Loyola was a young Spanish soldier who was born into the military world. ... "# During this particular time period there was an ongoing battle between the Spanish and the French for the Province of Navarre. ... Loyola was destined not to let the French take over Navarre and in 1521, Loyola fought his last battle for Spain. ... People believed that Loyola's Exercises could solve their problems and help them find that missing piece of their life, and for the most part they did. "The genius and innovation Ignatius brought to education came from his Spiritual Exercises whose object is to...

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Mendoza was shot and fatally wounded after fighting to protect the Guarani from the invading Portuguese and Spanish military and more specifically after he had helped two Guarani children who were struggling on a bridge to run away from the opposing soldiers. ... He helped them build a Church which was used many times throughout the film. ... During the war between the Guarani and the joint Spanish-Portuguese forces, Father Gabriel decided not to fight and proceed with mass while the war was going on. ... He would capture the Guarani and sell them to the Portuguese and the Spanish. ... Becaus...

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Now all of this was in Spanish, even the Priest spoke Spanish, but wasn't fluent with it. I was a part of the same church for about a year when I was about 6-7 years old and didn't remember much, but I loved singing the songs in Spanish. ... You have to confess your sins to a priest and can't tell them to Jesus because it is as if the Priest is Jesus and he tells you why you shouldn't do this, God forgives your sins and helps you go into prayer. ... We worship the Saints because in their life they did something important that gave them to a direct path, pure innocent and he...

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Spain, central and southern Italy, the northern coast of Germany, the Adriatic coast of modern Croatia and the Grand Duchy of Warsaw were some of the conquered areas that experienced none of the benefits that were felt in parts of western Europe annexed to France which included much of western Germany and north-western Italy, as well as all of modern Belgium. ... "He extorted millions from Dutch merchants, the Swiss, the Italians, and even the Portuguese."3 Thus, economic changes were made that helped Napoleon instead of the people of Europe. ... Napoleon used the church to help h...

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