Evening star., 1933-12-24

BY the Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY, December 23.-The
official text of Pope Plus Christmas
message today follows:
I'VE hasten to heartily reciprocate
to the Sacred College and to the Roman
prelates all of the wealth and the cor
diality Of the good wishes and the
fluctuations which have been presented
to U.s. And then we recall with you
venerable brothers and most beloved
sons. all of that beauty and nobility
of things so nobly and affectionately
recollected and set forth.
And truly, we can only thank from
the bottom of our soul, together with
you, the God of truly great good, giver
of all perfect good, for so many and
many great graceS and demonstrations
of compassion and generosity toward
all of us and especially toward His poor
vicar.
In truth, this year has been a year
Of redemption most just, Of redemption
recalled and commemorated after nine
teen centuries, but all renewed redemp-
ton, working anew in so many souls
and over such vast scale.
Seen Great and Good Things.
Truly, we have seen great and good
things this holy year, not yet concluded
Inasmuch as there are three more
months until the conclusion, it makes
us think that that which has happened
must continue.
And now from this moment, with
paternal affection, we greet these new
pilgrims who have announced their
coming and with them we enjoy the
gladness that the divine goodness is
preparing for us in continuation of
those already conceded to us in the ex-
ultation of so many saints, Towering al
ways more impressively on the ancient
trunk of the church and who are the
fruit the splendid flower Of the redemp-
ton, the most beautiful companion the
Divine Redeemer descended from His
cross in the glory of the centuries, could
prepare as His retinue
ITO those things said and all the
others that We have in our hearts and
We cannot say, we can perhaps add only
the fatherly benediction which you
await and desire-for that expectation
of which the news has also reached us
that great expectation of an impor-
tant pontifical speech is destined to be
disappointed.
Wishes to Talk With Intimates.
"The Pope will not make speech OF
either great or little Importance; the
Pope, however, can and wishes only to
talk with his intimateS.
This we can or rather must do
above all as paternal duty, for one
cannot fail to respond to such a flial
expectation. But this expectation can
not be to hear what the Pope thinks
in the present general and international
condition of things
1T Is rather fllial consultation to
ask the Pope, the teacher. in the midst
OF so much talking that is going on
what Catholics should think of that
which with an ancient word is called
sterilization word which spells ex-
periments already in use in faraway
countries and for which there existed
in some sense a preparation, but which
nou has been made the subject of leg
iSlative dispositions.
Objectionable as the subject is, we
shall nevertheless speak of it to satisfy
that expectation.
Cites Former Encyclical.
"a decree on the subject emanating
OF which the Pope is prefect and there.
fore not In small way reSponsible-is
still recent, dating back only to 1891
In 1880 the encyclical castico ca
nubii-that encyclical which, thanks tc
God and the men of good will, has beer
so well received everywhere and we hope
also has been beneficial-was issued.
Therefore that which should and
can be maintained in regard to sterili-
zation has already been said with suffi-
cient clarity and it seems to us that
pastors and the faithful can find in
those documents that which should be
the objective of their thoughts, their
words, and their teachings.
There remains one other expecta-
tion-that which refers to the so grave
international and world conditions.
Beloved sons and venerable brothers
here before so much uncertainty and
distrust and such contrasts and fruit
leSsness of negotiations which recall
that fruitless effort we can and should
make ours the word-the historical fact
is exact and close to us-of a great
banker. He spoke, to be sure, of finan-