Word: gods
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This delicate little creature of God's own personal creation will give the final artistic touch to the myriad patterns of flowing life in this island . . . and many people will see this beautiful child in just so many different ways as she adjusts to suit each situation a new color in the rainbow of her versatile personality...
...most loving mercy may the Lord pardon thee whatever thou hast sinned by sight." The dying man's ears, nose, mouth, hands, feet by holy unction were shrived. With the others' low voices joining in the responses, Monsignor de Romanis prayed: "Make safe Thy servant, my God, who trusts in Thee. Send him, 0 Lord, help from Thy holy place, and defend him out of Zion...
Caesar v. God. Pius XI was "the Pope of Missions." He was also a "Pope of Saints," canonizing during his reign some of the most popular saints of modern times: St. Therese, St. Bernadette of Lourdes, St. Giovanni Bosco (a social service worker who had once been his friend), England's St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, North America's eight Martyrs. Yet the greatness of Pius XI derived less from his spiritual labors for the Kingdom of God than from his long, uncompromising battle against the pretensions of modern Caesars...
...into some dilemmas, could very well lead it, under a new Pope, into more. But with all its dangers the Church's policy remained, as wielded with prudence and steadfastness by Pius XI, the one international influence whose weight was on the side of peace and faith in God...
...journeyed to Manhattan to speak before the annual dinner of Fordham University alumni, there cut some verbal capers of his own: "The convenient and impersonalized use of the corporate device has unquestionably contributed to moral decadence. This has especially been true with the growth of bigness. . . . Individual responsibility before God has no counterpart in the corporate system...