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    H. Henry Sianson said that he, “Lived in Berlin...lived like a normal German… Conservative Jew… observed Jewish laws…”. Margaret Lambert said, “... never made a difference if you were a Jew or a non-Jew.” These quotes elaborate on the fact that Jews were quite normal citizens before 1933, before the reign of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, or the Nazis. Drawing a conclusion, from quotes said by the survivors, many may say that Holocaust just appeared with the reign of Adolf Hitler,…

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    heroic actions that Maximillian performed, he was then canonized in 1982 by Pope John Paul II. Even after his death, Kolbe is still being highly regarded and admired for the great person he was. One reason that he was highly regarded to was because he decided that a fellow prisoners life was worth more than his, and he would give up Kolbe’s own life in order to save another life. This took place during World War II in a prisoner camp named Auschwitz. In that camp, there was a rule…

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    1948. This movement created full communion among the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Presbyterian Church, United Church of Christ, and the Reformed Church in America. Even before Vatican II made ecumenism a pivotal theme Father Yves Congar highlighted the ecumenical issue that divided Christianity. In 1995 John Paul II reaffirmed the catholic commitment to Christian ecumenism with the encyclical of On Commitment to Ecumenism and again when Benedict XVI named ecumenism as a goal of his pontificate…

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    certainly a risk in donating kidneys, but it is not great enough to be outlawed. Many people take risks to their health every day for money, or just for enjoyment. There are people that agree with Pope John Paul II that the seller is morally wrong and violates “the dignity of the human person”. (Pope John Paul 158). In a Legal transplant, everyone gains except the donor. The doctors and nurses pay for the operation, the patient receives the kidneys, but then the donor receives nothing. The…

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    Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu

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    After the World War I Women in the Progressive Era achieved many important activities. Among them Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu also call Mother Teresa, born on August 27, 1910 in a devout Catholics family in Skopje, Yugoslavia and died on 5th September 1979. (Guntzelman, J, n.d.) Mother Teresa was a strong, beautiful, kind and an independent woman with remarkable heart when it comes to help others, specially orphan children. She was obedient, willing to listen to others ideas and follow her own state…

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    when even Thomas Jefferson whom wrote the quote, owned slaves, which was during that time. Again, so why apologize now? An empty apology is a pointless apology. Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain apologized in 1997 to the Irish, Pope John Paul II apologized to Jews, Pope Francis apologized to victims of sex abuse, etc. However, at the end what difference did it make? Yes, we all own our past and to an extent we should condemn it; yet, nothing is going to change the…

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    For centuries, the question as to whether or not capital punishment is ethical has been debated. In the modern age, is it truly ethical to continue to execute people over a crime? Many feel that the pros to execution often outweigh the cons justifying it with the old saying “an eye for an eye”. However, others feel that capital punishment can have too many inconsistencies and mistakes as to who gets put on death row. Many also feel that the justice system has a bias toward certain types of…

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    Many of his friends were bishops and scholars. He wrote the book Utopia, about the political system of an ideal nation. His father was Sir John More, a lawyer and judge, and his mother was Agnes. When he was young, More went to Saint Anthony 's school. He was a page for John Morton who was the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chancellor of England. John Morton liked More, and nominated him to go to Oxford University. Without this nomination, More never would have…

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    Religion is the belief of, and worship to a higher unseen power, which supplies an adherent with the mental and moral attitude to seek answers to life’s enduring questions; aspects that a simple being’s mind identifies as inexplicable. Every religious tradition is typified by its four characteristics: beliefs and believers, sacred texts and writings, ethics, and also rituals and ceremonies. Each of these characteristics all work and interrelate with one another, in order to provide answers to…

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    ADAM SMITH Popularly known as the father of free market economic theory in the 17th century. Smith was also a philosopher and invented the idea of division of labor during the Scottish enlightment period. He is best known for his two-classic works, “THE Theory OF Moral Sentiments and Causes of Wealth of Nations “Smith’s theory of wealth of nations has promoted competition in western civilization. Besides, his idea of division of labor has led to efficiency in the production of goods and…

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