Their president ial campaigns. Your book that came out catholicism and American Freedom chl what was the premise behind it . What did you learn . I wanted to look at how american idea of freedom intersected with catholic global tradition. What i learned moment of conflict and overlap. Conflicts over slavery. Not many catholics were abolitionists, for example, but lots of overlap to rempl the economy. Ideas in the 50s about americanization and intention over issues around sexuality, divorce, a lot of the kind of cultural issues of the last 30 years. More than 90 years ago al smith ran for president , first catholic on the ticket. Why was that significant, and who was al smith . So al smith was an immigrant kid from new york city, irish descent, irish and german, never got beyond the eighth grade. By 1920, he runs in 1928 against herbert hoover. Catholics are a percentage of the population, 20, 25 . They had faced considerable discrimination in the 19th century, even 1920s with ku klux k
In 1945, nazism was defeated. The ideology of aggression and hatred was crushed. And the experience and spirit of alliance as well as the awareness of the huge price that had been paid for peace and our common victory helped construct the postwar world order. It was built on the ultimate foundation of the u. N. Charter that remains the main source of International Law to this day. I am convinced that this anniversary makes it incumbent upon all of us to recall the timeless principles of interstate communication enshrined in the u. N. Charter and formulated by the Founding Fathers of our universal organization in the clearest and most unambiguous terms. These principles include the sovereignty of states, noninterference in their affairs, the rights of peoples to determine their own futures, and political settle. Of disputes. Looking back at the past decades, one can say that despite all difficulties of the cold war period, major geopolitical shifts and all the i wantry a kacies of today
Pres. Putin general assembly, ladies and gentlemen, this year, we celebrate the end of the Second World War and establishment of the United Nations. Pres. Putin the importance of these two forever interlinked events cannot be overemphasized. In 1945, knew seism was defeated. The ideology of aggression and hatred was crushed. And the experience and spirit of alliance as well as the awareness of the huge price that had been paid for peace and our common victory helped construct the postwar world order. It was built on the ultimate foundation of the u. N. Charter that remains the main source of International Law to this day. I am convinced that this anniversary makes it incumbent upon all of us to recall the timeless principles of interstate communication enshrined in the u. N. Charter and formulated by the Founding Fathers of our universal organization in the clearest and most unambiguous terms. These principles include the sovereignty of states, noninterference in their affairs, the rig
Is consistent and significant. Significant move up thats also consistent thats my view hitting the mark. Saudi aramco valuation touches the 2 trillion but pairs gains within minutes of opening trade. And polls open in the uk with voters across the nation heading out to vote in the election. A very warm welcome to street signs. Before we get to all the big topics today macrowise the latest Oil Market Report they have kept their Oil Demand Growth estimates for 2019 and 2020 unchanged at 1 million a day and 1. 2 million a day respectively saying the oecd amount of barrels is set to fall in the first annual decline since 2014. On the supply side, the number of barrels fell. For november, oil supply held steady as higher u. S. , canada output was offset by saudi cuts. They make an interesting note that in september, the United States momently became a net exporter this is a major milestone on the path tet exporter which is likely late 2020 or early 2021 however, this does not mean independe
Final. The European Broadcasting Union says used klein wont compete while Swedish Police investigate a complaint of inappropriate behaviour by a female member of the production crew. Meanwhile, security has been tightened ahead of tonights show as pro palestinian protests continue. Demonstrators are already gathering in malmo, rallying against israels participation in the event after the countrys eden golan qualified for tonights show. Shes among the leading contenders to win, but bookmakers have placed croatias baby lasagna as favourite. Baby lasagna as favourite. Heres what fans have been saying. I think its great that they have that the ebu didnt, they have that the ebu didnt, they didnt back down cowardly from the protesters and they included israel and let and didnt like tamper with votes or anything. Anything. They let them through the final i understand it, i personally disagree with their involvement and a lot of the stuff thats happened in the past 24 hours, generally in eurov