Search Details

Word: missioners (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...homily at the landmark 5th Avenue cathedral included a first-ever papal plea to repair damages from the ideological battles that followed the 1960s Second Vatican Council. "One of the great disappointments which followed the Second Vatican Council, with its call for a greater engagement in the Church's mission to the world, has been the experience of division between different groups, different generations, different members of the same religious family," he said. "We can only move forward if we turn our gaze together to Christ! In the light of faith, we will then discover the wisdom and strength needed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pope Benedict Yearning to Heal His Flock | 4/19/2008 | See Source »

...Created in the panicky wake of the Soviets' launching of Sputnik, the world's first satellite, DARPA's mission, Cheney said, is "to make sure that America is never again caught off guard." So, the Agency does the basic research that may be decades away from battlefield applications. It doesn't develop new weapons, as much as it pioneers the technologies that will make tomorrow's weapons better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unleashing the Bugs of War | 4/18/2008 | See Source »

...soldiers in Afghanistan until 2011--with the provisos that Canadian forces be reinforced by 1,000 troops from elsewhere and that Canadian forces concentrate less on combat and more on training Afghan security forces. When finally consulted in earnest, Canadians concluded that the financial and human costs of the mission were in fact worth bearing, at least for now. That's the good news. The bad news is that unlike Canada, few other NATO countries have begun to grapple with the urgency of 21st century threats or the sacrifices needed to deal with them. The avoidance of these topics allows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Canada in Afghanistan | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...position as a dictator and as a result he kicks her out of the society. Cassandra gets involved with a group of natives and begins falling in love with one of them. Meanwhile, the castaways’ society is falling apart so they decide to form a rescue mission to go save her. It all sort of converges in the last scene, and hilarity ensues.RR: The plot sounds a little like “Lord of the Flies.”MS: Whenever we tell people about the plot, we get comparisons to “Lord of the Flies...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ROVING REPORTER | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...truth wherever careful analysis of evidence leads you." But then he turned the corner. "Yet... any appeal to the principle of academic freedom in order to justify positions that contradict the faith and teaching of the Church would obstruct or even betray the university's identity and mission." He continued: "Divergence from this vision weakens Catholic identity and, far from advancing freedom, inevitably leads to confusion, whether moral, intellectual or spiritual." His prescription: "Teachers and administrators, whether in universities or schools, have the duty and privilege to ensure that students receive instruction in Catholic doctrine and practice. This requires that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope on Academic Freedom | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

Previous | 249 | 250 | 251 | 252 | 253 | 254 | 255 | 256 | 257 | 258 | 259 | 260 | 261 | 262 | 263 | 264 | 265 | 266 | 267 | 268 | 269 | Next