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1963/11/29 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thank you for your very kind letter of October 19th. I am sorry to have delayed in answering, but I |
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agrees to sign Belden's Pax Christi Plan / unreasonable nature of war and need for abolishment / Catholics and ecclesiastical authority / friendship with Archbishop Roberts and Norman Cousins / Merton can't promise activism because of his monastic life and some of his works censored / international arms agreement
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1964/05/09 |
TL[c] from Merton |
I want to answer your good letter as quickly as possible because if I leave it in the drawer my mind |
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Pax Christi / suggests Archbishop Roberts, S.J., who is involved in such issues for the Second Vatican Council; Fr. Bernard Häring, C.SS.R.; James Laughlin at New Directions for support; John Heidbrink at FOR for publication / in writing about war, not in touch with Rome - discouraged by institutional aspect
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