THE LATE POPE

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13176, 3 October 1914, Page 5

THE LATE POPE

! ; BXHORTATIO^' ; TO THE; jWOELd|| The lato.Popc on August,2 the following exhortation.".to tho wwld:— .' At this iiiomont, when nailfly tlii|| whole of Europe is,being drnggod^l into the vortex ; of almost torrjbltf;| war, with its present dangers aud^ miseries and the consequences to 'fql«J| very thought of wiiieiiihust^ strike everyone with grief, and hor^| ror» we,., whose caro is tho life aiufjj ' welfare iof so many citizens and ]ie6«^| ■ pies, cannot but be (feeply movods and our heart ivrung with the bittbrV^ est sorrow. 'f \\ £ And in the midst of this uuiyoisal^ confusion and peril, wo feel and know * that both fatherly love; and apos-^' tolic* ministry demand of us that \w^ : should with all earnestness turn tho ' thoughts of Christendom thithor,, , "whence conies tile help," to Chiist,' , the Prince of Peace and the most / powerful mediator between God and. man. - Wo charge, therefore, the Catholics_ of the whole.world to-approach tho; throne of gracoand mercy, each anih all of them, and more especially tho; clergy, whose duty furthermore if; will be to make in every parish, n\C their bishops shall direct, public sup"— plication,. so that tho merciful GuiC / may, as it were, be wearied with tho" , prayers,of His children, and speedily rcmovo the evil causes of war given -..to•■'them who rule to think the,, "thoughts of peace and not of affliction. • From tho palace,of the Vaticau, Tho 2nd day of August, 1914. PIUS X, Pontifox Maxinius. , I