Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-06-02 | Page 1 | Pope Says War in Rome Would be Matricide

I Pope Says War in in- Rome Would Be Matricide LONDON June 2 INS INS INS-A A dramatic plea to the warring nations to spare the holy city of Rome was broadcast to the world Friday by Pope Pius XII XU in an address in which he warne warned that whoever dares raise a hand against that metropolis is would wo d be guilty of matricide in m th the eyes of the civilized world am amin and andin andin I in the eternal judgment of God His talk made to the sacred college of c cardinals came at a moment when line front-line German troops were falling back toward towan the city from the south in face c o of I furious allied attacks The pope again expressing a hope for a lasting just peace am aman and an end to the horrors of war tol told the cardinals and the world thain that tha in the last year most nations have hav suffered unspeakably The terrible tragedy of ot th the World war as it unfolds itsel itself before and around us us has reached a pitch and a kind of frightfulness which smite and shock every Christian and human sense h he said His holiness turned his attention attention attention atten atten- tion to a discussion of ot the manner manne in which the war has ha surged t to the outskirts of Rome Rom and even within th the city which long has been under nazi occupation an and praised d the consideration shown by airmen attacking the outer oute limits of ot the town The Eternal city mother mother cell eel of civilization and even th the holy hoi ground aroUnd the th tomb of ot Si St. St Peter have had to learn by experience ex ex- h how w far the spirit inspiring inspiring inspiring ing the present-day present methods o of warfare warfare for for a variety of reasons reason become even more ferocious has ferocious ha departed from those abiding norms norm which were once hailed as Inviolable inviolable inviolable lable laws he declared On the other hand amidst s so much suffering we dont don't wish t to overlook the fact that the threat of air raids on districts not beyond the outer parts of Rome has given way in fact to conduct that shows show I greater regards He continued We Ve nourish the hope that th thIs more equitable and mod moderate rate trend Irene will pre prevail vall over the opposing considerations considerations con con- of seeming utility and the called so-called military exigencies or needs and that th the Eternal city In every ery eventuality and at all al costs may be saved from becoming becoming becom becom- ing inga a n theater of war