In their chalet headquarters at Geneva last week, 14 top leaders of the World Council of Churches met for one of the most exciting meetings in the council's ten-year history. Cause of the stir: Pope John's dramatic announcement of an ecumenical council in 1961 or 1962 (TIME, Feb. 9), which will examine the question of Christian unity and may well include Protestant observers. The problem before the council: On what terms can other Christians meet with Roman Catholicism in the face of its insistence that it is the only true Christian church?
For five days behind closed doors, the World Council's...
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