Word: catholicism
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We're in familiar Scorsese territory, most assuredly, though it's been transplanted from New York to Boston, and from Italian Catholics to Irish Catholics. The movie's title comes from a Catholic prayer for the dead - specifically, for those stranded in Purgatory, which is sort of a post-mortem...
Sometime during the five hours he spent pinned in the wreckage of his car, grievously injured and delirious with pain, Robert Hughes was visited by Death. "He was sitting at a desk, like a banker. He made no gesture, but he opened his mouth and I looked right down his...
Denis, 38, her husband and their brood of nine will expand into a larger residence. Now 450 crates are sealed and only 50 more wait to be filled with toys and clothes and kitchenware and books and photos and the other flotsam of family life. The woman deserves a medal...
With divorce rates skyrocketing, even in Catholic southern Europe, the urge to look for silver linings is strong. Italy, for example, has seen a leap of 71 per cent since 1994, according to the research institute Eurispes. In 2003, there were nearly half as many separations and divorces as there...
(5 of 6) It's less religious, for starters. Last year, Italy recorded the lowest number of marriages in its history. In less devout countries such as Britain, almost two-thirds of marriages are conducted by civil authorities. One reason is that immigration and increased mobility within Europe are bringing...