February 6, 2015

What was in the news on February 5, 1965?

A possible change in the garb of cardinals, and talk of making lay cardinals

Criterion logo from the 1960sBy Brandon A. Evans

This week, we continue to examine what was going on in the Church and the world 50 years ago as seen through the pages of The Criterion.

Here are some of the items found in the February 5, 1965, issue of The Criterion:

  • Pontiff hints change in garb for cardinals
    • “VATICAN CITY—Pope Paul VI has advised the 27 newly named cardinals not to bother getting fitted for silk robes, hinting that a change in the attire of cardinals is to come after the end of the ecumenical council. … These announcements by Vatican officials came in the wake of rumors saying that the pope was preparing a new decree, or ‘motu proprio,’ on the dress of cardinals. The officials said that no such decree is imminent, but that the pope’s wishes were made known privately in Vatican circles. A ‘motu proprio,’ though issued on a pope’s own initiative, is a public document usually changing Church law.”
  • Indicate early reform of the curia
  • Brighter outlook seen for Latin America
  • Lay cardinal? It’s possible
    • “Bonn—Auxiliary Bishop Walther Kampe of Limburg, Germany, has applauded the appointment of 27 new cardinals and raised the possibility of a layman being elevated to the College of Cardinals. … ‘It is pleasing that not only bishops, but distinguished priests like the world-famous founder of the Young Christian Workers, Msgr. Joseph Cardijn [of Belgium], have been elevated to be cardinals. Will it someday occur,’ he continued, ‘that an outstanding layman will also receive the honor of the purple?’ He declared such an action would not be contrary to canon law.”
  • School bus measure filed in Lower House
  • Indianapolis-bound? Prior is interviewed on monastery move
  • Chancery announces two pastoral shifts
  • Shriver urges Peace Corps ‘in reverse’
  • Cincinnati prelate: Sees large cities as mission field
  • Bishop defines ‘Catholic nurse’
  • Improvement is seen in council procedure
  • Pope’s move appraised: Sees a new role for Patriarch-Cardinals
  • New books to provide further Mass changes
  • Interfaith rite held in Spain
  • New draft on missions completed
  • Poverty meet set Feb. 9-10 at St. Meinrad
  • CYO cage interest reaching fever pitch
  • Papal car to aid the poor
  • Cardinal Mindszenty press report denied
  • Is Legion of Decency exercising ‘censorship’?
  • Requiem Mass offered for ND’s Stuhldreher
  • Catholic schools in dropout plan
  • Pope lauds hymn singing
  • Pre-marriage course slated at Richmond
  • New cardinal probes statement on Jews
  • Denies approving birth control plan
  • Pope Paul gives reason for naming cardinals

(Read all of these stories from our February 5, 1965, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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