Word: romanized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Tsar Boris of Bulgaria married Princess Giovanna of Italy this autumn he agreed to the usual stipulation that all his children be brought up as Roman Catholics...
...very soon appropriated large sums to the Congregation for the Propagation of Faith (missionary propaganda) and spurred it to its work among the peoples. He, his Secretary of State, his legates and his nuncios dealt with rulers. His outstanding work in this respect was his settlement of the Roman Question by the Lateran Treaties of 1929, and the establishment of Vatican City as an independent sovereignty...
...International T. & T. intelligently capitalized this gift by distributing press pictures of His Holiness seated before the I. T. & T. telephone. Numerical standings of the organized religions: Roman Catholics 331,500,000 Orthodox Catholics 144,000,000 Protestants 206,900,000 Total Christians 682,400,000 Jews 15,630,000 Mohammedans 209,020,000 Buddhists 150,180,000 Hindus 230,150,000 Confucianists, Taoists 350,600,000 Shintoists 25,000,000 Animists 135,650,000 Miscellaneous 50,870,000 Total non-Christians...
...artillery and infantry garrison has rebelled," she whispered excitedly. "Agitators are running through the streets shouting 'Viva la Republica!' Hundreds of citizens have fled to the mountains. The rebels have killed two civil guards and one carabinier in street fights. They have mounted cannon inside the old Roman walls. Tomorrow they march against Huesca. They say that Major Franco is leading the rebels, but nobody has seen him. They...
...many a Roman Catholic church worshippers reverently view the "Stations of the Cross"-14 (sometimes 15) scenes from the end of Christ's life. London's Westminster Cathedral has a fine example cut in stone by Sculptor Eric Rowland Gill. Woodcutter James Reid, more ambitious, less successful, has attempted to picture the whole life of Christ in 71 scenes...