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...The Catholic Church has been critical of the new churches, but is starting to accept them. Pentecostal and evangelical churches are not sects, but "churches with all the wealth of Christianity," Bishop Moises Morales of the Bolivian Bishop's Conference said in June. "The church no longer calls them sects
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The Catholic Church traces its authority to Jesus through the apostle Peter. The Church sees the Bishops as the natural successors to the apostles, and reasons that since Peter was the leader of the apostles, Peter's successors should lead the Bishops and hence all of Christianity.[2]
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Sex crimes and the Vatican 9/29/06 "A secret document which sets out a procedure for dealing with child sex abuse scandals within the Catholic Church is examined by Panorama. Crimen Sollicitationis was enforced for 20 years by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before he became the Pope. It instructs bishops on how to deal with allegations of child abuse against priests and has been seen by few outsiders. Critics say the document has been used to evade prosecution for sex crimes." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/5389684.stm
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Under the supreme authority of the pope the Roman Catholic Church is governed and served by an elaborate hierarchy. This, so far as its potestates ordinis are concerned, is divided into seven orders: the three " major orders " of bishops and priests, deacons, and subdeacons (bishops and priests forming two degrees of the ordo sacerdotium), and the four " minor orders " of acolytes, exorcists, readers, and door-keepers. These various orders do not derive their potestas ordinis from the pope, but from God, in virtue of their direct ministerial succession from the apostles.' So far as jurisdiction is concerned... those ' Thus sacraments administered by validly ordained or consecrated priests and bishops are regarded as valid, even when those who administer them are heretics or schismatics.
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The Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian church, made up of one Western or Latin and 22 Eastern Catholic autonomous particular churches. It is divided into 2,782 jurisdictional areas around the world.[9] The church community consists of an ordained ministry of priests and deacons, as well as the ordinary laity, and those like monks and nuns who live a consecrated life under rule. Representing over half of all Christians and one sixth of the world's population,[10][11] these churches look to the Pope, either alone or together with the College of Bishops, as their highest visible authority in matters of faith, morals and church governance.[12][13]
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SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Catholic Association of Latino Leaders (C.A.L.L.) will hold its National Inaugural event and identity unveiling at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 16, 2008, at Club Giraud in San Antonio, Texas. Cardinals, Bishops, and clergy from the U.S. and the Vatican have been invited to attend this premier event. In addition, Latino business leaders and prominent businessmen from across the country will attend and are lending their name and talent to ensuring the success of this one of a kind organization.
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