Vaticano II, cincuenta años después (Vatican II, fifty years later) - DOI: 10.5752/P.2175-5841.2011v9n24p1207 by José Comblin

“…De las tensiones entre renovadores y conservadores, resultaron documentos ambiguos, anunciando temas nuevos, a los que se contraponían viejas facetas de la tradición papal. Paralelamente a lo que el Concilio representó en términos de renovación de la Iglesia, el artículo traza el perfil de otro cambio ocurrido en la historia do Occidente: la revolución cultural, simbólicamente representada por 1968. …”
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Indagini su Antonio Mollari architetto prima e dopo l’exploit triestino: 1789/99-1807/23 / Surveys on the architect Antonio Mollari before and after his “exploit” in Trieste: 1789/... by Giuseppe Cruciani, Fabio Sileoni

“…The discovery at the Library of Bassano, in a letter written by Mollari to Canova (1807), of a list of his works and in the ‘Consiglio d’Arte’ collection (at the State Archives in Rome), of the “Transunto” of the titles presented for his inscription in the Papal Engineering Corps (1817), has consented the reconstruction (with the integration of existing data), of the architect’s curriculum, up until his entry into service at the Office of Pesaro. …”
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Westminster Abbey, King Stephen, and the Failure to Canonize King Edward in 1139 by Kyly Walker

“…Westminster’s weakness caused the Abbey to tie the canonization request to Stephen’s fortunes, which ultimately did not help the cause, when shifting papal politics strengthened Innocent’s independence and correspondingly weakened his support for the king. …”
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Człowiek a przyroda – przesłanie papieża Franciszka w encyklice Laudato si’ by Marek Derlatka

“…The dedication of the entire most important form of papal teaching, which is the encyclical, to the protection of the environment proves the seriousness of the problem and should mobilize not only Catholics to act. …”
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Młodzi w Kościele Faranciszka by Marcin Szczodry

“…This article aims at presenting the main content of the papal teaching addressed to the young people as well as the tasks set by Francis to the young generation of Christians in the church and the world. …”
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La era del desarrollo sostenible. by Joan Miguel Tejedor Estupiñán, Juan Fernando Alvarez Rodriguez

“…En 2015 se aprueban los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible y el Vaticano publica la encíclica papal Laudato Si, donde se establecen orientaciones para la preservación de la vida y directrices para un accionar ético. …”
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A Kabbalistic Reading of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling by Robert Sagerman

“…The Renaissance Christian Kabbalist and papal advisor Egidio da Viterbo is posited here as the designer of this Ceiling program. …”
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The Status and Duties of Ecclesiastical Judges in Cases Concerning the Nullity of Marriage by Grzegorz Marcin Bzdyrak

“…The author does not omit to discuss the origin of the power to judge and its consequences. The article cites papal speeches to the members of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota. …”
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The Political Funeral of Isabella the Catholic in Rome (1505): Liturgical Hybridity and Succession Tension in a Celebration <i>Misere a la Italiana et Ceremoniose a la Spagnola</i> by Álvaro Fernández de Córdova

“…Based on the interest aroused by royal funerals at the end of the Middle Ages, this paper analyses the obsequies held in the Eternal City on the occasion of the death of Isabella the Catholic (1474–1504)—Queen of Castile and Aragon—in a context of international tension and succession unrest. The papal diaries, diplomatic documentation and Ludovico Bruno’s <i>sermo funebris</i> allow us to reconstruct the liturgical, scenographic and rhetorical display of a ceremony that seduced with its solemnity and elegance, the fruit of a hybridism that combined Spanish and Italian funerary traditions in the Rome of Julius II. …”
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Law, morality, and catholic social teaching on family living wage: Analyzing the adequacy and morality of the minimum wage in the Philippines by Vivencio O. Ballano

“…Using sociological and theological perspectives and secondary data to compare the minimum wage and the family living wage of non-agricultural workers in Metro Manila as an illustration, it clarifies the basic difference between the government’s legal wage and the Roman Catholic Church’s (RCC) moral wage It compares the legal wage as mandated by the Wage Rationalization Act of 1989 and related statutes and the RCC’s social doctrines on just wage and the family living wage as taught by Catholic Social Teaching’s (CST), a set of papal and conciliar documents that deal with the Christian faith and social concerns. …”
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Luther’s representations and interpretations in the early Modern age. The Italian case by Michela Catto

“…In different moments and situations therefore, the figure of Luther — and Calvin — became the causes of the doctrinal corruption effected by the Society of Jesus, the origin of Jansenism, of any policy opposing the papal power and hostile to religious institutions, and at last as the germ from which the worst modern doctrines were born: from atheims to libertinism and the Enlightenment.…”
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National Rivalry among Hospitallers? by Karl Borchardt

“…After the reunification of the Habsburg lands in the early 1460s the commandery of Mailberg was given by Emperor Frederick III and his son Maximilian to their courtiers and creditors, some of whom were not even Hospitallers. With papal support Frederick III tried to transfer Mailberg to his newly-founded military-religious order of St. …”
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Pope Francis’ Culture of Dialogue as Pathway to Interfaith Encounter: A Special Focus on Islam by Roberto Catalano

“…Since 2013, the Argentinean pontiff appeared to be unambiguously committed to finding an alternative pathway to the much-publicized category of ‘clash of civilisations<i>’</i>, which, in the last few decades, has been the reference paradigm in Christian–Muslim relationships. Papal initiatives, gestures and journeys have consistently aimed at a ‘culture of dialogue and encounter’. …”
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Piotr Cholewka: Known and Unknown by Maria J. Żychowska

“…In 1943 he entered the Benedictine monastery of Wisques. In 1961, a papal indult authorized him to pursue studies and work outside the cloister. …”
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THE CHARACTER OF SAINT JOSEPH – IN THE SERVICE OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION? by Anna Zellma

“…Joseph still be an effective role model for the contemporary world in such an adverse context. Papal teachings were used when seeking the answer to this question, with particular focus placed on two documents: Redemptoris custos by John Paul II and Patris corde by Pope Francis. …”
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Sociological Perspectives on Laudato Si’ – Towards a Coherent Social and an Ecological Conversion by Andreja Sršen

“…Outlining the current state of sociological knowledge and opportunities for future research about the social causes of global climate change we have to put papal encyclical letter »Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home« and global climate change into social light of theoretical insights from the broader discipline of sociology in a number of areas, including micro and macro foundations of social inequality, population and migration research and models of globalization. …”
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Historische Grundlagenforschung in Rumänien und Digital Humanities by Adinel C. Dincă

“…An increased interest in these remarkable documentary texts has been encouraged and facilitated primarily by multiple ini- tiatives that intend to bring papal or curial documents from regional repositories closer to re- searchers in the form of digital data. …”
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La scelta missionaria nell’attivit à del consiglio pastorale parrocchiale by Leszek Rojowski

“…The article also features some directions from the Papal document which must be taken into account and some practical suggestions which aid in reaching the delineated goals. …”
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Poland as the Bastion of Christianity and the Issue of a Union with the Orthodox Church by Janusz Smołucha

“…The Holy See joined the defense against the Islamic threat, hoping to convince the Grand Duchy of Moscow to go to war with Turkey. Papal diplomacy was also centered on the followers of the Orthodox Church living within the borders of the Republic, which resulted in the Union of Brest in 1596. …”
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Traces et sens de l'Histoire chez les voyageuses françaises et britanniques dans l'Italie préunitaire (1815-1861) by Nicolas Bourguinat

“…As they traveled, discovering the cities and the people, they also discuss in their writings matters connected with politics and history; for example, the legacy of the French occupation of Italy before 1814, or the signs of backwardness and the authoritarianism of political life in the Papal States and other principalities. These women travellers also stress the possibilities for the country’s regeneration, especially for the generation of women travellers who visited Italy after the 1848 revolutions.…”
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