| Abortion An abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion of a embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death. An abortion can occur spontaneously due to complications during pregnancy or can be induced. Abortion
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| All Souls' Day In Western Christianity, All Souls' Day commemorates the faithful departed. This day is observed in the Roman Catholic Church, churches of the Anglican Communion, Old Catholic Churches, and to some extent among Protestants. All_Souls'_Day
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| Anointing of the Sick Anointing of the Sick is distinguished from other forms of religious anointing or "unction" (an older term with the same meaning) in that it is intended, as its name indicates, for the benefit of a sick person. Other religious anointings occur in relation to other sacraments, in particular baptism, confirmation and ordination, and also in the coronation of a monarch. Anointing_of_the_Sick
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| Baptism In Christianity, baptism (Greek, "immersing", "performing ablutions")Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon is the sacramental act of cleansing in water that admits one as a full member of the Church. The majority of Christians, including Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Lutherans, Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Methodists are baptized as infants. Baptism
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| Capital punishment Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the execution of a person by the state as punishment for a crime. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. Capital_punishment
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| Cardinal (Catholicism) A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually a bishop, of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. Cardinal_(Catholicism)
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| Sacraments of the Catholic Church The Sacraments of the Catholic Church, "instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, are efficacious signs of grace perceptible to the senses. Through them divine life is bestowed upon us. Sacraments_of_the_Catholic_Church
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| Chick Publications Inc. Talk:Chick_Publications_Inc.
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| Holy Orders In a general sense, the term Holy Orders refers to those in the Christian religion who have been ordained in Apostolic Succession. As a more theologically technical term in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Old Catholic, Independent Catholic and Assyrian churches, it is a Sacrament or Holy Mystery in which the candidate is ordained as a bishop, priest or deacon. Holy_Orders
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| Halloween Halloween, or Hallowe’en, is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses", carving Jack-o'-lanterns, reading scary stories and watching horror movies. Halloween
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| Pope John Paul II Pope_John_Paul_II
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| Saint A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated) a high level of holiness and sanctity in an exemplary life of virtuous behaviour. A saint is therefore not simply a believer but one who has been transformed by virtue and presents an example (often providing guidance) to other human beings striving to conform their lives to God. Saint
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| Timothy McVeigh |place_of_birth = Pendleton, New York, U.S. Timothy_McVeigh
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| Teresa of Ávila At some hour of the night between 14 October and 15 October 1582, the night of the transition in Spain from the Julian to the Gregorian Calendar Teresa_of_Ávila
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| Rosie O'Donnell | birthplace = Bayside, Queens, New York, United States Rosie_O'Donnell
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| Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe, also called the Virgin of Guadalupe () is a 16th century Roman Catholic Mexican icon depicting an apparition of the Virgin Mary. It is perhaps Mexico's most popular religious and cultural image: Nobel laureate Octavio Paz wrote in 1974 that "the Mexican people, after more than two centuries of experiments, have faith only in the Virgin of Guadalupe and the National Lottery"Paz, Octavio. Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe
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| Martin Sheen | birthdate = Martin_Sheen
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| Ramon Llull Ramon Llull (1232Born 1232 per Mark D. Johnston in Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ramon_Llull
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| Advent Advent (from the Latin word , meaning "coming") is a season of the Christian church, the period of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus, in other words, the period immediately before Christmas. It is the beginning of the Western Christian year and commences on Advent Sunday. Advent
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| Opus Dei Opus Dei, formally known as The Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, is an organization of the Roman Catholic Church that teaches the Catholic belief that everyone is called to holiness and that ordinary life is a path to sanctity. The majority of its membership are lay people, with secular priests under the governance of a prelate (bishop) appointed by the pope. Opus_Dei
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