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1 [Title]| 1. "But when the goodness 2 10 | 10. A strange paradox this, 3 11 | 11. Moreover -- and this is 4 12 | 12. Taught by bitter experience, 5 13 | 13. In such a psychological 6 14 | 14. It is scarcely necessary 7 15 | 15. If, then, on this feast 8 16 | 16. Given that democracy, taken 9 17 | 17. To express his own views 10 18 | 18. From the solidity, harmony 11 14 | Encyclical "Libertas," June 20, 1888). ~ 12 19 | 19. If, then, we consider the 13 2 | 2. For the sixth time since 14 21 | 21. Hence follows a first conclusion 15 22 | 22. It is, and should in practice 16 23 | 23. The people lives and moves 17 24 | 24. The masses, on the contrary, 18 25 | 25. From the exuberant life 19 26 | 26. The elementary power of 20 27 | 27. Hence follows clearly another 21 28 | 28. In a people worthy of the 22 29 | 29. In a people worthy of the 23 30 | 30. On the contrary, so far 24 31 | 31. As against this picture 25 32 | 32. Liberty, from being a moral 26 33 | 33. Equality degenerates to 27 34 | 34. And the only survivors 28 35 | 35. The democratic state, whether 29 36 | 36. The absolute order itself 30 37 | 37. And if men, using their 31 38 | 38. As they are established 32 39 | 39. And since that absolute 33 4 | 4. Heads that were bowed lift 34 40 | 40. No form of state can avoid 35 41 | 41. Only a clear appreciation 36 42 | 42. The deep sense of the principles 37 43 | 43. And since the center of 38 44 | 44. To secure effective action, 39 45 | 45. Peoples whose spiritual 40 46 | 46. But where such men are 41 47 | 47. A sound democracy, based 42 48 | 48. State absolutism (not to 43 49 | 49. A man penetrated with right 44 [Title]| Epistle to Titus, Chap. 3, 4th verse). ~ 45 5 | 5. But our gaze turns quickly 46 50 | 50. It cannot subsist except 47 51 | 51. We were anxious, Beloved 48 52 | 52. But We also realize the 49 53 | 53. But how far will the representatives 50 54 | 54. On the recognition of this 51 55 | 55. If, on the other hand, 52 56 | 56. For this reason, too, one 53 57 | 57. Only thus will the spirit 54 58 | 58. There is a duty, besides, 55 59 | 59. Many attempts in this direction 56 6 | 6. For alas, for the sixth 57 60 | 60. If ever a generation has 58 61 | 61. Having passed, as it has, 59 62 | 62. The decisions already published 60 63 | 63. No one could hail this 61 64 | 64. No one could wish success 62 65 | 65. Unquestionably the progress 63 66 | 66. But by that very fact the 64 67 | 67. But only on one condition: 65 68 | 68. That any peoples, to whose 66 69 | 69. Nevertheless, even these 67 7 | 7. They are so many silent 68 70 | 70. To deny them that hope 69 71 | 71. We will not renounce Our 70 72 | 72. And in this hope we are 71 73 | 73. It would be vain to expect 72 74 | 74. Hatred and the impossibility 73 75 | 75. But one thin We know: that 74 76 | 76. No one certainly thinks 75 77 | 77. But if justice presumed 76 78 | 78. At a time when the peoples 77 79 | 79. Thank God, one may believe 78 8 | 8. Even the little lamp is 79 80 | 80. The events of these war 80 81 | 81. The disdain that they affected 81 82 | 82. If the future is to belong 82 83 | 83. By her very existence, 83 84 | 84. The Church has the mission 84 85 | 85. The holy story of Christmas 85 86 | 86. Christmas, the Great Feast 86 87 | 87. The Birth of the Saviour 87 88 | 88. We do not want to close 88 89 | 89. And in the first place 89 9 | 9. Blessed be the Lord! Out 90 90 | 90. It is a pleasure for us 91 91 | 91. While men of goodwill are 92 92 | 92. When -- as we all wish -- 93 93 | 93. May all who have had a 94 43 | moral standards, practical ability and intellectual capacity 95 | about 96 54 | no peace guarantee can abstract from it without being weakened 97 25 | life of a true people, an abundant rich life is diffused in 98 83 | struggles, which coerced by the abuse of power, she has had to 99 73 | burning white-hot -- generally accepted by public opinion, or even 100 | according 101 40 | least of all a democracy. Accordingly, if those in power do not 102 85 | the rights of man could achieve. ~ 103 89 | immense work of assistance achieved in spite of the extraordinary 104 82 | an essential part in its achievement will have to belong to the 105 91 | this purely disinterested act of charity assumes an aspect 106 12 | censuring and correcting the actions of public authority, the 107 92 | effects of this victory of active and magnanimous charity 108 82 | helps of grace in order to actuate the divinely-established 109 66 | immorality there is to be added the threat of a judicial 110 88 | Christmas message without addressing a word of heartfelt gratitude 111 16 | taken in the broad sense, admits of various forms, and can 112 48 | obliging in conscience is not admitted. ~ 113 81 | 81. The disdain that they affected towards this supposed unreality 114 3 | hearts of those in darkness, affliction and depression there sinks 115 | after 116 12 | experience, they are more aggressive in opposing the concentration 117 66 | chastisement inflicted on the aggressor by the society of states, 118 88 | misfortunes have lent Us valiant aid as We hearken to the cry 119 6 | 6. For alas, for the sixth time, the 120 87 | moment characterized by the alliance of all men of goodwill. 121 | almost 122 49 | positive law within the ambit of its natural competence. 123 46 | make politics serve their ambition, and be a quick road to 124 26 | also can utilize: in the ambitious hands of one or of several 125 89 | by the United States of America and, with regard to Italy 126 80 | these war years have given ample evidence to confute, in 127 81 | iniquity, destruction, annihilation. ~ 128 84 | Church has the mission to announce to the world, which is looking 129 15 | true, healthy democracy answering the needs of the moment, 130 44 | thousand fevers, the spiritual antidote of clear views, kindly interest, 131 4 | us His divinity" (first antiphon of first vesper for the 132 51 | 51. We were anxious, Beloved Sons and Daughters, 133 | anything 134 93 | a token of gratitude our apostolic benediction and the thought 135 48 | between good and evil -- to appeal to a higher law obliging 136 40 | morality, and that specious appearance of a purely formal democracy 137 19 | democratic form of government appears to many as a postulate of 138 32 | to a man's impulses and appetites to the detriment of others. ~ 139 60 | a generation has had to appreciate in the depths of its conscience 140 41 | 41. Only a clear appreciation of the purposes assigned 141 63 | that the idea of war as an apt and proportionate means 142 90 | Governments of Ireland, Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, 143 9 | individuals and countries there arises an aura of hope. To an ever-increasing 144 | around 145 62 | any future international arrangement would be the formation of 146 26 | of several who have been artificially brought together for selfish 147 79 | was disdainfully thrust aside as unreal. ~ 148 8 | Divine Guest over a world asleep. What desolation! What contrast! 149 91 | act of charity assumes an aspect and a value of unique importance. ~ 150 15 | its personal and social aspects), We direct our attention 151 43 | resides in this popular assembly from which political currents 152 41 | appreciation of the purposes assigned by God to every human society, 153 89 | record the immense work of assistance achieved in spite of the 154 69 | with the same rights, to be associated with the great community 155 70 | far-seeing wisdom, it would be to assume the grave responsibility 156 11 | a long torpor. They have assumed, in relation to the state 157 91 | disinterested act of charity assumes an aspect and a value of 158 44 | it more liable to be led astray and get lost: men who -- 159 13 | In such a psychological atmosphere, is it to be wondered at 160 61 | through the indescribable atrocities with an intensity such that 161 52 | which he could never hope to attain fully and securely if the 162 59 | 59. Many attempts in this direction have been 163 11 | those who govern, a new attitude -- one that questions, criticizes, 164 68 | responsibility for the war is attributed, should have for a time 165 9 | countries there arises an aura of hope. To an ever-increasing 166 90 | Governments of Ireland, Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, 167 72 | other peoples and their aversion to any usurping of those 168 6 | or carried off no longer awaken the inhabitants with their 169 11 | peoples have, as it were, awakened from a long torpor. They 170 | away 171 5 | gaze turns quickly from the Babe of the Crib to the world 172 47 | will resolutely turn its back on such corruption as gives 173 18 | really healthy and well balanced, and what is its life energy 174 58 | duty to do everything to ban once and for all wars of 175 70 | grave responsibility of barring the way of a general liberation 176 6 | Christmas dawn breaks again on battlefields spreading ever wider, on 177 9 | continue to engage in murderous battles with weapons ever more deadly, 178 83 | before the world as a shining beacon to remind it constantly 179 | become 180 | becomes 181 51 | along what lines a democracy befitting human dignity can, in harmony 182 10 | true that the process has begun. ~ 183 79 | 79. Thank God, one may believe the time has passed when 184 3 | focuses the attention of all believers. Deep into the hearts of 185 6 | and prosperous, and where bells fallen or carried off no 186 11 | most important point -- beneath the sinister lightning of 187 93 | gratitude our apostolic benediction and the thought that on 188 86 | with ineffable grace and benevolence, is also the day on which 189 15 | which commemorates both the benignity of the Incarnate Word and 190 | besides 191 4 | virgin, and by His coming bestowed on us His divinity" (first 192 44 | sympathetic to all, and a bias towards national unity and 193 10 | of a war whose bitterness bids fair to reach the limits 194 87 | 87. The Birth of the Saviour of the World, 195 88 | states, governments, Bishops and peoples -- who at this 196 12 | 12. Taught by bitter experience, they are more 197 10 | paradox this, of a war whose bitterness bids fair to reach the limits 198 9 | community of states, and to blaze the trail towards a better 199 11 | encompasses them, in the blazing heat of the furnace that 200 9 | 9. Blessed be the Lord! Out from the 201 7 | mankind which, deliberately blind to the brilliance of Him 202 61 | has, through an ocean of blood and tears in a form perhaps 203 7 | witnesses to denounce this blot on the story of mankind 204 78 | of violence which, like a boiling lava torrent, spares nothing 205 90 | Ireland, Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, 206 68 | security measures until the bonds of mutual trust, violently 207 4 | living body, deigned to be born of a virgin, and by His 208 38 | respective rights. are so bound together that they stand 209 4 | 4. Heads that were bowed lift again serenely, for 210 90 | Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Italy, Lithuania, 211 6 | time, the Christmas dawn breaks again on battlefields spreading 212 91 | goodwill are endeavoring to bridge the gulf and bring the peoples 213 7 | deliberately blind to the brilliance of Him Who is the Splendor 214 16 | democracy, taken in the broad sense, admits of various 215 68 | mutual trust, violently broken, should be gradually welded 216 58 | imposed on all, a duty which brooks no delay, no procrastination, 217 90 | another in noble rivalry of brotherly love and charity, the echo 218 26 | who have been artificially brought together for selfish aims, 219 81 | changed into stark reality: brutality, iniquity, destruction, 220 67 | not impose any perpetual burden, which can only be allowed 221 22 | multitude (or, as it is called, "the masses") are two distinct 222 90 | Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Italy, Lithuania, 223 43 | ability and intellectual capacity of parliamentary deputies 224 27 | defined them -- are the capital enemy of true democracy 225 13 | tendency towards democracy is capturing the peoples and winning 226 6 | and where bells fallen or carried off no longer awaken the 227 46 | profit for themselves, their caste and their class, while the 228 70 | political, of the gigantic cataclysm which has shaken the poor 229 12 | the repetition of such a catastrophe, we must vest efficient 230 14 | without prejudice, however, to Catholic teaching on the origin and 231 52 | securely if the light from the Cave of Bethlehem did not illumine 232 12 | dictatorial power that cannot be censured or touched, and call for 233 12 | been the possibility of censuring and correcting the actions 234 43 | 43. And since the center of gravity of a democracy 235 81 | supposed unreality has been changed into stark reality: brutality, 236 7 | descended and fallen into chaos and into the denial of its 237 [Title]| Paul's Epistle to Titus, Chap. 3, 4th verse). ~ 238 8 | temples, in many modest chapels, where before the tabernacle 239 5 | comprehend it" (John, first chapter, fifth verse). ~ 240 44 | spiritually eminent and of strong character, who shall look upon themselves 241 16 | democratic regime? Second, what characterization should distinguish the men 242 87 | fullness, is the moment characterized by the alliance of all men 243 3 | Bethlehem, by its wonderful charm, focuses the attention of 244 66 | intervention by the nations and of chastisement inflicted on the aggressor 245 61 | against which anyone who cherishes a sense of humanity desires 246 90 | Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Italy, Lithuania, Peru, 247 6 | their jubilant Christmas chimes. ~ 248 44 | of the people's life; men chosen for their solid Christian 249 86 | is also the day on which Christianity and mankind, before the 250 51 | to take the occasion of Christmastide to point out along what 251 44 | under the obligation to send circulating through the veins of the 252 4 | vesper for the feast of the Circumcision). ~ 253 44 | true to themselves in all circumstances; men of clear and sound 254 6 | silent pathos the story of cities once flourishing and prosperous, 255 30 | contrary, so far from impairing civil equality in any way, they 256 32 | individual becomes a tyrannous claim to give free rein to a man' 257 52 | also realize the exalted claims that this form of government 258 46 | themselves, their caste and their class, while the race after private 259 44 | principles, with sound and clear-cut proposals to make; men above 260 9 | thought, the will, ever cleared and stronger, to make of 261 83 | mission. The struggles, which coerced by the abuse of power, she 262 37 | superior Authority possessing coercive power, they could by this 263 40 | of state can avoid taking cognizance of this intimate and indissoluble 264 69 | commensurate to their effective collaboration in the work of reconstruction -- 265 62 | any threat of isolated or collective aggression. ~ 266 33 | to a mechanical level, a colorless uniformity the sense of 267 15 | on this feast day which commemorates both the benignity of the 268 69 | have a well-founded hope -- commensurate to their effective collaboration 269 62 | published by international commissions permit one to conclude that 270 76 | war situation in order to commit real and proven crimes against 271 82 | supernatural truths and communicates the supernatural helps of 272 77 | individuals but even whole communities together, who could not 273 17 | are imposed on him; not compelled to obey without being heard -- 274 49 | the ambit of its natural competence. But this majesty of positive 275 9 | far-reaching renovation, the complete reorganization of the world. 276 46 | makes them lose sight of completely and jeopardize the true 277 23 | of life in the men that compose it, each of whom -- at his 278 5 | and the darkness did not comprehend it" (John, first chapter, 279 12 | aggressive in opposing the concentration of dictatorial power that 280 22 | masses") are two distinct concepts. ~ 281 62 | commissions permit one to conclude that an essential point 282 44 | towards national unity and concord in a sincere spirit of brotherhood. ~ 283 67 | 67. But only on one condition: namely that the peace settlement 284 20 | it prevail in a fashion conducive to common good. ~ 285 9 | nations, meet for talks, for conferences, to determine the fundamental 286 71 | We will not renounce Our confidence that the peoples, who have 287 63 | of solving international conflicts is now out of date. ~ 288 80 | given ample evidence to confute, in a harder way than one 289 44 | emanates from their untarnished consciences and radiates widely from 290 64 | enthusiasm, than he who has conscientiously striven to make the Christian 291 21 | conclusion with its practical consequence, the state does not contain 292 70 | from all the disastrous consequences, material, moral and political, 293 19 | 19. If, then, we consider the extent and nature of 294 75 | realize that, all things considered, there is only one way of 295 48 | we are not treating here) consists in fact in the false principle 296 83 | shining beacon to remind it constantly of that Divine order. Her 297 29 | mutual charity -- do not constitute any obstacle to the existence 298 [Title]| ITS CONSTITUTION EXCLUDING UNJUST IMPOSITION ~ 299 21 | consequence, the state does not contain in itself and does not mechanically 300 86 | mankind, before the Crib, contemplating the "goodness and kindness 301 8 | asleep. What desolation! What contrast! Can there then be still 302 53 | their deliberations by the conviction that the absolute order 303 44 | for their solid Christian convictions, straight and steady judgment, 304 87 | allowed to march forward in cordial harmony, towards the common 305 12 | possibility of censuring and correcting the actions of public authority, 306 47 | resolutely turn its back on such corruption as gives to the state legislature 307 67 | should not give definite countenance to any injustice, does not 308 9 | oppressed individuals and countries there arises an aura of 309 3 | 3. The humble, mean cradle of Bethlehem, by its wonderful 310 11 | attitude -- one that questions, criticizes, distrusts. ~ 311 53 | moral necessity and the crowning of social development, the 312 29 | things, inequalities of culture, possessions, social standing -- 313 87 | goal, to find at last the cure for its wounds in the peace 314 43 | assembly from which political currents radiate into every field 315 37 | could by this very fact cut the ground from under their 316 67 | time as reparation for war damages. ~ 317 63 | conflicts is now out of date. ~ 318 9 | battles with weapons ever more deadly, the statesmen, responsible 319 78 | that they hold sacred and dear. ~ 320 43 | regime a question of life and death of prosperity and decadence, 321 43 | death of prosperity and decadence, of soundness or perpetual 322 18 | the Government, one may decide which democracy is really 323 62 | 62. The decisions already published by international 324 19 | the state is so vast and decisive, the democratic form of 325 85 | that which all possible declarations of the rights of man could 326 61 | memory, and even in the deepest recesses of its soul, like 327 55 | eliminating the structural defects and shortcomings of former 328 78 | they will find it easier to defend themselves from the periodic 329 82 | men. For she teaches and defends supernatural truths and 330 83 | she has had to sustain in defense of the liberty given her 331 27 | masses -- as we have just defined them -- are the capital 332 67 | intervention, should not give definite countenance to any injustice, 333 26 | elementary power of the masses, deftly managed and employed, the 334 33 | 33. Equality degenerates to a mechanical level, a 335 93 | grateful prayer for them: Deign to reward, O Lord, all those 336 4 | race, taking a living body, deigned to be born of a virgin, 337 58 | a duty which brooks no delay, no procrastination, no 338 42 | regime have, as the people's delegates, in whole or part, the power 339 34 | the one hand, the victims deluded by the specious mirage of 340 20 | better democracy," such a demand cannot have any other meaning 341 19 | nature of the sacrifices demanded of all the citizens, especially 342 7 | into chaos and into the denial of its own dignity. ~ 343 7 | many silent witnesses to denounce this blot on the story of 344 74 | each other, to a mist too dense to hope that the hour has 345 15 | and organization -- which depend on the special aspirations 346 37 | liberty, were to deny all dependence on a superior Authority 347 3 | darkness, affliction and depression there sinks and pervades 348 43 | capacity of parliamentary deputies is for every people living 349 39 | authority is the dignity deriving from its sharing in the 350 49 | order, will never think of derogating the majesty of the positive 351 67 | injustice, does not imply any derogation of any right to the detriment 352 7 | straying from Christ, has descended and fallen into chaos and 353 6 | ever-increasing numbers, on desert lands where a few tottering 354 78 | their tortured hearts the desire, impatient and almost instinctive, 355 61 | cherishes a sense of humanity desires more than anything else 356 8 | over a world asleep. What desolation! What contrast! Can there 357 48 | it gives free rein to its despotic aims, going beyond the confines 358 13 | more efficient part in the destinies of individuals and of society? ~ 359 65 | instead been employed to destroy all that had been built 360 81 | reality: brutality, iniquity, destruction, annihilation. ~ 361 59 | of mankind has the firm determination, the holy obstinacy, like 362 9 | talks, for conferences, to determine the fundamental rights and 363 73 | that this sage judgment, dictated by the experience of history 364 12 | opposing the concentration of dictatorial power that cannot be censured 365 89 | spite of the extraordinary difficulties of transport, by the United 366 25 | an abundant rich life is diffused in the state and all its 367 15 | and social aspects), We direct our attention to the problem 368 15 | forms by which it should be directed if it is to be a true, healthy 369 59 | 59. Many attempts in this direction have been seen in the past. 370 82 | ultimate foundation and directive norm of every democracy. ~ 371 33 | worth-gradually fades away and disappears. ~ 372 14 | that "the Church does not disapprove of any of the various forms 373 76 | one certainly thinks of disarming justice in its relations 374 40 | see it, or more or less discount it. their own authority 375 10 | undoubtedly one may well discuss the worth, the feasibility, 376 81 | 81. The disdain that they affected towards 377 79 | of states and peoples was disdainfully thrust aside as unreal. ~ 378 91 | peoples together, this purely disinterested act of charity assumes an 379 92 | as we all wish -- the dissonance of hate and discord that 380 22 | called, "the masses") are two distinct concepts. ~ 381 11 | that questions, criticizes, distrusts. ~ 382 44 | transition, generally stormy and disturbed by passion, by divergent 383 44 | disturbed by passion, by divergent opinions and opposing programs -- 384 87 | world, torn by discord, divided by selfishness, poisoned 385 82 | in order to actuate the divinely-established order of beings and ends 386 4 | coming bestowed on us His divinity" (first antiphon of first 387 80 | imagined, those who spread such doctrine. ~ 388 92 | of hate and discord that dominates the present moment will 389 61 | anything else to close the door forever. ~ 390 44 | programs -- feel themselves doubly under the obligation to 391 44 | experience shows beyond doubt -- gather within it a group 392 | down 393 12 | world would not have been dragged into the vortex of a disastrous 394 2 | since the opening of the dreadful war, the Christmas liturgy 395 84 | the earth resounds in the ears of men at a time when that 396 78 | that thus they will find it easier to defend themselves from 397 24 | impulse from outside, an easy plaything in the hands of 398 90 | brotherly love and charity, the echo of which will not resound 399 67 | guarantees and, where necessary, economic sanctions and even armed 400 45 | dispositions and know how effectively to put them into practice. ~ 401 92 | tragic memory, the good effects of this victory of active 402 10 | worth, the feasibility, the efficacy of this or that proposal; 403 64 | wish success to this common effort, to be undertaken with a 404 | either 405 15 | it were, a merely passive element in the social order, is 406 26 | 26. The elementary power of the masses, deftly 407 55 | peoples which succeeded in eliminating the structural defects and 408 | else 409 44 | virtue of the authority that emanates from their untarnished consciences 410 66 | measures, then mankind, as it emerges from the dark night in which 411 44 | select men, spiritually eminent and of strong character, 412 11 | lightning of the war that encompasses them, in the blazing heat 413 14 | citizens" (Leo Thirteenth: Encyclical "Libertas," June 20, 1888). ~ 414 91 | While men of goodwill are endeavoring to bridge the gulf and bring 415 36 | also as a necessary society endowed with authority, without 416 82 | divinely-established order of beings and ends which is the ultimate foundation 417 27 | them -- are the capital enemy of true democracy and of 418 9 | armed forces continue to engage in murderous battles with 419 92 | poison of selfishness and enmity will ripen into even a larger 420 64 | before known, with greater enthusiasm, than he who has conscientiously 421 44 | the representatives of the entire people and not the mandatories 422 35 | other form of government, be entrusted with the power to command 423 [Title]| Saviour appeared" (St. Paul's Epistle to Titus, Chap. 3, 4th verse). ~ 424 44 | sense of the practical and equitable, true to themselves in all 425 44 | effective action, to win esteem and trust, every legislative 426 93 | for Your Name's sake with eternal life!~ 427 5 | sorrowful sigh of John the Evangelist comes to our lips: "and 428 80 | 80. The events of these war years have 429 | everyone 430 | everything 431 80 | war years have given ample evidence to confute, in a harder 432 66 | has been made ever more evident. And if now, to the recognition 433 48 | confines between good and evil -- to appeal to a higher 434 15 | the problem of democracy, examining the forms by which it should 435 89 | Italy in particular, by His Excellency the personal Representative 436 | except 437 4 | dignity, "the wonderful exchange by which the Creator of 438 44 | pressing needs of the moment excite the people's impressionability 439 [Title]| ITS CONSTITUTION EXCLUDING UNJUST IMPOSITION ~ 440 41 | legislative, judicial and executive order with that objectivity, 441 36 | without which it could neither exist nor live. ~ 442 18 | life energy and power of expansion. ~ 443 73 | 73. It would be vain to expect that this sage judgment, 444 61 | in a form perhaps never experienced in past ages, it has lived 445 76 | relations to those who have exploited the war situation in order 446 34 | the more or less numerous exploiters, who have known how to use 447 24 | the hands of anyone who exploits their instincts and impressions; 448 17 | its name implies, their expression. ~ 449 19 | If, then, we consider the extent and nature of the sacrifices 450 15 | looks not so much to its external structure and organization -- 451 89 | achieved in spite of the extraordinary difficulties of transport, 452 88 | misfortunes of war have reduced to extreme poverty and misery. ~ 453 25 | 25. From the exuberant life of a true people, an 454 48 | is unlimited and that in face of it -- even when it gives 455 33 | life its worth-gradually fades away and disappears. ~ 456 59 | failed. And they will all fail always, until the saner 457 59 | seen in the past. They all failed. And they will all fail 458 10 | war whose bitterness bids fair to reach the limits of paroxysm, 459 39 | particular of the Christian Faith, cannot have any other origin 460 38 | together that they stand or fall together. ~ 461 48 | consists in fact in the false principle that the authority 462 9 | starting point for a new era of far-reaching renovation, the complete 463 20 | to make it prevail in a fashion conducive to common good. ~ 464 7 | Splendor and Light of the Father, deliberately straying from 465 10 | well discuss the worth, the feasibility, the efficacy of this or 466 45 | is sufficiently sound and fecund, find it themselves and 467 28 | of the name, the citizen feels within him the consciousness 468 44 | burning with a thousand fevers, the spiritual antidote 469 | few 470 43 | currents radiate into every field of public life -- for good 471 5 | it" (John, first chapter, fifth verse). ~ 472 59 | section of mankind has the firm determination, the holy 473 12 | innermost depths, are today firmly convinced -- at first, perhaps, 474 [Title]| FIVE: CRUSADE FOR CHARITY ~ 475 24 | follow in turn, today this flag, tomorrow another. ~ 476 86 | God Who appeared in human flesh, the feast in which heaven 477 3 | sinks and pervades a great flood of light and joy. ~ 478 6 | the story of cities once flourishing and prosperous, and where 479 3 | by its wonderful charm, focuses the attention of all believers. 480 24 | and impressions; ready to follow in turn, today this flag, 481 14 | of the Church, "it is not forbidden to prefer temperate, popular 482 9 | world. Thus while the armed forces continue to engage in murderous 483 57 | vast and thorny ground of foreign relations. ~ 484 61 | anything else to close the door forever. ~ 485 93 | hearts in anguish, but not forgetful in their anguish, there 486 75 | the solidarity, too long forgotten, a solidarity not restricted 487 40 | specious appearance of a purely formal democracy may often serve 488 | former 489 74 | rise in peoples that have fought against each other, to a 490 | found 491 70 | poor family to its very foundations, but which, at the same 492 75 | peoples, but universal, founded on the intimate connection 493 [Title]| FOUR: THE CHURCH AS GUARDIAN 494 52 | could never hope to attain fully and securely if the light 495 11 | the blazing heat of the furnace that imprisons them, the 496 84 | Manger of Bethlehem to the furthest confines of the earth resounds 497 34 | above the others, and have gained power. ~ 498 85 | authority that cannot be gainsaid -- an authority and vigor 499 44 | experience shows beyond doubt -- gather within it a group of select 500 6 | on graveyards where are gathered the remains of victims in