Word: romane
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Holy Year will begin next Christmas Eve. All through 1950, Roman Catholic pilgrims from every corner of the world will journey to Rome, hoping thereby to earn a plenary indulgence (remission of temporal punishment for forgiven sins). Authorities expect at least a million pilgrim visitors to Rome. To help house the throng, a large hostel is being built near the Vatican, and others on the city's outskirts. The Men's International Association for Catholic Action has set up a nonprofit organization called Felix Roma, to arrange tours allowing each pilgrim ten days in Italy (seven in Rome...
There comes a time in every exam period when the need for relaxation is paramount. Perhaps this explains why the old Roman art of pecunia-iacienda came to the Lowell House courtyard last week...
...evening a small group of devotees gathers around 6 p.m. in front of Lowell's J entry together with a Latin interpreter, who explains that these are no mere penny pitchers. They don't own chariots and they don't wear togas, but otherwise they have meticulously preserved the Roman tradition...
...Roman Catholic Mass last Mother's Day, Stewart noticed one woman leaving abruptly. He followed the police ambulance that raced her to a maternity ward, and landed a story about mother and newborn baby on Page...
...firm believer in interfaith understanding, Editor Stewart, a member of the United Presbyterian Church, has taught at a Methodist Sunday school, and every year goes on a three-day Roman Catholic retreat. During summers, he preaches what he practices by substituting in the pulpit for vacationing Protestant pastors. But Stewart's own pastor considers him a disappointing churchgoer. Since he started covering the God beat, Frank Stewart has been to his own church just twice...