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	Catholic World News (CWN)
		Elected by the synod of his Church, with the approval of the Pope, the major archbishop fulfills essentially the same role as a patriarch, as the head of a self-governing Eastern Church.
		The Romanian Catholic Church suffered through brutal persecution during the Communist era, as the government sought to eliminate all evidence of an Eastern Church in communion with Rome.
		Synod, prelate, Patriarch of Constantinople, Eastern Catholic, Ukrainian Catholic Church, Romanian Catholic Church, Syro-Malabar, Syro-Malankar
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=41291 (772 words)

	Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic (in Romanian: Biserica Română Unită cu Roma, Greco-Catolică) is an Eastern Rite or Greek-Catholic Church ranked as a Major Archiepiscopal Church, which uses the Byzantine liturgical rite in the Romanian language.
		On December 16, 2005, the Church was raised to the dignity of a Major Archiepiscopal Church.
		Catholic Near East Welfare Association: overview of the Romanian Catholic Church
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Romanian_Catholic_Church (1053 words)

	World Watch - Catholic World Report - February 2002
		Romanian Catholics have also frequently expressed concerns that they are under heavy pressure from the Vatican to forsake their property claims for the sake of ecumenical progress.
		However, because Romanian Catholics have broken from the agreement to resolve all such problems within the joint ecumenical commission, it is quite possible that the suit could bring a halt to that dialogue.
		The Romanian Orthodox Church reacted negatively to the change in law noting that laws are needed to halt homosexual propaganda which is damaging to the family.
	www.catholic.net /RCC/Periodicals/Igpress/2002-02/wromania.html (690 words)

	Catholic Rites and Churches
		Thus the Church of Christ is fully present sacramentally (by way of a sign) wherever there is a sign of Christ the Head, a bishop and those who assist him, and a sign of Christ's Body, Christian faithful.
		It was one of the ancient centers of the Church, as the New Testament attests, and is the source of a family of similar Rites using the ancient Syriac language (the Semitic dialect used in Jesus' time and better known as Aramaic).
		The Church of Alexandria in Egypt was one of the original centers of Christianity, since like Rome and Antioch it had a large Jewish population which was the initial object of apostolic evangelization.
	www.ewtn.com /expert/answers/catholic_rites_and_churches.htm (2544 words)

	THE ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
		The Metropolitan Church of Transilvania was abolished in 1701 and reactivated as a new bishopric in 1761.
		In 1925, the Romanian Orthodox Church was raised at the rank of a Patriarchate.
		Valuable libraries of the Romanian Orthodox Church are : the Library of the Holy Synod, the Library of the Metropolitan Church of Sibiu and the libraries of the Neamt and Cernica Monasteries.
	www.crestinism-ortodox.ro /html_en/01/1a_the_romanian_orthodox_church.html (2843 words)

	CNS STORY: Elderly Romanians fight for return of village's Catholic church
		Catholics and Orthodox agreed to use the church on alternate Sundays.
		Eastern Catholics say only 136 properties have been returned since the church was re-legalized in 1990; they have urged the European Union to make restitutions a condition for Romania's accession in 2007.
		In September 2003, the Catholic Diocese of Cluj-Gherla published a list of local disputes, all involving abuse and intimidation, in what Catholics insist is a deliberate attempt to eradicate their presence.
	www.catholicnews.com /data/stories/cns/0404243.htm (1110 words)

	Romanian Roman-Catholic Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Romanian Roman-Catholic Church is a Latin Rite church, part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome.
		In 1948 Roman Catholics were deprived of three of five sees, leaving only two bishops to attend to the spiritual needs of the large membership.
		Although the priest-to-members ratio remained quite high in the 1980s, more than 60 percent of the active clergy were over 60 years of age, and owing to restrictions on enrollment in seminaries and theological colleges, their numbers were likely to decline.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Romanian_Roman-Catholic_Church (503 words)

	Romanian Church
		It proved difficult for the new Greek Catholic community, known popularly as the Greek Catholic Church, to obtain in practice the religious and civil rights that had been guaranteed it when the union was concluded.
		The Catholics insisted that all property be returned as a matter of justice, while the Orthodox held that any transfer of property must take into account the present pastoral needs of both communities.
		Provincial councils of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church were held at Blaj from May 5 to 14, 1872, from May 30 to June 6, 1882, and from September 13 to 26, 1900.
	www.faswebdesign.com /ECPA/Byzantine/Romanian.html (1072 words)

	Romanian Catholic Church raised in status
		Elected by the synod of his Church, with the approval of the Pope, the major archbishop fulfills essentially the same role as a patriarch, as the head of a self-governing Eastern Church.
		Eastern-rite Catholics, who account for only 5 percent of the Romanian population, have clashed frequently with the hierarchy of the Romanian Orthodox Church, which forms the country's religious majority with nearly 85 percent of the population.
		The Romanian Catholic Church suffered through brutal persecution during the Communist era, as the government sought to eliminate all evidence of an Eastern Church in communion with Rome.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-religion/1541862/posts (1417 words)

	Catholic World News : Pope lauds Romanian Catholic Church
		VATICAN (CWN) -- Pope John Paul II (bio - news) today received a group of seminarians from the Romanian Catholic seminary in Rome, and urged them not to forget the events which have marked the life of their Eastern-rite Church during the past 60 years.
		Pope John Paul noted that Romanian Catholics in particular are at a crossroads, 300 years after their Church returned to full communion with the Holy See, because they have emerged from years of Communist repression.
		The Pope praised the Romanian Catholic community for remaining loyal to the faith throughout the years when leaders were imprisoned and the faithful were ordered to join local Orthodox parishes.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=6670 (311 words)

	CNS STORY: Romanians' faith survived persecution, archbishop tells synod
		All its religious orders were suppressed and its churches were expropriated by the state or transferred to the Romanian Orthodox Church.
		Latin Catholics in Romania were also persecuted severely, but their church institutions were not completely suppressed.
		As part of the regime's "re-education and brainwashing" strategies in the prisons, Romanian Catholic priests were forced to celebrate the Divine Liturgy "with excrements," Archbishop Muresan said.
	www.catholicnews.com /data/stories/cns/0505721.htm (574 words)

	Romanian Cultural Foundation Donates Wooden Church
		The highlight of this year's Folklife Festival was a reconstructed wooden church building donated by Professor Augustin Buzura, Director of the Romanian Cultural Foundation in Bucuresti, to the Romanian Catholic Diocese of Canton, Ohio.
		Following the Divine Liturgy, Romanian Catholic and Orthodox faithful, as well as many hundreds of visitors, gathered on the Mall to watch as Professor Buzura, representing the Romanian Cultural Foundation in Bucuresti, officially presented the church structure to Bishop JOHN MICHAEL.
		The church structure was donated in honor of the Jubilee year of the new Millennium.
	www.byzcath.org /canton/1999-si-folklife/1999-SI-1.html (657 words)

	Catholic News Service - Vatican
		When Catholics take church history seriously, they are inspired to live lives that are more Christian so that they, too, may add their own evidence of God's greatness, the pope said June 13 at his weekly general audience.
		Catholics in the Middle East and North Africa have a right to worship freely and to live in peace and security, Pope Benedict XVI said during a visit to the office of the Congregation for Eastern Churches.
		Catholic leaders in Turkey were shocked by the murder of three employees of a Protestant publishing house, said an official at the Vatican nunciature in Ankara, Turkey.
	www.catholicnews.com /data/vatican/vatican.htm (11194 words)

	Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: The Romanian Catholic Church
		It proved difficult for the new Byzantine Catholic community, known popularly as the "Greek Catholic Church", to obtain in practice the religious and civil rights that had been guaranteed it when the union was consummated.
		After 41 years underground, the fortunes of the Greek Catholic Church in Romania changed dramatically after the Ceaucescu regime was overthrown in December 1989.
		As of the end of 1998, there were 1,420,000 members of the Romanian Catholic Church.
	www.katolsk.no /utenriks/kronologi/orient_romanian.htm (906 words)

	History of St Anne Roman Catholic Church
		Anne's Parish began on April 25, 1868 when a group of Catholic and Protestant men pledged funds to Rev. Michael Duggan for the purpose of "building a Catholic church in Goodson" Virginia -Tennessee (now Bristol) for Irish, Romanian and Czechs Catholic migrant railway workers to worship.
		By the early1930's, the parish had outgrown the church on Spencer Street, and a larger one was needed.
		In 1938, the original church on Spencer Street was renamed St. Augustine's and became an active parish for African American Catholics.
	www.stannes-bristol.org /history.htm (2014 words)

	EWTN News
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		The Eucharistic liturgy was concelebrated by two other Eastern cardinals-- Major Archbishop Lubomyr Husar of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, and Patriarch Ignace Moussa Daoud, the former head of the Syrian Catholic Church-- in St. Peter's Basilica.
		A large number of Catholics of the Eastern churches joined in the celebration, which ws conducted in Arabic and Syrian-Aramaic.
	www.ewtn.com /JohnPaul2/_mourning/news (434 words)

	The Annunciation Byzantine Romanian Catholic Mission Toronto, Canada - The Parish Fea - The Byzantine Forum
		I hope that you will not take any offence if I ask you about the way baptism is celebrated at Annunciation Romanian Catholic Mission (see pictures at http://www.romanianbyzantine.org).
		Obviously I speak always from the liturgically point of view (everybody knows that Romanians are very proud of their Roman and Latin linguistic, historical and cultural heritage).
		The views expressed herein are those of the participants and may or may not reflect the teachings of the Byzantine Catholic Church.
	www.byzcath.org /forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=91678&page=31 (668 words)

	Seattle Catholic - A Journal of Catholic News and Views
		Seattle Catholic was an Internet-based publication that ran from 2001-2006.
		The Vatican On the New Catholic Statesman (1/31/2003)
		The Sodomite Offensive in the Catholic Church (5/25/2004)
	www.seattlecatholic.com (531 words)

	Biserica Romana Unita cu Roma, Greco-Catolica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		You will find information about different aspects of Church life including pages of history, pictures, practical directory information, and much, much more.
		This site is under construction, so please be patient.
		We are open to any suggestion or correction.
	www.christusrex.org /www2/greek-catholic (93 words)

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	netministries.org /denomlst.htm (561 words)

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