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The Annuario Pontificio provides the Catholic Church's list of popes. As historical questions are reinterpreted by each successive pope, they are recognized in the Annuario Pontificio . For example, the 1942 Annuario Pontificio recognized the decisions of the Council of Pisa (1409), listing three popes for the period: Gregory XII (1406–1409 ...
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 ...
Catholic Fraternity of Charismatic Communities and Fellowships Catholic Fraternity 1990 Vatican City: 30 November 1990: Defunct as of 2019, replaced by CHARIS [5] Catholic Integrated Community: KIG Catholic International Education Office OIEC Chemin Neuf Community: CCN Christian Life Community: CVX Christian Life Movement: CLM Claire Amitié
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 ...
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization .
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis started the countdown on Thursday to the 2025 Holy Year, or Jubilee, which is one of the Roman Catholic Church's most important events and is expected to draw ...
Fundamental Statute for the Secular Government of the States of the Church; Capture of Rome (1870) "Prisoner in the Vatican" (1870–1929) Roman Question; Law of Guarantees; Lateran Treaty (1929) Vatican City (1929– present) Governorate of Vatican City State; 2010 Vatican employee sex scandal; History of the Catholic Church since 1962 ...
The presence of the two bishops had been welcomed by the Vatican as evidence of the church's universality, following tensions over China's appointment of a bishop that appeared to violate a 2018 ...