Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 8, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnick me fuss monday. May i 1972 year of decision faces Pope Paul by David Willey Vatican City special owns with the approach of Pope Paul i s 75th birthday on 26 sep tember this year there is once More speculation in Hish Vatican circles that he intends to retire. If the Pope were to retire on grounds of age As he has warmly recommended to All the cardinals and Bishops in the roman Catholic Church he would be setting an important precedent for no Pope in modern times has voluntarily Given up his unique office. The idea that Pope Paul might become the first re tired Pope gained ground in 1966, shortly after the publication of his letter ecclesia Santae in which he asked Bishops to resign of their own free will at the age of 75. He was spending the summer As usual at the papal residence at Castel Gandolfo in the Alban Hills outside Rome and on sep tember 1 made a Pilgrim age to the nearby Castle of Fum one where his predecessor Pope Celestine v retired in the 13th Century. Celestine was Pope for Only seven months in the year 1294. He abdicated to retire to his monastic cell but his successor Boniface Viii shut him up in the Castle at Fum one watched Over by six knights and 30 sol i e r s with Only two Brothers of his order to Comfort him. There he died two and a half years later. There have been several official Vatican denials that the Pope is thinking of retirement the last one de scribing such reports As but to those who know the Way Pope Paul makes snap and unpredictable decisions and to those who know the ways of the Vatican press office such denials Are by no Means conclusive. More convincing perhaps is something the Pope told the French academician and author Jean Guitton quoted in his Book dialogues with Paul i the Pope does not retire be cause his is not a Job but the role of to in deed there is no reason Why the Bishop of Rome should necessarily obey his own rules for he is the supreme legislator of the roman Catholic Church. Canon Law offers Little guidance on abdication. Section 221 simply states that the Validity of a papal abdication does not depend upon acceptance by the col lege of cardinals or any other member of the Church. If the Pope were to retire it might be embarrassing to his eventual successor to eyes examined glasses fitted Finkleman optometrist 2nd floor 275 ave. 942-2496 end denture misery refits dentures beautifully Miracle plastic dentur1te refits Loose dentures in five min utes. This Cushion of Comfort Estes sore sums. You Titi anything. Laugh to talc even sneeze without embarrassment. 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One practical difficulty to be resolved if Pope Paul re tires will be the extent to which he is binding his successors to follow his exam ple. It could Lead to unseemly politicking As the incumbent approached retire ment age. A More personal reason against giving up his office would be Pope Paul s very Strong sense of per Sonal Mission. He May Well be Loath to hand Over his Tiara at a moment of Fer ment inside the Catholic Church and with the Prospect of peace in the world so Uncertain. Perhaps the key to the Enigma of Pope Paul s retirement is to be found in the curious recent appoint ment by Pope Paul of 89 Pope Paul year old Cardinal Amicon Cicognani As Dean of the sacred College of cardinals in succession to the late Cardinal Tisserant. Accord ing to the Pope s instruction Ingrave scented a Tatem published Al the end of 1970. Cardinals Over 80 will not in future be eligible to take part in the conclave which elect a new Pope. Thus car Dinal Cicognani s appoint ment is seen As a Stop Gap measure indicating an Early announcement about a re form of the conclave itself and the whole procedure by which the authority of Saint Peter is handed Down. There have been rumours that Pope Paul is consider i n g a More democratic form of papal election which would enable Heads of National Bishops conferences All Over the world to participate in the conclave. The whole balance of the sacred College of cardinals has been changed by the electoral disqualification of cardinals Over the age of so of the present 124 living cardinals Only 98 May vote for the new Pope. The Ita Lian cardinals numbering 36, suffer acutely from the new Rule for Only 21 Are now qualified to vote. Until recently they formed the majority of the sacred College. The announcement of a re form of the conclave May Well coincide with a new consistory for the appoint ment of new cardinals the last was held in 1969. If there had been an age qualification for the papacy. Pope Leo Xiii would never have issued his famous encyclical serum Nova rum which was the Cornerstone of the Catholic Church s modern social teaching Pope Pius in would never have summoned the first Vatican Council and Pope John Xxiii would neither have been elected he was 76 upon election nor have summoned the second Vati can Council. These considerations and Pope Paul s own Strong sense of the tasks he has set himself to accomplish during his papacy May Well convince him to give a negative answer to the question he has said All Bishops of the Church should put to their consciences at the age of 75 am i still fit to carry out my work or should i make Way for a younger Man drug rehabilitation blossoms into a social movement by David Holmstrom the Christian so Isicc Monitor news service san Francisco California for Mike Hakan the Choice was simple prison or syn anon. Scared lonely and a heroin addict he chose syn anon. That was three Long year ago. Now Mike is 21, clean healthy and living proof that syn anon can work wonders. Today syn anon foundation inc., is regarded by Many As he most successful addict rehabilitation program in existence. Within the last four years it also has blossomed into a Virtu Al social movement an alter native life style embracing straights As Well As trans forming addicts. At seven centres dotted around the . More than people about 75 per cent sex addicts live by syn anon s three and Only rules no drugs no physical violence and no smoking. In addition about non residents Are involved with the numbers growing All the time the three rules Are syn anon s Only Bow to traditional Law and order yet since its evolution in 1958 syn anon has burgeoned into a non profit organization with million Worth of its own real estate plenty of Mort a Gas station two full time businesses a Grade school and soon a completed town near Tomales Bay just North of san Francisco. The heart of syn anon s Suc Cess hinges on something known As the often de scribed As a verbal Street fight or attack with neither description Savoured As accurate by syn anon members who play the game at least three times a week. The game begins with a group of 12 or 14 people usually seated comfortably in a room. What follows is an intense free expression of feelings some times outrageous in comic at tack on individuals yet Bol tiered balanced and pushed along by the need to protect one s own dignity or self image. What happens to each individual depends on where he or she started. To the drug addict coming off his exhaustive and selfish Treadmill it is the painful be ginning of new insights and a Long hard look at himself. To others it is the destruction of Little rationalizations or the demolishing of big lies. The pcs s i o n s Are verbal workouts blasts of communication which ultimately aim at self Educa Tion the Only kind of education there is. Chuck Dederich the founder of syn anon once described a possible origin of the game. The syn anon game has roots As old As Man. I m convinced that Jesus and his disciples played an Early form of the game. There were 13 of them official notice Weed control City of Winnipeg notice is hereby Given by the City of Winnipeg Weed control Branch that Weed control is the responsibility of the property owner agent or occupant Sec. 3, noxious weeds this is the official notice for 1972 to destroy weeds often As necessary to prevent the growth scattering and Ripen ing of weeds and Weed seeds Sec. On All residential Industrial and commercial subdivided portions of the City. The publication of this notice was approved by the City of Winnipeg Council. If weeds Are not destroyed the Weed control Branch May enter the land and destroy weeds Sec. And charge the Cost of Weed control to the property owner through the tax Rolls Sec. Weed inspectors will make a systematic inspection and will enforce Weed control. They Are available for advice identification methods of eradication and the use of herbicides. Bulletins ire available for various Weed problems. Information on specific locations where weeds Are flourish ing should be brought to the ally nation ;