| Hyacinth and Protus Saints Hyacinth and Protus were Christian martyrs during the persecution of Emperor Valerian I (257-259 AD). Protus' name is sometimes spelled Protatius, Proteus, Prothus, Prote, and Proto. His name was corrupted in England as Saint Pratt. Hyacinth is sometimes called by his Latin name Hyacinthus (in ; ; and ). Hyacinth_and_Protus
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| Nazi crimes against ethnic Poles In addition to about three million Polish Jews (mostly killed in Operation Reinhard), 2.5 million non-Jewish Polish citizens perished during the course of the war. Over two million were ethnic Poles (the remaining 500,000 were mainly ethnic minority Ukrainians and Belarusians living in Poland). Nazi_crimes_against_ethnic_Poles
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| George Tiller George Richard Tiller, MD (August 8, 1941 Wichita, Kansas. He was the medical director of a clinic in Wichita, Women's Health Care Services, one of only three nationwide which self-identified as providing abortions after the 21st week of pregnancy (known as late-term abortion).Operation Rescue kept a daily vigil outside Tiller's clinic for many yearsnational group, then later a branch that moved from California to Kansas specifically to focus on Tiller. George_Tiller
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| Council of Epaon The Council of Epaon in Burgundy (517) enacted the first legislation against wooden altars, forbidding the building of any but stone Altars.The Council, in canon xvi, allowed baptized heretics to be admitted to the Church by a rite of unction (Presbyteros, . . . si conversionem subitam petant, chrismate subvenire permittimus). This was the practice also in the East, but in Rome and Italy admission was by laying on of hands. Council_of_Epaon
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| Nazi eugenics Nazi eugenics were Nazi Germany's racially-based social policies that placed the improvement of the race through eugenics at the center of their concerns and targeted those humans they identified as "life unworthy of life" (German Lebensunwertes Leben), including but not limited to the criminal, degenerate, dissident, feeble-minded, homosexual, idle, insane, religious, and weak, for elimination from the chain of heredity. Nazi_eugenics
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| John M. Oesterreicher John Maria Oesterreicher, born Johannes Oesterreicher (February 2, 1904 April 18, 1993) was a Roman Catholic theologian and a leading advocate of Jewish-Catholic reconciliation. He was one of the architects of Nostra Aetate or "In Our Age," which was issued by the Second Vatican Council in 1965 and which repudiated antisemitism. John_M._Oesterreicher
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| Catholicism/Archive4 Talk:Catholicism/Archive4
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| Prayer of the Blessed Virgin The Prayer to Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a prayer in the Roman Catholic Church. It is a part of a novena for prayer beginning on July 7 or in time of need. Prayer_of_the_Blessed_Virgin
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| Ordinatio Sacerdotalis Talk:Ordinatio_Sacerdotalis
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| New Ways Ministry New Ways Ministry is an organization providing positive ministry and support to gay and lesbian Catholics in the United States of America. The organization is primarily based in Maryland. New_Ways_Ministry
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| St. Ambrose College St. Ambrose College is a Voluntary Aided, Christian Brothers' Roman Catholic boys' grammar school located in Hale Barns, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. St._Ambrose_College
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| House blessing House blessings (also known as house healings, house clearings, house cleansings and space clearing) are religious rituals intended to protect the inhabitants from misfortune. Many religions have house blessings of one form or another. House_blessing
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| Patron saints of places This article features a list of patron saints of places by nation, region and town/city. If a place is not here it may be in Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Patron_saints_of_places
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| Martin Luther/Archive 7 Talk:Martin_Luther/Archive_7
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| James Likoudis James Likoudis is "a former College Instructor in History and Government with 20 years of teaching experience in public and private education." He is a "nationally known writer and lecturer on Catechetics, Sex Education and Liturgy, he has published many articles on these and other subjects of interest to the Catholic laity." James_Likoudis
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| Our Lady of La Vang Our Lady of La Vang refers to a claimed Marian apparition at a time when Catholics were persecuted and killed in Vietnam. Many people sought refuge in the rain forest of La Vang, and many became very ill. They were praying when a lady appeared, wearing the traditional Vietnamese áo dài dress and holding a child in her arms, with two angels beside her. Our_Lady_of_La_Vang
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| Holocaust victims While the term "Holocaust victims" generally refers to Jews, the German Nazis also persecuted and often killed millions of members of other groups they considered inferior (Untermenschen), undesirable or dangerous. In addition to Jews, the targeted groups included Poles (of whom 2 million gentile Poles were killed) and some other Slavic peoples, Soviets (particularly prisoners of war), Romanies (also known as Gypsies), some Africans, Asians and others who did not belong to the "Aryan race", the mentally ill, physically disabled and the mentally retarded, homosexuals and transsexual people, and political opponents and religious dissidents such as communists, trade unionists, and Jehovah's Witnesses. Holocaust_victims
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| Darkness Visible (Hannah book) Darkness Visible was a 1952 book on Freemasonry written by the Anglican clergyman Walton Hannah. Darkness Visible has been influential among Christians cited by both the General Synod of the Church of England[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops as a reason for their concern about the compatibility of Freemasonry and Christianity.Hannah wanted to demonstrate that Freemasonry was incompatible with Christianity in general. Darkness_Visible_(Hannah_book)
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| Nativity of St. John the Baptist The Nativity of St. John the Baptist (or Birth of John the Baptist, or Nativity of the Forerunner) is a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of Jesus’ cousin, Saint John the Baptist. Nativity_of_St._John_the_Baptist
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| Basic ecclesial community Basic Ecclesial Communities (BECs), also called Basic Christian Communities, Small Christian Communities and Small Human Communities are units of parishes with a greater lay administrative and quasi-sacramental role. Some have contended that the movement has its origin and inspiration from Liberation Theology in Latin America. Basic_ecclesial_community
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