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A modern dictionary of 5,679 Catholic terms (including abbreviations), both common and obscure. Find accurate definitions of words and phrases. All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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VATICAN PUBLISHING HOUSE

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Long associated with the names of Aldo 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.