Evening star., 1950-07-27
Text of Pope's EncycIicoI

them to pious works OF penance
and expiation with which may be
placated the majesty of the Lord,
offended by so many grave public
and private crimes.
And while, conforming with your
office, you give news to the faithful
of this our paternal invitation, re-
mind them again of the principles
from which comes just and lasting
peace and upon which roads 1t
should be followed.
1t, in truth, as you well know,
can be obtained only from the
principles and rules dictated by
Christ and put into practice with
sincere piety. Such principles and
rules, in fact, recall men to truth,
to justice and to charity: they i'm
pose curb to their creed: they
oblige the senses to obey reason;
and move this Creason) to obey God;
they make all, even those who
govern, recognize the liberty due to
religion, which, beyond the basic
scope of conducting souls to eternal
salvation has also that (scope) Of
caring for and protecting the funda-
mentals of the state itself.
Lures of Corruption.
From that which we have until
now said, it is easy to argue, vener-
able brothers, how far from pro-
curing sure peace are those who
trample upon the sacred lights of
the Catholic Church: prohibit her
ministers the free exercise of reli-
gion, condemning them even to exile
and prison: impede or outrightly
prescribe and destroy schools and
educational institutions that are
government according to Christian
principles and rules; drag people,
and especially tender youth, with
error. calumny and all kinds of
turpitude-from integrity of Gus
toms. From virtue and innocence
towards the lures of vice and corrup-
ton.
And it is clear, too, that they
err-those who insidiously hurl
against this Apostolic See and the
Catholic Church the accusation Of
wanting a new conflagration.
In truth, there never have lacked,
neither in acient times nor in those
nearer to us, those who have tried
to subjugate peoples with arms; but
we have never desisted from promot-
ing true peace; the church, not
with arms, but with truth desires
to conquer the peoples and teach
them virtue and an upright social
life. in fact "the weapons of our
warfare are not carnal. but mighty
in God" Cor. II 10:40
Greed to Dominate.
1t is necessary that you teach all
that with frankness; because only
then-that is when the Christian
commandments shape public and
private life-only then will it be
permitted to hope that, with human
discords composed, the various
classes of citizens, peoples and races
will live in fraternal concord.
May the new supplications i'm
plore God that our ardent wishes
be granted in such manner that,
with the help of Divine grace, and
with Christian customs renewed in
all, and good relations between
peoples restored as soon as possible
so that-with blind greed to dom
mate others curbed-there will be
obtained in each nation the nee
essary liberty owned to the church
and all its children according to
divine and human rights.
With this confidence. we impart
from our hearts to all of you, vener-
able brothers, to your clergy and to
your faithful, and to all those. who
in special manner quickly second
these, our exhortations, the Apos-
tolic Benediction, inspired by Di-
vine grace and of our paternal
benevolence.