Pope Sometimes Doubts Man’s Ability For Peace
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VATICAN CITY, April 11 Pope Paul VI said today he sometimes doubted whether mankind was any longer able to maintain peace in the world.
The Pope, addressing a crowd of 25,000 in St. Peter’s Square, said the world’s peace was sorely menaced.
His address marked the opening of Holy Week for the Roman Catholic Church.
Earlier, Pope Paul blessed ahd distributed palm fronds, and celebrated the Solemn Palm Sunday Mass. Speaking from his Vatican apartment windows to the large crowd, Pope Paul expressed grave concern that the world appeared to be diverging from the ideal of peace, but he had faith that mankind’s hope for peace might not be in vain.
“Today in all the world, the Catholic community celebrates the Feast of the Redeemer, blessing and waving the fronds of palms and olives which are known to all as symbols of peace,” he said. “Again today peace fills
our feast day and concerns the world which has always such great need for peace, and which feels the blessing of peace so menaced.” Pope Paul said the Feast of Palm Sunday taught that peace was a duty ... an order among men to which all must aspire and to which all were required to give a contribution with desire, adhesion and prayer.
Pope Sometimes Doubts Man’s Ability For Peace
Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30725, 14 April 1965, Page 8
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