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  2. Hierarchy of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The Catechism of the Catholic Church, quoting the Second Vatican Council's document Lumen gentium, states: "The pope, Bishop of Rome and Peter's successor, 'is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful.'" [31] Communion with the bishop of Rome has become such a ...

  3. Catholic ecumenical councils - Wikipedia

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    Catholic Church. According to the Catholic Church, a Church Council is ecumenical ("world-wide") if it is "a solemn congregation of the Catholic bishops of the world at the invitation of the Pope to decide on matters of the Church with him". [1] The wider term "ecumenical council" relates to Church councils recognised by both Eastern and ...

  4. Second Vatican Council - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II, was the 21st and most recent ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. The council met in Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City for four periods (or sessions), each lasting between 8 and 12 weeks, in the autumn of each of the four ...

  5. First Vatican Council - Wikipedia

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    The First Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the First Vatican Council or Vatican I, was the 20th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, held three centuries after the preceding Council of Trent which was adjourned in 1563. The council was convoked by Pope Pius IX on 29 June 1868, under the rising threat of the Kingdom of ...

  6. Anointing of the Sick in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    In the Catholic Church, the anointing of the sick, also known as Extreme Unction, is a Catholic sacrament that is administered to a Catholic "who, having reached the age of reason, begins to be in danger due to sickness or old age", [ 1] except in the case of those who "persevere obstinately in manifest grave sin". [ 2]

  7. Pope Paul VI - Wikipedia

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    Paul VI with Joseph Ratzinger (future Pope Benedict XVI) who was created cardinal in the 1977 consistory. Pope Paul VI held six consistories between 1965 and 1977 that raised 143 men to the cardinalate in his fifteen years as pope: 22 February 1965, 27 cardinals. 26 June 1967, 27 cardinals. 28 April 1969, 34 cardinals.

  8. Pope John Paul II - Wikipedia

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    An ailing John Paul II riding in the Popemobile in September 2004 in St. Peter's Square. When he became pope in 1978 at the age of 58, John Paul II was an avid sportsman. He was extremely healthy and active, jogging in the Vatican gardens, weight training, swimming, and hiking in the mountains.

  9. Theological differences between the Catholic Church and the ...

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    The Catechism of the Catholic Church, citing documents of the Second Vatican Council and of Pope Paul VI, states: "The Church knows that she is joined in many ways to the baptized who are honoured by the name of Christian, but do not profess the Catholic faith in its entirety or have not preserved unity or communion under the successor of Peter ...