ADESTE FIDELIS

The first radio speech of the Pope shows how far this original Christian sect has advanced in three hundred years. The central point of the address is peace among individuals and nations. For final proof he uses the most ancient of Christian documents, but makes no distinctions between the different denominations and directs his speech toward the objective which governments have failed so dismally to attain.

When one harks back to the Council of Trent in which the church was rejuvenated on the platform of "war against heresy", the progressive attitude of the present Pope sems phenomenal, but the whole world has become tolerant and the Catholic church has had to follow. It never was a leader in this movement, nor has it yet sanctioned the liberal individualism of today. It remains a hierarchy based on dogma, but because of the broad-mindedness of its recent pontiffs has seemed to be in step with the times.

But however reactionary its organization may be, its support of World Peace as expressed in the Pope's recent encyclical and now in his first radio speech may be a great help in the solution of the most pressing international problem of the present day. Three hundred million people of the dominant race of the world will hear this speech as the voice of God. These people will not attempt to disobey this decree except under the gravest provocation. Coming at a time such as this when peace between classes and nations is being strained, it can be of great benefit and furnish to the Protestants an example to follow in their more individualistic way.