Word: romes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pleaded in the House of Commons last week for an initial town-planning appropriation of $2½ million. Ottawa, said he, should be to Canada what London is to England, Paris to France, Washington to the U.S. For good measure, he rang in the Athens of Pericles and the Rome of the Caesars. His clincher: "Canada may have a future greater than that of the countries I have mentioned . . .* It has possibilities of development that no other country begins to possess...
...which the Church of Rome will send an official "observer...
From the Vatican last month came a strongly worded warning to Roman Catholics: they must not participate in religious conferences, prayers or worship with non-Catholics, without special permission from Rome. As the Protestant world prepared for this summer's great conference of 140-odd church groups in Amsterdam,* the repercussions still rumbled...
...increase the scandal of Christian disunity by making the cleavage between Protestant and Catholic sharper than ever. But others, like Italian Waldensian Leader Jean Gonnet, felt that the Vatican would be just as happy about the Protestant movement toward unity as the most ecumenically minded Protestant. Said Professor Gonnet: "Rome is well pleased to see other Christians marching towards unity, because in her opinion this will inevitably lead to a return to the fold under one sole shepherd-the Pope...
Lloyd C. Douglas' continuous bestseller, The Robe (about early Christians in ancient Rome), was again announced for production; Maxwell Anderson would write the script; Gregory Peck would surely play the lead. In London, Producer Anthony Havelock-Allan (Great Expectations') thought of filming the life of St. Paul. Both Greta Garbo and Lana Turner were reportedly under serious consideration for Madame Bovary...