own hearts sympathy for the thousands of unfortunates who have been castigated, tortured and  
ruined because of a dictator's insane hate and venom.
 
 
 
Events abroad indicate in no uncertain terms the great stake which religion must play in the   
preservation of democracy against the savage and merciless inroads of Fascism, Naziism and   
Communism. These ideologies exclude the virtues of Christianity- faith, hope and charity,   
benevolence and brotherly love- those virtues which are the very basis of our moral code.
 
 
 
The unbroken tradition of the Holy see with respect to international peace   
has been worthily continued to the present by the lamented supreme Pontiff  
 Pius XI, who, in his allocution on peace in 1930, condemned in strongest terms "hard and selfish  
 nationalism" and to the hour of his death courageously stood firm against every policy  
that threatened peace by undermining the principles of Justice and charity in relations among   
nations. The present Supreme Pontiff Pius XII, in the brief space that has elapsed since his   
elevation to the highest office in the Catholic Church, already has given eloquent evidence