Evening star., 1922-12-24
Fog Of Haired Blocks Peace +
After War Terrors, Says Pope
Pontiff Considering Call of Ecm,enical
Council at Rome il, l925-Regrets
Strife Which Has Rent Italy.

, back to individuals families and So
ciety the true. healthy Christian
spirituality. as superior to the philo-
to pure reason: the capacity to
teach true democracy. instiiling into
the masses the spirit of true fra
ternity.
Considering General Meeting.
Therefore. by restoring Christs
/. reign we shall have done eficaciously
the work for the present and futurs
pacfication Of humanity-the work
prepared for us with the almost di-
vine instinct which Benedict XIV ad-
mirably developed. These two pro-
grams melt into one: Christ in
Before such q vast labor. the enc,-
clical continues. 'the heart Of the holy
father would fail without the help OF
his faith In God and his episcopacy.
. Therefore he was considering the pos
sibilfty Of a general meeting OF tho
whole episcopacy in this center OF
Catholicism.
"The meeting" he continues. would
be most suitable to the coming jubilee
Year. whence immense advantag.
after 50 long and so profound an up-
heaval But the reassembling Of the
! ecumenical council at the Vatican
would be such grave event that il
is necessary TO wait and pray. as did
| the impious leader Of Gods people.
until God gives a clear sign Of his
| wishes"
Must Bring Them Back.
Referring to those too numerous
groups and masses and which eithe,
altogether or in part are ignoring our
Lord Jesus Christ. are still outside
our church" the pontiff quotes the
text reading: These also I must
ha hAr hn fal. a
under one shepherd"
"A happy fact" the encyclical con-
tinues. encourages this hope. sinca
almost all the states in the world
have lately. contrary to human ex.
their friendship with the apostolic
see."
The encycIical says the church does
not interfere in purely human things.
but also does not permit political
lessen the rights concerned by God.
The pontiff adds. therefore. that he
adopts the words OF Benedict XIV:
we tolerate nothing contrary to tha
liberty and dignity of the church. the
benefits of which are benefits of thu
civilization"
Pained Mt Italy.
The Pope expresses pain At seeing
that Italy. our mother country. where
God. who rules the courts of history,
has fixed the seat of his vicar on
earth" is not among the states rep-
resented at the Vatican.
He refers to the guaranty whereby
Divine Providence. which guides hu-
man events . with inestimabls
benefits for Italy herself fixed the
sovereignty Of the vicar of Christ on
earth in this city," and continues:
This guaranty was and has re-
mained violated. thereby creating an
abnormal condition of things which
has caused grave sadness to the con-
science of Catholics, both In Italy and
the whole world.
competent authority in this very
grave matter and are responsible be-
fore God. We protest as our vener-
ated and great Predecessors protested,
against such q condition of things
not for vain, earthly ambition, for
which we would blush. but for our
sense OF duty. remembering that Wa
must die. and not wishing remorse
upon our DEATH"
Nothing to Fear Fron Holy See.
The. pontif adds that Italy has
nothing and will have nothing to
fear from tho holy see. as the Pope
will be always animated with senti-
ments Of. true peace coupled with
justice. SO that il may be said: Jus
other"
Plus ends his encyclical with the
peroration:
May God make this hour strike
and may wise men OF good will not
let 1t strike in vain. It will be one
OF the most solemn and fecund hours,
both for the restoration of the king
dom Of Christ, and for the pacihca-
tion Of Italy and the entire world
Jubilee year 10 observed in the
Catholic Church every twenty-hfth
year from Christmas to Christmas.
AS the last ordinary jubilee was OBJ
served in 1900. beginning on the eve
Of Christmas. 1899. and ending Christ
mas eve. 1900. the next jubilee year
is due to begin on the evening OF
December "a. 1894. continuing until
Christmas, 1925.