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In the News (Fri 17 Feb 12)

  
  Roman Catholic Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The pope, cardinals, patriarchs, primates, archbishops and metropolitans are all bishops and members of the Catholic episcopate or college of bishops.
Cardinals are appointed by the Pope, generally choosing bishops who head departments of the Roman Curia or important episcopal sees, Latin or Eastern, throughout the world.
And it empowered episcopal conferences to enact adaptations in disciplines such as abstinence from meat on Fridays.
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 Roman Catholic Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The colour associated with the robes of cardinals is a crimson red, while the red of bishops who are not cardinals (and of Apostolic Protonotaries and Honorary Prelates) is really a Roman purple, and that of the lowest class of monsignors (Chaplains of His Holiness) has a violet hue.
Bishops of a country or region form an episcopal conference and meet periodically to discuss Common problems.
The honorary title of Monsignor may be conferred by the Pope upon a diocesan priest (not a member of a religious institute) at the request of the priest's bishop.
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 Anglican and Episcopal Church Links
Laity and clergy from 85 of the 98 U.S. Dioceses of the Episcopal Church attended.
The bishop was consecrated by a bishop of the Evangelical Catholic Communion.
Noll This following essay was written in the aftermath of the 1998 Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops and in response to the Petition presented to the Primates (Archbishops) of the Anglican Communion in January 1999 by the "Association of Anglican Congregations on Mission" (AACOM).
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 Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Antilles Episcopal Conference - The section of the Catholic Church in English, French and Dutch territories of The Antilles
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - The assembly of bishops in the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops - The assembly of bishops in Canada
www.archdioceseofnassau.org /resources.htm   (173 words)

  
 Christ Church Cathedral - Related Links
Note: All links, including those affiliated with the Episcopal Church USA or the Anglican Communion, are provided for information and reference purposes.
Episcopal Church Network for Science, Technology and Faith
Hispanic Ministry (Ministerio Hispano) in the Episcopal Church
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 LT29 - Papal Authority in the First Ecumenical Councils / A Dubious Translation of Ecclesia Dei
He may be affirming that visible authority itself rests upon traditions of spirituality and apostolate that are not entirely subject to innovation but rather stand, to some extent, outside of the competence of the hierarchy to reduce or eliminate them as a practical function of episcopal ministry.
What Pope John Paul is saying here seems to be contrary to the widespread, even dominant, feeling today that, once legitimate authority has been persuaded to institute a change, there is no more appeal to tradition.
The Pope had earlier in the document pointed out that the episcopal consecrations effected by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre were an act of disobedience to the authority of the Church, as vested in the Roman Pontiff (no. 3).
www.rtforum.org /lt/lt29.html   (4044 words)

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