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fic en tjob. And now , Fath er,comi ngto our sub jec t, let me read a port ion of thi s Co ro ne t arti cle,"What Do Cat holi csBe lie ve Ab ou tPs yc hia try ?" : "WhenSigmu ndFre ud dec lare d,a hal f cen tur y ago, that all rel igi on wa s an 'ob ses sional neu ros is,'on e of his tor y's mo st spi rite d batt les of the mi nd wa s joi ned. Anyon e wh o lean ed va gu ely toward s any reli gionprompt lyjumped on the mild -man nere dVie nnese neu rol ogi st. "H is big gest and mo st formi dab lean­ tag oni stwas the Rom an Cat holic Chu rch . To Cath olics , mor e than mos t, the all- imp orta nt stres s he pla ced on ma n's inf an tilesex ual ins tinc tshad the hor rify ­ in g imp act of a rock flung thr oug h a stai ned -gla sswin dow . . . "What do present- day Cat holi cs thin k of psy chi atr y? A few fea r it. Mo st are sus pic iou sof it. Some gi ve it qu ali fie d approv al. Ano ther few are mi lita nt champ ion s of it." 5 From you rexp eri enc eas a psy cho log ist and psychi atri st,Fat her , what do Ca tho lics believe about ps ych iat ry ? FR .C IKR IT : Firs t of all, to true sc ien tif ic psy chi atr y,Cath olics giv e their un qu ali fie d approv al. In fac t, acc ord ingto the ar tic le, 6 Po pe Piu s XII has sev eral times giv en hi s exp res sedappr oval to true sc ien tificpsy chi ­ atr y, base d on ob jec tiv erea lity inte rpr eted rat ion ally . ' Ibid,., p. 108. 6 " (T hePop e's) most comp rehen sivestat eme ntof the offi cia l Catho lic posi tion was deli ver ed nea rly five years ago when he state d that thi s med ical field [tr ue sci ent ific psy chia try] was 'cap able of achi evin gprec ious result s for medi ­ cin e, for the knowledge of the soul in gen era l, for the relig ious disp ositi ons of men and for thei r developmen t.' Ina disco urse a year earlier , the Pope referred exp lici tly to psyc hoan alys is and objec ted only (si c) to the 'pan sexu al meth od of a certai n scho ol of psyc hoan alysis.' The 'pansex ual metho d' would seem ing lyappl y to the early Freudian stre ss on infa ntil esexual inst inct sto the excl usio nof all else . By imp li­ cati on, it deni ed that man's basi c urgesincl ude d endo wme nts that made him sup erio r to anim als." Op. cit ., p.110. 25 t er, c g je t, i et cl , lics ve t i try?": d, y , i ' si nal neurosi ,' y's s irited l . e ely s any i tly ered V ese rologist. is idable a - me ist li c . li , , t 's tile i ts rif - flung stained-g:ass window.•• ay Catholics try? i ious lified al. nt ions . ' r ience logist trist, , t lics i try? . IT: tific try, C li alified a al. t, ing t ticle, 6 s l se l tific p i- y, tive li ete i al y. 'Ibi . 6 he 's) e sive t fficial li i e l five i l (t ific try] ' l g i s - , l, i ions t.' In s , li itly alysis and objected only (sic) to the 'pansexual aly is.' ' l ' i ly to the ea s tile i ts i n . li- , rges nts r l . p. ., . t ,

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imp orta nt th ing in ou r live s, it shou ld not be some th ing bl ind or suppre ssed. We should be ab le to gi ve a reas on for our Fai th, as the Sa cr ed Scr ipt ure srem ind us to do. MAR GI E: Tha nk yo u, Fat her. And now , bef ore dis cu ssi ngthe Co ron et arti cle, will you tell me some th ingabo ut the Un ive rsi ty of San Di eg oand tho se fin e-lo oki ngbuild­ ing s up on the hi ll? Wh at is that are a calle d? FR . C IK R IT : It's cal led Alc ala Par k. Its elevat ed sit e overl ook ing Mis sion Valley opp osit e Pr es id ioPar k rem ind sme of the Ath enian Ac rop oli sin all its arc hite ctu ral beauty an d glo ry. But our Imm acu lata Cha pel, ded ica ted to the Vir gin -Mo the rof the God -Man, Jes us Chris t, and ris ing properl y ab ov e all the other Un ive rsi ty bu ild ing s,wil l gi ve mo re glor y to God than the Pa rth eno nev er di d. We are be gin nin g to hea r wh isp erstha t the Un ive rsi tyof San Di eg o wil l one da y be the Ath ens of Am eri ca. Th e Un ive rsi tywa s fou nd ed in 19 49 by Hi s Ex cel len cy,Bis hop Charles F. Buddy, Bis hopof Sa n Di ego. . . MAR GI E: He ha s ind eed don e a ma gni ­ i g , l thing es e . l , e res r i GIE: T , . , s ing et cl , thing rsity o s l oking - ll d? . RIT: . e ing i e esidio i s i olis i ct ral . l l ta l, i ted - ther , , i ly e rsity il ings, l t enon . ning i ers rsity D o l s ica. i rsity ed 1949 by H llency, B l y, p . GIE: H i- t