Word: catholicism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Like many medical researchers, Snowdon has cultivated an affectionate, intensely personal relationship with his subjects, all members of a Roman Catholic religious order, the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Before his group publishes a new paper, Snowdon carefully makes the rounds of all the convents to make sure the sisters...
The sun is shining in an azure sky, mockingbirds are chirping in the snow-white blossoms of the pear trees, and the bees are buzzing from one glorious daffodil to another. It is early March, the middle of Lent, and Catholics all over the world are immersed in contemplation and...
...least to find fellow believers and pastors whom his thoughts don't embarrass. And more oddly still, his struggle is not unique. It began about 14 years ago, when Burton, then attending the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, converted from his childhood Southern Baptist faith to Catholicism. For the most part, the switch suited him fine. The Baptists were a little too easygoing for him; he preferred the Catholic view that salvation depends not only on accepting Jesus but also on what you do with your life. There was one hitch. As the months following his conversion turned...
BELFAST, Northern Ireland: In a sign of warming relations is Northern Ireland, key group of Protestants agreed not to stage a march through a Catholic neighborhood. The Apprentice Boys Order, whose marches last year incited several days of Catholic violence, announced that they would avoid Lower Ormeau Road during its...
A few weeks ago, the Catholic Students Association held its semiannual first year spaghetti dinner. The event, which occurred during the Christian time of Lent, brought dozens to a deliciously informal feast and pulled together the community. After the dinner, students dispersed in groups, chatting together as they headed back...