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DATE: FRIDAY, February 15, 1991                   TAG: 9102150299
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-5   EDITION: METRO 
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CHURCH COUNCIL CALLS FOR CEASE-FIRE IN WAR

In their first collective statement on the Persian Gulf War since hostilities broke out there almost a month ago, leaders of more than 20 major Protestant and Orthodox Christian denominations, joined by 15 Roman Catholic bishops, have reaffirmed their opposition to the war and called for a cease-fire.

The nation is in "a war that should have been avoided," said the statement, made public Tuesday in New York and in Canberra, Australia, where many of the signers are attending the Seventh Assembly of the World Council of Churches.

- The New York Times

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