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Fr. Riccardo Lombardi asks Merton's feedback and participation in response to a movement for greater dialog between the Catholic Church and the wider world based on the concept of the Mystical Body of Christ, a concept often touched upon by Merton and emphasized in Pope Pius XII's encyclical Mystici Corporis. Merton provides some feedback and asks some questions. He mentions his desire both to address wider problems in the world in his writings and to found a new monastic foundation in South America, which would be both contemplative but also an artistic and intellectual center for the area.
Fr. Riccardo Lombardi was a Jesuit priest writing on behalf of the Centro Internationale Pio XII per un Mondo Migliore in Rome, Italy.
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1958/06/09 |
TLS to Merton |
It will surprise you to receive a letter from me, since I have never had the pleasure of meeting you |
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1958/06/16 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
It was to me a pleasant surprise and a very great honor to receive your kind letter, and I will not |
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1958/06/16 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
It was to me a pleasant surprise and a very great honor to receive your kind letter, and I will not |
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[transferred from Sub-Section H.7. Hart Working Files, Accession 2]
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1958/07/09 |
TLS[x] to Merton |
It would be difficult for you to imagine the joy with which I received your good letter. |
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[copied from "Fox, James" Series 17]
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1958/07/25 |
TL[x] to from Sortais, Gabriel / to Riccardo Lombardi |
Il y a quelque temps déjà, étant encore en France, j'ai reçu d'Espagne une lettre du R.P. dom Aloys |
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[see also "Sortais, Gabriel" and "Fox, James" files for related correspondence] Dom Aloys Yagüe
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1959/01/19 |
TLS[x] to Merton |
It is quite a time since we exchanged letters and since your Reverend Father Abbot decided to come |
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[copied from "Fox, James" Series 17]
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undated/no/no |
TALS from Merton |
Quelques Questions pour le T.Rev.Pere Lombardi. Je suis très content de pouvoir collaborer, |
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