July 24, 2015

What was in the news on July 23, 1965?

The pope calls for respect for authority, the first photo of Mars appears and a priest sees a UFO

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 July 23, 1965, issue of The Criterion:
 

  • Pontiff deplores lack of respect for authority
    • “VATICAN CITY—Pope Paul VI lamented the lack of respect for authority in the Church in a speech at his weekly general audience [July 14]. The pope noted that obedience is constantly being questioned ‘as being contrary to the development of the human person,’ and ‘unworthy of free, mature and adult human beings.’ ”
  • Rabbi scores Jewish stand on school aid
  • Franciscan shifts are announced
  • Teacher aid bill is sent to Congress
  • Fear segregation: Catholics won’t rent school space to city
  • Rent boost protest led by religious
  • In Marion County: High school deficit passes $350,000
  • Vincent de Paul meeting plans set
  • ‘Vidimus’
    • “VATICAN CITY—Recording for history his impression of the first photograph of Mars, Pope Paul VI signed a copy of the U.S. Mariner 4 space achievement and passed it on to the Vatican Observatory for study. On the margine of the photo Pope Paul wrote: 'Vidimus et admirati sumus' ('We have seen and are in admiration').”
  • Aussies revise Church giving program
  • Protestants collaborated: ‘Intelligible, modern English’ aim of new Bible translation
  • New deaths bring Congo toll to 171
  • Religious freedom still problem in Mexico
  • Sees efforts to curb work of the council
  • Loosen inhibitions in singing, priest says
  • Monsignors ready to drop titles
  • First lay editor
  • ‘Not retaliatory’: Explains termination
  • Bishops of Colombia lash at divorce bill
  • Saw ‘flying saucers,’ Jesuit scientist says
    • “BUENOS AIRES—A Jesuit priest-astronomer here said he has seen unidentified flying objects—‘flying saucers’—in Argentine skies. Father Benito Reyna, S.J., is professor of mathematics at Salvador University in Buenos Aires and an astronomer with more than 30 years experience. ‘The first time I saw UFOs I was in Cordoba,’ Father Reyna told newsmen. ‘With the help of my telescope, I was able to follow their flight clearly and to note their shape and color, predominantly white, yellow, red and blue hues.’ ”
  • Vestments from wedding dress
  • Ecumenical help for Congo
  • Christmas stamp theme religious
  • Catholics aid Lutheran charity
  • ND to host theology conference
  • ‘Rebaptizing’ of Eastern Rite Catholics hit
  • Parish in Virginia tithes for missions
  • Cardinal Shehan given curia post
  • Don’t fear new Mass music, expert advises
  • St. Joan of Arc swimmers win 6th title in row
  • Vatican weekly lauds Pat Boone as ‘gentleman’
  • Fourth session outlook: Religious unity: is it an empty hope?
  • Library ban on POAU magazine draws protest
  • Farm labor bill backed
  • Family limitations upheld by priest
  • Convention tackles church design issues
  • U.S. diocese is created
  • Festival opens at Holy Spirit
  • It depends on whose foot the shoe is on
  • Pope tells actors of responsibility
  • Hospital pledges exceed $94,000
  • Dallas University will establish seminary course
  • Late vocations’ house for nuns founded in East
  • Two Lutherans become Benedictine novices
  • Group in Britain pledges campaign for all-Latin Mass
  • Visual equipment grant given to Woods
  • First session report: Jesuits back fight for racial justice
  • Bishop repeats ‘apparitions’ warning
  • 47 Oldenburg nuns to observe jubilees
  • Priests and nuns at hootenanny

(Read all of these stories from our July 23, 1965, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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