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Catholic Action was the name of many groups of lay Catholics attempting to encourage Catholic influence on political society. Many Catholic movements were born in 19th-century Austria, such as the Progressive Catholic movement promoted by thinkers such as Wilfried Daim and Ernst Karl Winter. Once strongly opposed by the Church because of its ...
The Catholic Voter in American Politics: The Passing of the Democratic Monolith (Georgetown University Press. 1999) online; Schultz, Jeffrey D. et al. eds. Encyclopedia of Religion in American Politics (1999) online; Smith, Gregory Allen. Politics in the Parish: The Political Influence of Catholic Priests (Georgetown University Press, 2008) online
The relations between the Catholic Church and the state have been constantly evolving with various forms of government, some of them controversial in retrospect. In its history, the Church has had to deal with various concepts and systems of governance, from the Roman Empire to the medieval divine right of kings, from nineteenth- and twentieth-century concepts of democracy and pluralism to the ...
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On February 12, 1919, the National Catholic War Council issued the "Bishops' Program of Social Reconstruction," through a carefully planned public relations campaign. The plan offered a guide for overhauling America's politics, society, and economy based on Pope Leo XIII's Rerum novarum and a variety of American influences.
Peter Jugis was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on March 3, 1957.He was baptized at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Charlotte in 1957 by Reverend Michael J. Begley.Jugis attended South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, graduating in 1975.
Sabrina Carpenter's response to the controversy surrounding her “Feather” music video is getting a reaction all of its own.. The music video, which was released Oct. 30, features the singer in ...
The first state to recognize Christianity as its official religion was the Kingdom of Armenia in 301. [1] Christianity gained prominence in Roman politics during the reign of Constantine the Great, who favored Christianity and legalized its practice in the empire in 313. [2] Christians were also appointed to government positions at this time. [3]