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Wolff, George Dering
Journalist, b. at Martinsburg (West Virginia) on 25 Aug. 1822, d. at Norristown (Pennsylvania) on 29 Jan. 1894. Born of a father who was a pastor of the… -
Wolff (Wolfus), Christian
Philosopher, b. at Breslau on 24 Jan. 1679, d. at Halle on 9 Apr. 1754. Presented by Leibniz to the University of Halle in 1706 as a mathematical philosopher… -
Wolfgang (Wolfgango), Saint (VOLFANGO (WOLFGANO), SANTO)
Benedictine, bishop of Regensburg and abbot of St. Emmeram, b. around 924 in Swabia and d. at Pupping (Upper Austria) on 30 October 994. He received a careful… -
Wolfram von Eschenbach
German poet, b. probably in present-day Wolfram-Eschenbach near Ansbach in Bavaria (the year of birth is not documented) into a family of the Bavarian lesser… -
Wolgemut, Michael
Painter and sculptor of Nuremberg, b. in 1434, d. in 1519, also known for having been the teacher of Albrecht Dürer, who entered his workshop at the age of… -
Wollongong, Diocese of (WOLLONGONG, DIOCESI DI)
It is located in the State of New South Wales in Australia. It was erected on 15 Nov. 1951 with territory detached from the archdioceses of Sydney and of… -
Wolsey, Thomas
English cardinal and politician, b. at Ipswich probably in 1472-73, died in Leicester Abbey on 29 Nov. 1530. He studied at Oxford until 1500; in 1507 he came… -
Wolter, Maurus (Rudolf)
Benedictine abbot, b. June 4, 1825 in Bonn, d. July 8, 1890 in Beuron. A priest in 1850, he was first director of the Gymnasium of Jülich and of the cathedral… -
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…