If the Bishops of the world assume their share in the exercise of this
painstaking vigilance over the motion picture - and of this We who know their
pastoral zeal have no doubt - they will certainly accomplish a great work for
the protection of the morality of their people in their hours of leisure and
recreation. They will win the approbation and the approval of all right
thinking men, Catholic and non-Catholic, and they will help to assure that a
great international force - the motion picture - shall be directed towards the
noble end of promoting the highest ideals and the truest standards of life.
That these wishes and prayers which We pour forth from a father's heart
may gain in virtue, We implore the help of the grace of God and in pledge
thereof We impart to you, Venerable Brethren, and to the Clergy and people
entrusted to you, Our loving Apostolic Benediction.
Given at Rome, at St Peter's, the 29th day of June, Feast of
SS Peter and Paul, in the year 1936, the fifteenth of Our Pontificate.
PIUS PP. XI.