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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
OCTOBER 1, 1955.
U. S. COLLABORATION WITH EUROPE
SHOULD BE FOUNDED ON SPIRITUAL
VALUES, POPE TELLS DELEGATES
By G. R. Brunst
(Radio, N.C.W.C. News Service)
ROME, Sept. 19 — True col
laboration between Europe and
America should be founded upon
spiritual values and be guided
by Christian truths, His Holiness
Pope Pius XII told the Congress
of European-American Associa
tions.
The Holy Father stressed that
collaboration requires a .more
solid basis than exchange of in
formation, merely intellectual
understanding, or a desire to ob
tain material advantages.
He urged the delegates to sti
mulate those influences that
promote the moral and spiritual
progress of Western peoples and
keep Western civilization from
declining into materialism.
Discussing American postwar
aid to Europe, the Pope said “we
should like to believe that these
measures—beyond their econom
ic significance and beyond the
eloquent testimony of interna
tional solidarity that they have
furnished—will prepare for the
unfolding of a higher conception
of men and human society.”
About a hundred distinguished
personalities from both sides of
the Atlantic attended an audi
ence at Castelgandolfo at which
the Pope spqke. They included
Prince Bernard of the Nether
lands, former French Premier
Georges Bidault, and Foreign
Minister Henri Spaak of Bel
gium.
Pointing out the need to base
genuine collaboration upon moral
and spiritual principles, Pius said
“the civilization of Western peo
ples cannot decline into a ma
terialism that at least implicitly
finds its ideal in the enjoyment
of the comforts of existence. On
the contrary it must dedicate it-
which are so bitterly opposed in
self to liberating spiritual values
many modern institutions.”
“If it is tpo evident that evil
degradation and destruction un
ceasingly attack the hearts of
individuals and the . consciences
of peoples, is it not necessary to
work in all branches of the
social structure ... to eliminate
demoralizing factors and all that
keeps alive egoism, the spirit of
pleasure and its' domination?”
the Pope asked.
“Certainly there are not lack
ing on both sides of the Atlantic
men anxious to meet as faith
fully as opssible the demands of
their conscience and to let just
ice and charity reign in their own
surroundings. It is they who
must act, and we believe that
basic Christian truths constitute
the force best capable of fur
nishing theoretical principles
and practical means for trans
forming this ideal into reality.”
The Pope told the association
members that it is their mission
to single out from the countless
and mixed influences fluctuat
ing between Europe and Amer
ica, those “that are truly eon-
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structive and prove themselves
mutually useful for the moral
and spiritual progress of peo
ples.”
In this manner, the Pontiff
continued, “we may hope to see
emerging more clearly the genu
ine countenance of man, not on
ly master over things but above
all master of himself and aware
of his individual and social
transcendent destiny as well as
his responsibilities as a creature
made in God’s image.”
Exhorting his listeners to work
for realization of this ideal, the
Pope said: “We are convinced
that the zealous members of
your association will know how
to find means for hastening the
hour of full mutual understand
ing between the United States
and the nations of Europe.”
He said that the Church re
joices at seeing so much zeal
and good will dedicated to
achieving an objective which on
the universal level she has made
her own. “The Church would
like to see the establishment of
similar exchanges among all
peoples and she recognizes in
the work you accomplish a sig
nificant stage toward that distant
goal,” he declared.
“May Christian charity, which
is the source of all understand
ing. and the enemy of pride and
self-complacency, stimulate your
work and assume its merited
success.”
The earlier part of the Pope’s
2,000-word address briefly re
viewed the history and purposes
of European-American associa
tions which seek to promote
closer cultural relations between
the United States and Europe.
He said the associations’ work
to provide better mutual knowl
edge and to combat misinforma
tion and prejudices greatly
furthers effective collaboration
between governments. At the
same time the promotion of tour
ist traffic and cultural relations
helps promote “an essential con
dition for concord — namely
respect for the characteristics of
each people.”
The'Pope then mentioned the
importance of scientific ex
changes through international
congresses and exchange pub
lications, and referred to the in
creased number of translations
available in various countries.
“But,” he continued, “neither
abundant and exact information,
nor purely intellectual under
standing suffices to assure true
collaboration. It requires a more
solid basis than a simple desire
to know or to obtain material
advantages ... It is necessary
to rise up to the pre-conditions
of the moral and spiritual or
der and to the principles that
govern the deep-seated attitudes
of individuals and peoples.”
Regarding American aid, the
Pope said: “Western nations
have appreciated the important
aid given them by America af
ter World War II which enabled
them to repair the considerable
damages they had suffered and
to re-equip and modernize their
industries. Nobody can fail to
recognize the great generosity
to which these interventions tes
tified.”
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