 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Muna 1966, Hastings akadzokera kuEngland pashure pokunge arwara nemarariya, uye akatanga kuita basa rokukurukura nezvezvitendero kuburikidza nekomiti yokugadzirira yeAnglican-Roman Catholic International Commission. Akanga atumwawo nenhengo dzinoverengeka dzechechi yeAnglican muAfrica kuti agadzirire mushumo pamusoro pomuchato wechiKristu uye wetsika. Kubva muna 1972 kusvika muna 1976 Hastings akanga ari mushandi wechikoro chemamishinari, College of the Ascension muSelly Oak, Birmingham. Muna 1973 Hastings akaunza kuuraya kwakaitwa neuto rePortugal mukati meHondo yeMozambique yeRusunungukonokucherechedzwa nenyika yose, kutanga muThe Times uye gare gare muSangano Romubatanidzwa Wenyika Dzepasi Pose. Akasika gakava muna 1973 nenyaya yaiva muThe Times pamusoro peWiriyamu Massacre, munharaunda yePortugal yaitongwa mhiri kwemakungwa yeMozambique, achiratidza kuti mauto ePortugal akanga auraya vanhu vanenge 400 mumusha weWiriyamu, pedyo neTete, muna December 1972. Mushumo wake wakadhindwa vhiki imwe mutungamiriri wehurumende yePortugal, Marcelo Caetano, asati ashanya kuBritain kuzopemberera gore rechi600 rokubatana kweEngland nePortugal. 