July 19, 2013

What was in the news on July 19, 1963?

At audience, Pope Paul VI receives the UN Secretary General, and praises the organization for living Catholic principles

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 19, 1963, issue of The Criterion:

  • Pope Paul praises efforts of UN toward world peace; Secretary General received in audience
    • “VATICAN CITY—Pope Paul VI said in receiving the Secretary-General of the United Nations that the Holy See regards the UN as the fruit of a civilization for which the Church provided the basic principles. The pope received U Thant in a private audience [on July 11] for a half hour and praised the UN for its efforts for world peace. He spoke in English. He said that the UN ‘is a historical reality of too great importance to leave us indifferent to this meeting with you.’ ”
  • In Indianapolis Aug. 3-7: First Negro Cardinal to attend Claver parley
  • Fatima Retreat House cornerstone rite slated
  • 2 delegates attend rites in Moscow
  • Individual seen key to racial harmony
  • To start Latin School residence
  • Finds hospitality in Latin America’s squalor
  • Catholic school crisis: Cincinnati Archdiocese may drop first 4 grades
  • Cardinal visits with Senate group
  • Named to faculty of Catholic U.
  • Editorial: Complaint Dept.
    • “If we composed an editorial praising the United Nations as an expression of Catholic principles, we would immediately receive indignant letters from a certain portion of our readership. We would be accused of brainwashing our readers with our ‘liberal’ prejudices. … Fortunately, we have a boss who is willing to take the heat himself. Pope Paul received United Nations Secretary General, U Thant, in a private audience last week. … The Holy See has a very high conception of the United Nations. … Don’t cancel your subscription to The Criterion. Send your complaints on into the headquarters at the Vatican.”
  • U.S. real estate body accused of doubletalk
  • To restore late pope’s church
  • NCCW backs Kennedy civil rights program
  • Issues clergy directive on race demonstrations
  • Providence nuns mark jubilees
  • St. Joan of Arc cops 4th straight swim crown
  • Family Clinic: Ready to pop question, youth has final query
  • Says Pope John broke ecumenical ‘impasse’
  • Suggests apostolate for choirs
  • Pope keeps same coat-of-arms
  • Clergy offer to mediate race issue
  • Brazil’s pope and bishop want land reform now, cardinal says
  • German Catholics gave $50 million in relief
  • ‘New fact of our time’: World Council speakers praise unity movement
  • 34 Oldenburg Sisters to observe jubilees
  • Nature of Church seen major Montreal topic
  • Franciscans ‘hit books’ on vacation
  • Priest who baptized Rockne dies
  • Hits scanty attire

(Read all of these stories from our July 19, 1963, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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