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History of the Dominican Republic

The recorded history of the Dominican Republic began on 5 December 1492 when the European navigator Christopher Columbus happened upon a large island in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that later came to be known as the Caribbean. It was inhabited by the Taíno, an Arawakan people, who variously called their island Ayiti, Bohio, or Quisqueya. Columbus promptly claimed the island for the Spanish Crown, naming it La Isla Española, later Latinized to Hispaniola. What would become the Dominican Republic was the Spanish Captaincy General of Santo Domingo until 1821 except for a time as a French colony from 1795 to 1809. It was then part of a unified Hispaniola with Haiti from 1821 until 1844. In 1844, Dominican independence was proclaimed and the republic, which was often known as Santo Domingo until the early 20th century, maintained its independence except for a short Spanish occupation from 1861 to 1865 and occupation by the United States from 1916 to 1924.


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Pope Pius X

Pope Saint Pius X (2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914), born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was Pope from 4 August 1903 to his death in 1914. He was canonized in 1954. Pius X is known for vigorously opposing modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, promoting traditional devotional practices and orthodox theology. His most important reform was to publish the first Code of Canon Law, which collected the laws of the Church into one volume for the first time. He was also considered a pastoral pope, in the sense of encouraging personal holiness, piety and a daily lifestyle reflecting deep Christian values. He was born in the town of Riese, which would later append Pio X (Pius X's name in Italian) to the town's name.
Pius X was particularly devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the specific title of Our Lady of Confidence; his papal encyclical Ad Diem Illum expresses his desire through Mary to renew all things in Christ, which he had defined as his motto in his first encyclical. Pius X believed that there was no surer or more direct road than by the Virgin Mary to achieve this goal. Pius X was the only pope in the 20th century with extensive pastoral experience and implementation at the parish level, in the sense that he favoured the use of the vernacular language in teaching catechesis while the encouragement for frequent reception of holy communion became a lasting innovation of his papacy.


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Seyfo, strage di cristiani: il massacro di siriaci, caldei e assiri commesso dai turchi nel 1915

L'intervento di Andrea Riccardi alla conferenza Seyfo: Una storia cristiana dimenticata, tenutasi presso la sala convegni della Comunità di Sant'Egidio il 19 e il 20 giugno 2015, per ricordare, a 100 anni di distanza, la strage dei siriaci, ortodossi e cattolici, dei caldei e degli assiri nell'impero ottomano.

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00:02:57 1 Background
00:04:51 2 Geology
00:08:36 2.1 Aftershocks
00:10:40 2.2 Tsunami
00:11:26 3 Damage to infrastructure
00:11:36 3.1 Essential services
00:14:06 3.2 General infrastructure
00:16:42 4 Conditions in the aftermath
00:22:09 5 Casualties
00:25:48 6 Early response
00:32:51 7 Rescue and relief efforts
00:45:45 8 Recovery
00:55:04 8.1 Status of the recovery
00:59:06 8.1.1 2011
01:01:57 8.1.2 2012
01:05:09 8.1.3 2013
01:07:44 8.1.4 2015
01:09:29 8.1.5 2016
01:10:04 8.1.6 2017
01:10:38 9 In literature
01:10:55 10 See also



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The 2010 Haiti earthquake (French: Séisme de 2010 à Haïti; Haitian Creole: Tranblemanntè 12 janvye 2010 nan peyi Ayiti) was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne (Ouest) and approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks measuring 4.5 or greater had been recorded. An estimated three million people were affected by the quake. Death toll estimates range from 100,000 to about 160,000 to Haitian government figures from 220,000 to 316,000, although these latter figures are a matter of some dispute. The government of Haiti estimated that 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged. The nation's history of national debt, prejudicial trade policies by other countries, and foreign intervention into national affairs, contributed to the existing poverty and poor housing conditions that increased the death toll from the disaster.The earthquake caused major damage in Port-au-Prince, Jacmel and other cities in the region. Notable landmark buildings were significantly damaged or destroyed, including the Presidential Palace, the National Assembly building, the Port-au-Prince Cathedral, and the main jail. Among those killed were Archbishop of Port-au-Prince Joseph Serge Miot, and opposition leader Micha Gaillard. The headquarters of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), located in the capital, collapsed, killing many, including the Mission's Chief, Hédi Annabi.Many countries responded to appeals for humanitarian aid, pledging funds and dispatching rescue and medical teams, engineers and support personnel. Communication systems, air, land, and sea transport facilities, hospitals, and electrical networks had been damaged by the earthquake, which hampered rescue and aid efforts; confusion over who was in charge, air traffic congestion, and problems with prioritising flights further complicated early relief work. Port-au-Prince's morgues were overwhelmed with tens of thousands of bodies. These had to be buried in mass graves.As rescues tailed off, supplies, medical care and sanitation became priorities. Delays in aid distribution led to angry appeals from aid workers and survivors, and looting and sporadic violence were observed. On 22 January, the United Nations noted that the emergency phase of the relief operation was drawing to a close, and on the following day, the Haitian government officially called off the search for survivors.

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Anti-Catholicism is hostility towards Catholics or opposition to the Catholic Church, its clergy and its adherents. At various points after the Reformation, some majority Protestant states, including England, Prussia, and also Scotland made anti-Catholicism and opposition to the Pope and Catholic rituals major political themes, with anti-Catholic sentiment at times leading to religious discrimination against Catholic individuals (often derogatorily referred to in Anglophone Protestant countries as papists or Romanists). Historian John Wolffe identifies four types of anti-Catholicism: constitutional-national, theological, popular and socio-cultural.Historically, Catholics in Protestant countries were frequently suspected of conspiring against the state in furtherance of papal interests. Support for the alien pope led to allegations challenging loyalty to the state. In majority Protestant countries with large scale immigration, such as the United States and Australia, suspicion or discrimination of Catholic immigrants often overlapped or conflated with nativism, xenophobia, and ethnocentric or racist sentiments (i.e. anti-Italianism, anti-Irish sentiment, Hispanophobia, anti-Quebec sentiment, anti-Polish sentiment).
In the Early modern period, the Catholic Church struggled to maintain its traditional religious and political role in the face of rising secular powers in Catholic countries. As a result of these struggles, there arose a hostile attitude towards the considerable political, social, spiritual and religious power of the Pope and the clergy in the form of anti-clericalism. The Inquisition was a favorite target of attack. Anti-clerical forces gained strength after 1789 in some primarily Catholic nations, such as France, Spain and Mexico. Political parties formed that expressed a hostile attitude towards the considerable political, social, spiritual and religious power of Catholic Church in the form of anti-clericalism, attacks on the power of the pope to name bishops, and international orders, especially the Jesuits.

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00:01:45 1 In primarily Protestant countries
00:04:06 1.1 British Empire
00:04:14 1.1.1 Great Britain
00:06:17 1.1.1.1 Gordon Riots 1780
00:07:10 1.1.2 19th century
00:08:17 1.1.3 Since 1945
00:09:21 1.1.4 Ireland
00:10:46 1.1.4.1 Laws that restricted the rights of Irish Catholics
00:11:26 1.1.5 Canada
00:12:31 1.1.5.1 French language schools in Canada
00:13:27 1.1.5.2 Newfoundland
00:14:28 1.1.6 Australia
00:17:35 1.1.7 New Zealand
00:18:55 1.2 Germany
00:20:29 1.2.1 Nazi Germany
00:26:11 1.3 United States
00:27:29 1.3.1 Colonial era
00:29:30 1.3.2 New nation
00:31:40 1.3.3 1840s–1850s
00:34:23 1.3.4 20th century-21st century
00:35:50 2 In primarily Catholic countries
00:37:08 2.1 Brazil
00:38:05 2.2 Colombia
00:38:27 2.3 France
00:41:02 2.4 Italy
00:41:41 2.5 Mexico
00:43:30 2.6 Poland
00:45:40 2.7 Spain
00:46:06 3 In mixed Catholic-Protestant countries
00:46:16 3.1 Switzerland
00:46:56 4 In primarily Orthodox countries
00:47:06 4.1 Russian Empire
00:48:04 4.2 Serbia
00:53:07 4.3 Ukraine
00:53:50 5 Non-Christian nations
00:53:59 5.1 Bangladesh
00:54:15 5.2 China
00:54:53 5.3 Japan
00:55:24 5.4 North Korea
00:55:34 5.5 Sri Lanka
00:55:42 5.5.1 Government actions
00:56:01 5.5.2 Anti-Catholic mob violence
00:56:46 6 Within the Catholic Church
00:57:20 6.1 Suppression of the Jesuits
00:58:56 7 In popular culture
00:59:27 8 See also
00:59:36 9 Notes
00:59:44 10 External links
00:59:57 11 Further reading



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Anti-Catholicism is hostility towards Catholics or opposition to the Catholic Church, its clergy and its adherents. At various points after the Reformation, some majority Protestant states, including England, Prussia, and also Scotland made anti-Catholicism and opposition to the Pope and Catholic rituals major political themes, with anti-Catholic sentiment at times leading to religious discrimination against Catholic individuals (often derogatorily referred to in Anglophone Protestant countries as papists or Romanists). Historian John Wolffe identifies four types of anti-Catholicism: constitutional-national, theological, popular and socio-cultural.Historically, Catholics in Protestant countries were frequently suspected of conspiring against the state in furtherance of papal interests. Support for the alien pope led to allegations challenging loyalty to the state. In majority Protestant countries with large scale immigration, such as the United States and Australia, suspicion or discrimination of Catholic immigrants often overlapped or were conflated with nativism, xenophobia, and ethnocentric or racist sentiments (i.e. anti-Italianism, anti-Irish sentiment, Hispanophobia, anti-Quebec sentiment, anti-Polish sentiment).
In the Early modern period, the Catholic Church struggled to maintain its traditional religious and political role in the face of rising secular powers in Catholic countries. As a result of these struggles, there arose a hostile attitude towards the considerable political, social, spiritual and religious power of the Pope and the clergy in the form of anti-clericalism. The Inquisition was a favorite target of attack. Anti-clerical forces gained strength after 1789 in some primarily Catholic nations, such as France, Spain and Mexico. Political parties formed that expressed a hostile attitude towards the considerable political, social, spiritual and religious power of Catholic Church in the form of anti-clericalism, attacks on the power of the pope to name bishops, and international orders, especially the Jesuits.

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00:01:51 1 In primarily Protestant countries
00:04:22 1.1 British Empire
00:04:30 1.1.1 Great Britain
00:06:39 1.1.1.1 Gordon Riots 1780
00:07:35 1.1.2 19th century
00:08:47 1.1.3 Since 1945
00:09:54 1.1.4 Ireland
00:11:25 1.1.4.1 Laws that restricted the rights of Irish Catholics
00:12:07 1.1.5 Canada
00:13:15 1.1.5.1 French language schools in Canada
00:14:14 1.1.5.2 Newfoundland
00:15:20 1.1.6 Australia
00:18:39 1.1.7 New Zealand
00:20:03 1.2 Germany
00:21:43 1.2.1 Nazi Germany
00:27:46 1.3 United States
00:29:08 1.3.1 Colonial era
00:31:18 1.3.2 New nation
00:33:35 1.3.3 1840s–1850s
00:36:31 1.3.4 20th century-21st century
00:38:01 2 In primarily Catholic countries
00:39:24 2.1 Brazil
00:40:24 2.2 Colombia
00:40:47 2.3 France
00:43:33 2.4 Italy
00:44:14 2.5 Mexico
00:46:09 2.6 Poland
00:48:28 2.7 Spain
00:48:54 3 In mixed Catholic-Protestant countries
00:49:05 3.1 Switzerland
00:49:47 4 In primarily Orthodox countries
00:49:56 4.1 Russian Empire
00:50:58 4.2 Serbia
00:56:20 4.3 Ukraine
00:57:05 5 Non-Christian nations
00:57:15 5.1 Bangladesh
00:57:31 5.2 China
00:58:11 5.3 Japan
00:58:43 5.4 North Korea
00:58:54 5.5 Sri Lanka
00:59:13 6 Within the Catholic Church
00:59:49 6.1 Suppression of the Jesuits
01:01:31 7 In popular culture
01:02:03 8 See also
01:02:12 9 Notes
01:02:20 10 External links
01:02:34 11 Further reading



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Anti-Catholicism is hostility towards Catholics or opposition to the Catholic Church, its clergy and its adherents. At various points after the Reformation, some majority Protestant states, including England, Prussia, and also Scotland made anti-Catholicism and opposition to the Pope and Catholic rituals major political themes, with anti-Catholic sentiment at times leading to religious discrimination against Catholic individuals (often derogatorily referred to in Anglophone Protestant countries as papists or Romanists). Historian John Wolffe identifies four types of anti-Catholicism: constitutional-national, theological, popular and socio-cultural.Historically, Catholics in Protestant countries were frequently suspected of conspiring against the state in furtherance of papal interests. Support for the alien pope led to allegations challenging loyalty to the state. In majority Protestant countries with large scale immigration, such as the United States and Australia, suspicion or discrimination of Catholic immigrants often overlapped or conflated with nativism, xenophobia, and ethnocentric or racist sentiments (i.e. anti-Italianism, anti-Irish sentiment, Hispanophobia, anti-Quebec sentiment, anti-Polish sentiment).
In the Early modern period, the Catholic Church struggled to maintain its traditional religious and political role in the face of rising secular powers in Catholic countries. As a result of these struggles, there arose a hostile attitude towards the considerable political, social, spiritual and religious power of the Pope and the clergy in the form of anti-clericalism. The Inquisition was a favorite target of attack. Anti-clerical forces gained strength after 1789 in some primarily Catholic nations, such as France, Spain and Mexico. Political parties formed that expressed a hostile attitude towards the considerable political, social, spiritual and religious power of Catholic Church in the form of anti-clericalism, attacks on the power of the pope to name bishops, and international orders, especially the Jesuits.

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Pope Pius X (Italian: Pio), born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto (2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914), was head of the Catholic Church from August 1903 to his death in 1914. Pius X is known for vigorously opposing modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, promoting liturgical reforms and orthodox theology. He directed the production of the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive and systemic work of its kind.
Pius X was devoted to the Marian title of Our Lady of Confidence; while his papal encyclical Ad diem illum took on a sense of renewal that was reflected in the motto of his pontificate. He advanced the Liturgical Movement as the only Pope to favor the use of the vernacular language in teaching catechesis and encouraged frequent reception of holy communion by relaxing the fasting requirements and lowering the age for First Communion, which became a lasting innovation of his papacy. In addition, he strongly defended the Catholic religion against indifferentism and relativism. Like his predecessors, he promoted Thomism as the principal philosophical method to be taught in Catholic institutions. As Roman Pontiff, he vehemently opposed modernism and various nineteenth-century philosophies, which he viewed as an import of secular errors incompatible with Catholic dogma.Pius X was known for his overall rigid demeanor and sense of personal poverty. He frequently gave homily sermons in the pulpit every week, a rare practice at the time. After the 1908 Messina earthquake he filled the Apostolic Palace with refugees, long before the Italian government acted. He rejected any kind of favours for his family, to which his close relatives chose to remain in poverty living near Rome. During his pontificate, many famed Marian images were granted a canonical coronation, namely the Our Lady of Aparecida, Our Lady of the Pillar, Our Lady of the Cape, Our Lady of Chiquinquira of Colombia, Our Lady of the Lake of Mexico, Our Lady of La Naval de Manila, Virgin of Help of Venezuela, Our Lady of Carmel of New York, and the Immaculate Conception within the Chapel of the Choir inside Saint Peter's Basilica were granted its prestigious honors.
After his death, a strong cult of devotion followed his reputation of piety and holiness. He was beatified in 1951 and was canonized as a Catholic saint on 29 May 1954. The traditionalist Catholic priestly Society of Saint Pius X is named in his honor while a grand statue bearing his name stands within St. Peter's Basilica; and his birthtown was renamed Riese Pio X after his death.

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00:02:04 1 In primarily Protestant countries
00:04:49 1.1 British Empire
00:04:57 1.1.1 Great Britain
00:07:19 1.1.1.1 Gordon Riots 1780
00:08:20 1.1.2 19th century
00:09:39 1.1.3 Since 1945
00:10:53 1.1.4 Ireland
00:12:32 1.1.4.1 Laws that restricted the rights of Irish Catholics
00:13:18 1.1.5 Canada
00:14:34 1.1.5.1 French language schools in Canada
00:15:39 1.1.5.2 Newfoundland
00:16:51 1.1.6 Australia
00:20:31 1.1.7 New Zealand
00:22:02 1.2 Germany
00:23:51 1.2.1 Nazi Germany
00:30:28 1.3 United States
00:31:57 1.3.1 Colonial era
00:34:20 1.3.2 New nation
00:36:51 1.3.3 1840s–1850s
00:40:02 1.3.4 20th century-21st century
00:41:42 2 In primarily Catholic countries
00:43:13 2.1 Brazil
00:44:17 2.2 Colombia
00:44:43 2.3 France
00:47:46 2.4 Italy
00:48:31 2.5 Mexico
00:50:37 2.6 Poland
00:53:08 2.7 Spain
00:53:37 3 In mixed Catholic-Protestant countries
00:53:48 3.1 Switzerland
00:54:34 4 In primarily Orthodox countries
00:54:44 4.1 Russian Empire
00:55:52 4.2 Serbia
01:01:47 4.3 Ukraine
01:02:36 5 Non-Christian nations
01:02:46 5.1 Bangladesh
01:03:03 5.2 China
01:03:46 5.3 Japan
01:04:20 5.4 North Korea
01:04:32 5.5 Sri Lanka
01:04:53 6 Within the Catholic Church
01:05:32 6.1 Suppression of the Jesuits
01:07:23 7 In popular culture
01:07:59 8 See also
01:08:08 9 Notes
01:08:16 10 External links
01:08:30 11 Further reading



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Anti-Catholicism is hostility towards Catholics or opposition to the Catholic Church, its clergy and its adherents. At various points after the Reformation, some majority Protestant states, including England, Prussia, and also Scotland made anti-Catholicism and opposition to the Pope and Catholic rituals major political themes, with anti-Catholic sentiment at times leading to religious discrimination against Catholic individuals (often derogatorily referred to in Anglophone Protestant countries as papists or Romanists). Historian John Wolffe identifies four types of anti-Catholicism: constitutional-national, theological, popular and socio-cultural.Historically, Catholics in Protestant countries were frequently suspected of conspiring against the state in furtherance of papal interests. Support for the alien pope led to allegations challenging loyalty to the state. In majority Protestant countries with large scale immigration, such as the United States and Australia, suspicion or discrimination of Catholic immigrants often overlapped or conflated with nativism, xenophobia, and ethnocentric or racist sentiments (i.e. anti-Italianism, anti-Irish sentiment, Hispanophobia, anti-Quebec sentiment, anti-Polish sentiment).
In the Early modern period, the Catholic Church struggled to maintain its traditional religious and political role in the face of rising secular powers in Catholic countries. As a result of these struggles, there arose a hostile attitude towards the considerable political, social, spiritual and religious power of the Pope and the clergy in the form of anti-clericalism. The Inquisition was a favorite target of attack. Anti-clerical forces gained strength after 1789 in some primarily Catholic nations, such as France, Spain and Mexico. Political parties formed that expressed a hostile attitude towards the considerable political, social, spiritual and religious power of Catholic Church in the form of anti-clericalism, attacks on the power of the pope to name bishops, and international orders, especially the Jesuits.