For instance, in Pakistan and in some parts of Africa the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy was established; three Plenary Councils were held, in Indochina (1934), Australia (1937) and India (1950).

Pope Pius XII replied to attacks and persecutions in China with the following words: In our own time there are countries in the Far East, which are being purpled with martyrs' blood.

He wrote in Summi Pontificatus that a deeper appreciations into the various civilizations and their good qualities are necessary to the preaching of the Gospel of Christ.

His task in dealing with these peoples, who sometimes boast of a very old and highly developed culture of their own, is to teach and form them so that they are ready to accept willingly and in a practical manner the principles of Christian life and morality; principles, I might add, that fit into any culture, provided it be good and sound, and which give that culture greater force in safeguarding human dignity and in gaining human happiness.The Pope concluded his message by thanking the clergy and all the faithful to express to them particularly his gratitude for the personal and financial sacrifices for the missions.

“The human race is involved today in a supreme crisis, which will issue in its salvation by Christ, or in its dire destruction.