Using a dataset of 1,700 ages at first marriage for Roman Catholics born in the Groningen Ommelanden (The Netherlands) during the period 1721-1800 explanatory variables for the specific age at marriage have been searched for. The 18 th and early 19 th century Groningen Ommelanden fitted perfectly into Hajnal’s Western European marriage pattern with very high ages at marriage and a high celibacy...

VATICAN CITY [AP) • Pope John Paul I assumed the throne of St. Peter and leadership of the world's 700 million Roman Catholics yesterday in solemn, outdoor rite marked by the simplicity already a hall-mark of his papacy. Breaking more than 1,000 years of tradition, the 65-year-old pontiff donned a simple white wool stole as the shepherd of his flock and concelebrated his inaugural Mass with the...

etant donné le rapport réciproque entre la société et la littérature, et vu la dominance extraordinaire du roman, à l'état actuel, sur les autres expressions littéraires, on ne peut s'empêcher de s'interroger sur la cause et l'origine de la primauté du genre romanesque. certes, le roman ne date pas du xixe siècle; il est l'un des héritages des siècles précédents. néanmoins, son déploiement est ...

We demonstrate that, in comparison to religious groups showing reliable, contemporary voting tendencies (e.g., white evangelical Protestants Republican, Jews and Muslims Democratic), Roman Catholics show far less consistency supporting one major party over the other. After reviewing relevant literature Catholic public political preferences behavior, we delve into a basic overview of history Chu...

The text engages with the ongoing discussion about role played by religion in social life, attention paid to transnational dynamics of religiosity migrants’ individual experiences, expectations and modes involvement. We concentrate on research problem: how does Roman Catholic Church, through networks faithful, facilitate, challenge, intersect adaptation or integration migrants their new setting...

Roughly one-quarter of the world’s most common neglected tropical diseases and almost all of the cases of Chagas disease occur in the Catholic majority countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This finding highlights new opportunities to lift the poorest Catholics in developing countries out of poverty. The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are the most common infections of the world’s po...