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6 hours ago · This is a growing list of territorial dioceses and ordinariates in communion with the Holy See. There are approximately 3,000 actual (i.e., non-titular) dioceses in the Catholic Church (including the eparchies of the Eastern Catholic Churches). Those dioceses which are (metropolitan or nominal) archdioceses (including archeparchies) are marked in bold type and are also listed at List of ...
1 day ago · The cathedral church of Constantinople, Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom), was the center of religious life in the eastern Christian world. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The Ecumenical Patriarchate came to be called the "Great Church of Christ" and it was the touchstone and reference point for ecclesiastical affairs in the East, whether in terms of church government ...
6 hours ago · May 28, 1982 (Friday) Years of Lead (Italy): In Rome, bombs exploded at the offices of Pan American World Airways and the Italian subsidiary of the Intercontinental insurance company. There were no injuries. [571] The 1982 visit by Pope John Paul II to the United Kingdom, the first by a reigning pope, began. [29][572][573] The Pope met with ...
1 day ago · 2017 (2017) –present [ 8 ] Vienna (/ viˈɛnə / ⓘ vee-EN-ə; [ 9 ][ 10 ] German: Wien [viːn] ⓘ; Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. [ 11 ][ 12 ] Its larger metropolitan area has a population ...
