the Roman Catholic Church holds are not out of touch with modern day attitudes‚ but this essay focuses on the views of the Church which are currently discussed most frequently. The controversy and criticism surrounding the Catholic Church in this day and age is of staggering proportions. It would be very difficult to pick up the same newspaper every day for a year and not at least once read a headline like ‘Catholic Bishop Denounces Gay Couples’ Right to Marriage’ or ‘Catholic Church Once Again
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Brendan Guiney Melissa Williams English 121 3‚ April 2013 Catholic Church Sexual Scandals Throughout the play Tartuffe written by Molière in 1664 we‚ the audience‚ get a glimpse into the life of Tartuffe and what he truly stands for. Tartuffe may come across as a ethical and religious man but once we see him and his conniving ways we begin to realize that he really isn’t the moral authority that he claims to be‚ instead he is an unethical and sacrilegious man who will do whatever it takes to
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On November 14th‚ 2009‚ Canada’s first openly gay Catholic priest‚ Father Karl Clemens‚ married his long time partner in Toronto‚ Ontario. Clemens‚ who is close to seventy‚ retired from the Kingston‚ Ontario diocese after 33 years of service and moved to Toronto to advocate for the city’s gay village. Clemens stated that he was as prepared to handle the inevitable backlash from the Church and some of its followers as he was when he declared his sexual orientation in 2005‚ and strongly believes that
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In 1517‚ the Roman Catholic Church’s world changed. An uprise began to reform the church. Heretic groups started protesting against Catholicism. The Catholic clergy was uneducated and the priests would not follow their own teachings. The Protestant Reformation was the break up of the Catholic Church. The reason the Protestant Reformation occurred was because of heresy and critics of the Roman Catholic Church. The heretics and critics of the church called the Catholics out on their wrongdoings and
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often raise children. Furthermore‚ as a Catholic I often hear condemnation of homosexuality‚ and even hear many people from my religion urging the government to continue to ban same sex marriage. Having many gay friends and acquaintances‚ and a homosexual uncle‚ the actions and thoughts of people in my country often upset me‚ and my religions teachings towards homosexuality sometimes confuse me. Therefore‚ I have researched the position of the Roman Catholic Church regarding not only homosexuality‚ but
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The tensions between the members of the Church of England and the Catholic Church were amplified by the rulings in the late fifteen hundreds. With the ever changing religious views of the monarchy‚ the people of England were pulled back and forth with it. So a small group of faithful Catholics decided that extreme measures needed to be taken to change the Monarch back in their favor. Guy Fawkes was part of a small group that tried to blow up Parliament by planting gunpowder under the House of Lords
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the Roman Catholic Church‚ and therefore should be changed. The act of Clerical Celibacy is not a church indoctrinated order‚ rather it is a discipline and therefore can and should be changed. The act of sexual abuse amongst priests has risen in recent decades and many believe this is due to celibacy in the Catholic Church. Celibacy is the act of abstaining from sexual intercourse‚ especially for reasons of religious vows.(“Celibacy” def. 1) The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “
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Art and the Roman Catholic Church have ties that go back to the simple foundation of Christianity itself. Through the beginning of the 1st century through modern times‚ art has played a crucial role for the church and it’s 2.1 billion person following. Art has been used to portray events in the history of Catholicism as well as to convey the message of the Bible‚ the Christian religions most valued source of information. Artistic styles have varied throughout the years‚ taking on a gothic look after
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protestant beliefs the catholic started to lose power and‚ with the rise of humanism kings were losing power to people run parliaments. The social structure began to change with the humanism as well‚ with the rise of personal power the peasants began to feel equal to the nobles in self-worth if not yet in a monitory sense. This led to further conflict in the Catholic Church as they became more radical in the search for heretics both of this world and from hell itself. How did the religious conflict
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Origins of the Catholic Church in Australia. The first Catholics to come along to Australia‚ were amongst the first convicts to step foot on the shores of Port Jackson in Sydney. These Catholics were Irish in origin‚ and brought Catholicism to Australia‚ although Anglican Ministers were trying to stop the spread of Catholicism in Great Britain and her colonies. Most of the Irish who came here came here because of the British persecution of Irish Nationalists. The first obstacle to Catholicism
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