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  2. List of parishes of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

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    The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem is an Exemption (church) diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. The patriarchate contains 64 parishes. The Patriarchate embraces territorial Israel (without territorial expansion after 1967), Jordan, the Palestinian territories, the Israeli administered territories in the West Bank, and Cyprus. (The Golan is ...

  3. Fundamental Agreement Between the Holy See and the State of ...

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    The church property remains an issue for the Vatican, as the Catholic Church has extensive property holdings in Israel. In a paper on the first five years of the accord, Rabbi David Rosen , director of the American Jewish Committee 's Department for Interreligious Affairs, stated that normalizing the legal standing of church personnel and ...

  4. Catholic Church in Israel - Wikipedia

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    The Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land has care of most of the Christian holy sites and shrines under the jurisdiction of the Catholic Church. The Territorial Prelature of the Notre Dame Center of Jerusalem is considered an Ecumenical Holy Place and pilgrim hostel, under the direct jurisdiction of the Holy See, but in the care of the Legion of ...

  5. Holy See–Israel relations - Wikipedia

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    While the Vatican has had diplomatic relations with Israel since 1993, it does not endorse a theological basis for the support of the state. [11] [12] [13] Diplomatically, the Vatican views Israel's ambassador as a representative of Israel and not of the Jewish people, and if he accompanies a religious delegation, the Jewish religious leaders present must be Israeli citizens.

  6. List of Catholic dioceses (structured view) - Wikipedia

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    As of June 21, 2024, the Catholic Church in its entirety comprises 3,172 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, including over 652 archdioceses and 2,249 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures, military ordinariates, personal ordinariates, personal prelatures, territorial prelatures, territorial abbacies and missions sui juris ...

  7. Ecclesiastical jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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    The judicial power described above, jurisdiction strictly so called, was given by Christ to the Catholic Church, was exercised by the Apostles, and transmitted to their successors. [ 2 ] From the beginning of the Christian religion , the ecclesiastical judge, i.e. the bishop, decided matters of dispute that were purely religious in character ...

  8. Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The proper archdiocese of the patriarchal see of Jerusalem has jurisdiction over all Latin Catholics (not Eastern Catholics) in the Holy Land (Israel, Palestine and Jordan) as well as Cyprus. In Jerusalem, the Latin Catholic community is the largest Christian community, with some 4,500 people out of an estimated Christian population of about ...

  9. Catholic Church and Judaism - Wikipedia

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    Despite legal protections for religious minorities, there have been incidents of anti-Christian attacks, including spitting, and so-called "price tag" attacks by violent Jewish extremists vandalizing and damaging Christian property, notably in 2012, at the Catholic monastery at Latrun and the entrance to the Church of the Dormition on Mount ...