European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Poge 8 the stars and stripes wednesday july 31 i called tragic clergy divided in reaction to Pope s Pill ban by the associated press one of the developers of the contraceptive Pill called Pope Paul i s encyclical monday against birth control a tragic critics however took the attitude that the world s500 million roman catholics would follow their own consciences and continue to use the Pill if they already were do ing so. In Boston or. Hudson Hoag land a colleague of the late or. Gregory Pincus who perfected the Pill said of the Pope s re affirmation of the ban on contraceptives it reaffirms a medieval theological concept which is a moral crime against humanity to maintain. The world Popula Tion problem is a serious social disease which threatens great tragedy throughout the world due to massive starvation caused by uncontrolled Hugh Moore chairman of the association for voluntary sterilization inc., said the Pope s statement could result in the death of millions of peo ple by starvation in the years most Catholic prelates an priests preferred to withhold comment until they had seethe official text of the Pope s , Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston said Rome has spoken and for the time be ing the Case is Chicago the Rev. Francis l. Filas professor of theology at Loyola University said my College students generally have broken with the Church s traditionalism regarding this along the same line Geraldl. Fitzgerald a Catholic who is a National Coro Mittleman of the Christian family move ment declared in new York i suspect that Pope Paul and a lot of Church authorities Are going to be surprised by the Lack of concern caused by the encyclical. If Pope Paul had come out with it four or three or even two years ago it might have made a by now i think that most couples who have been struggling with the problem have made up their minds an settled their consciences about what they consider to be right. And the encyclical is not going to change Reichert executive director of the Dallas planned parenthood assn., said the Pope s announcement though not unexpected is most Dis appointing particularly in the Light of the enlarged Active participation of roman catholics in every part of the world in family planning work and his statement Reichert added Pope Paul has said i effect that All sexual activity must be geared exclusively to Ward a group of roman Catholic priests in Washington already were on record against the Banon birth control As enunciated in Advance of the encyclical by Patrick Cardinal o Boyle of association of washing ton priests claiming to speak for 142 of the 1,223 clergymen in the archdiocese said Satur Day in a letter to the Cardinal Many of your priests cannot in conscience follow this directive because it gives no Roo for either probable opinion re Garding the practice of contraception or the right of conscience so clearly enunciated inthe documents of the Vatican. In new York evangelist Bill Graham said monday he Dis agreed with Pope Paul s encyclical. Graham who arrived a Kennedy Airport from Paris said he was not familiar wit the encyclical. But after being informed of its Content by re porters he replied in general i would disagree with it. Anyone who travels has seen the great population explosion around the world and could see we need some for of birth Graham said there must become compassion for human Ity and we must have some form of planned in Detroit a roman Catholic writer historian and teacher said Pope Paul s upholding of traditional Church bans on artificial birth control would cause an awful lot of people to Dis agree with the pontiff. Or. John Mahoney of the University of Detroit an authority on Church history and a Colum nist for the Detroit archdiocesan weekly newspaper made the comment when asked for his views on the Pope s new encyclical on the subject. Asked if he was one of those who disagreed Mahoney re plied yes but not because i thin the precise question of birth control is All that important in Thelong run. Rather it is because what he the Pope says seems to under line a traditionalist position that Man does not think for himself columns comments Pope made Only one Concession to liberals Vatican City a Pope Paul i struck at the Root of the birth control problem when he said that it belonged to the papacy to spell out even moral rules which Are not clearly Stout in the Bible. He said that the Church teach ing on contraception was based on papal interpretation of the natural and he made a Point of proclaiming the consistency of his attitude with pre Vious papal statements. The 33-Page text of the encyclical issued monday contained 42 references to state ments issued by Pope Paul s predecessors in the last 90 contrast with this there was no quote from the Bible to Bac the ban on contraception. This was probably the Only Concession to Liberal theologians who have questioned the traditional interpretation of specific Points of the Bible in this connection. Reveals message msgr. Ferdinando Lambruschini briefs newsmen at the Vatican on and that Man does not have responsibility ultimately to himself and god on moral Mahoney said the Pope Klieves there Are certain areas of a Man s life which he has no responsible control Over and he just has to do what he s to Mahoney said he viewed papal statement As that of a conservative spokesman an pointed out that it came in an encyclical rather than exc Thedra from the chair which would impose infallible doctrine. In los Angeles James Franci Cardinal Mclntyre greeted As a positive expression of Funda mental principles of morality monday s word that Pope Paul upheld the roman Catholic Banon birth control methods. Cardinal Mcintyre Arch Bishop of the los Angeles Arch diocese called the Long delayed encyclical letter refreshing Inan age grown confused by the changing and subjective theories of situation ethics and he said the Pope s decision to continue the moral principles which govern married life i based on the Basic teaching of the old and new testament archbishop Philip Pocock of Toronto said to the encyclical of the Pope i give my Complete g. Emmett Carter of London Ontario said naturally we Are disappointed that it was found impossible to alleviate the great Burden placed upon the Young married mrs. George Cadbury past president of the planned Parent Hood league of Toronto said Good Catholic couples Nave problems that the celibate clergy Don t have. This encyclical is very distressing news but Uwon t hold Back birth control. Cardinal o Boyle who haste Pope s decision to forbid any use of Arifi valium cd Cial Means of birth control by catholics. A made no Public response to the priests protest issued a state Vatican theologian who Intro Good Catholic family. His words Lowed the French line " which ment monday which said m p " the encyclical Drew a verbal diced the encyclical to the press however implied that a couple Calls for More understanding i Call upon All priests from the italian socialist party newspaper Avanti which called it the product of a that in Italy a be begin and pay the Price of a Small ther than the ecumenical coun in the Pope s View the Only penance in the confessional. Cil which reserved a special morally acceptable Way to Check a do in mention for Large families. The population growth is for in a i encyclical another difference from Previ div dual couples to practice the Ever differed from previous Ous papal documents is the a rhythm method of abstaining or in Ai pronouncements on the Peai to priests to be understand simply do without sex at All for ing in confession. 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This was going even fur papal same subject in Many ways. In line with the Vatican ecumenical Council Pope Paul did not subordinate sexual life to procreation As a priority in mar ried life. This principle and quotes from the Bible had provided the main stays for past Popes to argue their ban on contraception. Pope Paul did without simply set out the rules in an authoritative Way As msgr. Ferdinando Lambruschini the governments to spread precise if the Pope himself had made information about the rhythm allowance for Catholic couples method and for doctors an scientists to improve the knowl Edge of this method and make who feel forced to disregard his rules and promised them forgiveness. In this connection msgr. Lam european edition col. James a Campbell Usa it. Col. F. S. Michael jr., Usan Mert Proctor. Elmer d. Frank Henry s. Epstein production circulation manager it usable As widely As possible. This newspaper i an authorized publication of the department of a. . 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