is usually caught in the middle of power struggles for the control of a country and in March of 1983 Nicaragua was no different. During this period the country was in amidst of war‚ the Contras were opposing the Sandinista government. So when Pope John Paul II was set to visit the country‚ many Sandinista Catholic supporters hope he would help to bring about social justice for the poor and support the government. Believing this would bring an end to the civil war that was consuming the country. They
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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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Nine Days that Changed the World 5) When asked if I think that Pope John Paul II is worthy to become a saint‚ I immediately looked up the definition of a saint‚ and to find what it takes to be canonized as a saint. A person who after death is formally recognized by a Christian Church‚ especially the Roman Catholic Church‚ as having attained‚ through holy deeds or behaviour‚ a specially exalted place in heaven and the right to veneration. From this definition‚ it says you need to be recognized
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Pope Benedict XVI Type of Ministry: Pope Benedict XVI was born with the name Joseph Alois Ratzinger. He was born on the 16th of April 1927 and is the current head of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the 265th pope. He became pope after the death of John Paul II‚ and was elected on April 19‚ 2005. He was born into a religious family‚ he was baptised on the day of his birth‚ and his brother‚ Georg Ratzinger is a priest. According to relatives‚ he had wanted to become
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Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio‚[b][c] 17 December 1936) is pope of the Catholic Church‚ in which capacity he is both Bishop of Rome and absolute sovereign of the Vatican City State.[2] Born in Buenos Aires‚ Argentina‚ Bergoglio worked briefly as a chemical technician and nightclub bouncer before beginning seminarystudies.[3] He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969 and from 1973 to 1979 was Argentina’s Provincial superior of the Society of Jesus.
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Pope John Paul II at Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Pope John Paul II‚ a vocal advocate for human rights‚ in his speech given in front of Israel’s Holocaust memorial‚ Yad Vashem; implies that both people of Jewish and Christian belief should actively strive towards a better relationship between the two religious groups. He begins to develop this implication by stating that the Christian people shall never dare to forget the tragic horrors that the Jewish people endured. The Pope then claims that
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Jennifer Willman Journal #5 04/01/2013 I like many others‚ have become intrigued by our newest pope. I found a few articles online that I have found very interesting. This is the first time that I have actually cared or even read about the pope. As I was reading these articles there were little bits that I had to look up because I had no idea what they were or what they meant. Unfortunately‚ I resorted to reading the wiki website. I could understand what they were talking about on that website
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1. The Suffering and the Mystery of Evil “Man suffers whenever he experiences any kind of evil.” The concept of suffering and evil are closely connected. Pope John Paul II addresses this relationship between suffering and evil in his apostolic letter as follows: Man suffers on account of evil‚ which is certain lack‚ limitation or distortion of good. We could say that man suffers because of a good in which he does not share‚ from which in a certain sense he is cut off‚ or of which he has deprived
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the papal name Francis‚ after St. Francis of Assisi‚ and was elected as the new pope of the Catholic Church. It was on March 13‚ 2013 that white smoke rose from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican and Pope Francis was elected the two hundred and sixty-sixth pope. He is a pope of many firsts. The first Jesuit pope‚ first pope from the Americas‚ and first non- European pope in more than a millennium. He is known for being humble‚ willing to help the poor
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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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