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THEOCRASY

Indiscriminate worship of different gods, as among polytheists who may simultaneously honor several deities in a single prayer or act of sacrifice.

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Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

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Today the Roman Martyrology commemorates Blessed Peter Vigne (1670-1740), a French priest, was beatified on October 3, 2004 by Pope John Paul II and proposed to the universal Church as an example of a tireless missionary and apostle of the Most Holy Sacrament. The Church also commemorates…

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