19 March 1937 A.D. Pope Pius XI’s Encyclical Divinis Redemptoris—Against Atheistic Communism
19 March 1937 A.D. Pope Pius XI’s Encyclical Divinis Redemptoris— Against Atheistic Communism Pius, Pope. “Divini Redemptoris.” Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 19 Mar 1937. http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_19031937_divini-redemptoris_en.html . Accessed 21 Aug 2014. DIVINI REDEMPTORIS ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XI ON ATHEISTIC COMMUNISM TO THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, BISHOPS, AND OTHER ORDINARIES IN PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE APOSTOLIC SEE. Venerable Brethren, Health and Apostolic Benediction. The promise of a Redeemer brightens the first page of the history of mankind, and the confident hope aroused by this promise softened the keen regret for a paradise which had been lost. It was this hope that accompanied the human race on its weary journey, until in the fullness of time the expected Savior came to begin a new universal civilization, the Christian civilization, far super...