PORTUGAL
(See also Portuguese [Language]; São Tomé and Príncipe)
Fátima shrine: g89 3/8 2-3, 5-8
government:
apology to Jews for expulsion decree of 1496 (1996): g97 6/8 28
history:
da Gama, Vasco: g03 8/22 12, 14; g00 1/8 30; g99 3/22 24-26
Magellan, Ferdinand: g97 11/8 12-17
Pope Nicholas V grants rights to African lands (1455): g 3/15 10
purpose of expansion (15th and 16th centuries): yb97 125
Treaty of Alcáçovas with Spain (1479): g 3/15 10
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494): g 3/15 10-11; g97 11/8 14; g94 12/8 20; g92 3/8 7
Lisbon: g94 1/8 10, 12
map: w07 7/1 18
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE):
summit (1996): g97 8/22 31
religion:
Bible ignorance: w96 2/15 23-24
percentage of Catholics: w96 2/15 23
Vasco da Gama Bridge: g98 11/8 14-15
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Assembly Halls: yb95 25
ban (1962-1974): w18.08 32; w01 12/1 27-28; w99 7/1 26-27; g88 11/8 16
Branch Committee: w99 7/1 27
branch office: jv 383
Alcabideche (1988): w17.02 17; yb89 30-32; yb88 17; g88 11/8 16-17; yb87 45
Estoril (1975): yb89 31; g88 11/8 16
branch overseers: w17.02 16
clergy opposition:
incite authorities: jv 494
commendation:
sports-complex staff member: g90 5/8 11
congregations: w18.08 32; w99 7/1 25
conventions: w01 12/1 28-29; jv 269, 383, 510; w90 1/15 29
attended elsewhere: yb00 76-77; w99 7/1 26
quotes: jv 510; g86 12/22 24
courts:
accusation of holding illegal meetings (1966): w17.02 16
early witnessing: w18.08 31-32; jv 430, 436-437
growth: w18.08 32; w99 7/1 25, 27; jv 494, 510; yb90 7-8; yb89 31-32; g88 11/8 17
since New World Translation: jv 612-613
Kingdom Halls:
hosts Spanish congregation: w12 1/1 12-13
legal matters:
legal recognition (1974): w17.02 16; jv 269, 383, 494
Long-Standing Religious Community (2009): yb11 25-26
letter of appreciation for magazines: g92 8/22 32
Ministerial Training School: yb96 17
missionaries: w18.08 32; jv 494, 537, 539, 541
modern history: w18.08 31-32
persecution: w17.02 15-16; re 185; w99 7/1 26-27; jv 494
persons:
Almeida, Manuel de Jesus: w99 7/1 23-27
Beveridge, Eric and Hazel: w01 10/1 27-28
Cooke, John: w18.08 32; jv 430, 537
Ferguson, Virgílio and Lizzie: w18.08 32
Ferraz Martins, Madalena: g90 8/8 22-25
Guest, Douglas and Mary: w17.02 15-17
Jordão, Manuel da Silva: w18.08 32
Piccone, Domenick: jv 541; w91 10/1 26-27
Young, George: w18.08 31-32; w00 7/1 25; jv 436-437
Zanardi, João and Maria: w01 12/1 26-29
pioneers:
special pioneers: yb08 60
places:
Aveiro: w16.12 2
Lisbon: w17.02 16; jv 269
Porto: jv 269
publications:
Bible New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures: jv 612-613
book You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth: yb87 45-46
magazine The Watch Tower: w18.08 31-32
relief work:
Angola: yb93 15-16
service experiences: yb01 59-60; w96 2/15 23-26; yb94 49; yb90 8; w88 1/1 6; yb87 45-46
Chinese woman having Cesarean section: yb08 60
educated by nuns and priests: w03 5/1 4-5
eight-year-old Witness girl helps separated couple: yb02 56-57
inherits grandmother’s library: w97 4/1 26
psychology students: w06 2/1 26; yb04 45-46
visits by—
Franz, F. W.: w17.02 16; jv 269
Henschel, M. G.: w17.02 17; yb89 31-32; g88 11/8 17
Knorr, N. H.: w17.02 16; jv 269
Rutherford, J. F.: w18.08 31; jv 436-437