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A master of ceremonies, abbreviated MC or emcee, is the official host of a ceremony, staged event, conference, convention, or similar performance.. The term is earliest documented in the Catholic Church since the 5th century, where the master of ceremonies is an official of the Papal Court responsible for the proper and smooth conduct of the elaborate rituals involving the pope and the sacred ...
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 ...
[10] Knud Karl Krogh-Tonning (1842–1911) Hartmann Grisar, S.J. September 22, 1845 Koblenz, Germany February 25, 1932 Innsbruck, Austria 1902 [11] Andrés Manjón y Manjón [b] 30 November 1846 Sargentes de la Lora, Burgos, Spain 10 July 1923 Granada, Spain 1907 [13] Ángel Sánchez-Rubio Ibáñez (1852–1910) József Martoncsik, O.Praem
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, in Washington, D.C., is the largest Catholic church in the United States. A special hall in the crypt level of the Basilica contains statues of American saints. The Catholic Church recognizes some deceased Catholics as saints, beati, venerabili, and servants of God.
From 2011 to 2012, he was the bishop of the Central Diocese of the Polish National Catholic Church. Since 2012, he has been the bishop of the Buffalo-Pittsburgh diocese of the Polish National Catholic Church. [4] On behalf of the Union of Scranton, he oversees the Old Catholic mission in Italy (Deanery of the PNCC in Italy). [5]
In the Roman Catholic Church a consistory is a formal meeting of the College of Cardinals called by the pope. There are two kinds of consistories, extraordinary and ordinary. [ 1 ] An "extraordinary" consistory is held to allow the pope to consult with the entire membership of the College of Cardinals.
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with approximately 1.3 billion baptised Catholics worldwide, as of 2017. [ 1 ] Lists
Choir dress of a cardinal, in scarlet Cardinals are senior members of the clergy of the Catholic Church who are titular clergy of the Diocese of Rome, thereby serving as the primary advisors to the Bishop of Rome. They are almost always bishops and generally hold important roles within the church, such as leading prominent archdioceses or heading dicasteries within the Roman Curia. Cardinals ...