Speech #880051082

The Pontiff also entreats all to eliminate racism. In discussing economic and political rights. the encyclical strikes at the heart of Communist tyranny because. as we know. the Communists do not tolerate political and economic thoughts which are not in their interests. We have only to look at the stark reality of the Wall of Shame in Berlin to see the rights of men violated in contravention to that portion of the encyclical which states: Every human being has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the confines of his own country. and. when there are just reasons for it. the right to immigrate to other countries and take up residence. The Pontiff. in his encyclical. called attention to the problems confronting the entire worlds population. and he particularly noted with deep sorrow the enormous stocks of armaments that are being piled up. and in that portion of his encyclical devoted to disarmament. he called attention to the necessity for negotiations before the inevitable collision caused by the arms race. Here it seems to me was a voice of reason. a voice that did not take an extreme position and. although the Catholic church is militantly antiCommunist. its leader called for negotiations so that the world may have peace not only in our time. but in the future which we are all building for our children and our childrens children.