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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Pope
		The supreme head of a body, in dependence on whom all subordinate authorities hold their power, and he alone, can be said to be the principle of stability, unity, and increase.
		The Council goes on to affirm that the pope is the supreme judge of the faithful, and that to him appeal may be made in all ecclesiastical causes.
		Since his office of supreme ruler imposes on him the duty of enforcing the canons, it is requisite that he should be kept informed as to the state of the various dioceses.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12260a.htm (11511 words)

	Militant Secularists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		At the head of this episcopal body is the supreme authority of the Roman pontiff, the successor of St. Peter in his primacy as he is his successor in his see.
		Although the bishops, taken individually, are not infallible their teaching participates in the infallibility of the Church according as they teach in concert and in union with the episcopal body, that is according as they express not their personal ideas, but the very thought of the Church.
		But if the supreme pontiffs in their official documents purposely pass judgment on a matter debated until then, it is obvious to all that the matter according to the mind and will of the same pontiffs, cannot be considered any longer a question open for discussion among theologians.
	www.thewandererpress.com /A5-22-03.htm (10416 words)

	Abortion is Murder; Abortion is Wrong -- Pro Life Students Work To Stop Abortion Through Prayer - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In such matters of canon law, just as in civil law, many technicalities and intricacies occur, which it often takes the professional student to understand fully.
		In regard to the decisions of the Roman tribunal quoted above it is proper to remark that while they claim the respect and loyal adhesion of Catholics, they are not irreformable, since they are not definitive judgments, nor do they proceed directly from the Supreme Pontiff, who alone has the prerogative of infallibility.
		If ever reasons should arise, which is most improbable, to change these pronouncements those reasons would receive due consideration.
	www.prolifeleague.com /modules.php?name=Encyclopedia&op=content&tid=1 (2704 words)

	St Peter's - Monument to Gregory XVI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The bas-relief on the urn portrays the Institution of the Missions by the Pontiff.
		The two allegorical lateral figures represent Wisdom (head crowned by a flame) and Prudence (with a mirror and a snake).
		MAX / S.R.E. ("To Gregory XVI, supreme pontiff.
	www.stpetersbasilica.org /Monuments/GregoryXVI/GregoryXVI.htm (651 words)

	The Diocese of Scranton
		Pope Benedict XVI will grant the faithful a Plenary Indulgence for the forthcoming Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 8.
		The gift of Plenary Indulgence may be obtained under the usual conditions (sacramental Confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer in keeping with the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff), with the soul completely removed from attachment to any form of sin.
		The faithful must participate in a sacred function in honor of the Virgin, or at least offer open testimony of Marian devotion before an image of Mary Immaculate exposed for public veneration, adding the recitation of the Our Father and of the Creed, and some invocation to the Virgin.
	www.dioceseofscranton.org /newsbriefingsubscribe/NewsBriefingDec1.asp (794 words)

	Homage to Pope John Paul II, Eugenic Theory & Praxis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Presidency of the EU extolled the Supreme Pontiff's "unflagging commitment to the humanistic principles, to democracy and human rights," and honoured "he who contributed to reunite once again East and West on the European continent."
		The conclave could be convened as early as 17 April
		Polish-born Karol Wojtyla was the third longest-serving Supreme Pontiff in history.
	www.readingnewsletter.com (2165 words)

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