The New Pope.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 February 1922, Page 3

The New Pope.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION (Rtceived This Day at 10.15 a.m.) | LONDON, Feb. 7. : The “Figaro” declared Ratti will devote all his efforts to bring universal • peace, a task in which politicians have failed. Perhaps human calculations are incompetent to ensure peace, which may come not from chancellories, but from the human heart, under divine influence. A real, universal crisis is not caused by poverty and ruin, but weakness and discouragement of the boul.

AN IMPORTANT MOVE. “ TIIE TIMES ” SERVICE (Received This Day at 12.25 p.m,) LONDON, Feb. 7. The “Times” says the Pope’s action in personally blessing the people from the balcony has enormous political importance. It is the first public appearance of the Pope since 1870, and lias brought a solution of the Roman question nearer than ever before.

THE POPE’S BLESSING

reuter’s telegrams

[Received This Dnv at 1.30 p.m.) ROME, Feb. 7. The Secretary of the Conclave in a communique says Pius XI while making every reservation in favour of the invisible rights of the Church and Holy See which rights lie has sworn to defend, has given his first blessing frbm an exterior balcony overlooking the square of St Peters, in the special intention that the blessing should be addressed, not only to those present, not only to those people of Rome and Italy, but to all nations and all peoples, and that it should bring to the whole world that universal pacification we all so ardently desire.