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CATHOLIC CHURCH AND PANCHRISTIAN CONGRESS

It was stated semi-'offioially in Rome last month on behalf of the Vatican that tho ohly see has not given its adherence to the pan-Christian congress which it is proposed to hold soon, as the Catholip Church, considering her dogmatic character, could not join in the congress on an equal footing. The feeling of the Vatican, says . the semi-official expression, is that all the other denominations seceded from th'b Roman church, which descends directly from Christ, and that therefore Rome cannot go to them, it being for them to return to her bosom

■Tho Pope, the expression adds, i 9 ready to receive representatives of dissident churches .with open arms, as tho Roman church has always longed for tho -unification of al! Christian religions. Pope Leo X 111.,, it, is pointed out, was deeply interested in the questio, and wroto two famous encyclicals on the subject of the unification of the Christian churches. y

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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 134, 9 June 1919, Page 2

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CATHOLIC CHURCH AND PANCHRISTIAN CONGRESS Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 134, 9 June 1919, Page 2

CATHOLIC CHURCH AND PANCHRISTIAN CONGRESS Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 134, 9 June 1919, Page 2

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