The Archive · 1941

Pope's Five Peace Points Endorsed

Accepted by Officials of Church in England After Motion by Cardinal London, May 11

A resolution endorsing the new famous ten-point letter to "The Times" signed by the Archbishops of York and Canterbury and Cardinal Hinsley, together with Walter Armstrong, Moderator of the Free Church Federal Council, which accepted in toto the five peace points laid down by the Pope on December 21, was moved by Cardinal Hinsley and seconded by the Protestant Bishop of Chichester, Doctor G. K. A. Bell, at a vast meeting in London yesterday afternoon, Dr, Bell suggested that the Christian leaders in Germany, Italy and America be approached to ascertain if they are in favour of the Pope's five peace points.

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