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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reading excerpts of the document shows the value the modern Church places on the equal treatment of all peoples. By definition, the document says, governments should protect human rights; countries that practice "institutionaized racism" are therefore illegitimate...

Author: By Liam T.A. Ford, | Title: Failing to Heed the Church's Call | 2/18/1989 | See Source »

UNFORTUNATELY, a Church document decrying racism issued last week by the Vatican may be greeted by the same indifference on the part of the world's Catholics. A great tragedy of the modern Church is that Catholics tend to ignore entirely the words of the Pope without pausing to ask if he might say something worth listening to and thinking about...

Author: By Liam T.A. Ford, | Title: Failing to Heed the Church's Call | 2/18/1989 | See Source »

Recognizing the widespread nature of anti-Semitism in modern society, the new Church document condemns it as "the most tragic form that racist ideology has assumed in our century." In an attempt to dispel the myth that the Catholic Church was supposedly complacent in the face of Nazi racism, the document notes that Popes Pius XI and Pius XII condemned Nazi anti-Semitism in four official statements between...

Author: By Liam T.A. Ford, | Title: Failing to Heed the Church's Call | 2/18/1989 | See Source »

...National Gallery not only features great collections of American and Impressionist painting, but it also has the I.M. Pei-designed East Wing, home to its modern art collection and various rotating exhibits...

Author: By David A. Plotz, | Title: Plenty of Marble in the Capital | 2/18/1989 | See Source »

...Blue Monk," a tune originally done by Monk, is recreated on this album in fine style. This version of the song contains all the hard-driving, swinging beats that Monk intended it to, but Roberts gives "Blue Monk" a more modern style. He manages to capture that element of funky jazz that Monk did so well, but has modified the piece slightly, making...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Just the Facts, Please | 2/17/1989 | See Source »

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