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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Williams 1 Catholic vs. Public Schools Catholic and public schools have so many ways that they are a like and different. Catholic and public schools biggest and most known difference is that in public school there is no religion class. Three points that tell how they differ and are alike are uniform‚ gender‚ and class wise. The first point explains the difference the ways the schools is able to wear their uniforms. Even though all catholic schools and most public schools are required to wear
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Direct examination: Courtney: Are you a member of the Roman Catholic Church? Zach: No I am not‚ I am a member of the church of England. Courtney:Were you ever a member of the Roman Catholic Church? Zach: Yes‚ I was at one point. Courtney: What caused you to separate from the church? Zach: I left the Catholic church due to the corruption of the priests and the pope. Also‚ I disagree with their practice of the selling of indulgences. Courtney: What is the selling of indulgences? Zach: The selling
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WHICH CULTURE IS BETTER: WESTERN OR EASTERN “The Last Supper‚” the painting of Da Vinci illustrates the mental states of each subject and the expressions in a vivid manner and bring the subjects to life. Qi Baishi‚ a renowned painter of traditional Chinese painting‚ famous for painting shrimps could bring subjects to life within seconds. Both of them possess painting techniques which are extraordinary‚ but their styles are completely different. The famous Chinese painter Master Li Hongzhi
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The Seven Catholic Sacraments The Latin word sacramentum means "a sign of the sacred." The seven sacraments are ceremonies that point to what is sacred‚ significant and important for Christians. They are special occasions for experiencing God’s saving presence. That’s what theologians mean when they say that sacraments are at the same time signs and instruments of God’s grace. If you learn more about the sacraments‚ you can celebrate them more fully. To learn more about the individual sacraments
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Philosophy is often divided into two very broad categories‚ Eastern philosophy and Western philosophy. Eastern philosophy consists mainly of Asian philosophies such as the Indian philosophies of Buddhism and Hinduism‚ the Japanese philosophies of Zen Buddhism and the samurai tradition‚ and the Chinese philosophies of Confucianism‚ Taoism and Ch ’an Buddhism (Moore & Bruder‚ 2008‚ p. 525). Western philosophy is older and generally divided into groups based on a progression of years as opposed to
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go to a Roman Catholic Church. I was raised Catholic and I went to a Catholic school from second grade to eighth grade so‚ I had background knowledge on the teaching of the church. I have taken field notes and came across some reoccurring tendencies. All of these reoccurring tendencies support my thesis‚ which is: one of the many values the Catholic Church holds importance to is having much respect for their God. Throughout this essay I will explain my findings and the correlation between them and
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Such types of art which this relates to which also have many similarities and differences include Roman‚ early Christian and Islamic Art. I will aim to explore these differences and similarities in more detail and describe how these time periods influenced the types of
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Innovation in Split Tender Payment R Nagasubramanian Research Scholar‚ Vels University‚ Plot 2A‚ Andavar Street‚ Ganapathy Puram‚ Chrompet‚ Chennai – 600 034 S.P.Rajagopalan‚ PhD. GKM College of Engineering & Technology‚ Chennai- 600 063‚ India ABSTRACT Online Payment is the fastest and secured way of making payments for various purposes like making utility payments‚ transferring funds and making purchases online. This paper will help to uncover few important value adding features in Split tender
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Introduction This essay aims to understand the impact of communism on Central and Eastern Europe whilst examining the concept of post-communism within the region. Before expanding on the impression left by communism in this it is important to know which countries constitute this region. The region collectively termed as Central and Eastern Europe includes countries the following countries‚ People’s Republic of Poland‚ German Democratic Republic‚ Czechoslovak Socialist Republic‚ People ’s Republic
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