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MINISTERIA QUAEDAM
Apostolic Letter of Pope Paul VI by which tonsure, minor orders, and subdiaconate were suppressed in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church (August 15, 1972).
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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