ACTS OF POPE BENEDICT XV. HAVING TO DO WITH THE WAR.

New Zealand Tablet, 30 January 1919, Page 23

ACTS OF POPE BENEDICT XV. HAVING TO DO WITH THE WAR.

The Civilta Cattolica of Rome has just published a pamphlet which groups under ten heads the interventions of Benedict XV. in the war. It is to be translated and reproduced in all languages of the world. The ten chapters are: Initiative of the Pope for the s liberation, exchange, and hospitalisation of prisoners, civil and military. Intervention in favor of epistolary correspondence in the occupied countries. In favor of Sunday rest of prisoners and of the graves of the Entente soldiers in the Dardanelles. In favor of private persons condemned to death or prison. For material help to most distressed populations. For religious and moral care. Solicitude of the Pope for the nations most affected —Belgium, northern France, Poland, etc. For the establishment of offices in behalf of prisoners in Rome, Paderbos, Frieburg, Vienna, etc. Intervention for right and justice; for a just and durable peace.