Word: catholicize
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Under the new Italian-model Constitution, effective April 1, all power will "emanate from God the Almighty." The Head of State will be advised by four councils (political, ecclesiastical & educational, commercial, provincial). He, his Chancellor and Cabinet will initiate all legislation, allow or refuse plebiscites, change the Constitution at will...
Pigneau de Béhaine, and French troops, Nguyen phua Anh reconquered Annam and Cochin-China and made himself Emperor under the name Gia Long. When the bishop died, Gia Long built him a great temple and wrote his epitaph. Some of the Nguyens turned Catholic, remained true to the...
When the Emperor announced his choice of a wife, someone blundered by giving out the news that Pope Pius XI was considering a bargain to let Nguyen Huu Hao remain a Catholic if she gave the Church her girl children. The Holy Father is thoroughly aware of the political and...
When churches and cathedrals arise in the U. S., there are Presbyterian Mellons to give money, Baptist Rockefellers, Catholic Bradys, Raskobs and Mackays, Episcopal Morgans, Bakers, Cochrans, Princes and Mathers. In Europe there are so many old cathedrals that a modern one is news. Last week Liverpool Cathedral was doubly...
Founded during the Crusades, the Knights once were hospitalers, then warriors, later sovereigns of the Island of Malta. Today members must possess: nobility with 16 quarterings; Catholic faith; attainment of full legal age; integrity of character; social position. Elected by the Sovereign Council, the present Grand Master is Prince Ludovico...