TITLE PAGE: CASE STUDY 2 Questions for exploration: What did some reform-minded Catholics in Nicaragua hope that the pope might do during his visit to that country? What position did the pope eventually make clear to the Nicaraguan priests? Why were some Nicaraguan Catholics disappointed with the pope’s position on political action? What did they correctly as it proved‚ fear might happen after the pope’s visit? Introduction; The New World beginning in 1492 brought about the Christian
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The 1983 visit of Pope John Paul II to Nicaragua The 1983 visit of Pope John Paul II to Nicaragua The reformed-minded Catholics in Nicaragua hoped that the Pope was going to say some words of consolation to the families which daily lose loved ones to the counterrevolution‚ especially since just days before 17 outstanding members of the Sandinista Youth Organization‚ killed in an ambush‚ and had been buried after a memorial
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The Catholic Church’s opposition to the revolutionary government came to a head when Pope John Paul II visited Nicaragua in 1983. Both the Nicaraguan government and the Sandinista government were eager for the pope’s visit. The Catholic church was expected to receive great support and moral legitimacy from the Pope when it came to the opposition of the Sandinista government. The church was in hopes of the Pope’s support to the peace process while assuming the role of mediator and voicing his dislike
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Pope Francis: The Peoples Pope The Catholic Church has a rocky history. From the Spanish Inquisition and the Crusades‚ to sex and money abuse scandals. The Church‚ with such a dark past‚ needed to have a beacon of light to bring it out of its dark history. 2013 marked a landmark in church history. It saw Pope Benedict XVI resign‚ the first Pope to do so since 1415. Following in the steps of this trend of new‚ the Church also saw its first South American Pope. Pope Francis has ushered in a new era
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The Nicaraguan Institute of Sports is the institution responsible for promoting‚ regulating‚ coordinating‚ promoting and promoting the practice of sports activities‚ physical education and recreation throughout the country‚ as well as the construction and maintenance of infrastructure necessary for such purposes‚ The same for the organization and good functioning of sports and recreational associations and federations‚ with the support of the national and international community. Baseball Baseball
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December 21‚ 2012 Ideas of Alexander Pope in Essay On Criticism 1. Introduction to Age of Enlightenment & Essay on Criticism The Age of Enlightenment was a widespread literary and intellectual movement took place in Europe and England. This age encouraged intellectual freedom as well as freedom from prejudice‚ religious beliefs‚ and politics. In that age‚ Neoclassical Movement which on literature and art was dominant began in western literatures during Renaissance and ends in 1798‚ but concept
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boy who would become Pope Saint Gregory the Great lived a youthful life of calm and worry-free days‚ despite the fact that he was born surrounded by famine‚ war‚ and uncertainty. While there are no official records of his education‚ there is no doubt that as a boy he enjoyed as many educational opportunities than his peers and was believed to be one of the smartest men in Rome. While it has never been documented‚ it is also believed that he had some type of legal education. His legacy‚ however‚ would
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seen that after a long historical process the Popes’ sole rule of the Catholic Church‚ rigidly centralized‚ bureaucratized and clericalized‚ was finally established‚ and continued to exist until the middle of the 20th century. Then something unexpected happened. Pope John XXIII (1958-63)‚ the son of an Italian peasant farmer‚ called the Second Vatican Council in 1959 with a view to pastoral renewal and the promotion of Christian unity. The pope attributed the calling of the historic council
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Question 48 (Worth 10 points) (01.06 MC)Use examples from the lessons to compose a well-developed paragraph on the following: Why do historians consider the greatest achievement of the Byzantine Empire to be the preservation of Greek and Roman cultures? ESSAY SUBMISSION Historians consider the greatest achievement of the Byzantine Empire to be the preservation of Greek and Roman cultures because after the fall of the roman empire and the small Greek states the byzantine empire still kept their
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the Catholic Church‚ the Magisterium has always spoken out against injustices and wrongdoings whenever present in the world. Particularly in the nineteen and twentieth Century’s‚ the popes wrote multiple Encyclicals‚ exhorting nations to return to the fundamental Christians principles they were founded upon. In 1891‚ Pope Leo the XIII wrote the Encyclical‚ On the Condition of Workers‚ which condemned and corrected many of the errors that were occurring within the Industrial revolution. Pope Pius
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