Catholicism's resilience has always depended both on the power of the pontiff to sustain unity and safeguard doctrine and on the power of the Catholic faith itself to survive leaders who are wrongheaded, incompetent, senile or corrupt.
Even his long-time protector, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, the president, who is in poor health, refused to rubber-stamp his quirky citation of a "doctrine of necessity .To consolidate the coup, Commodore Bainimarama needs to sustain unity within the armed forces.
In such a scenario, it's "hard to sustain unity, to sustain dynamism".
"I don't think we can sustain that unity of effort and achieve our objectives in Afghanistan without making this change," he said.
Despite decades as one of Israel's most polarizing figures, Mr. Sharon has managed to sustain a unity government with broad national support.
They will see that the harmony or coherence of their psychological attitudes makes them good, that each of their attitudes is good insofar as it is part of a coherent set, and that their actions are good insofar as they sustain the unity in their souls (cf. 443e).
A non-sectarian creed that makes use of sacred symbols, rituals, holidays, heroes, martyrs and myths, civil religion, Bellah indicated, helps secure and sustain national unity.
We care for this tenuous American union when "We the People" of this republic engage in the debates that are essential for sustaining the unity of our communities, our states, and our nation.
"If we're to sustain the unity we need to get through these difficult times, if we are to honor these five outstanding officers who we've lost, then we will need to act on the truths that we know," he said.
This is what the new leaders of these Arab rebellions will have to do — surprise themselves and each other with a sustained will for unity, mutual respect and democracy.
