Word: catholicization
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In 1934 the potent Roman Catholic lobby formed the Legion of Decency to rate films. Soon after, Will Hays, the industry's political and moral arbiter, called on Joseph Breen, a prominent Catholic, to enforce a rigorous production code. Studios rushed to sanitize some projects (West got married at the...
They marched six abreast across the great square like some damask-clad, miter-capped army, the Cardinals in scarlet bringing up the rear. More than 2,600 bishops, the largest such gathering in the history of the Roman Catholic Church, took seats on 330-ft.-long bleachers in St. Peter...
Only two weeks ago, protesters at the University of Minnesota were screaming for the Bush Administration to avoid war. Today's message is "Support U.S. troops. Bring them home," says Ty Moore, 25, an organizer with a student coalition against war in Iraq. Groups now must walk the delicate line...
Emergency Contraception could also provide a major benefit to the more than 300,000 women, who are victims of rape each year in the U.S. About 25,000 of these women will become pregnant as a result of the rape, and almost 22,000 of these pregnancies could be prevented...
No one denies that the Catholic Church has a right to determine the acceptability of EC under Catholic doctrine, and the Church may certainly discourage use among its followers. However, the Church’s influence over the health care system gives them far greater powers to limit the rights...