Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-24 | Page 18 | Pope Deplores War Shadows

r POPE DEPLORES WAR SHADOWS VATICAN CITY Dec 24 2 CUP UP- UP Pope Pius responding to Christmas greetings of the College of Cardinals Cardinals Cardinals Cardi Cardi- nals spoke sadly today of or the threats of new wars He begged God to end them He deplored also persecution of oC Roman Catholics in Mexico and Germany Receiving 30 cardinals who went to his apartments to extend Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas greetings the pope handed each an encyclical dated December 20 20 and then addressed them for Cor half an hour In his address the pope POPO said It uIt is too bad that we have reached these festivities with painful preoccupation preoccupation preoccupation and threats of new wars May God disperse such visions Christmas arrives with dark clouds hovering above us and with signs of human blood on the road which is difficult and menacing One might say that this road as mountaineers mountaineers mountaineers moun moun- speak is filled with treacherous treacherous treacherous erous passes' passes Cry Against Faith Christmas the pope said found large sections of people crying against the faith He called such people Godl Godless ss Denouncing persecution of Catholics Catholics Cath Cath- olics in Mexico and Germany German the thc pope said Mexico was distant geographically geographically geo geo- graphically but near to our heart spiritually In Germany he continued it was Wished to impose a sort of Christianity Christianity Chris Chris- Christianity called practical and pan- pan Christian These arc are monsters monsters monsters mon mon- and are armed to fight light Catholicism Catholicism Catholicism said the pope The one real Christianity is isCa Ca Catholic The cry of oC the Godless he said is not only heard but accepted He added t We Ve wish we had been able to extend a serene word which might represent a significant contribution In all these sad things Our hope however failed tailed But this docs does not mean that we have lost all hope because hope for tor us is a Christian duty Duties of Priesthood In the encyclical the pope wrote of the duties of the priesthood There was but one passage which might relate to present international conditions In OlIn the present clash of self Interest In In In-I terest unleashed hates hate and dark 1 plans plans' of revenge nothing could be bemore bemore bemore more beneficial to health than loudly to proclaim a new commandment of Christ that commandment which enjoins a love Jove that extends to all that knows no barriers or national l boundaries excludes no race and excepts not even its own enemies The rho keynote of the encyclical was this passage The office of priest is 15 not fo for tor r things human or things that pass away however important nt and valuable valuable vain able these ray may be but for things thing s divine and enduring eternal eterna sl l things It t emphasized tho the functions o of f the priesthood in the religious and 1 social scheme a priests priest's mission I for tor peace and his Influence for good It t exhorted priests to strive fo forthe for forthe r the highest ideals re Interspersed were e excerpts from his previous encyclicals encyclicals cals regarding the sanctity of marriage marriage marriage mar mar- and other problems