Word: catechismic
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At the same time, Mandela possesses a common touch that no amount of political coaching can inculcate. When Mandela speaks at banquets, he makes a point of going into the kitchen and shaking hands with every dishwasher and busboy. On countless occasions, he will stop in the middle of a...
Even within the Roman Catholic Church, there is debate over how to handle this revival of interest. Angels are still important in Catholic devotions and are included in the new Catholic catechism. From childhood, Catholic children have learned the "Prayer to the Guardian Angel," and those who attended Catholic school...
You can't let fear control your life. You can't let fear control your life. You can't . . . Over and over they said it like a catechism, the survivors who made it safely home with bloodstains on their raincoats and gun smoke in their noses and screams still slicing...
Sullivan cited the Universal Catechism of the Holy Roman Church, which says, "A not negligible number of men and women have pronounced sexual tendencies," as proof in support for his argument.
Indeed, encyclicals are never page turners, and the Pontiff, a philosopher and onetime professor, tosses around such celestial concepts as "fundamental option," "invincible ignorance," "teleology" and "consequentialism." John Paul also peppers his paper with 184 footnotes, citing for instance the Second Vatican Council, the new Catechism of the Catholic Church...