Words & Works

P:The Rev. Riccardo Lombardi, S.J., spellbinding preacher of social responsibility to the Roman Catholic rich (TIME, March 1, 1948), is supervising construction of a building near Castel Gandolfo to be called "Pius XII Center for a Better World." "I shall dedicate what remains of my life," said Jesuit Lombardi, 47, "to creating half-a-dozen apostles and perhaps as many as 1,000 preachers who will continue my work . . . The Catholic camp must re-examine itself, and only the Pope can direct such a thing. But to do so, he needs the assistance of a stable organization that can dedicate the whole of its time and energy to this purpose."

P:A new biweekly magazine called Christianity Today was announced for publication in October. In addition to Editor Carl F. H. Henry (professor of Christian philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif.) and Executive Editor Dr. L. Nelson Bell of Asheville, N.C., the staff will have 42 correspondents and 47 contributing editors, including Billy Graham (son-in-law of Editor Bell). With advertising of a "culturally constructive" type, the new magazine will "articulate evangelical opinion and historic Christianity" in an initial 200,000 copies.

P:In New Orleans, Emile F. Wagner Jr., president of the Association of Catholic Laymen, organized to oppose integration, announced that under "dire threat of ex communication" from Archbishop Joseph F. Rummel the 30 directors of the association were halting their activities. They plan to send an appeal to Rome, said Wagner: "We are greatly alarmed at the casual way the matter of excommunication and mortal sin has been bandied about, and we greatly fear this has caused great confusion among Catholics."

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