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Show to save any religious structures anywhere. We treat this matter here be-cause be-cause it will come up later. As the Allied armies approach Rome they will come across much property prop-erty of 'he Vatican. Catholics all over the world will be concerned about the fate of their religious properties. This is understandable, but like Protestant churches all over Europe, the property of the Vatican will have to bear the brunt of war if a stubborn enemy makes it necessary to wage war in its vicinity. CHURCH PROPERTY AND WAR WHEN LIVES ARE INVOLVED Obviously, the Allied command is anxious to avoid the destruction destruc-tion of the property of the Catholic Cath-olic church in Italy, especially around Rome. Just the same, when the lives of soldiers are involved in-volved there can be no favoritism to religious structures. Many of them have been destroyed wantonly wan-tonly in Europe, which is wrong, but it would be utterly foolish for our commanders to jeopardize the lives of their fighting men in order |