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111Roman Catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church. [1815 25] * * * Largest single Christian denomination in the world, with some one billion members, or about 18% of the world s population. The Roman Catholic church has… …
112Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …
113Loos, Adolf — born Dec. 10, 1870, Brno, Moravia, Austria Hungary died Aug. 23, 1933, Kalksburg, near Vienna, Austria Austrian architect. Educated in Dresden, Ger., he practiced in Vienna, though he spent extended periods in the U.S. and Paris. Opposed to both… …
114Roy, Ram Mohun — born May 22, 1772, Radhanagar, Bengal, India died Sept. 27, 1833, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng. Indian religious, social, and political reformer. Born to a prosperous Brahman family, he traveled widely in his youth, exposing himself to various… …
115Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union — (Feb. 14–25, 1956) Meeting at which Nikita Khrushchev repudiated Joseph Stalin and Stalinism. Khrushchev s secret speech denouncing the former Soviet leader was accompanied by his Report of the Central Committee to the Congress, which announced a …
116patristic literature — Body of literature that comprises those works (excluding the New Testament) written by Christians before the 8th century. It refers to the works of the Church Fathers. Most patristic literature is in Greek or Latin, but much survives in Syriac… …
117Padilla, Heberto — ▪ 2001 Cuban poet (b. Jan. 20, 1932, Puerta de Golpe, Pinar del Río province, Cuba d. Sept. 25, 2000, Auburn, Ala.), rose to international prominence in 1971 as a symbol of intellectual repression under the regime of Fidel Castro after his… …
118Tymoshenko, Yuliya — ▪ 2009 Yuliya Volodymyrivna born Nov. 27, 1960, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, U.S.S.R. In May 2008 Yuliya Tymoshenko, Ukraine s newly appointed prime minister, was engaged in a direct contest for power with Pres. Viktor Yushchenko. The conflict …
119Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
120MacHale, John — • Born March 6, 1791 at Tubbernavine, Co. Mayo, Ireland; died at Tuam, November 4, 1881 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. MacHale, John John MacHale …
