Guiding teaching of the Church in regards to Holy Crusade against Russian Communists - as taught by Pope Pius XII
and St. Thomas Aquinas
These following quotes come from publications about Pope Pius XII, which were used
by this author in his publication on this website The KGB murder of Pius XII.
Please read the following carefully in light of the false and heretical pacifistic "new doctrines" coming from the mouth of those who don't serve God and His Church but the devil instead....
If they would serve God and His Church, they would be publishing this themselves....
Holy Crusade against Russian communism - as it is imminent today - and as the Church has always taught...
Pope Pius XII stated the following in regards to a war in self-defense - Holy Crusade
["The Pope speaks" written by Michael Chinigo, Pantheon Books, NY, NY, 1957,
pages 325 - 327]:
"We, as head of the Church, have up to now avoided,
just as We did in previous cases, calling Christendom to a crusade.
We can, however, call for full understanding of the fact that, where religion is a vital living heritage, men do look upon the struggle unjustly forced on them by their enemy as a crusade.
If unpleasant realities force Us to set forth the terms of the struggle in clear language, no one can properly accuse Us of favoring the stiffening of opposing blocs, and still less of having in some fashion abandon that mission of peace which flows from Our apostolic office.
Rather, if we kept silence We would have to fear the judgment of God.
....
We are convinced that today, too, in face of an enemy determined to
impose on all peoples, in one way or another, a special and intolerable
way of life, only the unanimous and courageous behavior of all who love
the truth and the good can preserve peace, and will preserve it.
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Present day conditions, which find no counterparts in the past, should be clear to
everyone. There is no longer room for doubt concerning aims and methods which
rely on tanks, when these latter noisily crash over borders, sowing death in order
to force civilian peoples into a pattern of life they explicitly detest; when,
destroying, as it were, the stages of possible negotiation and mediation, the threat
is made of using atomic weapons to gain certain demands, be they justified or not.
It is clear that in the present circumstances a situation may arise in a nation
wherein, after every effort to avoid war has been expended in vain, war - for
effective self-defense and with the hope of favorable outcome against unjust
attack - could not be considered unlawful.
Pope Pius XII in his radio message on the occasion of The Crowing of Our Lady of Fatima,
May 13, 1946 said the following [Brother Frere Michel of the Sainte Trinite, "The Whole Truth about Fatima" (later "TWTF"), Vol. III, pg. 97]:
"In this decisive hour of history, just as the kingdom of evil, deploying an infernal
strategy, uses every means and unleashes all its forces to destroy faith, morals, and
the kingdom of God; so also the children of light, the children of God must
make use of everything, and all be employed in defending them, if we
do not want to witness a ruin infinitely more grave and more disastrous than all
the material ruins accumulated by the war.
In this battle there can be neither neutral nor the undecided. What is needed is a
Catholicism which is enlightened, convinced, without fear, a Catholicism of faith
and action, of feelings and works, in private as well as in public...
Pius XII also on June 11, 1939 received General Franco and 3000 of the Spanish Crusaders in
the Vatican, on this occasion the Pope spoke to them these words [Doc. Pont. 1939, pg. 124 -
125, quoted in "TWTF", Vol. II, pg. 776 - 777]:
"Welcome, leaders, officers and soldiers of Catholic Spain, you,
our dearest children who have given your Father immense consolation.
We are happy to see in you proven, courageous and loyal defenders
of your country's faith and civilization.
As We said to you in Our radio message, you 'have known how
to sacrifice yourselves even unto heroism for the
defense of the inalienable rights of God and religion'.
As We see you before us, covered with the glory
acquired by your Christian valor, our thoughts go
especially to your companions who fell on the field of battle.....
....And God has willed that this magnificent thought spring up from
your heart, which is generous with two great loves:
the love of religion, which guarantees for you eternal happiness of
the soul, and the love of country, which procures for you honorable
well-being in the present life.
These two loves kindled the fire of enthusiasm in
you and finally assured the brilliant triumph of
Christian ideal and victory....
...We grant you, you and the people you bear in your thoughts or in
your hearts, the Generalissimo and his faithful collaborators....your
families and all the faithful of Catholic Spain, Our apostolic blessing...."
Teaching of St. Thomas
Aquinas - Summa Theologica
(Benziger Bros.
edition, 1947)
Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
Objection 1: It seems that vengeance is not lawful. For whoever usurps what is God's sins.
But vengeance belongs to God, for it is written (Dt. 32:35, Rm. 12:19): "Revenge to Me, and I
will repay." Therefore all vengeance is unlawful.
Reply to Objection 1: He who takes vengeance on the wicked in keeping with his rank and
position does not usurp what belongs to God but makes use of the power granted him by
God. For it is written (Rm. 13:4) of the earthly prince that "he is God's minister, an avenger to
execute wrath upon him that doeth evil." If, however, a man takes vengeance outside the
order of divine appointment, he usurps what is God's and therefore sins.
Objection 2: Further, he that takes vengeance on a man does not bear with him. But we ought
to bear with the wicked, for a gloss on Cant 2:2, "As the lily among the thorns," says: "He is not
a good man that cannot bear with a wicked one." Therefore we should not take vengeance on
the wicked.
Reply to Objection 2: The good bear with the wicked by enduring
patiently, and in due manner, the wrongs they themselves
receive from them: but they do not bear with them as to
endure the wrongs they inflict on God and their neighbor.
For Chrysostom [*Cf. Opus Imperfectum, Hom. v in Matth., falsely ascribed to St.
Chrysostom] says: "It is praiseworthy to be patient under our own
wrongs, but to overlook God's wrongs is most wicked."
Objection 3: Further, vengeance is taken by inflicting punishment, which is the cause of
servile fear. But the New Law is not a law of fear, but of love, as Augustine states (Contra
Adamant. xvii). Therefore at
least in the New Testament all vengeance is unlawful.
Reply to Objection 3: The law of the Gospel is the law of love, and therefore those who do
good out of love, and who alone properly belong to the Gospel, ought not to be terrorized by
means of punishment, but only those who are not moved by love to do good, and who,
though they belong to the Church
outwardly, do not belong to it in merit.
Objection 4: Further, a man is said to avenge himself when he takes revenge for wrongs
inflicted on himself. But, seemingly, it is unlawful even for a judge to punish those who have
wronged him: for Chrysostom [*Cf. Opus Imperfectum, Hom. v in Matth., falsely ascribed to
St. Chrysostom] says: "Let us learn after Christ's example to bear our own wrongs with
magnanimity, yet not to suffer God's wrongs, not even by listening to them." Therefore
vengeance seems to be unlawful.
Reply to Objection 4:
Sometimes a wrong done to a person reflects on God and the
Church: and then it is the duty of that person to avenge the
wrong.
For example, Elias made fire descend on those who were come to seize him (4 Kgs. 1);
likewise Eliseus cursed the boys that mocked him (4 Kgs. 2); and Pope Sylverius
excommunicated those who sent him into exile (XXIII, Q. iv, Cap. Guilisarius).
But in so far as the wrong inflicted on a man affects his person, he should bear it patiently
if this be expedient. For these precepts of patience are to be understood as referring to
preparedness of the mind, as
Augustine states (De Serm. Dom. in Monte i).
Objection 5: Further, the sin of a multitude is more harmful
than the sin of only one: for it is
written (Ecclus. 26:5-7): "Of three things my heart hath been afraid . . . the accusation of a city,
and the gathering together of the people, and a false calumny." But vengeance should not be
taken on the sin of a multitude, for a gloss on Mt. 13:29,30, "Lest perhaps . . . you root up the
wheat . . . suffer both to grow," says that "a multitude should not be excommunicated, nor
should the sovereign." Neither therefore is any other vengeance lawful.
On the contrary, We should look to God for nothing save what is good and lawful. But we are
to look to God for vengeance on His enemies: for it is written (Lk. 18:7): "Will not God revenge
His elect who cry to Him day and night?" as if to say: "He will indeed." Therefore vengeance
is not essentially evil and unlawful.
I answer that, Vengeance consists in the infliction of a penal evil on one who has sinned. Accordingly, in the matter of vengeance, we must consider the mind of the avenger. For if his intention is directed chiefly to the evil of the person on whom he takes vengeance and rests there, then his vengeance is altogether unlawful: because to take pleasure in another's evil belongs to hatred, which is contrary to the charity whereby we are bound to love all men. Nor is it an excuse that he intends the evil of one who has unjustly inflicted evil on him, as neither is a man excused for hating one that hates him: for a man may not sin against another just because the latter has already sinned against him, since this is to be overcome by evil, which was forbidden by the Apostle, who says (Rm. 12:21): "Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good."
If, however, the avenger's intention be directed chiefly to some good, to be obtained by means of the punishment of the person who has sinned (for instance that the sinner may amend, or at least that he may be restrained and others be not disturbed, that justice may be upheld, and God honored), then vengeance may be lawful, provided other due circumstances be observed
Reply to Objection 5: When the whole multitude sins, vengeance
must be taken on them, either in respect of the whole multitude---thus the
Egyptians were drowned in the Red Sea while they were pursuing the children of Israel (Ex.
14), and the people of Sodom were entirely destroyed (Gn. 19)---or as regards part of the
multitude, as may be seen in the punishment of those who worshipped the calf.
Sometimes, however, if there is hope of many making amends, the severity of vengeance
should be brought to bear on a few of the principals, whose punishment fills the rest with
fear; thus the Lord (Num 25) commanded the princes of the people to be hanged for the sin
of the multitude.
On the other hand, if it is not the whole but only a part of the multitude that has sinned, then
if the guilty can be separated from the innocent, vengeance should be wrought on them:
provided, however, that this can be done without scandal to others; else the multitude should
be spared and severity foregone. The same applies to the sovereign, whom the multitude
follow.
For his sin should be borne with, if it cannot be punished without scandal to the
multitude: unless indeed his sin were such, that it would do more harm to the multitude,
either spiritually or temporally, than would the scandal that was feared to arise from his
punishment.
And one last quote from Pope Pius XII - this is about whether he read the 3rd Secret of Fatima
- and it is clear, by other corresponding facts and his own anti-communist actions opposing
these Russian communist criminals and warning for many years to come the Church children
what to do about it, that not only Pius XII has read the 3rd secret, contrary to what now the
"Fatima experts" would assert, but His Holiness wanted to make it known to the Catholic
faithful.....and as we now know, it was not meant to be....
There is a clear confirmation that Pius XII did read the 3rd Secret of Fatima.
It comes from His Eminence Richard Cardinal Cushing who in his book "Pope Pius XII",
pg. photo comment section quotes one sentence from Pius XII on the day of his death on
October 9, 1958 to the people who were kneeling at his bed:
"Pray!
Pray that this regretful situation
for the Church will soon end...."
This comes at the time when there was absolutely no visible or even foreseen danger to the Church - that is the Church was still visibly doing her functions as she has always done....
Why would, if he didn't read the 3rd Secret, Pope Pius XII say something so alarming as this ?
He read it and had to pay the ultimate price for it.....
Ant the last quote comes from Sister Lucia dos Santos, the Fatima seer, and it is most fitting to include it here - specially to warn those who would dare to oppose, misrepresent, lie about and also continue to remain in silence about this Russian communist enslavement threat - and all those also who would dare, in front of God Almighty and His Church, to proclaim they will not defend God and His Church against His enemies in battle when they come to destroy, desecrate and put the Catholic faithful under the satanic yoke of communism, to all these I'd like to dedicate the following quote ["TWTF", Vol. I, pg. 181]:
[Taken from Sister Lucy's memoirs...ed. note]:
As Our Lady spoke these last words [ed. note - the Fatima apparition on July 13, 1917], She opened Her hands once more, as She had done during the two previous months.
The rays of light seemed to penetrate the earth, and we saw as it were a sea of fire. Plunged in this fire were demons and souls in human form, like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, floating about in the conflagration, now raised into the air by the flames that issued from within themselves together with great clouds of smoke, now falling back on every side like sparks in huge fires, without weight or equilibrium, amid shrieks and groans of pain and despair, which horrified us and made us tremble with fear.
[It must have been this sight which caused me to cry out, as people say they heard me].
The demons could be distinguished by their terrifying and repellent likeness to frightful and unknown animals, black and transparent like burning coals.....
[More quotes will be added soon....]