Word: missions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...death of the old European order, which forced the Vatican to deal not with monarchs or heads of state but with the people, and to find new ways of reaching them. Above all, it was caused by Pius XII's insistence that the papacy had a mission to assert Christian truths about all phases of human life. The Pope delivered thousands of addresses to delegations from every imaginable trade, profession or calling-each address painstakingly composed by himself...
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 19--More U.S. troops pulled out of Lebanon Sunday after hearing a message from President Eisenhower that their mission was done. The United States hopes to move all its troops out of Lebanon...
...female theology students at Uppsala University were against having women in the pulpit. At week's end one candidate came forward-pretty, blonde Britta Olen, 30, daughter of a vicar and already fully qualified for ordination. Scheduled to be married by year's end and to do mission work in South Africa with her missionary husband, she hopes she will find a bishop to ordain her before she leaves...
Last week Ottawa made public its decision. External Affairs Secretary Sidney Smith marched to the General Assembly podium and put Canada squarely behind the U.S. resolution on Red China's ad mission. Said Smith: "Peace cannot be won by giving in to force. That is a lesson people of my generation have learned at heavy cost...
...purpose of Phillips Brooks House is simple: to Do Good. This mission may seem somewhat naive but there are still students who--old-fashioned enough to believe in the idea of helping others--give to the organization the largest enrollment of any University extra-curricular activity...