The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-03
POPE'S RECONCILIATION ENCYCL|CAL
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Appeal to Journalists.

Appear 10 JOuTflatISlS.
Therefore We pray you Venerable
| Brethren, and We exhort you in the
/ bowels of charity of Jesus Christ, dc
everything in your power, not only to
urge the faithful entrusted to you to
lay aside hatred and pardon offenses
! but also to promote more actively all
those works of Christian benevolence
which bring aid to the needy, comfort
weak, opportune assistance, in fact,
of every kind to all who have suffered
most gravelv through the war. We
wish that you should specially eXhort
your priests, as ministers of peace, to
be assiduous in this work, which is
Christian life, in preaching love to-
wards ones neighbOrs, even if enemies,
and being "all things to all men.
So as to afford shining example, let
them wage war everywhere on en-
nifty and hatred, knowing we'll that in
doing so they are doing a thing very
welcome to the most loving Heart OF
Jesus and to him who, however I'M
worthy, is his vicar here on earth.
And in this connection also they
should eXhort and pray Catholic jour
nalists and writer's in that las elect
clOthe themselves in "the bowels of
mercy and benignity,' expressing it
in their writing, abstaining not
only from false and empty accusations
but also from all intemperance and
bitterness of language which is con-
trary to the law of Christ and does
no more than reopen sores as yet I'M
healed, especially in that men who
are suffering bitterly from recent
wounds find it difficult to endure even
the lightest injury.
All that We have said here to in
dividuals about their duty of practic-
ing charity We wish to apply also to
those peoples who have fought the
great war, in order that, when every
cause of disagreement has been re-
moved as far as possible, and saving
Of course reasons of justice, they may
resume friendly relations among them
selves. For the Evangelic law of char
ity is the same between individuals
as between States and Nations, which
are indeed but collections of individ-
uals. From the moment that the war
ended, both from motives of charity,
and also through a certain necessity
of things, there has begun a universal
drawing together of the peoples, NOV
ed to unite by their mutual needs as
we'll as by reciprocal benevolence,
which is more marked now that civil
ization is so extended and means of
communication so marvelously in
creased.
Catholic Princes May Visit Rome.
Truly, as We have already said, this
| Apostolic See has never wearied of
| teaching during the war such pardon
| of offenses and the fraternal recon,
| Citation of the peoples, in conform
| ity with the most holy law of Jesus
Christ and in agreement with the
needs of humanity; nor did it allow
| that these moral principles should be
| forgotten, even in the clash of dis
sension and hatred. And now, after
the treaties of peace, it puts forward
| these principles and proclaims them
even more strongly, as indeed it did
a short time ago in the letter to the
Bishops of Germany and in the letter
addressed to the Archbishop of Paris
| And inaSmuch as one very useful
means of maintaining and increasing
this concord among the peoples is
of States and Governments are &C
custOmed to exchange to consult or
matters of special importance, cOnsid
ering the changed circumstances Of
the times and the dangerous trend oil
events, in order to cooperate in this
willing to mitigate in some measure
the severity of the conditions which
were justly laid down by Our prede
cessors, when the civil power of thu
Holy See was destroyed, to exclude
visits to Rome of Catholic Princes il
official form.
Pope Maintains Rights.
But at the same time We solemn,
proclaim that this concession, deter
mined, or rather willed, as is seen
on account of the seriousness of tn,
present times, must not be interpret
ed as a tacit remuneration of sacrC
sanct rights as if the Holy See wer
} satisfied with the abnormal condition
in which it is now placed. Indeed tn
protests which Our predecessors hav
several times made, not in the leas
moved thereto by human interests hu
by the sanctity of duty, to defend tn
dignity and rights of this Apostolic
See, We on this occasion renew 70
the very same reasons, claiming ono
again and with even greater insistenc
that now that peace is made anon
the nations ''for the Head of tn
Church too an end may be put to tina
abnormal condition which does ser
Gus harm, for many reasons, to tina
: very tranquility of the peoples"
Society of Nations Desirable.
| Things being thus restored in tn
. order desired by justice and charit,
5 and the peoples reconciled anon
r themselves, it would be truly desi
: able Venerable Brethren, that a