1944 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE. Pope Pius XII. Addressed to the People of the Entire World on the Subject of Democracy and a Lasting Peace. 1. "But when the goodness and kindness of God our Saviour appeared" (St. Paul's Epistle to Titus, Chap. 3, 4th verse). 2.

Pope Pius XII's 1942 Christmas address was a speech delivered by Pope Pius XII over Vatican Radio on Christmas 1942. It is notable for its denunciation of the extermination of people on the basis of race, and followed the commencement of the Nazi Final Solution program to exterminate the Jews of Europe.

May this Christmas Message of Ours, addressed to all those who are animated by a good and generous heart, encourage and increase the legions of these social crusades in every nation. And may God deign to give to their peaceful cause the victory of which their noble enterprise is worthy.

Broadcast of Pope Pius XII . Christmas, 1942 . Beloved children throughout the world! As the Feast of Christmas recurs year by year the message of the crib of Bethlehem sounds in Christian ears with accents of a holy joy which is ever new and ever finds a tender echo in Christian hearts; it is the message of Jesus, light amidst the darkness.

Dec 24, 2023 · Pope Pius XII's Christmas address of 1942 called Christians to be the crusaders and guiding lights in the darkness of the secular world. Even a brief excerpt...

Jan 31, 2019 · 1944 Christmas message of Pope Pius XII.Addressed to the people of the entire world on the subject of democracy and a lasting peace. posted on 2019-01-31, 16:00 authored by Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958.

Pope Pius XII's 1942 Christmas address was a speech delivered by Pope Pius XII over Vatican Radio on Christmas 1942. It is notable for its denunciation of the extermination of people on the basis of race, and followed the commencement of the Nazi Final Solution program to exterminate the Jews of Europe.

On Christmas Day 1942, as the Holocaust was raging, the New York Times published an editorial on the heroics of Pope Pius XII. Here is a selection from that statement that ran 70 years ago: “No Christmas sermon reaches a larger congregation than the message Pope Pius XII addresses to a war-torn world at this season.

Dec 22, 2010 · Some say that Pope Pius XII did not do enough to save the Jews from the Holocaust, but as I reflect on his Christmas message of 1942, I believe this pope took a courageous, public stand on behalf of freedom and justice for all.

1942 Christmas Message of Pius XII Throughout the summer and autumn of 1942 Allied diplomats immured within the Vatican had been exerting pressure on Pius XII to issue a public protest against German atrocities against civilian populations and, in …