Benedict the Moor [SEP] canonization status
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Canonical situation of the Society of Saint Pius X


ad intra' (internal)?" Castrillón Hoyos answered that he "reject the term ecumenism ad intra." He explained that the SSPX priests and adherents "are not schismatics" since, In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI reaffirmed that: "Until the doctrinal questions are clarified, the Society has no canonical status in the Church, and its ministers – even though they have been freed of the ecclesiastical penalty – do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church." The status of the SSPX was not changed by Benedict
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Benedict the Moor


. Benedict was beatified by Pope Benedict XIV in 1743 and canonized in 1807 by Pope Pius VII. It is claimed that his body was found incorrupt upon exhumation a few years later. Benedict is remembered for his patience and understanding when confronted with racial prejudice and taunts. He was declared a patron saint of African Americans, along with the Dominican lay brother, Martin de Porres. In the United States, at least seven historically-black Roman Catholic parishes bear his name, in the following cities: Washington, DC, New
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St. Benedict the Moor Church (New York City)


19, 2007, that the church would retain its parish status. On June 30, 2017, the church was deconsecrated. The Italianate-style red brick pedimented church was built in 1869, designed by R.C. McLane & Sons for the Second German Church of the Evangelical Association. After the parishioners moved out of the area, St. Benedict the Moor Church, a black Catholic parish, took over this building in 1898, with its own parishioners move north in Manhattan. A three-storey rectory at 338–342 West 53rd Street was
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Canonical situation of the Society of Saint Pius X


bishops. "By definition, their request carried with it an acknowledgement of the Pope's authority over the Church here on earth." Pope Benedict XVI explained that the SSPX has no canonical status in the Catholic Church for doctrinal reasons and that SSPX ministers "do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church." Although the 1988 excommunication of the four SSPX bishops was remitted in 2009, the SSPX bishops and priests were still unable to exercise any episcopal or priestly ministry in the Catholic Church. According to canon 1383 of the
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Pope Pius VII


. He also enriched the Vatican Library with numerous manuscripts and books. It was Pius VII who adopted the yellow and white flag of the Holy See as a response to the Napoleonic invasion of 1808. Throughout his pontificate, Pius VII canonized a total of five saints. On 24 May 1807, Pius VII canonized Angela Merici, Benedict the Moor, Colette Boylet, Francis Caracciolo and Hyacintha Mariscotti. He beatified a total of 27 individuals including Joseph Oriol, Berardo dei Marsi, Giuseppe Maria Tomasi and Crispin of Viterbo. Pius VII
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Benedict the Moor


York City, two in Chicago - St. Benedict the African, East and St. Benedict West; in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in North Omaha, Nebraska, and Dayton, Ohio. St. Benedict the Moor ( Winston- Salem, North Carolina) Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Capuchin friars of Milwaukee's St. Benedict the Moor Parish serve a meal for the homeless six days a week as part of a ministry to reach out to transient, disenfranchised and isolated people. Grambling, Louisiana also has a parish, St. Benedict the Black. The latest
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Canonization of Pope Pius XII


. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints certifies the "heroic virtues" of a candidate for Venerable status, although the final decision lies with the Pope. Benedict XVI was 12 years old when Pius XII was elected to the papacy in 1939; one Vatican insider described Benedict XVI's memory of Pius XII thus: "Pius is really "his" Pope." "Business Week" compared the move to Barack Obama's receipt of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, noting: Once the Vatican recognizes one scientifically inexplicable miracle based
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Pope Benedict XVI


2005 in St. Peter's Square when he canonized Josef Bilczewski, Alberto Hurtado SJ, Zygmunt Gorazdowski, Gaetano Catanoso and Felice da Nicosia. The canonizations were part of a Mass that marked the conclusion of the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops and the Year of the Eucharist. Pope Benedict XVI canonized Bishop Rafael Guizar y Valencia, Mother Theodore Guerin, Filippo Smaldone and Rosa Venerini on 15 October 2006. During his visit to Brazil in 2007, Pope Benedict XVI presided over the canonization of Frei Galvão on 11 May, while
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List of saints by pope


canonized eighteen saints in twelve causes. Pope Pius X canonized four saints. Pope Benedict XV canonized three saints. Pope Pius XI canonized 34 saints in 27 causes. Pope Pius XII canonized 33 saints. None were group causes. Pope John XXIII canonized ten saints. None were group causes. Pope Paul VI canonized 84 saints in 21 causes. Pope John Paul I did not canonize any saints. Pope John Paul II canonized 482 saints in 110 causes. Pope Benedict XVI canonized 45 saints. None were group causes. Pope Francis
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Dale Zarrella


Dale Zarrella is a sculptor and painter living in Maui, Hawai'i. Born in Southington, Connecticut, he began sculpting at the age of nine and received his first commission, for a crucifix for St. Dominic Catholic Church, when he was 18. He relocated to Hawaii in 1985. He is best known for his statue of Saint Damien of Molokai, created for the Damien and Marianne of Moloka'i Heritage Center in Waikiki. A second copy of the statue was later presented to Pope Benedict XVI in commemoration of Father Damien's canonization
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1983 Code of Canon Law


, promulgated by Benedict XV on 27 May 1917. The current Code of Canon Law is the second comprehensive codification of the non-liturgical laws of the Latin Church, replacing the Pio-Benedictine code that had been promulgated by Benedict XV in 1917. See also Canon Law-Codification and Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. Pope John XXIII, when proclaiming a new ecumenical council for the Catholic Church, also announced the intention of revising the 1917 CIC. It was not feasible to revise the Code of Canon Law until
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Costanzo Zani


Costanzo Zani, O.S.B. (1622–1694) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Imola (1672–1694). Costanzo Zani was born in Rome, Italy in 1622 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict. On 12 Sep 1672, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Bishop of Imola. On 18 Sep 1672, he was consecrated bishop by Cesare Facchinetti, Bishop of Spoleto. He served as Bishop of Imola until his death on 16 Jun 1694. While bishop, he was the
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Antonio Forteguerra


Antonio Forteguerra, O.S.B. (1648–1714) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pienza (1698–1714). Antonio Forteguerra was born on 13 Jun 1648 in Siena, Italy and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict. On 15 Sep 1698, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Pienza. On 21 Sep 1698, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Matteo Petrucci, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello al Corso, with Francesco Pannocchieschi d'Elci, Archbishop of Pisa, and Domenico Belisario
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Kateri Tekakwitha


paved the way for pending canonization. On February 18, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI decreed that Tekakwitha be canonized. Speaking in Latin, he used the form "Catharina Tekakwitha"; the official booklet of the ceremony referred to her in English and Italian, as "Kateri Tekakwitha". She was canonized on October 21, 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI. In the official canonization rite booklet, "Catherine" is used in the English and French biographies and "Kateri" in the translation of the rite itself. She is
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Benedict the Moor


church in the United States to be placed under his patronage is the Parish of St. James-Resurrection-St. Benedict the Moor, established in 2003 under the leadership of Father Francis Tandoh, C.S.Sp., a priest from Ghana. The parish maintains a ministry to natives of that country, as well as parishioners from two previous parishes merged to form it. St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church, established in 1874 and located in the Historical District of Savannah, Georgia, is the oldest Catholic Church for African Americans in Georgia
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List of ambassadors of the United States to Sudan


-established July 25, 1972, with Moore as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. Note: Embassy Khartoum was reopened May 23, 2002, with Jeffrey Millington as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. The following officers have served in this capacity: Jeffrey Millington (May 2002 – Aug 2003), Gerard M. Gallucci (Aug 2003 – Sep 2004), Robert Whitehead (Sep 2004 – Feb 2005; May–Jul 2005), David Kaeuper (Feb–May 2005), John Limbert (Jul–Sep 2005), Cameron R.
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Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of canon law


the field of legislation, the limits of its own power." Even Pope Benedict XV, in his apostolic constitution promulgating the 1917 Code of Canon Law, attributes the legislative authority of the church to it being founded by Jesus Christ with all the requirements for a "Communitas Perfecta". In the decades following the Second Vatican Council, many canonists called for a more theological, rather than philosophical, conception of canon law, acknowledging the "triple relationship between theology, philosophy, and canon law". Pope Benedict XVI,
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St. Benedict the Moor Church (New York City)


St. Benedict the Moor Church was a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 342 West 53rd Street, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan (Clinton), New York City. __toc__ In 1883 a black Catholic mission parish, St. Benedict the Moor Church, was established by the Rev. Thomas Farrell to serve the African-American community in Lower Manhattan. It was the first church in the city for black Catholics and the first north of the Mason–Dixon line. In
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List of former schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee


This is a list of former schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee. St. Benedict the Moor High School was established in 1935 by Fr. Philip Steffes, OFM Cap, the pastor of St. Benedict the Moor Parish, a mostly African American community. It served both boarding and day high school students, many of whom came from St. Benedict the Moor Elementary School, the other parish school. Demographic changes and the construction of an expressway during the 1960s caused the parish membership and its schools' enrollment to severely decline.
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List of former schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee


St. Benedict the Moor High School closed in 1964. San Juan Diego Middle School, Racine St. Benedict the Moor Elementary School was established in 1912 by Fr. Stephen Eckert, OFM Cap, the pastor of St. Benedict the Moor Parish, a mostly African American community. It served both boarding and day high school students. By 1935, there were 141 boarders and 130 day students (99% of whom were not Catholic), and a faculty of 22 Racine Dominican Sisters. The boarding school program was ended in 1954 at
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1917 Code of Canon Law


commission to begin reducing these diverse documents into a single code, presenting the normative portion in the form of systematic short canons shorn of the preliminary considerations ("Whereas...") and omitting those parts that had been superseded by later developments. Under the aegis of Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, the Commission for the Codification of Canon Law was completed under Benedict XV who promulgated the Code, effective in 1918. The work having been begun by Pius X and promulgated by Benedict XV, it is sometimes called the "Pio-Benedictine Code
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Canonization of Joan of Arc


, Bishop Daniel Mary Gorman, Bishop Paul Joseph Nussbaum, the student body of The American College of Rome, and now-Cardinal Merry del Val, who greeted Pope Benedict XV as Benedict entered St. Peter's Basilica to preside over the rites. The Latin bull of Pope Benedict XV effecting her canonization was "Divina Disponente" of the same date. Approximately 100,000 persons celebrated at Westminster Cathedral and French churches throughout London. In the 18 May 1920 "Le Matin", former President of France Raymond Poincaré wrote that Joan's
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Pope Benedict XVI


, Pope Benedict XVI canonized three saints: a Spanish nun Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro, Italian archbishop Guido Maria Conforti and Italian priest Luigi Guanella. In December 2011, Pope Benedict formally recognized the validity of the miracles necessary to proceed with the canonizations of Kateri Tekakwitha, who would be the first Native American saint, Marianne Cope, a nun working with lepers in what is now the state of Hawaii, Giovanni Battista Piamarta, an Italian priest, Jacques Berthieu, a French Jesuit priest and African martyr, Carmen Salles y Barangueras,
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Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei


closely to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF): Pope Benedict put this into effect on 8 July 2009 by making the Prefect of the CDF, then Cardinal William Levada, the President of the Commission, with responsibility for referring the Commission's "principal cases and doctrinal questions" to the CDF's "ordinary procedures". Concrete discussion of doctrinal problems, pending clarification of which "the Society has no canonical status in the Church and its ministers cannot legitimately exercise any ministry", began on 26
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Holy See–Ireland relations


Enda Kenny criticised the Vatican’s approach to the sex abuse crisis in the Dáil: “Far from listening to evidence of humiliation and betrayal with St Benedict’s ‘ear of the heart’... the Vatican’s reaction was to parse and analyse it with the gimlet eye of a canon lawyer.” The Minister was questioned several times in the Dáil about the status of Ireland's representation to the Holy See. On 17 April 2013, he replied ""The Government decision in November 2011 to close our resident embassy to the
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Manaoag Church


Rome and Pope Benedict XVI canonically approved the granting of a "Special Bond of Spiritual Affinity in Perpetuity" through which the pilgrims are assured of the same blessings and entitlement to a plenary indulgence equal to that received when visiting a papal basilica in Rome. This was confirmed by the prelate (now Archbishop) of the Lingayen-Dagupan, Socrates B. Villegas, in a circular dated June 13, 2011. The Manaoag Shrine is the first to achieve this status followed by the Shrine of Our Lady of Caysasay in Taal, Batangas
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Orani Church


18, 2009, the 50th Golden Anniversary of the Virgin's Canonical Coronation was celebrated with the presence of Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales [Source: Parish Priest and Parish Office of Orani, Bataan, retrieved on January 16, 2013]. On September 25, 2012, the Church of Orani was granted a perpetual spiritual affinity bond by Pope Benedict XVI with the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. This status, as an affiliate church, grants those who pray in Orani the same spiritual privileges as those conveyed to the faithful who
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Cavaillon


century bishop of Cavaillon. In 1202 the Cathedral had a Chapter composed of a Provost, a Precentor, and a Sacristan, to which were added the Archdeacon and 12 Canons. After the Concordat of 1801, the territory of the diocese passed to the diocese of Avignon. In January 2009 the bishopric was revived by Pope Benedict XVI as a titular see, to provide the ever-increasing number of auxiliary bishops and Vatican bureaucrats with prelatial episcopal status. Theoretically, the titular bishop of Cavaillon belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Marseille
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Carmen Salles y Barangueras


the C.C.S. on 6 December 2011. Pope Benedict XVI approved this miracle on 19 December 2011 and confirmed the date for the canonization celebration at a consistory on 18 February 2012 in which the pope also elevated new cardinals. Benedict XVI canonized Sallés in Saint Peter's Square on 21 October 2012. The current postulator for the cause is Sr. Maria Asunción Valls Salip. The miracle for canonization was the cure of the Brazilian girl Maria Isabel Gomes de Melo Gardelli (b. 1996/7) in Sao Pãulo in 1999. Gardelli suffered from a
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Benedict the Moor


Benedict the Moor, O.F.M., (, 1526 – April 4, 1589) was an Italian Franciscan friar in Sicily who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic and Lutheran churches. Born of African slaves in San Fratello, he was freed at birth and became known for his charity. As a young man he joined a Franciscan-affiliated hermit group, of which he became the leader. In 1564 he was sent to the Franciscan friary in Palermo, where he continued good works. Benedict was born to Cristoforo and Diana
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Palermo, Buenos Aires


of "Comuna" 14. The name of the district is derived from the still-existing Franciscan abbey of "Saint Benedict of Palermo", an alternative name for Saint Benedict the Moor. Saint Benedict the Moor lived from 1526 to 1589 and is a complementary patron saint of Palermo, the capital city of Sicily. In an alternative history of the name, a folk story supported by journalists, the land would have been originally purchased by an Italian immigrant named Juan Domingo Palermo in the late 16th century, shortly after the
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Ada Goodrich Freer


affair with F.W.H. Myers at the time that he introduced her to psychic research and the SPR. Trevor Hamilton dismisses this and suggests that Freer was simply using her acquaintance with Myers to gain status in the psychical research movement. Myers supported her socially and possibly financially. Author John Grant has suggested that Myers was a womanizer who was easily duped and "probably seduced" by Freer." According to Grant, Freer made false claims about herself: Freer lived with Constance Moore, daughter of Canon Daniel Moore (1809–1899) and sister
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Froia (bishop of Vic)


Froia (or Fruia, or ; died 992×93) was a canon of the cathedral of Vic from 957 and bishop from 972. His predecessor, Atto, tried to have Vic raised to archiepiscopal status, but was assassinated by his opponents. Elected to replace him, Froia was consecrated by Ermengol, archbishop of Narbonne, who had opposed Atto because Vic was a suffragan diocese of Narbonne. On 25 February 978, Pope Benedict VII confirmed the possessions and borders of the see of Vic in a pair of bulls sent to Froia
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Flavigny-sur-Ozerain


-sur-Ozerain. Flavigny-sur-Ozerain has an abbey dedicated to Saint Joseph de Clairval. The Benedictine monks there live according to the rule of St. Benedict. The abbey is in full communion with the Vatican. The monks present retreats for lay Catholics and also offer workshops on desk top publishing, the manufacturing of icons and more. Flavigny also has a seminary of the Society of St. Pius X, a traditionalist organisation, the Séminaire International Saint Curé d'Ars. The society has no canonical status within the Roman Catholic
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Philip Benizi de Damiani


man later decide to join the Servite order. Saint Peregrine was canonized by Pope Benedict XIII in 1726. Philip died on August 22, 1285, during the Octave of the Assumption at Todi, where he is buried. In the cloister of Santa Maria of the Servites in Vicenza, took place his miracles in 1319. The Church of the Servites of Mary in Todi, Umbria, contains the body of St Philip Benizi, whose statue is the work of Bernini. St Philip's feast day is celebrated on August 23.
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Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi (Santa Fe)


Italian artist Bernini for St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. The Cathedral of Saint Francis of Assisi was officially elevated to a basilica by Pope Benedict XVI on October 4, 2005, when it was named the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi. This statue of St. Francis, the patron saint of the diocese, was installed at the Cathedral during the 1967 renovations. Kateri Tekakwitha (1656–1680) is the first North American Indian to be beatified, and was canonized in October 2012. She was an Algonquian-Mohawk woman
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War of Anti-Christ with the Church and Christian Civilization


and argues an abstinent Ireland would be free from the influence of secret societies. The work was granted nihil obstat status on 3 May 1885 by W. Fortune of the Censor Theologus Deputatus and a licence to be printed, an Imprimatur, the following day by Gulielmus J. Canon Walsh, Vic. Cap. Dublin. In a letter dated 5 September 1885 and printed in the preface to the book, Leo XIII expresses his belief in the importance of the work and grants an Apostolic Benediction to its author. The letter is followed by
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Robert of Molesme


finance their operating expenses and gave them much land and cattle. The bishop of Challons elevated the new monastery to the canonical status of an abbey. In 1099, the monks of Molesme asked Robert to return and agreed to submit entirely to his interpretation of the Rule of St. Benedict; the local bishop also pressured Robert to return. He agreed and Molesme became a major center for the Benedictines under his tutelage. Albéric was made successor abbot at Cîteaux, with Stephen Harding as prior. Robert died on 17 April 1111. Pope
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Dialogue between the Holy See and the Society of Saint Pius X


and until they are clarified the Society has no canonical status in the Church and its ministers cannot legitimately exercise any ministry." In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI gave the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, then headed by Cardinal William Levada the task of continuing the dialogue with the Society of St Pius X on theological issues in the hope of attaining reconciliation. The team responsible for the dialogue with the Society of St. Pius X on behalf of the Catholic Church included Charles Morerod, former "Rector Magnificus" and theology
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Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary


houses, St. Benedict Abbey and St. Scholastica's Priory; a diocesan women's religious community; and a Public Association of the Faithful in the Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts. A fifth group split from the Stillwater Center and founded a separate self-identified Catholic community in New Hampshire. The latter has no canonical status. In 1940, Catherine Clarke and several associates founded the St. Bernard Center in Harvard Square, as a student center for students attending college in the Boston area. Leonard Feeney, S.J., became chaplain at the
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Benedict II, Archbishop of Esztergom


of Zagreb in 1248, Benedict, as the metropolitan archbishop, confirmed the election, despite that one of the canons Albert challenged the legitimacy of the process. Thereafter Albert petitioned to the Holy See, but Pope Innocent confirmed Benedict's decision on 26 October 1248. Like his predecessors, Benedict also had to deal with the question of Bogomilism. In the summer of 1246, Benedict requested the Holy See to allow a crusade to be launched against the Bosnian Church. In response, Pope Innocent appointed him as a papal legate to
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Pope


(Pope Benedict XVI), except in bulls of canonization and decrees of ecumenical councils, which a pope signs with the formula, "Ego N. Episcopus Ecclesiae catholicae", without the numeral, as in "Ego Benedictus Episcopus Ecclesiae catholicae" (I, Benedict, Bishop of the Catholic Church). The pope's signature is followed, in bulls of canonization, by those of all the cardinals resident in Rome, and in decrees of ecumenical councils, by the signatures of the other bishops participating in the council, each
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Kenneth Moir


away attention from the triangular symmetry and to the answer the question why three over the centuries arose the saying: "One Christian Moir slew three pagan Moors." The Moor's head is one of the most mysterious symbols in Christian heraldry. Pope Benedict XVI has placed the Moor's head in identical profile on his own coat of arms. Pope Benedict is from Germany and may have gained the heraldic symbol from a Friesland or Bavaria family descended from a Knight of the Battle of Teba. The Moir crest is not that of
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Pope Benedict XVI


several months after his election at the unveiling of a new statue of Saint Michael the Archangel. The inscription on the statue, according to Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, has the coat of arms of the two popes to symbolize the fact that statue was commissioned by Benedict XVI, and consecrated by Francis. Benedict XVI made his first public appearance after his resignation at St. Peter's Basilica on 22 February 2014 to attend the first papal consistory of his successor Pope Francis. Benedict XVI, who entered the basilica through a discreet entrance, was
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Tokyo International Players


Amadeus" by Peter Shaffer, directed by Martin McGee Sep 1991: "Good Evening" by Dudley Moore and Peter Cook, directed by Ian de Stains (Curtain Raiser) Oct 1991: "Noises Off" by Michael Frayn, directed by Ivan Woodhouse Feb 1992: "Uncle Vanya" by Anton Chekhov, directed by Boomie Pedersen Mar 1992: "Bit by Bit", compiled & directed by Susan Oliver (musical review) Apr 1992: "Steel Magnolias" by Robert Harling, directed by Shelli Place Sep 1992:
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Antipope Benedict XIII


the Avignon anti-popes. Benedict was abandoned by 17 of his cardinals, with only five remaining faithful to him. Benedict's rationale for continuing the rivalry lay in the fact that he was the last living cardinal created by Gregory XI, the last undoubted Supreme Pontiff. As the only unquestioned cardinal, Benedict argued, he was, by right and by canon law, the only qualified candidate left who could validly claim the papacy. Following the Council of Constance Benedict's logic was not widely accepted. An army led by
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Fouad Twal


doctorate in canon law, which he was awarded in 1975. He was appointed the prelate of the territorial prelature of Tunis by Pope John Paul II on 30 May 1992. He was consecrated to the episcopate on 22 July later that year by principal consecrator Patriarch Michel Sabbah. On 31 May 1995, Pope John Paul II gave the Tunis territorial prelature diocesan status, creating the Diocese of Tunis, and appointed as Twal was made an archbishop "ad personam". In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI named him the coadjutor archbishop-
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Our Lady of Aparecida


the Blessed Virgin Mary, the statue of Our Lady of Aparecida was granted a renewed canonical coronation by the Holy See. The renewed coronation was presided by the Archbishop emeritus of Rio de Janeiro, Cardinal Eugênio Sales, in the capacity of special papal envoy of Pope John Paul II. On May 12, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI granted the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady Aparecida a Golden Rose. The "Old Basilica" also possesses a Golden Rose, awarded by Pope Paul VI on August 12, 1967 and presented
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Andrea Mugione


appointed Mugione the Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento, where he was enthroned on 24 June in a ceremony at the Basilica of Our Lady of Grace in Benevento, due to the archdiocese's cathedral being under restoration). On the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, on 29 June 2006, he received his pallium from Pope Benedict in St. Peter's Basilica. On 18 February 2016, upon reaching the canonical age limit, Mugione submitted his resignation from pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Benevento to the Holy See. Taking up emeritus status
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Father Damien (Escobar)


canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 11, 2009. Cast in bronze, the statue depicts Father Damien in his later years after being diagnosed with the disease of those he attended. Much attention was given to the recreation of the disfiguring scars on the priest's face and his arm hanging from a sling. Sixty-six artists bid for the commissioned project. Only seven were selected to create models to be reviewed by the Hawaii State Statuary Hall Commission. Marisol Escobar, a New York City sculptor, won the bid.
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Peter Kőszegi


later from 1284 to 1285. Following the death of Archbishop-elect Benedict, some canons of the cathedral chapter of Esztergom elected Peter Kőszegi as his successor on 13 March 1277. Beyond his brothers and their allies, neither Ladislaus IV nor the other baronial groups acknowledged the process, while Nicholas Kán also contested the election, referring to his status of archbishop-elect from the previous years. In order to solve the situation, Pope John XXI summoned both prelates to Rome, but they refused to attend. Soon, Pope John
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Rule of St. Augustine


(742-766), is almost entirely drawn from that of Saint Benedict, and no more decided traces of Augustinian influence are to be found in it than in the decisions of the Synods of Aachen (816–819), which may be considered the real constitutions of the canons Regular. For this influence we must await the foundation of the clerical or canonical communities established in the eleventh century for the effective counteracting of simony and clerical concubinage. By the eleventh century, various monks felt that the Rule of Saint Benedict (which
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Alberto Hurtado


October 16, 1994, by Pope John Paul II and canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 23, 2005. St. Alberto was one of the first people to be elevated to sainthood during the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI; he was also the second Chilean saint, after Saint Teresa of Los Andes. Hurtado is one of the most popular and cherished saints in his country, Chile. An indication of his lasting popularity was the presence in Saint Peter's Square, on the day of Hurtado's canonization, of a very
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John Bullock (bishop)


, i.e. a Bachelorate in Decrees (canon law); he did not hold that degree in 1409, but did by 1417. Bullock was a canon regular in the diocese of St. Andrews, and on 23 March 1409, is recorded as holding the vicarage of Dull in the diocese of Dunkeld when Avignon Pope Benedict XIII granted his petition to hold the vicarage of Tranent in the diocese of St Andrews. A letter of Benedict XIII, dated 5 June 1417, reveals that John Bullock was one of three clergymen claiming the title
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Tod Brown


chairman of the Laity Committee and the Committee on Ecumenism and Interreligious Affairs. His resignation as bishop of Orange was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on September 21, 2012, in accordance with Canon 401 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law (all bishops must submit an offer of resignation to the Pope upon reaching their 75th birthday, which for Brown was in 2011). The same day, Pope Benedict named bishop Kevin William Vann (originally a priest of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, and bishop of the Diocese of
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St. Benedict the Moor Church (New York City)


the end of the next two decades. In the 1920s, many of the parishioners moved with other African Americans to Harlem, which became a center of African-American life. Since 1953 the church in Hell's Kitchen was staffed by Spanish friars of the Third Order of Saint Francis (T.O.R.), and it was rededicated in 1954. The parish has been reduced to mission status, and is maintained by members of the new Lumen Christi congregation. Although recommended for closure during an initial review, the Archdiocese announced on January
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Trois-Rivières


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trois-Rivières () (erected 8 June 1852) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Québec. On 2 February 2012, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop Martin Veillette for reasons of age; he becomes Bishop Emeritus (at 75, in accordance with Canon 401.1 of the 1983 Latin-rite Code of Canon Law, all Catholic Bishops are required to submit their resignation to the Pope for possible acceptance). Pope Benedict named Bishop Luc-André Bouchard, until then the Bishop of
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Caterina Volpicelli


promulgated the Decree on the miracle obtained through her intercession. On 29 April 2001, the same Pope proclaimed her Blessed. On December 6, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI signed the decree recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of the woman, a prelude to the process of canonization. She was canonized in St. Peter's Square in Rome on April 26, 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI. Her liturgical commemoration is on January 22. A plaque in her memory has been recently placed in 30 Port‘Alba Street in Naples where she was
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James Stafford


officials whose office is not automatically suspended upon the death of the pope, and is the only one allowed to be in contact with anyone outside the conclave. In accordance with canon 354 of the Code of Canon Law, Cardinal Stafford submitted his letter of resignation to Pope Benedict XVI on the occasion of his 75th birthday in 2007. On June 2, 2009, Pope Benedict appointed as his successor Fortunato Baldelli, who was then Apostolic Nuncio to France. Stafford was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave
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Pedro Calungsod


a dossier on the new saints, and they were asked to indicate their approval. On February 18, 2012, after the Consistory for the Creation of Cardinals, Cardinal Amato formally petitioned Pope Benedict XVI to announce the canonization of the new saints. The pope set the date for the canonization ceremony to October 21, 2012, on World Mission Sunday, 340 years after Calungsod's death. On October 21, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI canonised Calungsod in Saint Peter's Square. The pope donned a pearl-studded mitre preciosa
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History of the Roman Canon


), the organiser of the Roman Liturgy, that tradition ascribes the revision and arrangement of the Roman Canon. His reign thus provides a natural division in the discussion of the history of the Canon. Gregory himself thought that the Canon had been composed by "a certain "scholasticus"", and Pope Benedict XIV discussed whether he meant some person so named or merely "a certain learned man". Gregory himself is credited with adding a phrase to the Canon. The Canon that he left represents in fact the last stage
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Benedict of Sausetun


Benedict of Sausetun (or Benedict of Sawston) was a medieval Bishop of Rochester. Benedict was from Sawston in Cambridgeshire. He was a canon of the diocese of London from 1196 and held the prebend of Neseden. From 1204 he was precentor of St Paul's, London. He was elected to the see of Rochester on 13 December 1214 and was consecrated on either 25 January 1215 or 22 February 1215. At some point between 1217 and 1221 he served as a baron of the exchequer. He died on 18 December 1226
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Canon of the Mass


four eucharistic prayers, and place the words "Prex Eucharistica" before the dialogue that precedes the Preface and the new heading "Ritus communionis" before the introduction to the Pater Noster. One can only conjecture the original reason for the use of the term "Canon". Walafrid Strabo says: "This action is called the Canon because it is the lawful and regular confection of the Sacrament." Benedict XIV says: "Canon is the same word as rule; the Church uses this name to mean that the Canon of
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Luigi Guanella


Pope Benedict XVI gave his final approval to the miracle on 1 July 2010. Benedict XVI canonized Luigi Guanella as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on 23 October 2011. According to Catholic News Service (CNS) the miracle needed for his canonization was the healing of an adult male - William Glisson (who was 21 at the time of his accident and is now married) - from the United States of America who had fallen over a hole and hit his head while skating backward without a helmet rollerblading down the Baltimore Pike
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Pope Benedict XVI


Bartholomew I in an attempt to begin to heal the rift between the Catholic and Orthodox churches. In 2007, Pope Benedict visited Brazil in order to address the Bishops' Conference there and canonize Friar Antônio Galvão, an 18th-century Franciscan. In June 2007, Benedict made a personal pilgrimage and pastoral visit to Assisi, the birthplace of St. Francis. In September, Benedict undertook a three-day visit to Austria, during which he joined Vienna's Chief Rabbi, Paul Chaim Eisenberg, in a memorial to the 65,000 Viennese
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Pope Benedict XVI


. The library section dedicated to his life and thought is being catalogued. It includes books by or about him and his studies, many donated by Benedict XVI himself. Benedict XVI, in August 2015, submitted a handwritten card to act as a testimony to the cause of canonization of Pope John Paul I. In March 2016, he gave an interview expressing his views on mercy and endorsing Pope Francis's stress on mercy in his pastoral practice. Also that month, a Vatican spokesman stated that Benedict XVI was "slowly, serenely
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Benedict of York


was severely wounded in the attack and accepted a Christian baptism from a monk from York, Prior William of St. Mary's Abbey. Benedict recanted his Christian faith the next day when summoned before King Richard. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Baldwin of Forde, said of Benedict's recantation that "...if he will not be a Christian, let him be the devil's man". Benedict later appealed to King Richard to allow him to return to his Jewish faith, though this was against canon laws. He died in Northampton
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Corbinian


can no more contain the waters of the ocean than your intellect can comprehend the mystery of God. The crowned Moor is a regional motif in heraldry often seen in Bavaria, Benedict's German homeland. Benedict has been quoted saying that, in addition to the obvious reference back to Saint Corbinian, the founder of the diocese where Benedict would become bishop in 1977, the bear represents Benedict himself being "tamed by God" to bear the spiritual burdens of Benedict's own ministries first as bishop, then as cardinal, and now
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Canon (priest)


the canons, as the clergy attached to a church and living a common life were called, began to live separately; some of them, however, resisted this relaxation of discipline, and even added poverty to their common life. This is the origin of the canons regular. Pope Benedict XII by his constitution "Ad decorem" (15 May 1339) prescribed a general reform of the canons regular. The canons regular ex professo united Holy Orders with religious life, and being attached to a church, devoted themselves to promoting
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Canonization


. As examples, prior to his pontificate, of this mode of canonization, Pope Benedict XIV himself enumerated the equipollent canonizations of Saints: Later equipollent canonizations include those of Saints: Pope Francis added Saints: The following terms are used for canonization by the autocephalous national Orthodox Churches: канонизация or прославление "glorification" (Russian Orthodox Church), კანონიზაცია "kanonizats’ia" (Georgian Orthodox Church), канонизација (Serbian Orthodox Church), "canonizare" (Romanian Orthodox Church), and Канонизация (Bulgarian Orthodox Church). The
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Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boyne


for Navan until 1761. He was High Sheriff of Meath in 1766. Hamilton married Georgiana Bury, second daughter of William Bury and his wife Hon. Jane Moore, daughter of John Moore, 1st Baron Moore. They had seventeen children, seven sons and ten daughters. Hamilton died aged 65 and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his oldest son Gustavus. They had:BR Gustavus (1749-1816) married Martha Somerville in 1773 BR Charles (1750-1794) married Unknown Lister in 1785BR Jane (7-sep-1751-?)BR John (
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Pope Pius X


" Canon law in the Catholic Church varied from region to region with no overall prescriptions. On 19 March 1904, Pope Pius X named a commission of cardinals to draft a universal set of laws. Two of his successors worked in the commission, Giacomo della Chiesa, who became Pope Benedict XV and Eugenio Pacelli, who became Pope Pius XII. This first Code of Canon Law was promulgated by Benedict XV on 27 May 1917, with an effective date of 19 May 1918 and remained effect until Advent 1983. Pius X reformed
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Pope Benedict XV


1917, Benedict XV promulgated the Code of Canon Law which was released on May 27, the creation of which he had prepared with Pietro Gasparri and Eugenio Pacelli (future Pope Pius XII) during the pontificate of Pope Pius X. The new Code of Canon Law is considered to have stimulated religious life and activities throughout the Church. He named Pietro Gasparri to be his Cardinal Secretary of State and personally consecrated Nuncio Eugenio Pacelli (the future Pope Pius XII) on 13 May 1917 as Archbishop. World War I caused great damage to
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Pope Benedict XIII


March 1729, Vincent de Paul on 13 August 1729 and John del Prado on 24 May 1728. Through the process of equipollent canonization, Benedict XIII canonized Pope Gregory VII on 24 May 1728. He conferred sainthood upon Agnes of Montepulciano in 1726, Aloysius Gonzaga on 31 December 1726, Boris of Kiev in 1724, Francis Solano on 27 March 1726, Gleb in 1724, James of the Marches and Turibius of Mogroveio on 10 December 1726, John of Nepomuk on 19 March 1729, John of the Cross and Peregrine Laziosi on
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Frei Galvão


he became the first Brazilian-born person canonized by the Roman Catholic Church, during Pope Benedict XVI's five-day visit to Brazil. The open-air ceremony, which lasted over two hours in the Campo de Marte Military Airport, near downtown São Paulo, drew 800,000 people, according to official estimates. Galvão was the first saint canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in a ceremony held outside the Vatican City. His proclamation as a saint came after the Catholic Church accepted that two miracles had taken place. According to the
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Coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI


over a hundred. As a result, Benedict may be paying homage to these men and the new role for the papacy. The Moor's head is a heraldic charge associated with Wörth, Upper Bavaria, Germany. The origin of the Moor's head in Freising is not entirely known. Typically facing to the heraldic right, the viewer's left ("dexter" in heraldic terms) and depicted in natural brown colour "caput Aethiopum" (literally "Ethiopian head") with red lips, crown and collar. This
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Pope Benedict XVI


and 187 Companions, Susana Paz-Castillo Ramírez, and Maria Isbael Salvat Romero. On 19 September 2010, during his visit to the United Kingdom, Benedict personally proclaimed the beatification of John Henry Newman. Unlike his predecessor, Benedict XVI delegated the beatification liturgical service to a Cardinal. On 29 September 2005, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued a communiqué announcing that henceforth beatifications would be celebrated by a representative of the pope, usually the prefect of that Congregation. Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his first canonizations on 23 October
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Pope Benedict XVI


on 26 October since the pair were presenting Benedict XVI with the new book "Benedict XVI – The German Pope" which the Passau diocese created. The former pope suffered the hematoma earlier after having slipped. The official style of the former Pope in English is "His Holiness Benedict XVI, Supreme Pontiff Emeritus" or "Pope Emeritus". Less formally he is referred to as Emeritus Pope or Roman Pontifex Emeritus. Moreover, according the 1983 Code of Canon Law he is also "Bishop Emeritus of Rome", retaining the
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Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Coimbra


Theotonius sent a group of the Canons to the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows in the area of Leiria, Portugal. Four years later, the Moors besieged the Castle of Leiria. The Canons were captured and killed. During this same year Theotonius is said to have consecrated Portugal to the Archangel Michael. In 1154 Dom Pedro and Dom Alfonso and their companions were martyred in Morocco. In 1158 the Monastery of the Holy Martyr Romanus was burned by the Moors; the community of eight canons and their Prior perished. Anthony of
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Legal history


Eastern canon law developed separately. In the twentieth century, canon law was comprehensively codified. On 27 May 1917, Pope Benedict XV codified the 1917 Code of Canon Law. John XIII, together with his intention to call the Second Vatican Council, announced his intention to reform canon law, which culminated in the 1983 Code of Canon Law, promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983. John Paul II also brought to a close the long process of codifying the Oriental canon law common to all 23 sui juris Eastern Catholic
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Elgin Cathedral


also canons in their own chapters. Each morning, the canons held a meeting in the chapterhouse where a chapter from the canonical rulebook of St Benedict was read before the business of the day was discussed. Bishop Brice's chapter of eight clerics consisted of the dean, precentor, treasurer, chancellor, archdeacon and three ordinary canons. His successor, Bishop Andrew de Moravia, greatly expanded the chapter to cater for the much-enlarged establishment by creating two additional hierarchical posts (succentor and subdean) and added 16 more prebendary canons
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Pope Benedict XVI


Tolomei, Nuno Álvares Pereira, Geltrude Comensoli, and Caterina Volpicelli. In October of the same year he canonized Jeanne Jugan, Jozef Damian de Veuster, Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, Francisco Coll Guitart and Rafael Arnáiz Barón. On 17 October 2010, Pope Benedict canonized André Bessette, a French-Canadian; Stanislaw Soltys, a 15th-century Polish priest; Italian nuns Giulia Salzano and Camilla Battista da Varano; Spanish nun Candida Maria de Jesus Cipitria y Barriola and the first Australian saint, Mother Mary MacKillop. On 23 October 2011
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St. Benedict the Moor School


St. Benedict the Moor School began as part of a Catholic mission in 1871 to serve and minister to newly free slaves. The school is located at 86 Martin Luther King Avenue in the Lincolnville National Historic District of St. Augustine, Florida was an all black Catholic school built in 1898. The money for construction of the school ($7,500) was donated by Katherine Drexel (1858–1955), a nun of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, an order founded ""to serve Indians and Colored People."" Drexel a
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Canonization of Pope Pius XII


Benedict XVI initially decided to postpone Pius XII's cause for sainthood upon his election in 2005. Benedict XVI had advocated waiting until the archives from Pius XII's papacy were opened to researchers in 2014. A selection, the ADSS, edited by a multinational team of Jesuits, was published between 1965 and 1981. Benedict XVI changed his mind and declared Pius XII Venerable on December 19, 2009, based on the recommendation of the committee. Pope John Paul II, Benedict XVI's predecessor, was declared Venerable on the same day
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Text and rubrics of the Roman Canon


the 1970 text. Both the 1962 and the 1970 revisions of the Canon are authorized for public liturgical use in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, that of 1970 in the form of Mass in general use, that of 1962 in the form permitted under certain conditions in "Summorum Pontificum" by Pope Benedict XVI. This article does not deal with the significance and history of this Eucharistic Prayer (see History of the Roman Canon), but only with the text and rubrics of the Canon from the "Te igitur"
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St. Benedict the Moor School


. The school is located on a parcel of land which includes the school on the southern end of the property, the parish house in the center and the church of St. Benedict the Moor at the north end. During 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. used the rectory as a meeting place to plan marches. The school was closed soon after, partly as a result of school desegregation legislation which arose in the wake of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The events which occurred in St. Augustine, of which Martin Luther King
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In persona Christi


give by their own powers, is called a “sacrament” by the Church's tradition. Indeed, the ministry of the Church is conferred by a special sacrament.” Pope Benedict XVI (2007): Celebrating the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday with the priests of Rome, Pope Benedict XVI said that priests should prepare themselves thoroughly to celebrate Mass and administer the sacraments, remembering that they act in the person of Christ. Code of Canon Law (1983) as modified by Benedict XVI (2009)8: Can. 1008 By
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H. H. Benedict Range


. The valleys between the mountains are filled with glaciers, the largest of which are the Borup Glacier, Moore Glacier and Ydun Glacier. The H. H. Benedict Range runs roughly from east to west in Johannes V. Jensen Land east of the Mary Peary Peaks. The Daly Range "(Daly Bjerge)" rises to the east, between the eastern end of the H. H. Benedict Range and the Wandel Sea. In the same manner as the Roosevelt Range the H. H. Benedict Range is part of the Caledonian orogeny extending eastward from
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Sempringham Priory


canons the Augustinian rule, and added many statutes from the customs of Augustinian and Premonstratensian canons. The chief officers were the prior, sub-prior, cellarer, precentor, and sacrist. In a double house, the number of canons varied from seven to 30, but at Sempringham they were increased to 40. The lay brothers followed the rule of the Cistercian lay brothers. The nuns of the order kept the rule of Saint Benedict, and followed in every way the customs of the canons. Each house was under three
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Canon of the Mass


has never been any sort of point or indication in the text of the Missal to close the period begun by the heading "Canon Missæ", so that from looking at the text we should conclude that the Canon goes on to the end of the Mass. Even as late as Pope Benedict XIV there were "those who think that the Lord's Prayer makes up part of the Canon". On the other hand the "Ordo Rom. I" implies that it ends before the Pater Noster. The two views are reconciled
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Interpretation (canon law)


must be presumed to favor the subjects thereof and not the legislator. The instructions of the Magisterium regarding canon law and its interpretation are binding "per se" insofar as it teaches of the law. The juridically binding instructions on canonical interpretation of the Magisterium are primarily given in the allocutions of the Supreme Pontiffs to the Tribunal of the Roman Rota. Pope Benedict XVI, in his address of 21 January 2012 to the Roman Rota, taught that canonical law can only be interpreted and fully understood within the Catholic Church in the light
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Pope Benedict XVI


a Spanish nun and founder of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, Peter Calungsod, a lay catechist and martyr from the Philippines, and Anna Schäffer, whose desire to be a missionary was unfulfilled on account of her illness. They were canonized on 21 October 2012. On 7 October 2012, Pope Benedict XVI named Hildegard of Bingen and John of Avila Doctors of the Church, the 34th and 35th individuals so recognised in the history of Christianity. Pope Benedict made only modest changes to the structure of the Roman Curia. In
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Doctor of the Church


St. John of Ávila a Doctor of the Church. Although no official announcement was given, it was reported in December 2011 that Pope Benedict intended to declare Hildegard of Bingen as a Doctor of the Church despite her not yet having been officially canonized. St. Hildegard of Bingen was officially declared to be a Saint of the universal Church by Pope Benedict XVI on 10 May 2012, clearing the way for her to be named a Doctor of the Church. Pope Benedict formally declared St. John of Ávila and Hildegard of Bingen to be Doctors
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Canonization


of a pope is denominated "equipollent" or "equivalent canonization" and "confirmation of "cultus"". According to the rules Pope Benedict XIV ("regnat" 17 August 1740 – 3 May 1758) instituted, there are three conditions for an equipollent canonization: (1) existence of an ancient "cultus" of the person, (2) a general and constant attestation to the virtues or martyrdom of the person by credible historians, and (3) uninterrupted fame of the person as a worker of miracles
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St. Benedict the Moor School


member of the wealthy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania banking family was the niece of Anthony J. Drexel founder of Drexel University. Katherine Drexel was made a Catholic saint by Pope John Paul II in 2000. The school named in honor of St. Benedict the Moor was constructed of brick and was one of the first schools for black students in Florida. The students were instructed by nuns of a local convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph. There were between 90-100 students enrolled per year at the school which was opened between 1898 and 1968
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St. Benedict the Moor School


Jr. played a key role, were an important catalyst in the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Years prior to the Civil Rights Era, in 1916, three white Catholic nuns were arrested for violating a 1913 Florida law prohibiting white teachers for instructing blacks. The three were acquitted on the grounds that the law did not apply to private schools. St. Benedict the Moor School, which sits in the Lincolnville National Historic District, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. Despite this designation the building sits exposed
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Cleve Benedict


Cleveland Keith "Cleve" Benedict (born March 21, 1935) is a retired Republican politician from West Virginia. Benedict was born in 1935 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from The Hill School in 1953 and then graduated from Princeton University in 1957. He later attended a school for cattlemen in Kansas and settled near Lewisburg, West Virginia. Benedict held several appointed positions in the Republican state administration of Arch Moore from 1969 to 1977. In 1970, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the state Senate's 11th District.
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Pietro Gasparri


in the codification of canon law, heading the effort that produced the Code of Canon Law of 1917. Beginning in 1929, he also played a significant role in early stages of the codification of Eastern Catholic canon law. In response to the request of the bishops at the First Vatican Council, Pope Pius X ordered the creation of a general Roman Catholic canon law codification, which did not exist at that time. He entrusted Pietro Gasparri, who was aided in the work by Giacomo della Chiesa (the future Benedict XV)
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Acts of Roman Congregations


declaration in question, though given only once, has been universally accepted, so as to have become the common practice of the Church. On 15 September 1917, by the "motu proprio" "Cum Iuris Canonici", Pope Benedict XV made provision for a Pontifical Commission charged with interpreting the "1917 Code of Canon Law" and making any necessary modifications as later legislation was issued. New laws would be appended to existing canons in new paragraphs or inserted between canons, repeating the number of the previous canon and adding "
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Lorenzo de Sepúlveda


and Moors, generally portrayed in a positive light because of an increase in interest in Moorish culture and literature in the 16th century. The "Romances" gained wide popularity. The work was reprinted several times, and selections from it featured in many subsequent collections of romances. Several of them became the canonical version of their legend, a status they retained as late as the 19th century, although they are no longer much read today. The French poet Théophile Gautier imitated one of Sepúlveda's romances in his poem (1843)
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