s1979 constitution put into place a mixed system of government, in which the executive, parliament, and judiciary are overseen by several bodies dominated by the clergy. At the head of both the state and oversight institutions is a ranking cleric known as therahbar, or leader, whose duties ...
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In a nutshell, Pope Francis is an important figure who is shaping the world order. He has criticized the current order that does not accommodate the marginalized and perpetuates the gap of core-periphery states. Nevertheless, he has not put the blame solely on the Global West or called for ...
In an unprecedented move, Pope Francis appointed Monsignor George Jacob Koovakad, a 51-year-old priest from Kerala, to the College of Cardinals last month, making him the first Indian priest to be included in this assembly of high-ranking clergy responsible for electing the Pope. Monsignor Koov...
According to Report No. 22, titled “Religion and Its Disciples Throughout the World,” published by the United Nations in 1956, the number of Confucian disciples worldwide reached 300,290,500, ranking fourth after Catholicism, Islam, and Hinduism. Lewis Hodous (1967) stated, “Confucianism was...
in the central desert of highland Mexico) are outside Mesoamerica to the north. The main branches of Otomanguean languages are Oto-Pamean, Chinantecan, Tlapanec-Subtiaba, and Manguean, whichconstitutethe Western group, and Popolocan, Zapotecan,Amuzgo, and Mixtecan, which constitute the ...
The King of Sin Cities. A WalletHub survey released Monday morning confirms it. But if Houston is embarrassed about its No. 2 ranking, or No. 3 Philadelphia wants to talk about its good qualities, Las Vegas wears it like a badge. It's been less than a week since the Las… ...
the founder of the Sui dynasty, was a high-ranking official at the Bei (Northern) Zhou court, a member of one of the powerful northwestern aristocratic families that had taken service under the successive non-Chinese royal houses in northern China and had intermarried with the families of thei...
Inti, thesun god, was the ranking deity in the Inca pantheon. His warmth embraced the Andean earth and matured crops, and he was beloved by farmers. Inti was represented with a human face on a ray-splayed disk. He was considered to be the divine ancestor of the Inca: “my father” ...