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    Explain why Pope Urban II called for a Crusade in Clermont 1095. One reason‚ or trigger for Pope Urban calling the crusade would have been Alexius’ request for his help. Alexius asked for Pope Urban’s aid in helping him to fight the Turks; this is because they were closing in and starting to invade Constantinople‚ which was the main frontier between the Christian and Islamic worlds. Emperor Alexius felt threatened by the Turks‚ and knew that Pope Urban in him being the head of the Church (the

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    19 March 2013 Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and Election of Pope Francis The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of Pope Francis are getting to be a pretty big deal around the world. Pope Benedict XVI was born under the name Joseph Ratzinger on April 16‚ 1927 in Marktl am Inn‚ Bavaria Germany. He grew up under war and reparation from World War I. He was briefly a member of the Hitler Youth in his early teenage years. He turned to theology studies after the war. His father was

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    agency‚ where it fails to account for the rationality of man’s behaviour in each of their conscious decisions (VS 67). St. John Paul II in Veritatis Splendor‚ explains that man’s actions cannot be determined solely from the fundamental option because it outlines human freedom as an intention to perform an action without abiding by humanity’s moral obligations (VS 67). St. John Paul II further ascertains that true morality considers whether or not the behaviour performed conforms to the integrity of humanity’s

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    Dalton Cuthbert Per. 1 John Paul Stevens John Paul Stevens born April 20‚ 1920 in Chicago. He was the Youngest of four boys‚ his grandfather ran the Illinois life insurance company which made a lot of money. and his dad built the opulent Stevens hotel. In his teens he saw his family’s good luck turn around when his dad was convicted of embezzling money to keep the hotel. Later on Stevens told the news that his dad was wrongly convicted. “Stevens ended up graduating

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    The influence of Pope John XXIII on the Christian tradition has allowed for him as one of many “men” to “reform and revitalise the Christian tradition” to serve God. Pope John XXIII‚ born as Angelo Roncalli was ordained a priest in the diocese of Bergamo in 1905. Roncalli then in 1925 became the Apostolic Delegate of Bulgaria in 1925-35 before becoming Apostolic Delegate to Turkey and Greece in 1935-44. Roncalli’s actions of saving Jewish Children from the Nazi forces in Turkey would influence his

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    defined by many famous artists from Leonardo Da Vinci to Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni‚ political figures like Niccolò Machiavelli and individuals like Petrarch who brought humanism into the European fold. However in the Renaissance period a pope in Rome determined to advance the Papal State into this Renaissance and determine to get the truth of his perspection to europe’s nobility was underlooked by

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    Nicaragua Most Nicaraguans are mestizos. That is that they have white and Indian ancestors. There way of life is somewhat similar to that of Spanish Americans in other Central American countries. Most people belong to the Roman Catholic Church and speak Spanish. Most of Nicaragua’s people are poor farmers. Many of those in the Pacific Region are peasants who work on their own farms‚ cooperatives‚ state farms‚ or large private farms. In warmer areas‚ agriculture workers live in metal

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    necessities for this fight. Currently in Nicaragua‚ these same anti-communist groups have begun to flee in efforts to escape the rule of the Sadanista’s. It is rumored that the groups are forming what are known as guerilla units. Guerilla warfare is fought in “fast-moving‚ small-scale actions.” The rebels and their supporters are trudging into southern Honduras. They have made camps there to accommodate the massive evacuation. Less than 2‚000 fighters are still in Nicaragua today. These people refer to themselves

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    Over the summer before my senior year in high school‚ I was given an amazing opportunity to go to Nicaragua. I was able to expand my spanish vocabulary by teaching a class of adults and children english‚ talking with many of the locals and venders. The service learning program I went with was Global Glimpse. We learned more about the day to day life of the locals in a third world country. For the service part of the trip we helped improve a local school.We redid the bathrooms‚ classrooms‚ and the

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    William Henry Pope

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    William Henry Pope William Henry Pope was born in Bedeque‚ P.E.I on May 29‚1825. The elder son of James Pope and Lucy Colledge. He was educated on P.E.I and later in England‚ he was studing Law. He was called to the bar in 1847‚ In addition to practicing Law‚ he acted as a land agent. Through the 1850’s he became very involved with the Concervative Party. He began his official political career in 1859. He was not elected that year‚ but was appointed colonial secretary new policy of "nondepartmentalism"

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