Datis nuperrime

The encyclical Datis nuperrime, from 1 November 1956 will of Pope Pius XII. issued just days after the publication of the encyclical Luctuosissimi eventus. The new circular is a " lamentation over the sorrowful events in Hungary and a condemnation of the ruthless use of armed forces ".

The bloodshed had not met complained Pius XII, instead disseminated in the towns and villages of Hungary, this murder have now again foreign armed to enslavement by the power, the desire for peace and freedom have in Hungary ( Hungarian national uprising note). powers out. The Pope sorry his helplessness, he could only regret these events and condemn. All Catholics and free nations fulfill the oppression with deepest grief and indignation.

Bloodshed and violence would not lead to peace and would never be tolerated. On the contrary, he exhort all people to return to all classes and societies to peace based on justice, freedom and love. Pius XII. compares these acts of violence, to the Hungarian people, with the fratricide from the Old Testament, for the words: " What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground out " (Gen. 4:10), are relevant to the present day.