In his Whitsuntide address the Holy Father, Pius XII, lurcher developed the principles of the Right Christian Order for Society. To the Five Peace Points concerning the relations that must exist between states he adds the principles—the Christian view of the Family, Property, and Labour—needed for the internal order of the State. ‘These are the principles, conceptions and rules under which we may co-operate as from now on in the future organisation of that New Order for the birth of which out of the dreadful effervescence of the present struggle, the world is waiting and wishing.’ We have the Holy Father’s authority for making our effort in the present struggle positive in character, not simply to slay the ‘Beast from the Abyss,’ but also to re-fashion a healthier countryside than the one in which it made its appearance. This effort towards reconstruction should be identified with our war-effort to give the latter real driving force. Catholics are rightly urged to co-operate with all sincere Christians in working and fighting for a happier state of society. And we may, to that extent, welcome less clear pronouncements from the representatives of Protestant States. Thus President Roosevelt declared: ‘To-day the whole world is divided between human slavery and human freedom, between pagan Brutality and the Christian ideal. We choose human freedom, which is the Christian ideal.’ And Mr. Eden, stating the British war aims for the first time, claimed that ‘only our victory can restore, both to Europe and to the world, that freedom which is our heritage from centuries of Christian civilisation and that security which alone can make possible the betterment of man’s lot upon the earth.’