A papal judge delegate was a type of judicial appointment created during the 12th century by the medieval papacy where the pope would designate a local...

was someone other than Conrad. Conrad undertook two missions as papal judge delegate to Poland. On 21 April 1211, the pope sent Conrad and the abbot of...

A papal renunciation (Latin: renuntiatio), also called a papal abdication, occurs when the current pope of the Catholic Church voluntarily resigns his...

An apostolic nuncio (Latin: nuntius apostolicus; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy...

the rejection by Robert the Bruce (crowned King of Scotland in 1306) of papal mediation between England and Scotland, Pope John XXII placed Scotland under...

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Moderator of the curia Chaplain of His Holiness Papal legate Papal majordomo Apostolic nuncio Apostolic delegate Apostolic Syndic Apostolic visitor Vicar apostolic...

authorized list of that communion's recognized saints. Canonization is a papal declaration that the Catholic faithful may venerate a particular deceased...

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office being the cathedral. The term is used frequently in reference to a papal interregnum occurring upon the pope's death or resignation. Early in church...

Apostolic constitutions are issued as papal bulls because of their solemn, public form. Among types of papal legislation, apostolic letters issued motu...

the need for dispensations. In fourteenth century England, for example, papal dispensations for annulments due to consanguinity (and affinity) were relatively...

acknowledged Italian sovereignty over the former Papal States in return for payment and Italy's recognition of papal sovereignty over Vatican City as a new sovereign...

to their position on the basis of conduct he exercises the authority delegated to them in accordance with impersonal rules, and their loyalty is enlisted...

of ministries.: 56  Anti-simony provisions in Church Council canons (and papal bulls) became common: the First Council of Nicaea (325), the Synod of Antioch...

must provide four independent witnesses acceptable to the Qadi (religious judge), who has the discretion to declare the evidence unacceptable. In Sunni...

the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Latin Church and the recognition of papal supremacy. Provisions within the 1983 Latin canon law and the 1990 Code...

changed to Apostolic Delegate, as happened in Frosinone (for Pontecorvo) in 1827. Internuncio – a lower rank than Nuncio for a papal diplomatic representative...

Codex Iuris Canonici of 1917. However, Cardinal Pietro Gasparri led the papal commission for the revision of canon law and later on published a guide...

of reforms initiated by Pope Gregory VII and the circle he formed in the papal curia, c. 1050–1080, which dealt with the moral integrity and independence...

the ordinary operation of the law over time for some specific purpose. Papal privileges resembled dispensations, since both involved exceptions to the...

money in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory's fire springs." The Papal Bull of indulgence gave no sanction whatever to this proposition. It was...

from the clerical state as a penalty for certain grave offences, or by a papal decree granted for grave reasons. This may be because of a serious criminal...

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proposal put forward by the Galician and Spanish bishops to subordinate the papal power of dispensation to the consent of the Church in general council was...

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Penitentiary, the cardinal delegated by the Pope to handle such requests. This request may be forwarded, sealed, through the apostolic delegate or nuncio in a country...

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Ecclesiae Sanctae 1983 Code of Canon Law Other Contractum trinius Papal judge-delegate Right of option Eastern law Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches...

Ecclesiae Sanctae 1983 Code of Canon Law Other Contractum trinius Papal judge-delegate Right of option Eastern law Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches...