Sentences with phrase «face of a national tragedy»

(CNN)- In a speech to a wounded nation, presidential hopeful Mitt Romney returned to his roots of faith in the face of a national tragedy.

CNN: Romney strikes rare notes of faith in Aurora speech In a speech to a wounded nation, presidential hopeful Mitt Romney returned to his roots of faith in the face of a national tragedy.

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«One of the good things God might bring out of this evil and this tragedy would be now some type of alliance between religion and the educational establishment in a major national campaign to see that this is faced head on,» said Archbishop Timothy Dolan, the top Catholic official in the United States.

Biblical examples of faith in the face of tragedy include Habakkuk (3:17 - 18), who saw a national disaster coming and could still rejoice in God.

Over at the National Gallery the once in a lifetime Rembrandt exhibition, in collaboration with Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, brings us 100 late works from the iconic Dutch artist who created a new expressive and coarse style of painting as he faced person tragedy and financial difficulties.

Investigations may eventually confirm the specifics of how the fire at the West London tower block spread so catastrophically on the night of 14 June, but the government and construction industry faces much deeper questions about whether a culture of deregulation, cost - cutting and buck - passing turned what should have been a small, inconsequential fire into a national tragedy.