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Pope to Bless Wireless

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 30, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 64.

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Pope to Bless Wireless

THE Scriptures speak of increase of knowledge as a sign of the last days; and on all sides we see the evident fulfillment of this prophecy in the multiplication of inventions, one of the latest of which is wireless telegraphy. We do not doubt that this will prove a means in God's hands of forwarding the third angel's message.
The public press brings the news that this invention is to be officially blessed by the Pope. We quote from the New York Times of December 14:—
Vatican circles announce that the Pope is preparing to bless wireless telegraphy officially, thus restoring the ancient custom of the church to bless inventions which confer great benefits on humanity.
It seems very strange indeed to think of the Pope's blessing the wireless. The Papacy has always opposed the advance of human knowledge. It condemned Galileo's theory that the earth and the other planets revolved around the sun, and made him recant. It has hindered investigation in many lines by placing books on the Index or by destroying them entirely.