At noon of the day when the war was four years old, the mellow, undulant sound of Italian prose spread over the world. Pope Pius XII was before the Vatican microphone, admonishing the crowding Allies to be generous toward those less favored by the trend of war. Said His Holiness, in the heart of a 14-minute broadcast:
"We turn to all those whose task it is to promote agreement and harmony for peace . . . and say to them that real strength need have no fear of generosity. It has always the means...
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