Word: protestante
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Ten sad years have passed since a peaceful civil rights movement blossomed among the Catholic minority, unexpectedly catalyzing violence and hatred in Northern Ireland. To date, the war between Ulster's Catholics and the Protestant majority-with British army regulars caught between-has left 1,837 dead, thousands disabled...
At the gate to the Protestant cemetery on Catholic Falls Road in Belfast, Canon Pádraig Murphy, a towering Roman Catholic priest, and the Rev. Terence Rodgers, Rector of the Protestant Church of Ireland, greet families who have come to visit their dead. It is "Friendship Sunday"-one of...
Abortion. "Catholics should realize that while their position is currently described as 'unliberal,' there was a time, when the anti-abortion laws were written (mostly under Protestant auspices, be it noted), that such protection of the life of the unborn was considered to be a notable and progressive...
Celibacy. "I just can't accept the notion that a married Protestant minister, all other things being equal, is as free to serve his people as is the celibate Catholic priest ... Nor is there any evidence from the research done that celibate priests are any more insensitive or incapable...
Ecumenism. "However much common statements may be developed on original sin, for example, the Protestant style and worldview still takes a much more pessimistic view of human nature (and human fun, like gambling, dancing, drinking, card-playing, and sex) than does the traditional Catholic worldview. These differences have been largely...