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Archaeogenomic Analysis of Nineteenth-Century Burials at Saint Mary's Basilica: An Intersectional Analysis of Religion, Race, and Migration. [PDF]
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
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Induced abortion in the world: 2. Present views on pregnancy termination. [PDF]
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
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The Liquidation of the Roman Catholic Clergy of the Latin Rite in the USSR (1917–1938)
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
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„Mimowolny stabilizator”. Kościół rzymskokatolicki jako gwarant bezpieczeństwa wewnętrznego PRL [PDF]
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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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
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An attempt at the ethno-confessional transformation of Orthodoxy in Poland (1923-1939)
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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