diocesan
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On Monday, the Bernabeu will host a meeting between Leo and Madrid's diocesan community.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
My great-uncle Dan was a diocesan priest at St. Charles Borromeo in Drexel Hill, Pa. Dan was a fire-and-brimstone hard-liner.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
The Boston Archdiocese’s 2003 agreement to pay $85 million to more than 500 victims marked the moment the crisis shifted from isolated diocesan scandals to a nationwide institutional failure.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
When the state Justices originally denied the unemployment tax exemption to a diocesan Catholic Charities Bureau and its associated groups, the 4-3 majority called their activities “secular in nature.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
That the order for imprisonment could not be given without the concurrence of the diocesan in ordinary, or until they had examined each witness a second time.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente
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