Word: catholicism
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Respect Tradition, Embrace Today Like many architects designing mosques, Böhm grappled with how much access women should have to the most important parts of the building. Traditional mosques tend to keep women hidden by walls or curtains. In newer, more progressive buildings, prayer areas for men and women...
It is no surprise that staunch religious conservatives are less than keen on the idea of having a Democrat as the speaker and honorary degree recipient at one of the best-known and highly regarded Catholic universities in the United States. That news became old news faster than the average...
Yet this knee-jerk response ignores the role that faith plays in the lives of many Americans—including intellectuals at institutions such as Notre Dame. While many agnostics might be loath to admit it, intense religiosity is not entirely antithetical to intellectualism. It might be hard for the...
In warm sunshine - so often the backdrop to bloody protests in London, from the anti-Catholic Gordon riots of the 18th century to the Notting Hill race riots in the 1950s - marchers set off for the bank from four of the capital's underground stations, each group led by a...
So where does this rule about not touching the Queen come from? The sovereigns of England and France at some point in their nations' long histories claimed a divine right to rule, a right often amplified by titles bestowed by the Pope in Rome. (The Queen, in fact, still has...