On the third Christmas of his reign, Pope Pius XII for the third timeout lined in a worldwide Christmas broadcast five essential points fora just and durable peace. Somber and pessimistic in the face of thesteadily growing conflict, he proclaimed that there must be “no placefor” 1) any kind of aggression; 2) oppression of minorities; 3) anymonopoly of economic resources or raw materials; 4) total war orarmament races; 5) persecution of religion.