Treachery?

Who to? All over Europe and Asia the Communists proved to be the most faithful patriots in the recent war against Fascism—at a time when, we might add, Christians like Petain. Degrelle, Quisling, Cardinal Innitzer and Archbishop Stepinac were selling their nations with a cover-up of smooth verbiage reminiscent of nothing so much as the kiss of Judas Iscarlot. You are quite right to interrupt me by denying that the rank and file of Christians followed this line. But this was rather because they were rank and file than because they were Christians. And they were no enemies of Communism—they did not find it treacherous. Writes Rev. D. A. Garnsey, General Secretary of the Australian Student Christian Movement: "At meetings of the World Student Christian Federation in Europe in 1946 I met many members and leaders of the Resistance movement. Co-operation between Catholic, Protestant. Jew, Communist, patriot and democrat was a striking feature of their story. A similar militant unity of men of goodwill is much needed today if tryranny and disorder are to be overcome in peace-lime . . . Christians must see that it is not prejudice, ignorance or cowardice on their part which prevents such co-operation."