Pope To Receive Politicians

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29952, 13 October 1962, Page 11

Pope To Receive Politicians

(N .Z.PA -Rtut«r—Copyright) VATICAN CITY, October 12. Pope John today will receive in special audience the statesmen and politicians who represented 85 nations at yesterday’s opening of the Roman Catholic Church’s twenty-first Ecumenical Council.

The audience will be held in the Sistine Chapel. It will be the first time in more than 200 years that a Pope has held an audience in the beautiful chapel, which houses the magnificent fresco of the Last Judgment by Michaelangelo, and other Vatican art treasures.

The Pope will address the representatives. Among the delegation leaders will be President Antonio Segni, of Italy, and Prince Albert, of Belgium. No other engagements have been announced for today, and the 80-year-old Pope is expected to rest after the long day yesterday, when he led 2700 church leaders in the four-aod-a-h»lf-hour

ceremony to open the council.

An appeal by the Pope for Christian unity marked the opening of the council, the greatest assembly of prelates in the Roman Catholic Church’s history. In a 37-minute speech in Latin, the Pope reiterated his hopes for Christian unity. A cheering crowd of 200.000 people last night greeted the Pope when he appeared at the windows of his private apartment to acknowledge a spectacular tribute. A procession at 70,000 blazing torches stretched from vast St. Peter’s square down to the River Tiber. It was Rome's tribute to Pope John and the council, . recalling the torchlight welcome given bishops at the Ecumenical Council in Ephesus, Asia Minor, in 431 A.D. Two observers from the Russian Orthodox Church wild probably leave Moscow today to attend the Ecumenical Council. A church spokesman in Moscow said the Synod of the Church had decided to send the two. Arch-Priest Borovoi and

Archimendrite Via d! m 1 r Kotlyarov, after receiving an invitation from Rome.

The Soviet news agency. Tarn. yesterday said the most important questions before the Ecumenical Council were: Concrete steps to promote understanding In the world.

Liquidation of the cold war. Achievement of man's agelong dream of universal disarmament

Commenting on “this most competent meeting of leaders of the Ca-tholic Church" Tarn recalled that Pope John had. on numerous occasions, spoken for peace, against the nuclear arms race and for the settlement of controversial international questions by negotiation. Certain Catholic statesmen, however, who stood at the helm of ouch countries as the United States. France and West Germany, had not by any means, always followed the Pope’s advice in their practical activities, it said.

Lorry Drivers Prefer Tony’s

(NZ. Preu Atm—Copyright > LONDON, October 12.

A new £2,000,000 by-pass of the great north road—the Al highway—opened yesterday, but there were no lorry drivers to use it.

Instead, they had all gone to lunch at Tony’s, the “Daily Mirror" reported.

For the lorry-drivers prefer to go through a traffic bottleneck at Grantham, Liocolnahsre, so that they can stop at Tony’s transport cafe for egg. bacon and tomatoes, swilled down with tea.

Ministry of Transport figures show that 30 per cent, of the heavy Al traffic stope at Tony's—Tony Wakley—where between 3000 and 4000 meals a day are dished up. The Ministry has agreed that Tony should open a new cafe on the by-pass, operating by next March.

Man Screwed Into Ground (NZ. Prsu-aun.—CowrigM) CARTHAGE (Missouri). October 11 A man had bis left leg snapped near the bip yesterday when he was literally screwed into the ground by a 20in power auger. Mr John Miller, aged 42, was working in a trench when an air valve lever ww accidentally tripped. The auger eauffiit hto trousers and the notating bit carried him about IMn into the earth, the Associated Press said. • ■>