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Woman (DONNA)
I. NATURE AND PERSONALITY. - Philosophy, as regards natural perfection and the dignity of the person, and divine Revelation, as regards supernatural perfection… -
Woman of Canaan (CANANEA)
The woman of Tyre, called C. in Mt. 15:21-28, and a Syrophoenician in Mk. 7:24-30, who implored and obtained from Jesus the deliverance of her daughter from… -
Women of Catholic Action (DONNE DI AZIONE CATTOLICA)
DONNE DI AZIONE CATTOLICA: v. UNIONE DONNE DI AZIONE CATTOLICA. -
Wood (LEGNO)
From the earliest manifestations of Mediterranean civilization, precious wooden material found use in the applied arts. During the Early Christian and… -
Woods, Julian Edmund Tenison
Naturalist, b. 15 Nov. 1832 at Southwark, d. 7 Oct. 1889 at Sydney. Having converted to Catholicism, he entered the Passionists. In 1854 he went to Australia… -
Woolman, John
Quaker preacher, b. in New Jersey on 19 Oct. 1720, d. at York on 7 Oct. 1772. At the age of 26 he felt called by God to preach the antislavery gospel. He was a… -
Worcester, Diocese of (WORCESTER, DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in the State of Massachusetts. The diocese of W., a suffragan of Boston, was erected by Pius XII, with the apostolic constitution Ad animarum… -
Wordsworth, William
English Romantic poet, b. at Cockermouth in Cumberland on 7 April 1770, d. at Rydal Mount on 23 April 1850. He was in France in 1792 and there supported the… -
Work (LAVORO)
Labor is, in the historical order, the second factor of production: it is the first in dignity and importance. It can be defined as conscious and ordered… -
Workers (OPERAI)
OPERAI: v. LAVORO; PROLETARIATO; SALARIO. -
Workers' Pensions (PENSIONI OPERAIE)
PENSIONI OPERAIE: V. ASSICURAZIONI SOCIALI. -
Workers' Shareholding (AZIONARIATO DEL LAVORO)
It is one of the correctives to the wage system, by which workers and employees obtain ordinary or special shares of the same enterprise in which they perform… -
Work of the Congresses and Catholic Committees in Italy (OPERA DEI CONGRESSI E DEI COMITATI CATTOLICI IN ITALIA)
It was the leading organization of Italian Catholics. On October 2, 1870, the supreme Council of the Gioventù cattolica italiana resolved to found an Opera… -
Works Affiliated with Italian Catholic Action (OPERE ADERENTI ALL'AZIONE CATTOLICA ITALIANA)
These are Catholic bodies and institutions of an economic-social character. The statute of Italian Catholic Action, in art. 2, defines them generically as "of… -
Works Dependent on the Associations of Italian Catholic Action (OPERE DIPENDENTI DALLE ASSOCIAZIONI DELL'AZIONE CATTOLICA ITALIANA)
They are groupings of persons, specialized by professional category, promoted directly or indirectly by the associations of Italian Catholic Action, as an… -
World Alliance of Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations (ALLEANZA UNIVERSALE DELLE UNIONI CRISTIANE DEI GIOVANI E DELLE GIOVANI)
ALLEANZA UNIVERSALE delle UNIONI CRISTIANE DEI GIOVANI E DELLE GIOVANI: v. Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. -
World, Origin of the (MONDO, ORIGINE DEL)
MONDO, ORIGINE del: v. CREAZIONE; for the age of the world and its respective iconography: v. UNIVERSO. -
World War I (GUERRA MONDIALE, I)
The formal cause of the outbreak of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Habsburg throne, and of his consort, which took… -
World War II (GUERRA MONDIALE, II)
On Sept. 1, 1939, Germany attacked Poland: this is the start date of the Second World War. France and England immediately intervened alongside the attacked… -
Worms
City and ancient diocese in Germany. It is the Celtic "Borbetomagus," the Roman "Vormatia." There is no certain information about the origin of the diocese. At… -
Wounds of Jesus Christ, Devotion to the (PIAGHE DI GESÙ CRISTO, DEVOZIONE ALLE)
Visible signs of the immense charity of God made man toward men, the wounds are almost a pledge of salvation for those who present them as intercessors before… -
Wouters, G. Henry
Historian, b. at Oostham (Belgian Limburg) on 3 May 1802, d. at Nijmegen on 5 Jan. 1872. At the age of twenty-seven he was already professor of moral theology… -
Woywod, Stanislaus
In the world Antonio, canonist, b. 10 Aug. 1880 at Guttstadt in the diocese of Warmia in Germany, d. 19 Sept. 1941 in the United States. A Friar Minor in 1899… -
Wrath (IRA)
From the Latin ira, also called wrath, it is a deviation of the instinct that leads one to defend oneself, when attacked, by repelling force with force. I.… -
Wratislavia
WRATISLAVIA: v. BRESLAVIA. -
Wrexham
WREXHAM: v. MENEVIA. -
Wuchang, Diocese of (WUCHANG, DIOCESI DI)
In the south-eastern part of the province of Hupeh, in central China. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture on 12 Dec. 1923, with 6 civil sub-prefectures… -
Wuchow [Wuzhou], Diocese of (WUCHOW, DIOCESI DI)
In the eastern part of the province of Kwangsi, in central-southern China. It was erected as a mission sui iuris on 30 June 1930 with 30 civil sub-prefectures… -
Wuhu, Diocese of (WUHU, DIOCESI DI)
In the eastern part of the province of Anhwei, in central China. It was erected on 8 Aug. 1921 under the name of vicariate ap. of Anhwei, by detaching this… -
Wulff, Oskar
Archaeologist, b. June 6, 1864 in St. Petersburg to a family of German and Protestant origin, d. in Berlin on Jan. 23, 1946. From 1876 to 1882 he attended the… -
Wulfida (Wulfhildis), Saint (VULFIDA (VULFHILDIS), SANTA)
At a very tender age she was offered to the Benedictine monastery of Wilton. Her beauty stirred the passion of King Edgar of Mercia, but the virgin knew how to… -
Wulfram (Wulframus, Wulframm), Archbishop of Sens, Saint (VULFRAMNO (WULFRAMUS, WULFRAM), ARCIVESCOVO DI SENS, SANTO)
Apostle of the Frisians. He belonged to the Frankish military nobility. Born ca. 630 at Mauriliacus, an unidentified place, in the diocese of Meaux, died at… -
Wüllenweber, Maria Theresia von (WULLENWEBER, MARIA THERESIA VON)
In religion Maria degli Apostoli, co-foundress of the Sisters of the Divine Savior, b. at Myllendonk Castle on 19 Feb. 1833, d. in Rome on 25 Dec. 1907. Having… -
Wulstan, Bishop of Worcester, Saint (VOLSTANO, VESCOVO DI WORCESTER, SANTO)
Benedictine monk, b. at Long Itchington, in Warwickshire (England) ca. 1008, d. at Worcester on 19 Jan. 1905. He studied at the monastic schools of Evesham and… -
Wulstan (Vulstanus) of Winchester (VOLSTANO (VULSTANUS) DI WINCHESTER)
Monk of the monastery of St. Peter (later St. Swithun) at Winchester, d. after 1906. His name appears among the witnesses who subscribed a document of 965… -
Wundt, Wilhelm
B. on Aug. 16, 1832 at Neckarau near Mannheim and d. on Aug. 31, 1920 at Leipzig. He is considered the founder of modern experimental psychology. He made his… -
Wunibald (Wunnib., Wynnebaldus), Saint (VUNIBALDO (WUNNIB., WYNNEBALDUS), SANTO)
Of Anglo-Saxon origin, in 720 he went with his brother Willibald (v.) on a pilgrimage to Rome, where he took up the monastic life. In 739 his cousin St.… -
Würzburg (Herbipolis), Diocese of (WÜRZBURG (HERBIPOLIS), DIOCESI DI)
City and diocese in Germany. It has an area of 11,018 sq km with a population of 1,480,624, of whom 872,941 are Catholics, distributed in 492 parishes, served… -
Wust, Peter
German Catholic thinker, b. 28 Aug. 1884 at Rissental near Trier, d. at Münster on 3 Apr. 1940. After an initial phase of adherence to Neo-Kantianism alongside… -
Wutz, Franz Xaver
Philologist and scholar of biblical textual criticism, b. in Eichstätt on 21 Oct. 1882, d. there on 19 March 1938. Ordained a priest in 1911, W. spent almost… -
Wyart, Théophile-Louis-Henri
In religion Sébastien, abbot general of the Trappists, b. at Bouchain (France) on 12 Oct. 1839, d. at Rome on 18 Aug. 1904. Torn from his earliest youth - as… -
Wyclif, John
English heresiarch, born, it seems, in the castle of Wycliffe-on-Tees, in Yorkshire, a property of the family, probably in 1324 (Herbert B. Workman, his latest… -
Włocławek (Cujavia-Kalisz), Diocese of (WLADISLAVIA (WŁOCŁAWEK, CUJAVIA-KALISZ))
City and diocese in Poland, with residence at Włocławek. It has an area of 11,500 sq km with a population of 1,109,000 inhabitants, of whom 1,000,000 are…