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The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, often shortened to the Catholic League, is an American Catholic organization whose stated purpose is to "defend the right of Catholics – lay and clergy alike – to participate in American public life without defamation or discrimination." [3] The Catholic League states that it is "motivated ...
The Catholic League (Latin: Liga Catholica, German: Katholische Liga) was a coalition of Catholic states of the Holy Roman Empire formed 10 July 1609. While initially formed as a confederation to act politically to negotiate issues vis-à-vis the Protestant Union (formed 1608), modelled on the more intransigent ultra-Catholic French Catholic League (1576), it was subsequently concluded as a ...
The Catholic League of France ( French: Ligue catholique ), sometimes referred to by contemporary (and modern) Catholics as the Holy League ( La Sainte Ligue ), was a major participant in the French Wars of Religion. The League, founded and led by Henry I, Duke of Guise, intended the eradication of Protestantism from Catholic France, as well as ...
The Philadelphia Catholic League is a high school sports league composed (as of the 2012-13 year) of 18 Catholic High Schools in Philadelphia and the surrounding Pennsylvania suburbs. The league itself was founded in the summer of 1920 on the steps of Villanova academy (now Alumni Hall on Villanova University 's campus) by Monsignor Bonner.
The European wars of religion were a series of wars waged in Europe during the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries. [1] [2] Fought after the Protestant Reformation began in 1517, the wars disrupted the religious and political order in the Catholic countries of Europe, or Christendom. Other motives during the wars involved revolt, territorial ...
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights says it will run 25 ads on KABC-AM (790) during a five-day stretch, starting Tuesday, calling for fans to stay away from Dodger Stadium on June ...
Catholic League (French) (1576–1577, 1584–1595), created by Henry of Guise, in 1576 during the French Wars of Religion. Catholic League (German) (1609–1635), a confederation of Catholic German states formed to counteract the Protestant Union. Catholic League (U.S.) (1973–present), a Roman Catholic advocacy organization in the United States.
The Catholic League and the "sixth" war (1576–1577) Armed procession of the Catholic League in Paris in 1590, Musée Carnavalet , Paris. The Edict of Beaulieu granted many concessions to the Calvinists, but these were short-lived in the face of the Catholic League – which the ultra-Catholic, Henry I, Duke of Guise , had formed in opposition ...