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Archaeogenomic Analysis of Nineteenth-Century Burials at Saint Mary's Basilica: An Intersectional Analysis of Religion, Race, and Migration. [PDF]

open access: yesAm J Biol Anthropol
ABSTRACT Objectives The Basilica of Saint Mary's of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk, Virginia, is the only predominantly African American basilica in the United States. A community‐based archaeogenomic investigation was carried out at this church to investigate the history of its previous congregants.
Fleskes RE   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Induced abortion in the world: 2. Present views on pregnancy termination. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Gynaecol Obstet
Abstract Abortion was practiced in most cultures for millennia, but was often disapproved and banned. The 20th century witnessed a progressive conditional legalization, often with limitations for the duration of pregnancy. Legalizing abortion was driven by multiple factors, including a desire to limit population growth, the emergence of movements that ...
Benagiano G   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Liquidation of the Roman Catholic Clergy of the Latin Rite in the USSR (1917–1938)

open access: yesThe Person and the Challenges, 2013
After the peace treaty with Poland (18 March 1921) and after the reorganization of the Church administration in 1921 and in 1923, ten administrative units of the Catholic Church were placed within the borders of the USSR; eight were of the Latin ...
Jan Szczepaniak
doaj   +1 more source

„Mimowolny stabilizator”. Kościół rzymskokatolicki jako gwarant bezpieczeństwa wewnętrznego PRL [PDF]

open access: yesJęzyk. Religia. Tożsamość, 2021
We see the Roman Catholic Church in the People’s Republic of Poland as a victim of a totalitarian and authoritarian system. This is understandable. However, as a subject of internal politics, during the system’s construction or later in periods of unrest,
Juliusz Sikorski
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Secularization and Sacralization. New polarization of the Polish religious landscape in the context of globalization and European integration

open access: yesActa Universitatis Carolinae Geographica, 2021
The fall of the Communist government gave rise not only to changes in the political, economic, and social realm of Poland but also came to exert an impact on the country’s religious character.
Elżbieta Bilska-Wodecka
doaj   +1 more source

An attempt at the ethno-confessional transformation of Orthodoxy in Poland (1923-1939)

open access: yesУкраїнське Pелігієзнавство, 2002
Neounia is one of the common names of the new unified church, which was introduced by the Polish Roman Catholic bishop on the Ukrainian and Byelorussian lands of Poland during the interwar period (1923-1939).
Nadiya G. Stokolos
doaj   +1 more source

Parishes Registers and Lists of Parishes Residents in the Wróblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences: Genesis and Confessional Singularity

open access: yesBibliotheca Lituana, 2012
The article treats baptismal, matrimonial and death parish registers in 17th–20th centuries, also lists of confirmees and lists of converts to Roman Catholic Church or Orthodox Church, lists of parishes and parishes’ residents of territories in Lithuania,
Saulius Žilys
doaj   +1 more source

An unfinished story of conversion: clerical sexual abuse in Poland: A communications case study on betrayal, healing and trust recovery

open access: yesChurch, Communication and Culture, 2020
Poland is one of the most Catholic countries in the world. 33 million out of its 38 million people (92.9% of its population) declare themselves to be Roman Catholic. Church initiatives for the needy, whether poor or immigrants, are everywhere. The Church
Paulina Guzik
doaj   +1 more source

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THE TERRITORY OF NADDNIPRIANSKA UKRAINE AT THE END OF 40-S OF THE 19TH – THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY

open access: yesCхід, 2021
An attempt of analysis of written sources of the history of the Roman Catholic Church on the territory of Ukraine at the end of 40-s of the 19th – the beginning of the 20th century was performed in the article.
Volodymyr Romantsov, Anton Huz
doaj   +1 more source

Selected Aspects of the Management of Real Estates Owned by Legal Persons of Churches and other Religious Associations

open access: yesReal Estate Management and Valuation, 2019
At the end of 2012, there were 174 churches and religious associations operating in Poland (GUS 2014). Most of the individuals (nearly 96%) are the followers of the Roman Catholic Church.
Cienciała Agnieszka
doaj   +1 more source

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