Northern Ireland's Greatest Haunts: Bellaghy Bawn
Join Andy Matthews, Marion Goodfellow and PSI in their quest to find the truth behind the ghosts of Bellaghy Bawn.
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Family photobombed by mysterious 'ghostly figure carrying a baby' during visit to haunted castle
Family snap photobombed by ghost! Tourists left astonished by spooky image carrying a babe-in-arms after visit to haunted castle
Family were visiting Crathes Castle, near Banchory, Aberdeenshire
Photo appears to show a ghostly figure of a woman and a baby in her arms
The 16th century site is said to be haunted by two women ghosts
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Georgian Banquet 2016
The Georgian Banquet comes to Armagh for the first time ever on Friday 25 November 2016.
Captain William Henry Richardson of Richhill (High Sheriff of Armagh) will host this gathering on behalf of His Grace Archbishop Robinson and promises an evening of splendid food and entertainment!
Travel through the mists of time to Georgian Armagh, where an evening like no other awaits you at the Archbishop's Palace. This building, built in 1770 opens its doors for guests to enjoy its lavish surrounding and to experience a flavour of Georgian High Society. Meet with Georgian characters who will entertain you with the music, dances and stories of the time. Our sumptuous 5 course menu and fine wines evoke the menus of the time all served with a modern twist.
Tickets cost £75 per person to include a 5 course meal, entertainment and fine wines. The event is black tie and begins at 7pm.
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An uphill climb to find good coffee and tea in Armagh
A day in Armagh, Ireland's Cathedral HQ, but not an easy place to find a decent cuppa. One place saved our day: One Eighty on the Hill is right opposite the Church of Ireland Cathedral and next door to one of Armagh's nicest museums. Shame they closed the old racecourse, though!
Catholic Church and slavery | Wikipedia audio article
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Catholic Church and slavery
00:04:56 1 Catholic teaching
00:05:43 1.1 Development
00:06:20 1.2 Definitions
00:10:23 1.3 Slavery in the New Testament
00:13:15 1.4 Early Christianity
00:16:50 1.5 Augustine
00:17:51 1.6 Pope Gregory I
00:19:17 1.7 Thomas Aquinas
00:21:48 2 Early Christianity
00:25:36 3 Medieval period
00:31:05 4 Helping and freeing slaves
00:34:24 4.1 Wars against Muslims
00:35:47 4.2 Slavery incorporated into canon law
00:37:22 5 Revival of slavery in the Early Modern Period
00:38:45 5.1 Before Columbus
00:45:14 5.2 Spanish New World
00:49:42 5.3 Requerimiento
00:51:04 6 16th century
00:51:14 6.1 Slavery in Europe
00:53:07 6.2 Sublimis Deus
00:57:29 7 17th century
00:58:21 8 18th century
00:58:55 9 The movement towards abolition of slavery
01:02:00 9.1 iIn supremo apostolatus/i
01:04:36 9.2 Pope Leo XIII
01:06:16 9.3 United States
01:11:59 9.4 Concerning Ethiopians
01:13:53 9.5 Brazil
01:14:37 10 20th century and 21st century
01:17:14 11 Did Church teaching on slavery change?
01:24:53 12 See also
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The issue of slavery was one that was historically treated with concern by the Catholic Church. Throughout most of human history, slavery has been practiced and accepted by many cultures and religions around the world. Certain passages in the Old Testament sanctioned forms of slavery. The New Testament taught slaves to obey their masters, but this was not an endorsement of slavery, but an appeal to Christian slaves to honor their masters and accept their suffering for Christ's sake, in imitation of him. In proclaiming baptism for all, the Church recognized that all men were fundamentally equal. After the legalisation of Christianity under the Roman Empire, there was a growing sentiment that many kinds of slavery were not compatible with Christian conceptions of charity and justice; some argued against all forms of slavery while others, including the influential Thomas Aquinas, argued the case for penal slavery subject to certain restrictions. The Christian west did succeed in almost entirely enforcing that a free Christian could not be enslaved, for example when a captive in war, but this itself was subject to continual improvement and was not consistently applied throughout history. The Middle Ages also witnessed the emergence of orders of monks such as the Mercedarians who were founded for the purpose of ransoming Christian slaves. By the end of the Medieval period, enslavement of Christians had been largely abolished throughout Europe although enslavement of non-Christians remained permissible, and had seen a revival in Spain and Portugal.
Although some Catholic clergy, religious orders and Popes owned slaves, and the naval galleys of the Papal States were to use captured Muslim galley slaves, Roman Catholic teaching began to turn more strongly against unjust forms of slavery in general, beginning in 1435, prohibiting the enslavement of the recently baptised, culminating in condemnation of the enslavement of indigenous peoples by Pope Paul III in 1537. However, when the Age of Discovery greatly increased the number of slaves owned by Christians, the response of the clergy, under strong political pressures, was confused and ineffective in preventing the establishment of slave societies in the colonies of Catholic countries. Earlier Papal bulls such as Pope Nicholas V's 1452 Dum Diversas, or Romanus Pontifex from 1454, permitting the perpetual servitude of saracens and pagans in Africa, were used to justify enslavement of natives and the appropriation of their lands during this era.The depopulation of the Americas, and consequently the shortage of slaves, that came about through diseases allegedly brought over by the Europeans, and the harsh treatment of the native populations, inspired increasing debate during the 16th century over the morality of slavery. The first extensive shipment of black Africans to make good the shortage of native slaves, what would lat ...