John Paul II and respect for local cultures by María Inés Franck

“…This paper reviews the main definitions of culture that the Polish Pope left us, relating them to the identity of peoples. …”
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Geneza utworzenia Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie by Jan Dyduch

“…A weighty event in the history of the theological high school in Cracow was the foundation of the Pontifical University of John Paul II on 19 June 2009, on the Solemnity of the Lord Jesus’ Sacred Heart. It was the Pope Benedict XVI with the Congregation for Catholic Education to carry this out. …”
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The Four Problems which Old Testament Married Couples Grapple with by Marcin Majewski

“… In the context of a lively debate on the encyclic of Pope Francis Amoris laetitia, in this article I take up the four most important problems that marriages in the Old Testament grappled with: polygamy, or marrying multiple spouses, lack of offspring, infidelity, or betrayal, and divorce. …”
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Propagande catholique et littérature populaire : l’Église face aux défis de la question sociale (1876-1902) by Solange Hibbs

“…During the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century, the Spanish Catholic Church, encouraged by the Pope Leo xiii encyclicals and the six National Catholic Assemblies which took place from 1889 to 1903, sustained an offensive strategy of rechristianization of the civil society. …”
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Church’s Response to the Ecological Crisis in a Small Country – the Case of the Roman Catholic Church in Latvia by Weronika Felcis, Elgars Felcis

“…However, being called by Pope Francis in his encyclical Laudato si’, recently more of the reflection was given to the call for ecological conversion. …”
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Pius XII and the Idea of European Unity by Emília Hrabovec

“… Pope Pius XII supported the idea of unifying Europe, but reminded Europeans of the principles on which a just and durable European convivence had to be based: on the “moral law that the Creator revealed by means of natural law”, in respect of the dignity of human persons and of all natural communities. …”
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„Nowe znamiona” Kościoła według papieża Franciszka by Przemysław Artemiuk

“… The article is devoted to selected elements of the ecclesiology of Pope Francis. The author notices numerous ecclesiological threads that allow to collect and systematize the papal thoughts about the Church. …”
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Between Sartre and Ratzinger, or the Legacy of the “No Man’s” Revolution by Aleksander Bańka

“… This text analyses the relevance of the 1968 revolution in the context of the crisis of values in Western Europe and the response of Pope Benedict XVI to these challenges. The author shows that this revolution, inspired by Sartre’s existentialism and Marxism, had a profound impact on contemporary culture, challenging the traditional Christian understanding of man, God, and freedom. …”
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Die ouderling in twee kerkordes in die Dordtse tradisie by P. J. Strauss

“…This is why the elder in the Calvinistic-Dordt tradition is a worthy and winning opponent of the Roman Catholic pope. …”
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Ecological responsibility of Benedictine monasteries: a study of three cases (Plankstetten, Andechs and Gut Aich) by Bernard Sawicki

“…This paper presents the practical contribution of three Benedictine monasteries to an integrated ecology, strongly recommended in pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’. Based mainly on the materials inserted on the websites of these monasteries, a particular and important connection is observed between modern, ecological solutions and pastoral activities. …”
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Święty Jan z Ávili doktorem Kościoła by Wojciech Zyzak

“…The Author of the article shows the life and meaning of Saint John of Ávila, announced by Pope Benedict XVI a new Doctor of the Church on 7 October 2012. …”
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L’Afrique et sa dette « chinoise » au temps de la covid-19 by Thierry Pairault

“…Given the health situation we face in 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, the G20, the Paris Club and even Pope Francis have spoken out in favour of debt relief for the most indebted countries, at the forefront of which are many African countries, China being more or less in the dock. …”
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‘Queer Reverence’: Aubrey Beardsley’s Venus and Tannhäuser by Nicole Fluhr

“…The staff then miraculously blossoms, but though the pope has Tannhäuser sought across the land, the troubadour cannot be found. …”
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O clero e as Cortes de 1361 by Hermínia Vasconcelos Vilar

“…In this article, we intend to draw attention to the implications of the frequent presentation of grievances by the clergy to the king or pope and also to the importance of the crisis of 1355 -1356 in the first years of governance of D. …”
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Oryginalne ujęcie kwestii wiary w encyklice papieża Franciszka Lumen fidei by Henryk Sławiński

“…The article takes into consideration the encyclical letter of pope Francis Lumen fidei. The author discusses the description of the “faith” as found in the given pastoral letter. …”
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Les aqueducs de Rome : les activités de la Surintendance capitoline, une contribution essentielle à la recherche by Marina Marcelli, Massimiliano Munzi

“…In addition to the Acqua Felice, built by pope Sixtus V (1585-1590), two still functioning Roman aqueducts were concerned: the Aqua Virgo (19 BC), probably the only ancient aqueduct which, flowing mainly in underground channels, has remained in continuous operation to the present day, and the Aqua Traiana (109 AD), which was reactivated by pope Paulus V in 1612.The complexity of these structures, of considerable height and tens of kilometres long, makes monitoring, protection and conservation particularly difficult.This is why the Municipality of Rome, when drawing up the New Master Plan for the city in the 1960s, included the aqueducts as part of the city's protective cultural heritage. …”
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John Paul II, the right to life and abortion by Nicolas Bauer

“…He advocated in favour of the right to life of unborn children, through diplomacy and action at the United Nations. The Polish Pope opposed both the claims and the methods of the pro-abortion lobby. …”
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Catherine of Siena's wisdom on discernment and her reception of scripture by Diana L. Villegas

“…I then examine how Catherine applied her teaching through an analysis of a letter to Pope Gregory XI. …”
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Habsburg Hungary and the Papal Court (1605–1689) by Péter Tusor

“…These processes were useful sources of information of the Holy See about the state of the Hungarian Catholic Church. Furthermore, the Pope and the dicasteries could gain information from the compulsory ad limina visits. …”
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A Distributed K-Means Segmentation Algorithm Applied to Lobesia botrana Recognition by José García, Christopher Pope, Francisco Altimiras

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