Word: roman
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation" isa show inspired by junior-high cruelty, toilethumor and childish revenge fantasies. Cute birdsare smashed with hammers, the Roman god of fecesmakes an appearance, and David Koresh is pureed bya chainsaw. Only a select bunch have stomachssolid enough to sit through the whole show...
Twenty five years ago, in an encyclical entitled Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI denounced absolutely all forms of "artificial" birth control. The edict was issued in the wake of the liberal spirit that infused the Roman Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council, and was directly contrary to what most had predicted would be a softening of restrictions. Many prominent Catholics were caught by surprise--so much so that the main result of the decree in theological circles was to begin a debate on the nature of papal authority versus individual conscience...
Pope John Paul II will not be led into temptation, and if his latest and most important encyclical has its way, he hopes to deliver his church from evil. For years the Pontiff has been aware that contemporary liberal morality has deeply influenced the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church's 980 million members. And he will have none of it. In his 179-page Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth), he argues that good is clearly distinct from evil, that morality is not situational, that right is right and wrong is really wrong, and that the church...
Karen Armstrong, 48, who wrote A History of God, has impressively wide scholarship and strong ecumenical credentials. She spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun, part of the time studying literature at St. Anne's College, Oxford. It was there that she began to question the teachings of the church and decided, after considerable agony, to leave her order. She lives alone in north London and teaches at the Leo Baeck College for the Study of Judaism. Armstrong has written 10 books, including an account of her convent years, Through the Narrow Gate, and a well-regarded biography...
...said the attraction of this year's selectionwas the play's Ancient Roman-Egyptian setting,which hadn't been done in decades...