New Holy Name President Outlines Broad Program
BERLIN New Hampshire UPI Richard L Fortin was elected president of the Diocesan Union of Holy Name Societies and Leagues of the Sacred Heart He announced a pilot program asking all parish units to participate Fortin spoke at the union's first quarterly meeting noting plans to renew church work and expand social justice efforts including non Catholic lay involvement and potential legislation on indecent literature. He urged collaboration with groups like the NH Council of Churches and the Knights of Columbus and outlined three man study groups to implement the program.
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Charley Gross and Foreign Aid Debate in Congress
Rep. H.R. Gross of Iowa challenges 1966 foreign aid spending as undisciplined. He notes Ecuador’s $15 million handout and urges deficits be covered by Ecuador, not U.S. taxpayers. Houseroll shows 81 Republicans against, 40 leaders for. Gross votes no.
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Paul VI and Vatican Senate Signal Shifts in Church Reform
Pope Paul VI opened the Vatican council’s final session by creating a Senate of bishops elected from national hierarchies to advise him on universal church decisions. The move tests collegiality, may dilute curial power, and could mark a shift toward greater democracy, pleasing progressives yet uncertain in execution. Meanwhile, Jewish and Protestant leaders prepare a nation-wide vigil in Lafayette Park to protest Russia’s treatment of Jews, while church relief efforts aim to aid Vietnam with mercy and reconciliation missions led by Dr. W Harold Row.
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Ex-Mental Patient Named In Sex Slaying
Worcester County grand jury indicted Chester E. Pierce Jr. a former mental hospital inmate on a murder charge in the death of a 5 year old boy. The nude body was found in a closet at Pierce's rooming house. Pierce, 29, was released nine months ago as non sexually dangerous after prior sex crime convictions involving boys in the Worcester area.
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