Fundamental Christians are becoming involved in politics from Washington to Guatemala, where a “born-again” general ruled with the aid of “Jesus freaks” from California. With a different political outlook, a congregation in Wisconsin offers sanctuary to refugees from El Salvador –a modern-day version of the runaway slaves’ “underground railroad” to freedom during the American Civil War. From Switzerland, we see a look at the worldwide phenomenon of video evangelism. Television preachers have seized upon the latest satellite technology to spread their version of the Gospel to millions of viewers, and they also raise money in telethons with an ease which makes us in public television envious. But in Eastern Europe, is the Church itself forced to go underground? Hungary’s cardinal tells the story of his Catholic Church “pruned” in 1945. But will a pruned tree ever grow green again?
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Dr. Lászlo Lékai, archbishop of Esztergom, cardinal, primate of Hungary, shows besides the cardinal’s life history, the development of the…