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2 days ago · The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous particular churches of the Catholic Church, in full communion with the Pope in Rome.
- 18 million
- Eastern Christianity
8 hours ago · First Roman Catholic church since the Reformation, built in 1786 by Thomas Weld to look like a house at Lulworth Castle, East Lulworth, Dorset. In Leyburn's combined tour north and visitation to administer Confirmation, in 1687, some 20,859 Catholics received the sacrament.
- 5.2 million (baptised, 2009)
- London, England
2 days ago · Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical province of Lviv, covering the Latin church in all Ukraine, including the Russian-annexed Crimea (Krym) Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv. Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr; Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi; Diocese of Lutsk; Diocese of Mukacheve; Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia; Diocese of Odesa-Simferopol; Armenian Catholic ...
5 days ago · Geography & Travel. Vatican City. Cite. External Websites. Also known as: State of the Vatican City, Stato della Città del Vaticano. Written and fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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4 days ago · These rites so listed: Latin, Byzantine, Alexandrian, Syriac, Armenian, Maronite, and Chaldean,2 are actually families of liturgical expression. These rites are the descendants of the liturgical ...
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3 days ago · Francis (born December 17, 1936, Buenos Aires, Argentina) ushered in a new era of leadership of the Roman Catholic Church when he was elected pope in 2013. As the first pope from the Western Hemisphere, the first from South America, and the first from the Jesuit order, Francis has brought many reforms to the church and a reputation for humility
4 days ago · Visiting the official website of the Holy See one can browse: the Magisterium of the Supreme Pontiffs (from Pope Leo XIII to Pope Francis); the fundamental texts of Catholicism in various languages (the Sacred Bible, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the Code of Canon Law); the documents of Dicasteries, Bodies and Institutions of the Roman Curia