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VATICAN PUBLISHING HOUSE
Long associated with the names of Also Manunzio and sons, and linked with the Vatican Press, the Editrice Vaticana now handles the numerous publications of the congregations and organs of the Roman Curia. It became an autonomous agency in 1926.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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