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the (vacant) Latin Titular Patriarchate of the West Indies; the Spanish military ordinariate, which is a Latin army bishopric (personal diocese for the military) headed by an archbishop; the joint Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rite for all Eastern Catholics in Spain. All are members of the national episcopal conference of Spain.
The Western or Latin Church does sometimes, though rarely, ordain married men, usually Protestant clergy who have become Catholics. A married man aged 35 and above may be ordained as a deacon, with his wife's permission. All sui iuris churches of the Catholic Church maintain the ancient tradition that, following ordination, marriage is not ...
The Catholic Church in Spain supported Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War and afterwards established a close relationship with the Spanish state, with many Catholic priests serving in the government. After the Second Vatican Council, relations between Church and State started to deteriorate, especially during the reign of Pope Paul VI. [7]
Toggle Catholic Church subsection. 1.1 Latin Church clergy. 1.1.1 United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries. 1.1.2 Italy. 1.1.3 The Philippines.
The Joint Assembly of Bishops and Priests held in 1971 marked a significant phase in the distancing of the church from the Spanish state. This group affirmed the progressive spirit of the Second Vatican Council and adopted a resolution asking the pardon of the Spanish people for the hierarchy's partisanship in the Civil War.
The Latin Church (Latin: Ecclesia Latina) is the largest autonomous particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics. The Latin Church is one of 24 churches sui iuris in full communion with the pope ; the other 23 are collectively referred to as the Eastern Catholic Churches ...
The Catholic Church in Latin America began with the Spanish colonization of the Americas and continues up to the present day. In the later part of the 20th century, however, the rise of Liberation theology has challenged such close alliances between church and state.
The Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela (Latin: Archidioecesis Compostellana) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. It is the most senior of the five districts into which the church divides the region of Galicia. [1] [2] The seat of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, dedicated to the Apostle ...