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Edwin Frederick O'Brien (born April 8, 1939) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church.^[1]

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21st-century American cardinals
Grand Masters of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
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Roman Catholic archbishops of Baltimore
Saint Joseph's Seminary (Dunwoodie) alumni
Vietnam War chaplains

Abortion-rights movements

Abortion-rights movements are movements that advocate for legal access to induced abortion services, including elective abortion.

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Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse

During the early stages of the Iraq War, members of the United States Army and the Central Intelligence Agency committed a series of human rights violations and war crimes against detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, including physical abuse, sexual humiliation, physical and psychological torture, and rape, as well as the killing of Manadel al-Jamadi and the desecration of his body.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.

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America (magazine)

America is a monthly Catholic magazine published by the Jesuits of the United States and headquartered in midtown Manhattan.

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Apostolic Nunciature to the United States

The Apostolic Nunciature to the United States, sometimes referred to as the Vatican Embassy, is the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to the United States.

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Archbishop

In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office.

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Auxiliary bishop

An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese.

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Álvaro Corcuera

Álvaro Corcuera Martínez del Río LC (22 July 1957 – 30 June 2014) was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

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Bishops in the Catholic Church

In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of holy orders and is responsible for teaching doctrine, governing Catholics in his jurisdiction, sanctifying the world and representing the Church.

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Canonical visitation

In the Catholic Church, a canonical visitation is the act of an ecclesiastical superior who in the discharge of his office visits persons or places with a view to maintaining faith and discipline and of correcting abuses.

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Canonization

Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of saints, or authorized list of that communion's recognized saints.

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Capital punishment

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.

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Captain (United States)

In the uniformed services of the United States, captain is a commissioned-officer rank.

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Cardinal (Catholic Church)

A cardinal (Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis) is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church.

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Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore

The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen is a Catholic cathedral located in northern Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Catholic Church in Syria

The Catholic Church in Syria is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

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Catholic Church in the United States

The Catholic Church in the United States is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the pope.

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Catholic Church sexual abuse cases

There have been many cases of sexual abuse of children by priests, nuns, and other members of religious life in the Catholic Church.

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Catholic News Agency

The Catholic News Agency (CNA) is a news service owned by Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) that provides news related to the Catholic Church to a global anglophone audience.

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Catholic News Service

Catholic News Service (CNS) is an American news agency owned by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) that reports on the Catholic Church.

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Catholic-Hierarchy.org

Catholic-Hierarchy.org is an online database of bishops and dioceses of the Latin Church and the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches that are in full communion with Rome.

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Chancellor (ecclesiastical)

Chancellor is an ecclesiastical title used by several quite distinct officials of some Christian churches.

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Chaplain

A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intelligence agency, embassy, school, labor union, business, police department, fire department, university, sports club), or a private chapel.

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Chaplain Corps (United States Army)

The United States Army Chaplain Corps (USACC) consists of ordained clergy of multiple faiths who are commissioned Army officers serving as military chaplains as well as enlisted soldiers who serve as assistants.

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Congregation for Catholic Education

The Congregation for Catholic Education (Institutes of Study) was the pontifical congregation of the Roman Curia responsible for: universities, faculties, institutes and higher schools of study, either ecclesial or non-ecclesiastical dependent on ecclesial persons; and schools and educational institutes depending on ecclesiastical authorities.

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Consecrator

A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy.

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Curate

A curate is a person who is invested with the nocat.

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Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

The Dicastery for the Eastern Churches (also called Dicastery for the Oriental Churches), previously named Congregation for the Oriental Churches or Congregation for the Eastern Churches (Congregatio pro Ecclesiis Orientalibus), is a dicastery of the Roman Curia responsible for contact with the Eastern Catholic churches for the sake of assisting their development and protecting their rights.

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Diocese of Thizica

Thizica was a civitas in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis.

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Doctor of Sacred Theology

The Doctor of Sacred Theology (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor, abbreviated STD), also sometimes known as Professor of Sacred Theology (Sacrae Theologiae Professor, abbreviated STP), is the final theological degree in the pontifical university system of the Roman Catholic Church, being the ecclesiastical equivalent of the academic Doctor of Theology (ThD) degree.

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Embryonic stem cell

Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are pluripotent stem cells derived from the inner cell mass of a blastocyst, an early-stage pre-implantation embryo.

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Emeritus

Emeritus (female version: emerita) is an honorary title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus".

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Emil Kapaun

Emil Joseph Kapaun (April 20, 1916 – May 23, 1951) was a Roman Catholic priest and United States Army captain who served as a United States Army chaplain during World War II and the Korean War. Edwin Frederick O'Brien and Emil Kapaun are United States Army chaplains.

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Eminence (style)

His Eminence (abbreviation H.Em. or HE) is a style of reference for high nobility, still in use in various religious contexts.

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Ethics in religion

Ethics involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior.

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Evangelium vitae

Evangelium vitae translated in English as 'The Gospel of Life', is a papal encyclical published on 25 March 1995 (on that year's Feast of the Annunciation) by Pope John Paul II.

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Fernando Filoni

Fernando Filoni (born 15 April 1946) is an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. Edwin Frederick O'Brien and Fernando Filoni are cardinals created by Pope Benedict XVI, grand Masters of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, members of the Congregation for Catholic Education and members of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

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Fort Eisenhower

Fort Eisenhower, formerly known as Fort Gordon and Camp Gordon, is a United States Army installation established southwest of Augusta, Georgia in October 1941.

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Fort Liberty

Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, is a military installation of the United States Army in North Carolina, and is one of the largest military installations in the world by population, with over 52,000 military personnel.

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Francis Spellman

Francis Joseph Spellman (May 4, 1889 – December 2, 1967) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of New York from 1939 until his death. Edwin Frederick O'Brien and Francis Spellman are American Roman Catholic clergy of Irish descent and pontifical North American College alumni.

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Gay men

Gay men are male homosexuals.

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Grand master (order)

Grand Master (Magister Magnus; Großmeister; French: Grand Maître; Stormästare) is a title of the supreme head of various orders, including chivalric orders such as military orders and dynastic orders of knighthood.

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Grand Masters and Lieutenancies of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

The article offers an index of the Grand Magisterium including Grand Masters and the Lieutenancies of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. Edwin Frederick O'Brien and Grand Masters and Lieutenancies of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre are grand Masters of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.

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Hierarchy of the Catholic Church

The hierarchy of the Catholic Church consists of its bishops, priests, and deacons.

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Holy orders

In certain Christian denominations, holy orders are the ordained ministries of bishop, priest (presbyter), and deacon, and the sacrament or rite by which candidates are ordained to those orders.

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Holy See Press Office

The Holy See Press Office (Sala Stampa Sanctae Sedis; Sala Stampa della Santa Sede) publishes the official news of the activities of the Pope and of the various departments of the Roman Curia.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements.

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Iraq War

The Iraq War, sometimes called the Second Persian Gulf War, or Second Gulf War was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.

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Jeremiah 3

Jeremiah 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

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Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States since 2021.

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John F. Kennedy Catholic Preparatory School

John F. Kennedy Catholic Preparatory School is an American Roman Catholic, co-educational high school located in Somers, New York.

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John Gavin Nolan

John Gavin Nolan (March 15, 1924 – November 17, 1997) was a Catholic bishop who served the Archdiocese for the Military Services. Edwin Frederick O'Brien and John Gavin Nolan are Catholics from New York (state).

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John Joseph Kaising

John Joseph Kaising (March 3, 1936 – January 17, 2007) was an American Roman Catholic Bishop who served the Archdiocese for the Military Services.

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John O'Connor (cardinal)

John Joseph O'Connor (January 15, 1920 – May 3, 2000) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of New York from 1984 until his death in 2000, and was made a cardinal in 1985. O'Connor previously served as a U.S. Navy chaplain (1952 to 1979), including four years as chief of chaplains, as an auxiliary bishop of the Military Vicariate of the United States (1979 to 1983), and as Bishop of Scranton from 1983 to 1984. Edwin Frederick O'Brien and John O'Connor (cardinal) are American Roman Catholic clergy of Irish descent.

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John Patrick Foley

John Patrick Foley (November 11, 1935 – December 11, 2011) was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Edwin Frederick O'Brien and John Patrick Foley are 21st-century American cardinals, cardinals created by Pope Benedict XVI, grand Masters of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, pontifical North American College alumni and pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas alumni.

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Joseph Thomas Dimino

Joseph Thomas Dimino (January 7, 1923 – November 25, 2014) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Joseph W. Estabrook

Joseph Walter Estabrook (May 19, 1944, in Kingston, New York – February 4, 2012, in Houston, Texas) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services and also Titular Bishop of Flenucleta. Edwin Frederick O'Brien and Joseph W. Estabrook are Catholics from New York (state).

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Just war theory

The just war theory (bellum iustum) is a doctrine, also referred to as a tradition, of military ethics that aims to ensure that a war is morally justifiable through a series of criteria, all of which must be met for a war to be considered just.

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Katonah, New York

Katonah is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Bedford, Westchester County, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Korean War

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.

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Latin Church

The Latin Church (Ecclesia Latina) is the largest autonomous (sui iuris) particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics.

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Legionaries of Christ

The Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ (Congregatio Legionariorum Christi; also Legion of Christ) is a Roman Catholic clerical religious order made up of priests and candidates for the priesthood established by Fr.

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Louis Dicaire

Louis Dicaire (29 August 1946 – 19 July 2020) was a Canadian Roman Catholic bishop.

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Marcial Maciel

Marcial Maciel Degollado (March 10, 1920 – January 30, 2008) was a Mexican Catholic priest who founded the Legion of Christ and the Regnum Christi movement.

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Master of Divinity

For graduate-level theological institutions, the Master of Divinity (MDiv, magister divinitatis in Latin) is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America.

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Metropolitan bishop

In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan (alternative obsolete form: metropolite), pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis.

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Military chaplain

A military chaplain ministers to military personnel and, in most cases, their families and civilians working for the military.

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Monsignor

Monsignor (monsignore) is a form of address or title for certain members of the clergy in the Catholic Church.

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Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Patricia Pelosi (born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who served as the 52nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023.

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National Catholic Reporter

The National Catholic Reporter (NCR) is a progressive national newspaper in the United States that reports on issues related to the Catholic Church.

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H.R. 5122, also known as the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, was a bill passed in the United States Congress on September 29, 2006 and signed by United States President George W. Bush on October 17, 2006, becoming Public Law 109–364.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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Opposition to the Iraq War

Opposition to the Iraq War significantly occurred worldwide, both before and during the initial 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States–led coalition, and throughout the subsequent occupation.

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Order of the Holy Sepulchre

The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani, OESSH), also called the Order of the Holy Sepulchre or Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, is a Catholic order of knighthood under the protection of the Holy See.

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Pallium

The pallium (derived from the Roman pallium or palla, a woolen cloak;: pallia) is an ecclesiastical vestment in the Catholic Church, originally peculiar to the Pope, but for many centuries bestowed by the Holy See upon metropolitans and primates as a symbol of their conferred jurisdictional authorities, and still remains a papal emblem.

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Patrick Sheridan

Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan K.H.S., K.M., (March 10, 1922 – December 2, 2011) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1990 until his retirement in 2001.

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Paul Ramsey (ethicist)

Robert Paul Ramsey (December 10, 1913 – February 29, 1988) was an American Christian ethicist of the 20th century.

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Pontifical Council Cor Unum

The Pontifical Council Cor Unum for Human and Christian Development was a pontifical council of the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church from 1971 to 2016.

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Pontifical North American College

The Pontifical North American College (NAC) is a Roman Catholic educational institution in Rome, Italy, that prepares seminarians to become priests in the United States and elsewhere.

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Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas

The Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (PUST), also known as the Angelicum in honor of its patron the Doctor Angelicus Thomas Aquinas, is a pontifical university located in the historic center of Rome, Italy.

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Pope Benedict XVI

Pope BenedictXVI (Benedictus PP.; Benedetto XVI; Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013.

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Pope Francis

Pope Francis (Franciscus; Francesco; Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State.

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Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II; Jan Paweł II; Giovanni Paolo II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła,; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005. Edwin Frederick O'Brien and Pope John Paul II are pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas alumni.

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Prelate

A prelate is a high-ranking member of the Christian clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries.

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Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

A Prelate of Honour of His Holiness is a Catholic prelate to whom the Pope has granted this title of honour.

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Primus inter pares

Primus inter pares is a Latin phrase meaning first among equals.

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Promagistrate

In ancient Rome, a promagistrate (pro magistratu) was a person who was granted the power via prorogation to act in place of an ordinary magistrate in the field.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.

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Rector (ecclesiastical)

A rector is, in an ecclesiastical sense, a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations.

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Regnum Christi

Regnum Christi, officially the Regnum Christi Federation (Latin: Regnum Christi Foederationis) is an international Catholic Federation.

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Religious symbolism in the United States military

Religious symbolism in the United States military includes the use of religious symbols for military chaplain insignia, uniforms, emblems, flags, and chapels; symbolic gestures, actions, and words used in military rituals and ceremonies; and religious symbols or designations used in areas such as headstones and markers in national cemeteries, and military ID tags ("dog tags").

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Richard Brendan Higgins

Richard Brendan Higgins KC*HS, USAF (ret) (born February 22, 1944) is an Irish-born American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Right to life

The right to life is the belief that a human or other animal has the right to live and, in particular, should not be killed by another entity.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA

The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA is a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church for men and women serving in the United States Armed Forces and their dependents.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore (Archidiœcesis Baltimorensis) is the archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in northern and western Maryland in the United States.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

The Archdiocese of New York (Archidiœcesis Neo-Eboracensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the State of New York.

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Roman Curia

The Roman Curia (Romana Curia) comprises the administrative institutions of the Holy See and the central body through which the affairs of the Roman Catholic Church are conducted.

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San Sebastiano al Palatino

San Sebastiano al Palatino is a church on the northeastern corner of the Palatine Hill in Rome.

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Seminary

A seminary, school of theology, theological college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture and theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, in academics, or mostly in Christian ministry.

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South Vietnam

South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Việt Nam Cộng hòa; VNCH, République du Viêt Nam), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of the Cold War after the 1954 division of Vietnam.

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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives.

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Spiritual direction

Spiritual direction is the practice of being with people as they attempt to deepen their relationship with the divine, or to learn and grow in their personal spirituality.

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St. Joseph's Seminary and College

St.

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St. Patrick's Cathedral (Midtown Manhattan)

St.

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St. Peter's Basilica

The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica (Basilica Sancti Petri; Basilica di San Pietro), is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy.

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Substance abuse

Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, is the use of a drug in amounts or by methods that are harmful to the individual or others.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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Tarcisio Bertone

Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone (born 2 December 1934) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and a Vatican diplomat. Edwin Frederick O'Brien and Tarcisio Bertone are members of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

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Terence Cooke

Terence James Cooke (March 1, 1921 – October 6, 1983) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of New York from 1968 until his death, quietly battling leukemia throughout his tenure. Edwin Frederick O'Brien and Terence Cooke are American Roman Catholic clergy of Irish descent and saint Joseph's Seminary (Dunwoodie) alumni.

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Terminal illness

Terminal illness or end-stage disease is a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and is expected to result in the death of the patient.

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The Baltimore Sun

The Baltimore Sun is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the U.S. state of Maryland and provides coverage of local, regional, national, and international news.

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The Bronx

The Bronx is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Timothy Broglio

Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio KC*HS (born December 22, 1951) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Timothy M. Dolan

Timothy Michael Dolan (born February 6, 1950) is an American cardinal of the Catholic Church. Edwin Frederick O'Brien and Timothy M. Dolan are 21st-century American cardinals, American Roman Catholic clergy of Irish descent, cardinals created by Pope Benedict XVI, members of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, pontifical North American College alumni, pontifical North American College rectors and pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas alumni.

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Titular bishop

A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.

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Titular church

In the Catholic Church, a titular church is a church in Rome that is assigned to a member of the clergy who is created a cardinal.

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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States.

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United States Military Academy

The United States Military Academy (USMA), also referred to metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academy in West Point, New York.

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United States military chaplains

United States military chaplains hold positions in the armed forces of the United States and are charged with conducting religious services and providing counseling for their adherents.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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United States Strategic Command

The United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands in the United States Department of Defense.

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University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame (ND), is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana.

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Vestment

Vestments are liturgical garments and articles associated primarily with the Christian religion, especially by Eastern Churches, Catholics (of all rites), Lutherans, and Anglicans.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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William E. Lori

William Edward Lori (born May 6, 1951) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the 16th archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Maryland since 2012. Edwin Frederick O'Brien and William E. Lori are Roman Catholic archbishops of Baltimore.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Frederick_O'Brien

Also known as Edwin F. O'Brien, Edwin Frederick Cardinal O’Brien, Edwin O'Brien.

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See also

21st-century American cardinals

Grand Masters of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

Members of the Congregation for Catholic Education

Pontifical North American College rectors

Religious leaders from the Bronx

Roman Catholic archbishops of Baltimore

Saint Joseph's Seminary (Dunwoodie) alumni

Vietnam War chaplains

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