Papal Legate calls to Austrians:

`MAKE VIENNA
A CITY OF GOD'
TENS of thousands of people from the plains and valleys and mountains of Austria have gone into Vienna—ringed by Sovietoccupied territory—to join the Catholics in the capital in the first National Catholic Congress for 19 years.
The bells from every church in the country rang in the ceremonies on the first evening—a prelude to many ceremonies and meetings whose general theme is "Freedom and the Dignity of Man."
Because Vienna is behind the Iron Curtain—though under Four-Power control—and because a man standing on the hills overlooking the capital can look into Communist-dominated Hungary and Czechoslovakia, special significance is seen in a message by the Papal Legate, Cardinal lnnitzer, calling upon the Catholics of Austria to rebuild war-torn Vienna as a City of God.
"Let us build the City of God in Austria. in Vienna; by joining our forces and co-operating more and more closely; in our prayers and sacrifices. in our daily work, in our thanksgiving and our festive occasions.
Evening Mass
"If we do so. the day will come when many who have turned away their eyes and their minds from this ancient metropolis will realise that its gates are wide open, appealing to them all to join us in venerating the I.amb who taketh away the sins of the world.
"Thus, with joy and gratitude in my heart, I welcome you all to this city of Vienna; this city which is God's property, as are all places and all things. all peoples and every human being on earth."
Pontifical Mass in the evening in St. Stephen's Cathedral, now rebuilt after having been partially destroyed in the closing days of the war. marked the formal opening of the Katholikentag. Cardinal lnnitzer, Archbishop of Vienna, presided as Papal Legate.
On the evening before, Cardinal Innitzer was solemnly welcomed by authorities of Church and State as he crossed the Austrian border on his return from Rome, where, a few days earlier, he had received from the Pope his commission as Legate.
Wherever his train stopped en route to the capital crowds gathered to honour him. On his arrival in Vienna he was greeted by Austria's President. Dr. Koerner, and members of the Government, headed by Chancellor Fig1.
Famous victory
Outstanding events of the Katholikentag are Mass on the Kalflenberg, the hill overlooking Vienna, where 269 years ago Jan Sobrieski, King of Poland, won the famous battle that ended the siege of Vienna by the Turks, and saved all Europe, and a Pontifical Mass in the Vienna stadium for the victims of persecution all over the world.
The Katholikentag reaches its climax' on Sunday, when Cardinal lnnitzer will preach at Pontifical Mass in St. Stephen's Cathedral, and attend later a mass meeting in the city hall square to hear a broadcast message by the Holy Father.