THE POPE'S OPPORTUNITY
[To the Editor of TIRE SPECTATOR.] Snt,—The Archbishop of Westminster, in his letter in The Times of the 28rd, says he " has direct personal knowledge that Pope Pius XI continues working and striving for peace." Is not this a God-given opportunity for His Holiness ? If he would but pronounee a war against Abyssinia to be " unholy " and that it were a sin ter any Roman Catholic to take part in it, and would instruct his priests to preach this from every pulpit and use to this end the wideSpread influence they wield over their flecks, and. would be prepared to face the direst consequences—possibly the deprivation of his temporal power in Italy or even martyrdom like the saints of old, would not even Mussolini's will to war be paralysed ? Will His Holiness dare this 2—Yours obediently,
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