Word: catholicism
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Even though his election plans were disrupted, Noriega remained in control of Panama. But his rule is no longer as absolute as it was a week ago. The elections bestowed a certain legitimacy on the opposition and forced Noriega to consult more frequently than usual with the military, the key...
Journalists usually report the news, not make it, but every so often a story helps make history. Last week TIME received the Overseas Press Club award for the best general-magazine article for its interview last October with P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat (in the judges' view, "almost surely one factor...
The mainline plight might be understandable if all of U.S. Christendom were reeling under the shocks of secularism and the inroads of new, alien faiths. But that is not the case. During the past two decades, black Protestant groups have gained, Roman Catholic membership has grown a solid 16%, and...
PANAMA CITY, Panama--Churchgoers applauded nationwide yesterday as Roman Catholic clergy read a letter condemning fraud and violence in the national elections, a message that even was broadcast on state-run television.
The pastoral letter, issued Thursday by Archbishop Marcos McGrath and other bishops of the Roman Catholic Episcopal Conference of Panama, was read byCatholic clergy nation-wide and asked the DefenseForces not to use arms against "a defenselesspeople."