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How the Catholic Church steers Nigeria’s politics With approximately 30 million adherents in Nigeria, the Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination in Nigeria and has become a domina... HOT HEADS South Africa’s budget impasse is over, but coalition disputes remain So...
The Roman Empire was once the most powerful empire in the world. However, as it expanded and the times changed, it became too large for its own good. At its biggest, the Roman Empire stretched from the Euphrates River to the Middle East. All of this territory was hard to maintai...
In the year five ninety-seven, the Roman Catholic Church began its attempt to make Christianity the religion of Britain.The language of the Catholic Church was Latin. Latin was not spoken as a language in any country at that time. But it was still used by some people.Latin made it ...
Martin Luther was a monk from Germany who grew weary of the Roman Catholic church. He began the Catholic Reformation by critiquing the Roman Catholic Church. What was the main cause of the Catholic Reformation? Martin Luther expressed his concerns by writing '95 Thesis', and...
The Renaissance emphasis on humanism weakened the hold that the Roman Catholic Church had on society. As citizens continued to question the authority of the Roman Catholic Church, a period known as the Reformation began. During the Reformation, Luther began a new church that had very different ...
During theFrench Revolution, groups such as the Freemasons, revolutionaries and anarchists promoted cremation as a way of reducing the church's role in the funeral process. Partly because of this association, the Roman Catholic Church opposed the use of cremation until the 20th century. ...
“This no one can deny,” wise Sister Rosanne told us during the 8 am theology class that began every day at St. Mary’s Grade School. “The Church is the oldest continuously functioning institution in human history, and the Popes go back in an unbroken chain to St. Peter’s blessing ...
of his son, former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, into St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., for funeral services, Saturday, June 6, 2015. Standing alongside the vice president are Beau's widow Hallie Biden, left, and daughter, Natalie.Patrick Semansky / AP...
Last month, Pope Francis officially apologized on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church for its role in bringing harm to Canada’s Indigenous peoples in the residential school system. Earlier this month, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis will be visiting Iqaluit, Edmonton and...