and an intellectual, intense in his feelings but disciplined in the expression of them. He is subject to melancholy moods. His compassion for humanity is said to be great, but it seems unlikely that he will display it with the same kind of spontaneous little gestures which so endeared John XXIII to the world.
Being a good Pope, however, is not the same thing as winning a popularity contest. And there are reasons for suspecting that Paul VI may prove to be even more effective than his great predecessor in pursuing their common goals.
THE REASONS include his relative youth and vigor, and the reasonable expectation of a fairly long pontificate.
Also, as an old Vatican hand who spent 30 years in the secretariat of state, he knows the varied and wondrous ways in which curia professionals may sidetrack and smother
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