Word: basilicas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Peter's Basilica, Rome (452 ft.), took 120 years to complete by a Who's Who of architects, including Bramante, Raphael, Bernini and Michelangelo. Begun by the warrior Pope Julius II, it is the fortress of Catholic faith...
Churches in the Holy Land closed for two days last week to protest a decision by the Israeli government to allow the construction of a mosque beside the Basilica of the Annunciation, where Christians believe the Virgin Mary received word that she would bear the Son of God. The Vatican criticized the Israeli decision and in a strongly worded statement accused the "political authorities [of] fomenting division." The Israeli government reacted angrily, condemning the Vatican statement and saying it was only trying to "lower tensions" between Christians and Muslims. The controversy has strained relations between Israel and the Vatican...
...mosque adjacent to one of the most sacred Christian sites in the Holy Land - the Israeli government ended up doing what was politically expedient. Israel Wednesday rejected the Vatican?s accusation that the Jewish state was fomenting religious division by permitting the new building next to the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth. "In the end it was simply a political decision," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "There are a lot more Muslim voters in Israel than there are Christian voters. That's what influenced the government to accommodate them, even though they had no legitimate historical claim...
...like you've stepped into the famous da Vinci painting: a beaming Jesus presides over the meal from the middle of the table, with Judas the traitor seated on his left and faithful Simon (boyish good looks and all) seated on his right. But this is no Italian basilica--this is the Currier dining hall, and Jesus (Jeffery E. Fowler '01) is complaining about the service, Judas (Ryan P. Shrime '00) is cracking off-color jokes, and one of the apostles (but not Simon, played by Stefan H. Atkinson '03) is still nursing a hangover. Grab some of His body...
...while Israel is being sensitive to Muslim sensibilities, Christian groups are complaining about their treatment at the hands of the Jewish state. Israel's decision to allow the construction of a mosque adjacent to the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth drew a furious response from the Vatican, and raised the possibility of the pope canceling a scheduled Holy Land visit in the New Year. Not that the local constabulary would complain too much if His Holiness bows out. "If he does come, security officials are worried to death that some extremist, either Jewish or Muslim, will try to kill...