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Western Church, n.

the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
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Church of Rome Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Church Roman Church Western Church

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indulgence Divine Office Little Office Office of the Dead placebo confession beatification canonization, canonisation Mass novena Stations, Stations of the Cross purple, the purple monstrance, ostensorium pallium ultramontanism sursum corda breviary missal Vulgate Paternoster Mass card spiritual bouquet pax, kiss of peace Immaculate Conception, Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary gradual plainsong, plainchant Curia Sacred College, College of Cardinals, cardinalate, Sacred College of Cardinals Rota apostolic delegate bishop Brother cardinal dean Doctor of the Church, Doctor domestic prelate internuncio Monsignor nuncio, papal nuncio penitent postulator provincial seminarian, seminarist Sister Beguine vicar-general Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas Aquinas Athanasius, Saint Athanasius, St. Athanasius, Athanasius the Great Augustine, Saint Augustine, St. Augustine, Augustine of Hippo Basil, St. Basil, Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, St. Basil the Great Becket, Thomas a Becket, Saint Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas a Becket Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the Venerable Bede Boniface, Saint Boniface, St. Boniface, Winfred, Wynfrith, Apostle of Germany Bruno, Saint Bruno, St. Bruno Dominic, Saint Dominic, St. Dominic, Domingo de Guzman Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis, St. Francis, Giovanni di Bernardone Gregory, Gregory I, Saint Gregory I, St. Gregory I, Gregory the Great Gregory, Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, St. Ignatius of Loyola, Loyola Irenaeus, Saint Irenaeus, St. Irenaeus Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome, Hieronymus, Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus John Chrysostom, St. John Chrysostom Holy Year Solemnity of Mary, January 1 Circumcision, Feast of the Circumcision, January 1 canonical hour Great Schism

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Catholic Church

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Rome Curia Sacred College, College of Cardinals, cardinalate, Sacred College of Cardinals

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Roman Catholic