POPE’S SECOND APPEAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 26 August 1939, Page 10

POPE’S SECOND APPEAL

GRAVE HOUR STRIKING FOR HUMAN FAMILY “DANGER IS VAST BUT THERE IS STILL TIME" RETURN TO PATH OF JUSTICE AND TRUTH n.P.A.-Bv Electric Teleuraph -Cody richi' j (Received 26th August, 10.30 a.m.) ROME, 25th August. The Pope, broadcasting a second ap- i peal for peace, said: “A grave hour is strikng for the great human famiy. an hour of tremendous v'eliberat on. wherein our sipiritual authority cannot disinterest itself from talk inducing mankind to return to the path of justice and truth, and thus 1 speak to all you who carr ythe weight of such great responsibility, because through our voice you are listening to the voice of that Christ which • chooled the world in a higher life, a voice in which millions and millions of place their trust in an emergency in which only His world can rise over the thunders of the earth. To-da.y when tension seems to have reached such a pitch that we fear an outbreak of a tremendous whirlwind of war, we make to the rulers and peoples our warmest appeal to lay aside the threat of arms and try to resolve the present differences. The danger is vast, but there is still time. Nothing is lost by peace, but everything is lost by war With us is the whole of humanity which looks for freedom rather than for the sword which kills and destroys. We invite all men to turn their gaze on high, and ask the Lord, with fervent prayers, that His Christian mercy may descend abundantly on a tortured world and placate angers, bring sunshine, and the dawn of a calmer future. In this expectation and in this hope we impart to all men of heart our paternal benediction.”