Emilio Castro

A Legacy of Passionate Ecumenism

By Carlos A. Sintado and Manuel Quintero Perez

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Extent: 194 pages

Publisher: World Council of Churches

Subjects: Religious Studies

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2018)

ISBN: 9782825417119

Price: $20.00

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This is the engaging story of the first Latin American to serve the World Council of Churches as general secretary. A fervent believer in the power of the spoken word, Emilio Castro used his oratorical abilities to call for social change and ecumenical engagement throughout a career that took him from his native Uruguay to the halls of world power. How apt it is then that this biography, based on an extensive series of interviews in 2006, includes Castro’s own vivid re-telling of many of those moments. Castro’s passionate engagement for ecumenism lifts off the pages as he retells the story of a career that took him from his native Uruguay to meetings with church and secular leaders throughout the world – from Nelson Mandela to Pope John Paul II. Life is marked by different stages, which are part of our ongoing pilgrimage part of the mosaic of life that we are all building step by step.Emilio Castro (1927-2013)

  • By (author) Manuel Quintero Perez
  • By (author) Carlos A. Sintado
  • Translated by Tony Coates