November 27, 2015

What was in the news on Nov. 26, 1965?

The passing of the religious liberty schema, a church burns down in Indianapolis and the pope makes suprising remarks

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 Nov. 26, 1965, issue of The Criterion:
 

  • Religious liberty schema approved by wide margin
    • "VATICAN CITY--The ecumenical council's hotly-disputed document on religious liberty, which plunged the council into crisis at the end of the third session, has sailed serenely through its final vote. Eight out of nine council Fathers voted in its favor. Now all it needs is a formal vote in a public meeting and promulgation by Pope Paul VI to become official. The same general meeting which saw the approval of the religious liberty document (Nov. 19) also heard results of the voting on the schema on the Church in the modern world. The votes had not been tallied in time for announcement at the last general meeting."
  • At annual meeting: U.S. bishops study NCWC 'updating'
  • A 'burned out' parish faces a challenge
    • "The 1,200 parishioners of Nativity Church in southeastern Marion County will be attending Mass for the next several months in the small parish school cafeteria as a result of a fire which completely gutted the picturesque church nine days ago. More than 225 adult members of the 280-family parish gathered last Sunday evening in the same cafeteria to discuss plans to erect a new church. ... As one parishioner apltly phrased it: 'Nativity didn't lose a church, only a building.' "
  • In Marion County: High school 'subsidy' hits critical stage
  • Pope's council address is full of 'surprises'
    • "VATICAN CITY--Pope Paul VI, in promulgating the ecumenical council's Constitution on Divine Revelation and its Decree on the Lay Apostolate, sprang a number of suprises on the Church and hte World, including hte initiation of the beatification causes of Popes Pius XII and John XXIII. He also: Revealed imminent changes in the laws governing the Congregation of the Holy Office, the church's often criticized watchdog of faith and morals. Announced tha tthe Synod of Bishops which he created as a sort of senate of the Church would meet for the first time in 1967 or perhaps next year. Declared a jubilee for the entire Church from the closing of the council (Dec. 8) to next Pentecost. Said he will build a church in Rome in memory of the council and dedicate it to Mary, Mother of the Church (the title he gave her at the end of the council's third session in 1964). ... Saying that the words and examples of Pius XII and John XXIII would strengthen the Church's spiritual renovation, he announced that he was arranging for the initiation of the cannoncail process of beatification of both."
  • Blessing slated at St. Barnabas
  • Named superintendent of Sacred Heart Central
  • The bishop of the future
  • Council confusion: A session is a session is a session
  • Sex discussions too narrow in scope, sociologist says
  • Decentralization: Council votes change in seminary training
  • Sees no rampant rise in anti-clericalism
  • Religious liberty from Gibbons to Murray
  • College head's move cancels 'sit-in' plan
  • Austria honors Father Hesburgh
  • Nuns and seminarians urged for Peace Corps
  • 146 teams await opening gun in cage leagues
  • Criterion Quiz to lift lid Sunday
  • Film for the young outlines blight of poverty, bias
  • Urges greater effort for racial justice
  • Sees need for massive planning to solve U.S. social problems
  • Stresses excellence, schools admonished
  • Mission letter: Recalls martyrdom during Spanish war
  • Expect 3-4,000 refugees monthly
  • PAVLA couple in plane crash
  • Host families announced for exchange students
  • Layman runs Sudan seminary
  • Civil rights leaders map conference plans
  • Two Providence nuns, one a missioner, die
  • St. Thomas parish schedules dance
  • Chaplain's group under formation
  • Soaring spirits mark closing days of council
  • Global body elects priest as 'veep'
  • Method of selecting bishops criticized
  • Named to Secretariat for non-Christians

(Read all of these stories from our Nov. 26, 1965, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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