APPEAL TO CATHOLIC LAITY
TO URGE PEACE CONFERENCE ATTEMPT TO ENFORCE CHURCH’S TEACHING (Received 14th April. 11.0 a.m.) LONDON, 13th April, The “Daily Herald” publishes an appeal to Roman Catholic laity throughout the world, and urging bishops to approach their Governments for a last minute peace conference. The appeal is being sent to the Pope, editors of Catholic journals all over the world, and also to prominent persons of all faiths. This is the first time in history that an attempt has been made by the laity to house Catholic opinion in order to enforce the Church’s teaching on peace and war. The “Daily Herald” rejects a pacifist solution, declaring that both sides must be prepared for sacrifices in order to end the impasse, but if one side will not listen to reason there is adequate moral grounds for resistance against an attempt to dominate the world by force.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 14 April 1939, Page 5
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