THE CHURCH IN ACTION

U.S. commitment praised by Bishop
Catholics in the United Slates are moving ahead in addressing themselves to the problems of the world, a visiting South American prelate known for his efforts among the underprivileged observed here.
Archbishop Helder Camara, who heads the archdiocese of Olinda and Recife in northeast Brazil, was among noted participants at a meeting "to explore human reality" conducted here last weekend at the Rothko Chapel.
Archbishop Camara was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the American Friends Service Committee. a Quaker organisation which jointly won the prize in 1947 with the British Friends Service Council.
The two committees are also sending a letter of protest to the Norwegian parliament, which. appoints the committee which names the Nobel recipients, protesting the naming of Henry Kissinger as the current cowinner with North Vietnam's Le Due Tito, who refused to accept the award until a final peace is achieved in Southeast Asia, Also opposing awarding the prize to Kissinger were Bishop Charles A. Buswell of Pueblo. Colo.; Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton of Detroit: peace
activist Philip Berrigan, and his wife, Elizabeth. Brother Joseph M. Davis, executive director of the National Office for Black Catholics: Sister Luke Tobin and Sister Mary Daniel Turner, peace chairwoman and es• ecutive director, respectively, of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
They were among 63 people signing "Peace Prize/War Prize: A statement of Conscience."
which was issued in Washington, D.C., recently the statement also said that Archbishop Camara would have been a better choice because of "his tireless struggle for peace through justice .