AAS 41 (1949), p. 369
Henee it becomes ali the more necessary and urgent that the rulers
of States and peoples, who recognize in the supremacy of the spirit over
matter one of the fundamental laws of their existence and the groundwork
of their hopes for the future, should join their forces of individual
and collective vigilance to stem the tide of materialism, which must
needs overflow in the spirit of violence and servitude, by erecting the
barrage required to keep the moral patrimony of mankind intact.
In this spiritual alliance of those who are opposed, out of intimate
convinction and conscience, to the domination of the spirit by the forces
of matter and violence, Divine Providence has assigned to the country
of Your Excellency a position of grave responsibility, but also one rieh
in distinction and in promise of success.
God grant that the new State of India, in point of effective and lasting
accomplishment, may measure up to the expectations and high hopes of
the world!
Such must indeed be Our trust as We heartily reciprocate the good
wishes of the Indian Government and people brought to Us by Your
Excellency. We give you the assurance likewise, at the outset of your
exalted mission, that you may count upon Our constant understanding
and support in all matters designed to develop and strengthen the officiai
relations begun under such happy auspices.
rv
Ad Excmum Virum Saldivar Iulianum Augustum Paraguayanas Reipublicae
Legatum extra ordinem liberis cum mandatis, Summo Pontifici
Litteras publicas porrigentem*
Señor Ministro :
Al recibir las Cartas Credenciales, por las que Vuestra Excelencia
queda constituido primer Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario
de su noble país ante esta Sede Apostólica, Nos parece que
vemos llegar a su feliz término y remate aquellas relaciones diplomáticas
entre esta Sede de Pedro y la República del Paraguay, que, en los
tiempos modernos, tuvieron sus comienzos en 1920, llevaron luego en 1941
a la apertura de una Nunciatura permanente en Asunción y condujeron,
por fin, en 1948 a la erección de esta Legación.
Habría que subir mucho más lejos, como Vuestra Excelencia acaba
de hacer, si se quisiera recordar la primera presencia de la Iglesia ca-
* Habita die 12 Iulii mensis a. 1949.
25 - ACTA, vol. XVI, n. 9. — 16-8-949.
of States and peoples, who recognize in the supremacy of the spirit over
matter one of the fundamental laws of their existence and the groundwork
of their hopes for the future, should join their forces of individual
and collective vigilance to stem the tide of materialism, which must
needs overflow in the spirit of violence and servitude, by erecting the
barrage required to keep the moral patrimony of mankind intact.
In this spiritual alliance of those who are opposed, out of intimate
convinction and conscience, to the domination of the spirit by the forces
of matter and violence, Divine Providence has assigned to the country
of Your Excellency a position of grave responsibility, but also one rieh
in distinction and in promise of success.
God grant that the new State of India, in point of effective and lasting
accomplishment, may measure up to the expectations and high hopes of
the world!
Such must indeed be Our trust as We heartily reciprocate the good
wishes of the Indian Government and people brought to Us by Your
Excellency. We give you the assurance likewise, at the outset of your
exalted mission, that you may count upon Our constant understanding
and support in all matters designed to develop and strengthen the officiai
relations begun under such happy auspices.
rv
Ad Excmum Virum Saldivar Iulianum Augustum Paraguayanas Reipublicae
Legatum extra ordinem liberis cum mandatis, Summo Pontifici
Litteras publicas porrigentem*
Señor Ministro :
Al recibir las Cartas Credenciales, por las que Vuestra Excelencia
queda constituido primer Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario
de su noble país ante esta Sede Apostólica, Nos parece que
vemos llegar a su feliz término y remate aquellas relaciones diplomáticas
entre esta Sede de Pedro y la República del Paraguay, que, en los
tiempos modernos, tuvieron sus comienzos en 1920, llevaron luego en 1941
a la apertura de una Nunciatura permanente en Asunción y condujeron,
por fin, en 1948 a la erección de esta Legación.
Habría que subir mucho más lejos, como Vuestra Excelencia acaba
de hacer, si se quisiera recordar la primera presencia de la Iglesia ca-
* Habita die 12 Iulii mensis a. 1949.
25 - ACTA, vol. XVI, n. 9. — 16-8-949.