Annual publications containing directions for the Office and the Mass of each day; an indication of holy days, fast days, special indulgences, days of devotion; notes on the hierarchy of the Church, the national colleges, Sacred College of Cardinals; lists of the Roman Pontiffs, the principal religious congregations, the army and navy chaplains; reports for all archdioceses, dioceses, vicariates Apostolic, prefectures Apostolic, and missions; an alphabetical list of places, and the clergy; a necrology; and other items of information. Those in English-speaking countries are "Le Canada Ecclesiastique," the English, Irish, Scotch, Australasian, and United States Catholic Directories, published in, and including statistics of, the respective countries. There are also Catholic Directories for India, South Africa, Belgium, France, and Italy.
This dictionary contains not only definitions and explanations of every subject in Religion, Scripture, tradition, doctrine, morals, sacraments, rites, customs, devotions and symbolism, but also accounts of the Church in every continent, country, diocese; missions, notable Catholic centers, cities, and places with religious names; religious orders, church societies, sects and false religions. It has brief articles also on historical events and personages, on the Old Testament and New, and on popes, prelates, priests, men and women of distinction, showing what the Church has done for civilization and correcting many errors which have hitherto passed for history.Wikipedia
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