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Ruthlessness in Colombia (Cont...
...Colombia incidents are very unfortunate, and no Christian church would condone such violence...
...Death has become commonplace in Colombia," said a well-informed U.S. traveler returning from Bogota last week. "The words assassination and murder are bandied about with no more emotion than we talk of beans, butter & bread...
Hope rose last week for a truce in Colombia's bitter religious strife. A Colombian Catholic, José Maria Chaves, 29, now teaching at Queens College, New York, and worried about anti-Protestant violence in his homeland, suggested a formula for peace. Its gist: Protestants should agree to a missionary quota, stop publicizing persecution unless new attacks occur, limit preaching to churches, avoid attacking Catholic dogmas and priests. The Roman Catholic Church and the pro-Catholic government should agree to denounce and punish anti-Protestant assaults, guarantee freedom of worship...
...Bogotá, Foreign Minister Juan Uribe Holguin promised a government statement on Chaves' plan. Most Colombia Protestants seemed likely to support it, though a few sects might demand complete freedom or martyrdom. Colombia's Catholic hierarchy would probably cast the decisive vote for or against tolerance...