Congregations, Roman

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• Roman Congregations — • The most important of certain departments organized by the Holy See at various times to assist it in the transaction of those affairs which canonical discipline and the individual interests of the faithful bring to Rome Catholic Encyclopedia.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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