Three of the world's leading churchmen discussed one of the world's great moral questions last week, came to conclusions which, while different, were far from violently so. The question: how should the aggressor nations be treated in defeat?
Catholicism's Pius XII* spoke of the Reich, where he had served long years on diplomatic missions. Said he: "[I will] follow developments of postwar Germany with love and, if necessary will give her . . . help."
The Church of England's second ranking hierarch, the Archbishop of York, spoke too of Germany. In June he had cried: "We are fighting against cruelty, tyranny and treachery...
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