English Translation

The Soviet Wehrmacht is in the direction of Catholic-populated areas in front of Hungary and Romania, Poland and Lithuania. In the deeply Catholic Ita- lien the Soviet influence can already be felt. The cultural basis of Catholicism is severely threatened by the devastations of other European regions, how can the Curia engregate? The Pope thinks too soberly of his general appeals for peace in order to promise himself much of it. However, he does not want to waste his prestige with concrete proposals before the time. He has put forward the thesis that he can do nothing so long as he is not explicitly asked to do so by the warring parties or at least by one of the conflicting parties. The politics of the Curia, of course, is not so schematic and gramatic. She knows that besides the Soviet doctrine there is no room for Catholicism anymore. She considers the new Stalinian church policy to be moth washing. The Soviet Union is and remains for her the enemy No. l. Against this enemy she sees no bulwark other than the German Wehrmacht. The Curia, of course, does not expect any friendship from the National Socialism. The Italian clergy do not speak of affection for the Third Reich. However, the decisive monsignor is not guided by feelings, but by the mind. And the Pope himself adds friendly feelings for Germany. He believes that the German part in the life of the Catholic Church is indispensable. He does not only rely on Germany as a mechanical tool against the Soviet army. Papet is the first to use the word: he works for the Germans for six days, on the seventh he prays for their opponents. But the Curia sees the war situation this way: in the east the fate of Europe is decided. The Western powers pursue the course of the two great fighters with the desire to enter the arena as a referee as soon as the two are exhausted on the ground. The curia considers this recognition to be wrong. It says that if Germany and Soviet Russia were on the floor, there would not be an Anglo-American reorganization. But civil war and anarchy in gan's Europe, the longer the process takes, the safer, if Soviet Russia wins, the