Religion: Let the Tune Ring True

From war-wasted northern Norway came a ringing call to religious arms. Said Bishop Arne Fjellbu of the Norwegian State Church (Lutheran), in his first official statement since he returned from exile (TIME, Jan. 22):

"Although we have achieved freedom from our exterior enemies, the church will not ease up in this fight. We still have many enemies. The devil, the world and our own lust have assumed great power. . . . Liberation was accompanied by the burning and destruction of houses and homes, of everything the people needed to sustain life. In many places churches . . . have been destroyed....

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