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What does Holy Orders call us to do?
Holy Orders calls men who are ordained as Deacons, Priests, or Bishops, to a life of service to the Catholic faithful.
Which Spanish-language translation of the Bible is approved for liturgical use at Catholic churches in the US?
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops uses the Mexican Lectionary in the United States, to the best of my knowledge this is the only lectionary which is approved for use in Catholic Churches in the United States who have a Spanish Mass. This lectionary uses a Spanish-language translation of the Bible called "Biblia de América." This is the Bible translation approved by the Mexican bishops and it is available for sale in the US under that title.
How many achdioceses are in the us today?
from Wikipedia (couldn't find the info in the Catholic Encyclopedia)Represented in the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops are 195 archdioceses and dioceses (in the U.S. and the Territory of the Virgin Islands):145 Latin Catholic dioceses33 Latin Catholic archdioceses, and 32 Latin Catholic ecclesiastical provinces (the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services USA is not a metropolitan archdiocese and has no suffragan diocese)15 Eastern Catholic dioceses2 Eastern Catholic archdioceses, and 2 Eastern Catholic metropoliaeThere are also several dioceses in the nation's other four overseas territories. In the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the bishops in the six dioceses (one metropolitan archdiocese and five suffragan dioceses) form their own episcopal conference, the Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña. The bishops in U.S. insular areas in the Pacific Ocean - the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Territory of American Samoa, and the Territory of Guam - are members of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific.
Who called women as Bishops?
In the Catholic Church the Holy Father has issued an infallible ruling that women CAN NOT be ordained, much less consecrated as Bishops. This is not a ruling that says we MAY not do it, but that we are incapable of it, Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ, never gave us that authority or power.
How many Catholic Patriarchs in the us?
4567
How many Mexicans immmigrated from Mexico to the US in 1920?
80000
How many registered vehicles were there in the US in 1920?
8 million
Who is the national leader of the Roman Catholic Church?
First of all, it's just the Catholic Church, not the Roman Catholic Church. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church. There is no "Roman Catholic Church", it's just a not too complementary label, although it has been picked up even by some Catholics. . Secondly, the leader of the Catholic Church is Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ, who rules through His Vicar on earth, the Holy Father in Rome. Given all that, and the fact that the Catholic Church is world-wide, it is divided (administratively) into countries or groups of countries usually under a conference; for instance, the United States has a "United States Conference of Catholic Bishops." The Holy Father and everybody under him are all Bishops - Bishop is the highest clerical ordination that Our Blessed Lord gave us. Some bishops are designated as Archbishops, for instance, if they are Bishop of an Archdiocese. Other Bishops are designated as Cardinals - which means that they are eligible to vote for the next Pope. Certain dioceses traditionally have an Archbishop who is *usually* named a Cardinal, in the United States, the oldest see in the nation is Baltimore, so that Archbishop is usually named a Cardinal, as well as the Archbishops of New York, Philadelphia, and some other sees across the nation. The entire conference of Catholic Bishops may elect any of their number as their "president" for the next term. He must be a Bishop, he *might* be an Archbishop or a Cardinal, but he would still be one of the Bishops of the conference. But, bottom line? Below the Pope in Rome, the highest authority in any diocese is that diocese's Bishop. A national conference is just for the convenience of the Bishops, it has no authority outside what the individual Bishops and the Pope give it, so there really is no "national leader" of the Catholic Church.
How many Catholic Masons are in the US?
There are no Catholic Masons in the U.S. or elsewhere. Any Catholic who joins the Masons incurs automatic excommunication.
What is the highest teaching authority in the Church?
Roman Catholic AnswerThe highest teaching authority in the Catholic Church is Jesus Christ. His Will is known through the twin authorities of Tradition and Scripture. These are interpreted for us by Ecumenical councils (councils of all the bishops ratified by the Holy Father) and by the Pope.
What are the features of a church and why are they important?
The Catholic Church is the Mystical Body of Christ, It is really His Body, and it is the way in which He comes to each individual person in the world here and now. In other words, the Catholic Church is how God set it up for us to be saved, so the most important feature of it would be its Bishops and Priests, who are Christ's hands and feet; and the sacraments - administered by His Bishops and priests. The sacraments are the way in which God communicates sanctifying grace to us.
There has been recent tension between the Catholic Church and whom?
Roman Catholic commentPerhaps a better question would be, "who doesn't have tensions with the Catholic Church?" Jesus told us that we would stand alone against the world, the flesh, and the devil, and that men would hate us. The press, in particular, has been, pardon the expression, crucifying the Catholic Church, the Bishops, and particularly the Holy Father. The Church has always stood as the witness to God in this world, and the world, whose prince, as Jesus tells us, is Satan, is not happy with this witness.
