The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-08-04

1ght praise LII immediate
comments made by lead
ing US. newspapers.
The New York Times laud-
ed 1t as a historical document
that presents a picture of
the conflict in our time be-
tween the crude materialism
OF communism and the hu-
name spirit of all great and
enduring faiths"
THE NEWSPAPER, WHICH
immediately printed the en-
tire text, referred to the
encyclical as IAN attempt TO
apply the ethics of Catholic
ism 10 a changing world"
1t said further: "As the
Pope advocates economic JUS
tice among citizens of the
same political community so
also he argues for justice
among the nations and for
assistance from among the
developed countries so that
people in lesS-favored lands
may succeed in raising their
standards of living He gen.
q, erously pays tribute to those
international organizations, in
dividual states and private
agencies whose richly fruit
full works have had their
beneficial results in recent
years"
THE BALTIMORE SUN
SAID: This is a very modern
version of very old ideas. 1t
is a charter of social conduct
for Christians everywhere,
and Pope John. sensing new
STRINGS throughout Christen-
dom. took care to address it
not only to his folks but to
all Christians"
The Sun asserted: There is
the implacable hostility to
tyranny, and especially to
that modern form, commu-
nism. which presumes eX-
plicitly to extend its authority
to the things of the spirit.
There is the insistence that
the only acceptable bases for
social organization are truth,
justice and love-"
THE NEW YORK HERALD
TRIBUNE said Pope Johns
encyclical supplements and
carries forward the one is
sued by Pope Leo 70 years
ago. The editorial said: THE
biggest problem of modern
times, says Pope John, is to
help underdeveloped nations
rise from their permanent
state Of poverty, misery and
hunger without violating their
national and political rights.
Attaching political ties TO
aid for underdeveloped coun-
I tries is merely another form
of colonialism.
action must be taken in
many lands and entire con-
tinents' where workers are
paid wages which condemn
them and their families to
Subhuman conditions of life
(Here again was the concern
for workers expressed 10
years ago by Pope Leo.
THE CHICAGO DAILY
NEWS said "the encyclical
takes the position that the
economic problems of our
day can be solved by the ap-
plication of democratic cap
italism."
Pope john" the newspa-
per stated, lis evidently
pleading for the utmost pos
Sible economic freedom for
the individual, with the ad-
monition that the social sys-
tenn must insure that none is
dispossessed."
And in calling for a last
ing peace, the Pope "estab-
fishes a practical as well as
q moral basis for assistance
by the wealthy nations to
the poor Ones" the Daily
News said. 1t added that the
Pope emissions "a sense of
moral obligation which does
not stop at national bound
aries"
THE WASHINGTON POST
and Times Herald: 1.-THE elo-
quent appeal of Pope John
XIII for social justice, for
a fairer distribution of wealth
within each country and
among the nations Of the
world, amplifies the philoso-
ply of the great encyclical of
Pope Leo XIII and reasserts
the determination of the
Church to concern itself with
mans material as well as
his spiritual well-being
THE obligations of advanc-
ed nations to underdevelop-
ed countries have not been
better stated than in the SEN
tence: We are all equally
responsible for the under
nourished peoples"
THE CHICAGO AM r I.
CAN: pope John XXITTs
new encyclical is a his
toric event of the first or
der Like its predecessors
Rerum Novarum and Qua
dragesimo Anno) the new en-
cyclical will have pro-