Word: secularize
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...become the focal point of black grief and outrage. Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu, the 1984 Nobel laureate who has emerged as the leading voice of moderate black protest against apartheid, conducted an outdoor funeral service beyond the restricted area, declaring that "I will not be told by any secular authority what gospel I must preach...
...Easter Monday are national holidays like President’s Day. They looked at me in shock and then smirked as they politely informed me—knowing about my distrust of most things religious—that I was now living in a “real secular country” where religion plays no part in the state. This is one of America’s more admirable qualities, yet seems to be not quite the whole truth...
Noting these differences alone, America looks good: a pinnacle of secular, and a progressive and successful society. Religion, however, enters political discourse surprisingly often considering the treatment it gets in schools. There is no complaint back home about religion infiltrating politics. The only party that serves a cause higher than the voting population of South Africa, the African Christian Democratic Party, manages to win no more than a paltry six seats in a 450-seat legislature...
That's right: Ann Coulter burns too fiercely for both the temples of the secular left--the New York Times--and of the religious right--Falwell's Thomas Road Baptist Church. But it's suspicious when conventional wisdom ossifies around someone so thoroughly. Why does she make so many people itch...
...Since 1991, he has been Vicar of Rome, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Roman diocese. The 74-year-old also heads the Italian Bishops Conference. His constant presence on the airwaves in Italy speaking out strongly for Catholic values make him unpopular with many in secular circles who worry about Church-State separation. But he's hardly a glamorous TV star, and talk of Ruini as a papabile is greeted with skepticism. What may be more likely is that Ruini is campaigning for a fellow Italian, or perhaps for a longtime figure in the Roman Curia...