Word: romane
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Roman Catholic Church mourns the sudden death of Pope John Paul I, it should look carefully at the lessons and promises of his brief reign. Although he had little time in which to make any great pronouncements or to work any great changes, the Pope's energy, humility and wit had helped invigorate a Church grown tired of internal bickering, and he charmed countless others outside the Catholic faith. That he should have died so soon after beginning his reign is a genuine tragedy. Nevertheless, the Church and its followers should take comfort in the fact that in only...
VATICAN CITY--Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church gathered for the second papal funeral in less than two months yesterday at the burial of Pope John Paul...
...been eight years since Cleopatra put an asp to her bosom, Mark Antony had fallen upon his sword, and Rome's victorious Octavian had taken over Egypt. But the Nubian villagers of Dendur, 400 miles up the Nile from Alexandria, had nothing against the Romans. In fact, on the orders of the new Emperor, now called Augustus, visiting Egyptian artisans were building a temple dedicated to two young Nubian princes, Pedesi and Pihor. Both had drowned in the Nile, and victims so chosen by the god of the Nile were automatically apotheosized, as a Greek might be by a lightning...
...Nubia's heartland, its kings conquered Egypt, reigning there for nearly 100 years until the Assyrians ejected them. Under the Kushites, Nubian art and culture reached a peak of skill and individuality. Though obviously influenced by Egypt, they were no more so, say their champions, than the Roman by the Greek...
DIED. Etienne Gilson, 94, renowned medieval philosophy scholar (among his works: History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages) and oldest member of the French Academy; in Cravant, France. Gilson, son of a Paris businessman, was a devout Roman Catholic who gained lasting distinction in his field for his writings on St. Thomas Aquinas. Though he lectured at universities throughout France and the U.S., the Sorbonne-trained philosopher taught primarily at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto, which he helped launch...