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Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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POSITIVE INTERNATIONAL LAW

Those aspects of the law of nations which are the result of express or tacit agreements made between nations and are not directly deducible from the natural law. Such would be the diplomatic immunity accorded ambassadors, or the internment of warships by neutrals in time of war.

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Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo, Bishop

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The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo (1538-1584), bishop. Charles was a member of a noble family and a nephew of Pope Pius IV. He was made a Cardinal at the age of 23 and assisted the Pope in administering the affairs of the Holy See and in governing the Church. Soon thereafter he was…

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