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...withhold further action until the delegates had more time to study the report was voted down. In an impassioned speech that brought tears to the eyes of women parishioners sitting in the gallery, Merriam accused the presbytery of taking unjust and ill-considered action against him. "Fathers and brethren," he cried, "you have judged us hastily, and you have judged us wrongly.'' The presbytery was unimpressed; the vote for rescinding the call got a larger majority than last month's ballot to remove Merriam from the pulpit...
...plays host to the U.N.'s traveling special committee on colonialism. The Emperor hopes that such hospitality will further his campaign for African leadership. Says one Cabinet minister: "We've been free the longest. It's our heritage and duty to lead our recently enlightened brethren into the modern age." Poverty & Corruption. But, as TIME Correspondent Lee Griggs reports, Ethiopia is not a likely candidate to lead any country into the modern age. Despite Haile Selassie's tentative efforts at reform, Ethiopia is still one of the most backward nations in Africa. Parliament rubber-stamps...
...reserved to the Pope-might well cause Catholics to "show more concern for the cares and worries of their religious leader." Moreover, the restoration of episcopal election could speed the course of ecumenicism: "A Catholic Church with a popularly elected hierarchy would unquestionably seem more inviting to our separated brethren in the Protestant and Orthodox churches, as well as to millions of believers who belong to no church but are attracted by democratic procedures...
...move closer to Rome's ultimate goal-"a union of all the baptized, all Christians, about 900 million of them"-the council will explore areas of practical cooperation between "the separated brethren" and the Roman Catholic Church. One area suggested by the cardinal was as timely as the afternoon headlines. "Imagine what it would mean to humanity," said the longtime confessor to Pope Pius XII, "if all Christians would march ahead completely united on the question of nuclear arms, disarmament and peace...
...North Vietnamese justify their involvement quite simply. Always having considered the division of the country temporary, the Communist regime regards the Diem government as a lack of American imperialism. By stressing that it is the duty of North Vietnam to liberate its brethren from the "fascism" of Diem, the nationalist strain of their commitment emerges along-side the Communist. But there is no doubt that Communism for all of Vietnam is the primary goal...