Ayatollah Khomeini becomes the leader of a new theocratic state in Iran. Pope John Paul is elected in 1978, becoming the first non-Italian Catholic pope in 450 years. He later survives an assassination attempt and continues his global evangelization efforts. Led by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., the America Civil Rights Movement gains strong support from a broad religious coalition. D.C. He writes this weekly column for the Scripps Howard News Service.
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