The Pope’s Easier Message
■ Sir, —Contained in this ■ historic message was an ex- ' hortation “to seek a new awareness of what Christian1 ity means.” The estimate |of nominal Christians is 763 I million; so if we can disI cover, envelop, and impleIment Christianity’s quintesisential truth its inpmgement 'on our p-gan methods of settling disputes with weapons of annihilation will be ' immense. Through the dark(ness of tribal theologies, the ! shattering spiritual havoc of iwo ,d wars, mankind, befogged by conditioning. is slowly learning his true welfare lies in unity and cooperation. The child’s mind should not be abused with the dual teachings of today What is illegal for the individual should apply to toe group, a-'’ personal ethics and the ethics of responsibility should be resolved for Christianity. The spiritual side of politics and political I ambitions cannot any longer 'be cloaked in religious or i moral terms. Christianity : must now become radical enough to engage in this world’s basic troubles.— Yours, etc., WEST WIND. April 17. 1963.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30110, 19 April 1963, Page 6
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