June 24, 2016

What was in the news on June 24, 1966?

The authority of bishops expanded, a new mother superior, and a writer argues for women priests

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 June 24, 1966, issue of The Criterion:
 

  • Pontiff expands the authority of bishops
    • “VATICAN CITY—Pope Paul VI has set August 15 as the effective date of the ecumenical council’s law giving bishops wider power to dispense from the Church’s disciplinary laws. He listed the dispensations reserved to the Holy See alone. Most of these concern marriage and Holy Orders. With this sweeping legislation, the pope brought into effect one of the foremost aims of the Second Vatican Council: the decentralization of the Church’s government. By the same token, he reduced the workload of the Roman curia immensely.”
  • Announce novena speakers
  • File suit in school aid fight
  • Providence Sisters elect new superior
    • “ST. MARY-OF-THE-WOODS, Ind.—The General Chapter of the Sisters of Providence here has elected Sister Mary Pius Regnier, S.P., as the 12th superior general of the 125-year-old religious community. She succeeds Mother Rose Angela, who has held the office since 1960.”
  • Why did pope delay action on documents?
  • School aid act extended 2 years
  • Theologians discriminate against women, writer charges
    • “CHICAGO—‘Double-think’ theologians who persist in the ‘teaching of contempt’ about women are succeeding in keeping women from the priesthood, a Catholic woman writer [Catherine Benton] has charged. To prevent women from becoming priests, she said, Catholic thinkers have been willing to accept ancient and outdated arguments to support their own anti-feminism. The result has been a system of discrimination against women based on their sex. It not only keeps women from the priesthood, but places in question their dignity as human beings.”
  • Layman wants ‘real, personal’ encounter with God, editor says
  • Urges early diagnosis: Mental illness among religious avoidable, psychiatrist states
  • Master plan will aid Ohio private colleges
  • Spirit of poverty is parley topic
  • Birchers ‘distorted’ anti-Semitism study
  • ‘Three Saul Alinskys,’ Father Cronin asserts
  • ‘Men, money, prayer’ called mission needs
  • St. Pius X lad cops low gross in golf tourney
  • Purposes of marriage
  • Common sacramental rites urged as unity key
  • Blames early biographer: Scholar claims ‘distortion’ in Catholic view of Luther
  • New French series treats Vatican II
  • 1,000 at installation of Evansville bishop
  • St. Mary-of-the-Rocks’ Fourth of July picnic opens festival season
  • Pope urges devotion to the Sacred Heart
  • Couples attend meeting of birth control body
  • Says Burma anti-foreign, but not anti-religious
  • Pope comments on marriage
  • Lady of Grace plans $700,000 expansion
  • Renewal delays called hindrance to vocations
  • Profession rite slated at convent
  • Nine are named to academic honors at St. Meinrad
  • Cites importance of self-criticism

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