Word: catholicism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...English Catholics in 1634, Maryland later served as headquarters of the first diocese in the new U.S. in 1789. This week, after appearances in New Jersey and New York, John Paul will come to the Baltimore Archdiocese, the first visit by a Pope to the place where American Catholicism was born. Dan Wilson, 62, an insurance salesman, has tickets to a papal mass: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. And I personally admire the man and agree with...
Sally Capozzi, 63, a widow and a member of the parish council, isn't buying this historical relativism: "Christ is God, and he knew what would happen in the future." Kevin Coyle, 35, a student at nearby Towson State University, disagrees with Sally's argument that women were not intended...
But the drift of the conversation tugs participants away from the shores of dispute and toward the flow of shared satisfactions in their Catholic faith. Jerry Trees, 56, a financial consultant and chair of the parish pro-life committee, says, "Rome presents the truth, the repository of faith with a...
Despite the reasons for gloom or discouragement, 85% of U.S. Catholics say their religion is very important or fairly important in their lives, according to a new TIME/CNN poll conducted last week (see box). A 1994 survey by the Los Angeles Times shows that priests and sisters are comparably satisfied...
Priests are inarguably in short supply now--by some estimates there are 2,000 parishes (out of a U.S. total of 19,723) without a resident priest--and the dearth, barring a miracle, will get worse. The number of U.S. Catholics has grown 15% over the past 10 years and...