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In the Christmas Radio Messages of Pope Pius XII¹⁶⁰ Cf. Pius XII, Christmas Radio Messages: on peace and the international order, 1939, AAS 32AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 32 (1940) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1940), 5-13; 1940, AAS 33AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 33 (1941) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1941), 5-14; 1941, AAS 34AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 34 (1942) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1942), 10-21; 1945, AAS 38AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 38 (1946) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1946), 15-25; 1946, AAS 39AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 39 (1947) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1947), 7-17; 1948, AAS 41AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 41 (1949) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1949), 8-16; 1950, AAS 43AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 43 (1951) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1951), 49-59; 1951, AAS 44AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 44 (1952) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1952), 5-15; 1954, AAS 47AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 47 (1955) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1955), 15-28; 1955, AAS 48AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 48 (1956) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1956), 26-41; on the order within nations, 1942, AAS 35AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 35 (1943) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1943), 9-24; on democracy, 1944, AAS 37AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 37 (1945) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1945), 10-23; on the function of Christian civilization, 1 September 1944, AAS 36AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 36 (1944) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1944), 249-258; on making a return to God in generosity and brotherhood, 1947, AAS 40AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 40 (1948) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1948), 8-16; on the year of the great return and of great forgiveness, 1949, AAS 42AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 42 (1950) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1950), 121-133; on the depersonalization of man, 1952, AAS 45AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 45 (1953) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1953), 33-46; on the role of progress in technology and peace among peoples, 1953, AAS 46AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 46 (1954) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1954), 5-16., together with other important interventions in social matters, Magisterial reflection on a new social order guided by morality and law, and focusing on justice and peace, become deeper. His pontificate covered the terrible years of the Second World War and the difficult years of reconstruction. He published no social encyclicals but in many different contexts he constantly showed his concern for the international order, which had been badly shaken. “During the war and the post-war period, for many people of all continents and for millions of believers and nonbelievers, the social teaching of Pope Pius XII represented the voice of universal conscience. ... With his moral authority and prestige, Pope Pius XII brought the light of Christian wisdom to countless men of every category and social level”¹⁶¹ Congregation for Catholic Education, Guidelines for the Study and Teaching of the Church's Social Doctrine in the Formation of Priests, 22, Vatican Polyglot Press, Rome 1988, p. 25.. One of the characteristics of Pope Pius XII's interventions is the importance he gave to the relationship between morality and law. He insisted on the notion of natural law as the soul of the system to be established on both the national and the international levels. Another important aspect of Pope Pius XII's teaching was his attention to the professional and business classes, called to work together in a special way for the attainment of the common good. “Due to his sensitivity and intelligence in grasping the ‘signs of the times', Pope Pius XII can be considered the immediate precursor of Vatican Council II and of the social teaching of the Popes who followed him”¹⁶² Congregation for Catholic Education, Guidelines for the Study and Teaching of the Church's Social Doctrine in the Formation of Priests, 22, Vatican Polyglot Press, Rome 1988, p. 25..