Thursday, April 14, 2011

Pope Benedict XV's Peace Proposal and President Wilson's Fourteen Points

Wilson's 14 Points are well know. Less well known is Pope Benedict XV's peace proposal. Their similarities are somewhat striking

Click here for the text of Pope Benedict's Proposal dated August 1, 1917

and

Click here for the text of President Wilson's Fourteen Points dated January 8, 1918

Notice any similarities?