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-5 posts tagged "Church and state"
Blake Ziegler | Friday, March 3, 2023
Following Pope Urban II’s call to wage war on Muslims, members of the First Crusade took up arms and departed Europe to conquer the Holy Land. Before they arrived, though, Crusaders found themselves pillaging Jewish villages along their journey. The most notable of these incidents was the Rhineland Massacres of 1096, which is considered the
Maria Luisa Paul | Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Sixty years after President John F. Kennedy said to an audience of skeptical Protestant ministers that he was “the Democratic Party’s candidate for president, who happens also to be a Catholic,” President Joseph R. Biden has become the second Catholic to lead the nation. His presidency comes at a time marked by increased polarization of politics
Andrew Sveda | Tuesday, September 8, 2020
In his column “The role of religion in government,” Blake Ziegler asks whether religious belief can be accepted under the constitution as justification for passing a law, a question he leans towards the negative. To truly tackle this question, however, we must also confront it on a broader, more philosophical level, asking not just “Is
Blake Ziegler | Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Not even Notre Dame can escape the Republican National Convention following famed football coach Lou Holtz’s speech last week. There has been some coverage from The Observer about students’ reactions, but I want to focus on a particular aspect of the speech. The most controversial part of Holtz’s time on the virtual stage was when
Letter to the Editor and Nelisha Silva | Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Notre Dame has been selected to be the site of the first debate in 2020. Outside observers, including the debate participants, would be well-advised to consider Notre Dame’s arrangement of recent presentations as the best way to anticipate the atmosphere at the debate at Notre Dame next year. Where earlier speakers invited to Notre Dame