The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-24
Holy Pontiff Implies Peace Terms Of Victor
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five conditions essential to just and honorable peace = the right te life and independence of all nations large, small, strong or weak must be safeguarded; disarmament must be mutually accepted, organic and progressive, both in letter and spirit; international institutions must be created or recast to insure the loyal and faithful executions of interna- tional agreements; real needs and just demands of peoples should be benevolently examined; A peace set clement must be dictated by 8 sene of acute responsibility which weighs human statutes according to the holy, unbreakable rules of Divine law.
 Hears Greetings
 Today, in the same ConSistorial hall, with the Cardinals sitting fanwise before his throne on golden chairs, the Pope herad the greet ings, given by Cardinal Granite Pignatelli DiBelmonte, 90, Dean of the Sacred college, and then re- Sponded.
 "This conflict will be remembered as one of the darkest eras of his- tory" he said of the world situation. Tt is stated by some that new forc- eS must create healthy new order of Europe. We say peace must con- form to the principles of justice. The church can not favor any poli- tical system rather than another, but want only morality and justice for all nations. Only if people are understanding can the phrase new order have real meaning. Pain of- ten teaches more than easy success.
 ''The new order must be based first on victory over hate and ces- sation of methods and propaganda which are based on hate; secondly on victory over lack of trust and ob- Servance of pactS which are neces- sary for relations between nations, both weak and strong; thirdly vic- tory over the principle that might makes right and 8 return to mor- ality in relations between nations: fourthly vcitory over certain nation al economic theories; fifthly vic- tory over cold egoisrla, which sullies the honor of nations and which must be replaced by sincere frater- nal economic and legal collabora- tion between nations so people can work freely.
 Must Be Capable Men
 "We hope the men who create the new order are sufficiently mature and capable of passing a new order upon justice"
 During his speech, the Pope said that contributions of United States Catholics had aided the church's re- lief of war prisoners.
 The Cardinals were awaiting the Pope when he entered the hall.
 Cardinal Granite Pignatelli Di- Belmonte, for the Cardinals, said to the Pope:
 "All the worIc has admired your immense work for peace based on justice and charity and understands ing among nations, but the blood of brothers and innocents increasingly flows"
 Speaking in Italian, the Pope thanked the Cardinals for their Christmas greeting.
 "Joy for the birth of the worlds savior can not be disturbed by events of the world whether the worlds is at peace or war;" he said, "All know that they can find so- lace in the church and be freed from the worlds miseries. This however, does not mean that the faithful should be over-optimistic and forget the reality of events.
 Should Be No Weakening
 Some people have tendency to lose faith and cede to the strong These are Christians who in this world, which is abandoning moral ity, begin to lose faith.
 When statesmen begin to use their authority some Christians weaken. This should not occur, be- cause faith must not be shaken ..
 When hostilitieS end nations must work to cure the ills caused by war.
 "The conflict continues it's bloody course, not even Sparing churches :. our soul is weighed down by reports of suffering and death and misery in this war"
 Referring to the necessity of peace conforming to the principles of justice, the Pope said:
 "The working classes, both in war and peace, always feel most the ef- fects of state authorities. We can understand this"
 Then he added that the church wanted morality and justice for all nations.
 "The church wants a worthy so- ciety created" he said.
 After outlining his conditions for @ new order, the Pope said:
 His Final Plea
 May those upon whose will de. pends the happiness or unhappiness of the world be-. generous .. we implore Jesus Christ to free hu- manity from the discord into which 1t has been dragged by war. With these words on our lips we bless all, especially those who are war vic-,
 The Pope spoke for 3S minutes.
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