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Coptic Catholics. The pastoral care of Catholics in Egypt was entrusted to the Franciscans of the Holy Land, who visited Egypt several times a year until the Franciscan Order was established there in 1666.
May 6, 2014 · A few decades ago, 20 percent of the Middle East was Christian; today that is down to 4 percent. Iraq alone has lost 80 percent of its Christians during just the last ten years. By any standard ...
- Cheryl Benard
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On November 29, 1964 — a year after the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy was enacted — the “New Mass”, as it was then called, was introduced into US parishes.
A Deeper Vision: Catholicism and the Past Century. ROBERT ROYAL. Most people — even most Catholics — don't realize it, but the twentieth century, or at least the first two-thirds of it, were a kind of golden age for Catholic intellectual and cultural life. In the summer of 1901, Jacques Maritain (who would go on to become the most ...
Feb 2, 2011 · 1. Some basic data. Egypt has a 7000-year-old history and an area of a million square kilometres, with some 80 million inhabitants and an illiteracy level of 50–60%, which is particularly high among women. The religious context in Egypt is reflected in a 94–95% Sunni Muslim majority. The country is governed by Islamic Law ( Sharîa ...
- Fadel Sidarouss Sj
- 2011
Jun 21, 2016 · From the fourth century on we find decrees making it obligatory for clerics who attend a solemn Mass to receive Communion. The situation reached such a point that in 1123 the First Lateran Council found it necessary to prescribe confession and Communion at least once a year for all Catholics as an absolute minimum.
e. The history of the Catholic Church is the formation, events, and historical development of the Catholic Church through time. The tradition of the Catholic Church claims it began with Jesus Christ and his teachings; the Catholic tradition considers that the Church is a continuation of the early Christian community established by the Disciples ...
