Word: church
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...majestic shadow of the Roman Forum . . . Brutus stabbed Julius Caesar . . . One hundred yards from the spot where Caesar fell, divorced Tyrone Power married a Hollywood starlet ... in the Church of Santa Francesca Romana" [TIME, Feb. 7]. Why drag Caesar into this Hollywood transaction? The Church of Santa Francesca Romana, built on the ancient Temple of Venus and Roma, stands at the east end of the Forum. Caesar fell in the theater of Pompey, which stood in the Campus Martius, well over a kilometer west...
...union also claimed that Cardinal Spellman and the trustees of St. Patrick's had "sought to break the union" by appealing to the workers as individuals in two letters and a telegram. They passed a resolution condemning "the union-busting tactics of any employer, including the Catholic Church when it acts as an employer." To dispose of the Communist implication, they cut loose from the international, and each member swore a solemn oath: "We here as Catholic gentlemen solemnly declare that we are opposed to Communism and all it means in all walks of life...
...Radio appeals to increase church attendance...
...Marriage and baptism by the Protestant clergy have no legal recognition.* This is a particular hardship to our workers, who, since they are not legally considered married, are thus denied wage supplements for their wives and children. Our dead are denied interment in. church cemeteries, and because there are very few civil burial grounds, they must often be buried in the open field ... In Spain the hierarchy is more intransigent than in other countries. If we were a bigger minority it might be different, but the Church is determined to keep us small. We cannot even distribute church calendars through...
...University's war memorial, a proposed $70,000 marble inscription in Memorial Church, is expected to receive the final acceptance or rejection of the Corporation today...