“NO ETERNAL VALUE”

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 154, 27 March 1937, Page 9

“NO ETERNAL VALUE”

Agreements With Holy See Berlin, Marcli 24. The Pope’s Encyclical, read throughout Germany on Sunday and alleging German breaches of the Concordat with the Holy See, drew a reply from the chief organ of the National Socialist Party, the “Volkischer Beobachter.” “Even agreements with the Holy See have no sacrosanct, inviolable, or eternal values,” says the paper. "They may be adapted to developments, and under changed conditions former assent may justly become dissent.” The paper explains that the State was unable to foresee how certain articles of the Concordat were to be exploited or interpreted by Ihe Roman Catholic clergy, and suggests that the Concordat may have to be changed in accordance with the changed conditions, otherwise it might become an unbearable agreement. PROTEST BY VATICAN Italian Press Criticised Koine, March 24. The Vatican newspaper “Osservatore Romano” protests against the attitude of the Italian Press toward the Pope’s encyclical in Germany, and points out that most of the Italian newspapers published a very brief and inexact report of the official agency’s summary, “which almost seems to distort the Pope's thoughts.” RESENTMENT SHOWN (Received March 26, 7.30 p.m.) Vatican City, March 25. German diplomats at the Vatican did not attend the Maundy Thursday Mass, at which the other ambassadors were present. It is believed their absence was due to Berlin’s resentment of the Pope’s encyclical.