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August Current Events 2023: World News

Top of Page U.S. News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News | Current Events This Week The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you…

Edward Samuel LACEY, Congress, MI (1835-1916)

LACEY Edward Samuel , a Representative from Michigan; born in Chili, Monroe County, N.Y., November 26, 1835; moved with his parents to Branch County, Mich., in October 1842, and to Eaton County in…

1997 Race Locations

February— DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.; GOODWRENCH 400 at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, N.C. March— PONTIAC EXCITEMENT 400 at Richmond…

The Golden Bowl

Director:James IvoryWriter:Ruth Prawer JhabvalaLions Gate Films; R; 130 minutesRelease:5/01Cast:Kate Beckinsale, Uma Thurman, Nick Nolte The eloquent and elliptical upper-class syntax of…

Greeley, Andrew Moran

(Encyclopedia) Greeley, Andrew Moran, 1928–2013, American Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, and author, b. Oak Park, Ill.; studied St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, Ill. (ordained 1954). He…

Hippolytus, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Hippolytus, SaintHippolytus, Sainthĭpŏlˈĭtəs [key] [Gr.,=loosed horse], d. c.236, first antipope (c.217–235), theologian, and martyr. Probably a disciple of St. Irenaeus, he became the…

Malachy, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Malachy, SaintMalachy, Saintmălˈəkē [key], 1095–1148, Irish churchman, reformer of the church in Ireland. His Irish name was Máel Máedoc ua Morgair. He was assistant to Cellach (Celsus…

ministry

(Encyclopedia) ministry, in religion, term used to designate the clergy of Protestant churches, particularly those who repudiate the claims of apostolic succession. The ceremony by which the…