10   The sins of nations constitute the princi­pal cause of wars. If in order to avoid a nuclear hecatomb, the nations of the West were to commit the enormous sin of accepting Communism, they would call upon themselves the effects of the divine anger. At Fatima, Our Lady said that wars are warded off by prayer, penance, and the amendment of our lives. May She give us the courage to exclaim in the face of Communism: "non possumus."

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Cardinal Mindszenty, ex‑archbishop of Esztergom and former Primate of Hungary, is a symbol of heroic resistance to Com­munism: peaceful coexistence between the Church and a Communist reaime is imnossible.

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Cardinal Wyszynski's efforts to achieve a "modus vivendi" have not disarmed the hatred of the Communists: this is a proof that there is no possibility of harmonious relations