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Catholic Dictionary

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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VICEGERENT

An auxiliary bishop appointed as assistant to the cardinal vicar of the diocese of Rome. He was a papal appointee with equal powers to the vicar in jurisdiction and in episcopal ceremonies. Pope Pius X (reigned 1902-14) declared the office suppressed as soon as it became vacant during his pontificate. (Etym. Latin vicis, in place of + gerens, acting.)

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Lent

Monday of Holy Week

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For those following the readings of daily Mass in Lent, the Biblical best has been saved for Holy Week. The book of the prophet Isaiah contains four separate descriptions of a “Suffering Servant”—a shadowy figure called by God to suffer and give his life for the people. Today we read the first description of the…

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