CBS Evening News - 1968-11-15
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[0:01] This is the CBS Evening News with Harry
[0:04] Reer substituting for Walter Kronkite
[0:06] and Eric Sebride in Washington. Daniel
[0:10] Shore in Washington, Robert Peeroint at
[0:12] the White House. Morton Dean in New
[0:14] York. Al Walker on Capitol Hill. Terry
[0:17] Drinkwater in Yor Belinda, California.
[0:20] And Bernard Cal in Batamang Province,
[0:22] Cambodia.
[0:24] >> Good evening. The nation's Roman
[0:26] Catholic bishops meeting meeting in
[0:28] Washington today approved a statement on
[0:30] birth control which falls between strict
[0:32] Vatican teachings on the subject and
[0:34] growing pressure for a change in church
[0:36] policy. The story in the background from
[0:38] CBS News correspondent Daniel Shore.
[0:42] It has been a trying week for the
[0:44] Catholic Bishops of America, marked by
[0:45] demonstrations in support of dissident
[0:47] priests and late night sessions
[0:49] grappling with a stand on birth control.
[0:51] Now, a pastoral letter has been adopted
[0:53] by an overwhelming vote of 180 to8, but
[0:56] it is still not likely to end the
[0:58] controversy. The statement supports Pope
[1:00] Paul's encyclical banning the use of
[1:02] artificial birth control, but indicates
[1:04] that Catholics who have practiced it
[1:06] will not be denied sacraments. Bishop
[1:08] John J. Wright of Pittsburgh, chairman
[1:10] of the drafting committee, drew a
[1:11] distinction between the objective evil
[1:13] of contraception and guilt. It implies
[1:15] that those who are practicing artificial
[1:17] contraception are in fact acting against
[1:20] the teaching of the church.
[1:22] If they are acting against the teaching
[1:24] of the church, then objectively they are
[1:27] in sin. In the previous line to that
[1:29] w