Twelfth and early thirteenth century polychromy at the northernmost edge of Europe: past analyses and future research by Kaja Kollandsrud, Unn Plahter

“…It is clear from the evidence gained that both the making and the perception of Catholic church art in medieval Norway was firmly rooted in an established culture consistent with Christian paradigms found in the rest of medieval Europe. …”
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La (dés)illusion communautaire. De l’ambivalence de la notion de « communauté » en Amazonie brésilienne by Émilie Stoll, Ricardo Theophilo Folhes

“…In the Brazilian Amazon, the formation of rural « communities » was largely driven by the Catholic Church, and later strengthened by several external institutional actors. …”
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DIE BETROKKENHEID VAN KERK EN STAAT BY DIE BEVESTIGING VAN HUWELIKE MET ’N PERSPEKTIEF OP DRIE GEREFORMEERDE KERKORDES by P Strauss

“… There are two main reasons why the church, in general, became involved in the solemnising of marriages: the history of the church and, with it, especially the involvement of the Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages as the church of the Western World in this regard and theologically based principles. …”
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Preaching the Word of God in the Polish synodal synthesis by Leszek Szewczyk

“…Launched in the Catholic Church by Pope Francis on October 10, 2021, the Synod on Synodality is entering the next stages. …”
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Probati auctores by Christoph H. F. Meyer

“… This article deals with the so-called probati auctores, i.e. those canonists and theologians who are commonly regarded as reliable and faithful interpreters of the doctrine of the Catholic Church in regard to canon law, belief and morals. …”
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THOMAS MÜNTZER: A HISTORICAL CATALYST IN GERMAN PEASANTS WAR by Emre Taşkıran

“…By choosing the mainstream literature, this study has used some of the important pamphlets, letters, and secondary qualitative texts on Müntzer’s manuscripts about both the German Peasants War and his theological assertations toward the Reformation process which began with Martin Luther’s contributions to Catholic Church in 16th century. Examining social, political, and theological dynamics in the 16th century German Reformation process, this article has tried to find the potential answers to the basic question, which is how contradicted theological conflict between prominent Protestant doctrines led to revolutionary tendencies among exploited groups in German Reformation Process. …”
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Pomiędzy queerową subwersją a „middle-class mainstreaming”. O twórczości drag queen Mony Lizak by Magdalena Stoch

“…Particular attention is paid to the artist’s political message, which criticises the exclusion of LGBT+ persons, the dominance of the Catholic church, and social issues such as the climate crisis and women’s rights. …”
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The World's Evangelical Alliance and the Spanish Civil War by F Hale

“…The interdominational Evangelical Alliance, founded in England in 1846 inter alia to promote Protestant interests internationally at a time when the Roman Catholic Church was perceived as a threat to religious freedom in Europe and elsewhere, lent its voice to the Republican cause. …”
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Marching towards the Cruzada: Douglas Jerrold's road to nationalist Spain by F. Hale

“…Generally speaking, Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom favoured the insurgency of General Francisco Franco, who promised to restore the disestablished Catholic Church to its perch of privilege from which the socialist government had removed it and end the violent anticlericalism which had ravaged religious personnel in Spain. …”
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Ekumenizm na drodze przemian: problemy i wyzwania by Tadeusz Kałużny

“…However, the ecumenical involvement of the Roman Catholic Church is irreversible. The problems noted and the new challenges in the field of ecumenism should inspire one to a more intense and deep effort for the sake of bringing back full and visible union of all Christ’s disciples.…”
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The formation of periodization and the conception of Lithuanian history from 1940-1990 in emigrant historians' works by Algirdas Jakubčionis

“…The main feature of the next period was the passive anti-Soviet movement and the Lithuania Catholic Church's struggle for religious rights. The last period of modern Lithuanian history started in 1988, and it was named as the period of the Lithuanian Awakening.   …”
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Same-sex marriage: a defense based on foundations of natural law by Pablo Antonio Lago

“…That makes sense when we notice Catholic Church's position about matrimony or even academic marriage conceptions as the one claimed by John Finnis. …”
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Fenomen Matki Teresy z Kalkuty – uznanie misjonarki na arenie międzynarodowej by Wiktoria Noskiewicz

“…A figure originating from the Catholic Church can be subject to reflection regarding the significant changes she brought about on the international stage and how she was perceived.…”
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The Perspective of Peace or Fear for the Future? An Attempt to Evaluate Christian-Muslim Dialogue by Piotr Kaczmarek

“… The paper indicates the diagnosis the Christian-Muslim dialogue conducted by the Catholic Church, especially taking into account the indications of the Second Vatican Council. …”
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Řeholní kongregace v Čechách na přelomu 19. a 20. století v kontextu proměn náboženského milieu by Miroslav Novotný

“…With regard to the focus of this work, the main attention is paid to the processes running inside the Catholic Church. It deals more precisely also with the similar development in the western part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. …”
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Współczesna teologia moralna o szacunku dla ludzkiego embrionu w ujęciu Livio Meliny by Tomasz Kraj

“…However the majority of them are killed either through the very procedure of IVF or subsequently as subjects of various forms of experimentation. The Roman Catholic Church strives to protect human embryos. Her moral teaching addresses the problem continuously; however the most fervent teaching concerning this problem is John Paul II’s encyclical letter Evangelium vitae. …”
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The Impact of Religion on Moral Development in Kabale Diocese; A Case Study of Southern Division Kabale Municipality. by Musiimenta, Asia

“…One of the reasons why many people regard religion as an obstacle to moral development is that religious attitudes are commonly thought to be socially conservative, for example, the views of the catholic church about contraception, Islamic views about the role of women and their access to education, or the centrality of caste to Hinduism. …”
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Modernity and interreligious dialogue. Difficulties posed by the ideological translation of religious categories by María A. Corpas-Aguirre

“…It is from this context that the Catholic Church has appealed to theological foundations as the only possible way to reverse the damage caused by geopolitics. …”
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Charles Maurras – osobnost a l´Action française by Aleš Vrbata

“…The author explains the importance of connection which existed between l‘Action française, Maurras and the catholic church – ideologically and politically – and the importance of break up that occured in 1926 and which caused number of problems both for l‘Action française as movement and ideological current and weakened its force on the french political scene. …”
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Antropogeneza i jej związek z ewolucją wszechświata w teilhardyzmie by Grzegorz Baczewski

“…While creating human souls, God also uses the material elements of the world, sublimating them into spirit, these opinions created many problems for the Catholic Church and were not accepted. Teilhardian analyses of the future of the universe and mankind are very interesting and inspiring and have been used by many modern thinkers. …”
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