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Tullio and his friends felled trees, cracked rocks and poured foundations. More & more people turned up to lend a hand. Some were prominent churchmen, like Dr. W. A. Visser 't Hooft, World Council of Churches secretary-general, who laid bricks, and Anglican Bishop Stephen Neill, who trundled wheelbarrows of stones. British judges, French attorneys, professional men from all over Europe worked side by side with 1,000-odd young men & women to build a village devoted to Christian labor and prayer...
Wider & Deeper. At least one Protestant leader welcomed the Vatican directive as a step-though not a very big one -in the right direction. Said the World Council of Churches' General Secretary Dr. W. A. Visser 't Hooft in Geneva: "The very fact that such a document is issued at all is a clear indication that the ecumenical movement has begun to make its influence felt among the clergy and laity of the Roman Catholic Church. We can only rejoice that such is the case." But he noted with regret that the directive "remains below the level reached...
...tenets of its faith can never be discussed with the least implication of compromise.* Therefore, Archbishop Michael contends, dogmatic discussions or official positions are now forbidden to priests of the Church of Greece. The World Council of Churches, he added, has already been informed through its general secretary, Willem Visser 't Hooft, of the decision...
...Void. The week-long meeting, the first of its kind, was called jointly by the World Council of Churches and the International Missionary Council, to discuss the position of the Protestant churches in Southern and Eastern Asia. In addition to General Secretary W. A. Visser 't Hooft of the World Council and the International Missionary Council's Chairman John A. Mackay, the meeting included five bishops (from the Philippines, India and Japan), and delegates from almost every country in Asia...
...conferees found nothing to feel smug about. "The imprint of Christian culture in Asia is lighter than the West assumes," said Visser 't Hooft. Said Dr. Mackay, president of Princeton Theological Seminary,' who has spent the past two months in the Far East: "There's a tremendous void in the heart of East Asia. The ancient religions are unable to explain the revolutionary changes that are taking place, or have no adequate ideas or attitudes with which to meet them...