Evening star., 1946-12-24
Europe Facing
New War Peril,
Pope Declares
Addressing Cardinals
Pontiff Calls for
Early, Just Peace
BY the Associated Press

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since World War II ended, that
Europe stood in grave danger of
new conflicts.
Addressing the resident members
Of the College of Cardinals. whose
95-year-old dean. Gennaro Cardinal
Granite PignatelE di Belmonte, had
just presented their Christmas
greetings, the pontiff called for an
early, just and definitive peace.
Otherwise. he said, the constant
agitation of Europe's peoples, their
"disillusionment and discomfort"
over the wars aftermath, might
give rise Ito the flames of new con-
f1ict."
The pontiff's address was broad
cast by the Vaticans shortwave
station and rebroadcast over the
italian and Spanish long-waye sta
tions.
Three Considerations for Rules.
In "the gravity of the present
hour" the pontiff invited the rulers
of the world to base their policies
on three considerations:
l. ''To remove dangerous inter-
national tensions" and "end the
present intolerable state of uncer-
tainty," he urged "the advent of
a defnitive peace among all states. !"
2. To the labor of peace, he
pleaded, let the rulers apply 1.-The
seal of a true justice, for far
seeing wisdom, of a sincere service
to the common interests of the
entire human family"
3. Let them finally, he said, es-
tablish in their instruments of
peace "a procedure clearly deter
mined for correcting them, SO that
the voice of reason and equity
demanding notifications might be
needed.
There was emotion in the Pope's
clear, strong voice as he lamented
the fate of the Atlantic Charter in
the years since President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Churchill pro-
mulgated it.
"All peoples listened" he said,
cat last they could breathe.
And what is now left of that
message and of its provisions "
Cites Anita agonism to Church.
Speaking of the antagonism that
the church eonfronts today, the
pontiff said that mo Christian has
the right to abstain from the fight
against the enemies of Christ"
No one, he said, must rest with
folded arms, with head bowed and
with knees weak"
The church, the pontiff said. did
not fear and today, as yesterday,
remained solid against trials.
The holy father again directed
his attention to the needs of war
ravaged countries, referring to his
appeal of last spring.
Much" he said, has been done
for children and the aged, and much
help given has saved the honor of
humanity"
But" he said, "it was not
enough-and we are compelled to
renew our appeal of last spring.
'Bread-in the literal sense of the
words lacking for whole popula-
tions."
This danger of need, he said, has
darkened the threshold of the new
year.
Some Reasons for Hope Cited.
The tenor of the Pope's address,
which lasted "a minutes, was gen.
orally pessimistic. but he did point
to some reasons for hope.
Principles needed for peace have
made real progress during the past
year in not few minds" the pom
tiff said.
He suggested that the atom bomb
though he did not call it by name
might also be a factor for peace.
"The might of new instruments
of destruction which modern tech
nique has developed and continues
to develop to such an extent that
they appear, to the terrified eyes
Of humanity, internal creations" )"
the Pope said, "has brought the
problem of disarmament into the
center of international discussions,
under completely new aspects, and
provides an incentive that was never
felt before"
The Pope's reference to the Allan
tic Charter contained an implicit
dimissal of the claims of certain
governments, not named, to be
exemplifying it's principles.
Even in some of those states
which, either through free choice or
under the aegis of other greater
powers, love to appear to the world
of today as the standard bearers
of new and true progress, ne said,
the -four liberties recently hailed
with enthusiasm by many now seem
only a Shadow or a counterfeit of
what was in the mind and inten-
tions of the most loyal of their
promulgators."