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Show POPE SUPPORTS PEACEJPPEAL ROME, Nov. 10 (INS) Pope Plus XII todsy placed the full strength and moral authority of the Catholic church behind the mediation offer of Queen WUhel-mlna WUhel-mlna and King Leopold. Moving with a speed dictated by the ominous rush of events In Europe, Eu-rope, the pontiff addressed a collective col-lective appeal to the warring nations na-tions through his various nuncios, urging all belligerents to give "most serious and sympathetic consideration" con-sideration" to the peace offer. The pontiff again declared, In a reception at the Vatican, that the peace, order and International understanding un-derstanding desired by the world "can never be obtained until the rulers of the world renounce the use of force as a means of settling HlffaMni-a hriwMn natlnna" Nurvrio. Voice Plea I The papal nuncio to Berlin, London and Paris were instructed to call upon the leaders of th governments to which they are , accredited and stress the pontiff's deep desire thst some means be found of utilizing the offer made by the Dutch queen and th Belgian Bel-gian king. |