Religion: Protesting Protestants

Across the U.S., an organized Protestant drive to block the appointment of an ambassador to the Vatican was getting into high gear. Items last week: ¶ In Atlanta, the general board of the National Council of Churches (29 Protestant and Eastern Orthodox religious groups) named a six-man committee to help channel grass-roots opposition, make sure it reaches the ears of Congress.* ¶ On the West Coast, Author Paul (American Freedom and Catholic Power) Blanshard was in the midst of a nationwide tour with a party of speakers representing a militant organization with the nonstop name, Protestants and Other Americans United...

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