September 25, 2015

What was in the news on Sept. 24, 1965?

A historic vote on religious liberty at the council as the 4th session proceeds, and tickets sought for the papal visit to the U.S.

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 Sept. 24, 1965, issue of The Criterion:
 

  • Historic test vote assures approval of liberty schema
    • “VATICAN CITY—An historic meeting of the ecumenical council voted overwhelmingly to present to the world a definitive document affirming man’s civil right to religious freedom. The vote was taken [on] Sept. 21 after five days of debate on the subject by 62 council Fathers, and was a special vote proposed by the council’s board of moderators. … The answer to the question [on moving forward with the revised text on religious liberty] was resounding. Of the 2,222 Fathers voting, 1,997 said yes; 224 said no, and one vote was null. With the closing of the debate on religious liberty, the council turned to the next matter on its agenda, the lengthy and complicated schema on the Church in the modern world, sometimes known as schema 13 because of the place it occupied during the third session of the council in 1964.”
  • Editor comments from Rome: Pope’s move on bishops’ synod seen as capstone of Vatican II
    • “No matter what else happens, Vatican Council II must now be considered a success. The fourth and final session is not only off to an auspicious beginning; it has already seen accomplished what even the most optimistic felt would not take place until sometime after the close of the council. I mean, of course, the synod of bishops which Pope Paul announced in his address opening the fourth session, and made a reality the next day with his motu proprio (by his own initiative) ‘Apostolic Solicitude.’ This is the most significant and historic action of the council. Coming when it did, it has a decisive effect upon the attitude of the council Fathers.”
  • President will meet with visiting pontiff
  • Claretians relocate novitiate
  • UNESCO maps all-out fight on illiteracy
  • Pope shows interest in racing
  • Anglican head tells of hopes for unity
  • Sunday vote idea draws criticism
  • Sends $5,000 for hurricane relief
  • Interfaith speakers see uncertain, hopeful results for ecumenism
  • Astronauts’ risk ‘permissible’
  • Spirituality is subject of dialogue
  • Paintings stolen from Guadalupe
  • ‘Neighborhood Mass’ program is launched
  • Critics of Dutch clergy off base, prelate says
  • CRS stepping up Vietnam relief
  • Canon Law revision seen badly needed
  • Who will get a ticket?
    • “NEW YORK—Tickets, tickets, who’s going to get a ticket? That is a puzzling question facing planners of Pope Paul VI’s trip to the United Nations here. There will be about 5,000 tickets for the ceremony at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 2,000 for his UN visit and about 100,000 for his Mass at Yankee Stadium.”
  • Plan stamp series for pope’s visit
  • Record 673 open classes at Woods
  • New parents’ group formed in Richmond
  • NCEA publication criticizes policy on lay principals
  • Enrollment sets record at Marian
  • Mixed marriage revision seen
  • Pension plan set for lay employees
  • Red secret police summon laymen
  • ‘Home by Christmas’: ‘Smooth sailing’ is seen for fourth session
  • Red writer pessimistic on council

(Read all of these stories from our Sept. 24, 1965, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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