Sentences with phrase «very public witness»

And in a culture that tells us religion is a private matter, the very public witness of martyrdom can be somewhat embarrassing.

That means there will be more chances to give a very public witness to the sacredness of life and to present the prolife message in a good light.

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Will the public witness of Christians be harmed by the way we speak about the very serious issue of violence against women?

Voices are raised, feelings are hurt, and there you stand, witnessing a very public showdown that you wish was taking place behind closed doors.

There are times and places where the very act of coming together to celebrate the Eucharist can be a public witness.

Mr Speaker, if the citizens of this country could see the time and care taken in making these decisions; the carefully - targeted nature of all our interventions; and the strict controls in place to ensure that the law and our democratic values are upheld; and if they could witness the integrity and professionalism of the men and women of the intelligence agencies, who are among the very finest public servants our nation has, then I believe that they would be reassured by how we go about this essential work.

Pierre Gosselin writes: Here's something you don't witness very often... German national public radio telling listeners that natural factors are behind observed changes in something related to climate.

«With so much written about blogging in the past year, it's amazing that just now we are witnessing the kind of high - profile crime case that raises new and, some say, troubling issues about how reporters and editors should regard the very personal, yet very public, information shared on Web logs.»

Then, the employee with the very ill spouse had to get a Notary Public to witness her signature that reimbursemen check could be made out to the business, despite original forms showing business had paid for the coverage.

The very same CB witnesses who want access to TREB's data have no regard for the public's PRIVACY rights but are themselves happy to hide behind the PRIVACY rights of the confidentiality agreement.