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    company which was twenty five percent. Michael knew that Archbishop Gilday which was the head of the vatican bank at the time ran up an enormous deficit and Michael Corleone agrees to pay six hundred million dollars for the deal However the Pope John Paul VI has to approve of the deal or else it will not work. One of New York’s mafia bosses and a friend of Michael Corleone tells Michael that he and some colleagues want in on the deal and Michael does not want any mafia involvement in this deal in his

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    The Second Vatican Council and Its Lasting Effects Kevin Buckley 11/21/16 THE 1000C Dr. Holland As time constantly presses forward and the earth continues to revolve, the world will never stop progressing and adapting to better suit the needs of mankind. The evolution of religion has greatly enhanced the quality of life for humanity by providing individuals with a strong belief system that is now the foundation of many peoples’ core values. One universal religion that has undergone extensive

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    Origins of the Catholic Church in Australia. The first Catholics to come along to Australia, were amongst the first convicts to step foot on the shores of Port Jackson in Sydney. These Catholics were Irish in origin, and brought Catholicism to Australia, although Anglican Ministers were trying to stop the spread of Catholicism in Great Britain and her colonies. Most of the Irish who came here came here because of the British persecution of Irish Nationalists. The first obstacle to Catholicism spreading

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    The Catholic Church during the early 16th Century was rooted throughout Europe. The Church influenced every country and its respective monarchs through the Church’s wealth and power. The Catholic Church placed a tight hold on the general populace with individuals who went against the Church being branded as heretics and excommunicated. The wealth and power of the Church eventually caused the quality of the clergy to deteriorate. Priests became corrupt and subjected to their physical desires. They

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    Could 9/11 Have Been Prevented?

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    It was not until August of 1996 when Bin Laden issued a fatwa a declaration war upon the US, following the June bombing of a US Air Force Installation in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 service members and wounded 515 people (Hellman.) He laid out the multitude of reasons why the group has purposely targeted the United States and its allies. The fatwa outlines 7 major reasons with a multitude of sub reasons concurrent with his main points. His first is that of “we” as in the western world attacked them

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    Essay on Woodstock: A Peaceful Rock Revolution

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    Woodstock: A Peaceful Rock Revolution To some, the 60s were a decade of discovery as Americans first journeyed to the moon. Others remember the time as a decade of America’s moral decline with the advent of rock and roll and its representation of "sinful", inappropriate ideals. Yet for many people, the 60s symbolized a decade of love and harmony. Hippies exemplified these beliefs, and in 1969 they gathered at a music festival known as Woodstock to celebrate their music, their love, and their

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    Study 1. The ecclesial community I propose to study is the Anglican Church of Canada. 2. My curiosity in the Anglican ecclesial community stems from my interest with its founding. As history has informed us, King Henry VIII still considered himself a “good Catholic” despite creating the Church of England, which is under the governance of the English monarch, not the Pope. Studying the history of the Anglican Church beyond its inception can provide details about the development of its beliefs,

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    The Modern World

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    that the number of people who attend mass has been declining over the years. “At present in Australia, about forty per cent of Catholics attend mass at some time during the year: approximately twenty-three per cent attend at least once a month; with about eighteen per cent attending on anyone Sunday… there has been a steady decline in attendance, of approximately two and a half to three per cent each year” (Brown 2000). The decrease in people attending mass is due to the gap between biblical culture

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    During the Protestant Reformation, three groups of people contributed to this 16th Century upheaval. First, the common people/ laborers. They considered their local priests and bishops their direct connection to God. However, the commoners considered these priests part of the gentry, causing an “endemic dissatisfaction” (Palmer 77) among the commoners. Their religious desire for a reformation, combined with a desire for social reformation. This particular group found meaning to their cause in the

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    Hypertext and Literary Study Essay

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    Hypertext and Literary Study Hypertextual fiction (hyperfiction) and other hypertext applications are making their way into the literature courses where, Professor Larry Friedlander says, “learning has basically meant the study of texts,” in the form of the “printed word” (257). And these newer works, inseparable from their contemporary technologies, offer the possibility of a very different type of literary study than the one most English majors experience in traditional literature courses

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