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Word: concordats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...also French-born and white, this was too much. He notified parish priests up and down the island of the expulsions, followed with a denunciation of the government's action. Duvalier retaliated with a warrant for the archbishop's arrest for violating the 1860 Haiti-Vatican Concordat, which binds priests "to do nothing against the interests of the republic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAITI: Beset President | 8/31/1959 | See Source »

...also become less of a Catholic party. By unwritten concordat the Chancellor and President are not both Catholic or both Protestant; a Catholic Adenauer will have to appoint a Protestant Chancellor. By deciding to move to the Presidency this summer, Adenauer has limited his party to Protestant choices for Chancellor; he is now better able to control his succession than if he should have to resign as Chancellor when old age inevitably overtakes him. A Protestant Chancellor may also remove what some Germans have regarded as an unhealthy Catholic bias in the party...

Author: By Charles S. Maier, | Title: Doubtful Promotion | 4/14/1959 | See Source »

Osservatore called on police to crack down, and within 48 hours Rome police did, but with tact befitting a nation anxious to remain the world's No. 1 tourist attraction. A "strict and precise" directive to police noted that under Article One of the Concordat between Italy and the Vatican state, "police are obliged to prevent and repress any abuse against morality. Those found in succinct clothing will be gently invited to leave and to dress themselves with greater decorum. In cases of resistance, they will be identified, reported to their respective embassies and prosecuted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Southern Exposure | 9/9/1957 | See Source »

...lowest instincts. It is said that the 'artistic' director of this show distributed to his dancing girls three postage stamps apiece and told them to get dressed in them . . . Whoever planned this obscene carnival for Rome was evidently unaware of the provisions of the Vatican-Italian concordat, which calls for 'respect of the sacred character of Rome.' " Undeterred, the Folies went on with its plans to open in Rome's Sistine Theater, not to be confused with the Sistine Chapel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Obscene, Says the Vatican | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

...burned San Miguel Church and told the congregation that henceforth he would wear only simple black as a sign that his soul was in mourning. But the Papal Nuncio, the Vatican's ambassador, began quiet talks with Perón's Foreign Minister. The presumed topic: a concordat that would separate church from state in the manner of most of the rest of the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Damage Control | 7/11/1955 | See Source »

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