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(Radio, N.C.W.C. News first step and an example light, to whom less will be taining it; rather is it leth- of her people, as well as cross of the Pontificate" beService). forgiven, if they have loved argy of the spirit, weakness by reason of the Chair of cause it was the will of for the rest of the world. Vatican City, Feb. 11.The approach of Lent is less." of the will, and cold:less of Truth, "shall re -live her God, "so also do We now His Holiness Pope Pius XII. considered here an ideal "It was not with such dis- the heart. centuries -old mission of bow to the arduous duty of has called for a "mighty re- time for such a campaign. unity and inertia that the "Men, infected by such spiritual teacher of peo- being, its so far as Our weak awakening" to save a world It is during this time that Church in its very begin- contagion, try, as if in jus- ples." strength permits, the herthreatened with disaster. the Pope traditionally re- ning changed the face of tification, to cloak themselPope Pius said that, as ald of a better world willed The Sovereign Pontiff said ceives Rome's pastors and the earth, spread rapidly, ves with the darkness of the "We accented the heavy by God." it is the duty of every man Lenten preachers to give endured beneficently down past and seek an excuse in of good will to "re-examine, them suggestions he con- the centuries and gained the errors, both old and new. It with a courage worthy of siders timely for the spirit- admiration and trust of all is necessary, therefore, of ual welfare of the people. the great moments peoples," Pope Pius con- act upon their wills." It is also considered note- tinued. human history, what he can Saying that those who are and must do personally, worthy here that the Febru"Let it be very clear, be- fast asleep must be wakenas his own contribution to ary general intention as- loved sons, that the root of ed; those who are apprethe saving power of God, in signed by the Pope for the modern evils and of their hensive must be encouragorder to help a world which world-wide Apostleship of baneful consequence is not, ed, and those who are conis started, as it is to -day, on Prayer is: "That the spirit as in pre -Christian times or fused must be guided, His the road to ruin." and practice of penance may in regions yet pagan, invin- 1Holiness said that, by takHis Holiness warned that flourish anew." cible ignorance of the eter- ing the lead in "this regenthere persists "a general The Holy Father called nal destiny of man and of erating and saving action,'' and condition which, We do not for action, at once. "Let the principal means of at- Rome, through the example '
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hesitate to say, may explode the hand, then, be put to at any moment." He said the plough," he said. "May the origin of this condition God, Who desires it so is to be sought "in the re- much, move you; may the ligious luke-warmness of so nobility of the undertaking many, in the low moral tone attract you; may its urof public and private life, in gency stimulate you; may systematic efforts to poison the justifiable fear of the He added terrible simple minds." future, which that poison is administered would results from a cultheir "after minds pable indolence, these vanquish to understanding of true lib- every hesitation, and detererty has, so to speak, been mine every will."
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Cardinal Is Commissioned To Recruit Religious Orders
By REV. JOSEPH J. SULLIVAN (Radio, N.C.W.C. News Service). situation has remained 1..a drugged." VATICAN CITY, Feb. 19.-Two concrete and far-reaching such a long time, the Pope The Bishop of Ileopte calland other Church authoriThe Pope was speaking ed upon his peoplit to "re- steps are expected to be undertaken soon in the crusade for Chris- ties believe that no more by radio to the people of ceive with a noble spirit of can be allowed to pass Rome, but he was calling dedication . the holy tian renewal which, at the call of His Holiness Pope Pius XII, has time without attempting to do upon them to take the lead, charge which your Shep- been launched in Rome as a pattern for similar the utmost, at least in a crusades throughsaying the pattern they set herd and Father to -day enreligious way. in his own diocese "shall be trusts to you: to launch a out the world. The religious Orders will in mighty immediately imitated reawakening of These steps are: (1) The Vicar for Rome-His Emi- preferred to stay on in be asked that each take other dioceses, near and thought and action.." inauguration of a series of nence Clemente Cardinal Rome, where there are more charge of one of these disfar, so that Our eyes shall Repeatedly, His Holiness intensive missions and spi- .Micara-are mapping this methods of keeping tressed areas, or of a part see not only cities, but na- reminded of the need for ritual exercises in all pa- spiritual drive is evidenced rather than facing alive, again of one, and pursue triere the tions, continents, the entire determined action now. rishes of the Rome diocese in the plan for mobilizing the haphazard prospects of apostolic task of recalling return to human race "Now is the time, belov- and (2) mobilization of re- religious Orders and congre- work which, when it can be the people to their religious Christ." ed children," he said, "now ligious Orders and congre- gations. The number of dio- found at all, is very hard at heritage and restore them to the practice and comIt was clearly evident that is the time to take decisive gations in Rome to whom cesan clergy in the Eternal poor pay. On the periphery of Rome forts of religion. the Pontiff has a definite steps and shake off this zones will be assigned for city is not sufficient to reach the spiritual reclamation of all the people here and to sprang up what would be plan in mind for the greater fatal lethargy!" thousands of the cope with their spiritual called in the United States Again, he said: "It is an countless rejuvenation of the world. poor and fallen -away in the needs. Hence, the call to re- "shack towns," particularly He did not give details. But entire world which must be slum areas ringing the ligious Orders most of along the arterial roads Dublin Has Fine. he said he entrusted its exe- rebuilt from its founda- capital. witom have one or more leading away from the city. transformed from cution to his Cardinal Vicar tions, Detailed plans and direc- houses here. Their person- Thousands r e dwelling for Rome, His Eminence savage to human; from' hu- tives for this concentrated nel engaged in administra- there. Others a found Bible Collection Clemente Cardinal Micara. man to divine, that is to say, spiritual drive will be an- tive work or studies can, in in actual caves in theshelter hills Dublin.-Feb. 15 (NC).according to the of nounced soon, according to various ways, assist the within and near the city, heart The Pope chose this time, God." well-informed persons here. local clergy in reaching in nooks and crannies Dublin now has the most he said, because it was the important collection of Bib"Of what use would it aim is to recall the those in need of spiritual among the ruins or beneath eve of the feast of Our be," the Holy Father asked, The lical manuscripts in the immediate children, care. ancient aqueducts. Lady of Lourdes, commem- "to study the ways of God Pope's world. So The problem is a vast one, stated Msgr. in his own diocese, to their Just to give an example of orating the Blessed Virgin's and of the spirit, if in prac- religious duties and respon- due to the fact that during this desperate lack of hous Edward Kissane, President intervention in a "century tice one were to choose the sibilities. the past decade or so the ing, a case may be cited of St. Patrick's college, of rationalistic aberration way of perdition In its initial stage, this population of Rome has where squatters established Maynooth, in a lecture at to and religious depression." submit supinely to and spiritual campaign will coin- almost -doubled. Before the themselves in the the National University of the god sacristy He called Our Lady's ap- of the flesh? cide with an intensified ob- war, and including the brisk a church and for a long IrAand club, London. irresistible it avail to knowWhat would servance of Lent. The Holy growth under the fascist of parition "an These manuscripts belong time resisted efforts to summons back to the super- claim that Clodand isto proFather is expected to deve- regime, the population of relocate them. allThe to a papyri collection whose our natural and the first step Father and that men are lop his own further thoughts Rome had reached about had to carry on theirpriests reli- owner, Chester Beatty, has back towards progressive, brothers, if every interven- on this subject in his annual 1,000,000. Today it totals gious services with people come to live in Dublin after 1,700,000, including actually living the sacristy. many years in the religious renascence." tion of God in private and discourse to the Rome Len- around East. untold thousands ten who fled preachers which is traGenerally, the miserable They are housed in a speIt is not known what fur- public affairs were to be ditionally given to the city during the war, condition of these people at the becially ther steps may be taken. feared? designed 0 f what value library there for shelter has fostered resentment, which But in Vatican circles it is would be ,disputations ,on ginning of the holy season. looking will be accessible to embarrassment and demora- scholars. However, this spiritual and safety. expected that tae nature of justice, on charity, on peace, Many of those that swel- lization to an extreme the campaign will be re- if the will were already re- campaign will not be liBelonging to the second Not only have they vealed in the spiritual cru- solved for the sacrifice, if mited to Lent but carried on led the Rome population degree. it. It is generally came from Sicily and south. become lax in a religious and third centuries, the sade being opened in Rome the heart were determined beyond here that similar ern areas of the $eninsula sense, they have also be- manuscripts contain porby the Rev. Riccardo Lom- to remain in icy solicitude, expected action will be taken by the where they had few, if any, come an easy prey of leftist tions of nearly every book bardi, .noted Italian Jesuit and if none were to dare to other of the Old and New TestaCardinals, A r c h- roots in the sense of pro- agitation. preacher, which was ar- be the first to break bishops and Bishops of Italy perty or steady work. They A more rapid housing pro- ments in Greek. They help ranged in connection with through the barrier of through appeals to their found. in Rome an existence gramme would have contri- to bridge the gap between the Pope's address. It also dividing Mate to hasten to flocks to follow the example which, though precarious, buted considerably towards the original text of the remains to be seen what offer a sincere embrace? set in the Rome diocese. nevertheless w a s easier easing this situation, which Gospels and the great Cardinal Micara will direct "All tips would but renThe thoroughness with than that at their original is aggravated by severe parchment Codices of the for Rome's faithful as a der more guilty the sons of which the Pontiff and his homes. After the war, they unemployment. Since this fourth and fifth centuries. .
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