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Roman Catholicism is the entirety of the beliefs and practices of the Western and Eastern churches which are in full communion with the Pope of Rome as the claimed successor of St. Peter the Apostle, united together as the Catholic Church. The term Roman Catholic was defined by the Roman Emperor Theodosius on February 27 AD 380 in the Theodosian Code XVI.i.2: "It is our desire that all the various nations which are subject to our clemency and moderation, should continue the profession of that religion which was delivered to the Romans by the divine Apostle Peter, as it has been preserved by faithful tradition and which is now professed by the Pontiff Damasus and by Peter, Bishop of Alexandria, a man of apostolic holiness. According to the apostolic teaching and the doctrine of the Gospel, let us believe in the one Deity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in equal majesty and in a holy Trinity. We authorize the followers of this law to assume the title Roman Catholic Christians; but as for the others, since in our judgment they are foolish madmen, we decree that they shall be branded with the ignominious name of heretics, and shall not presume to give their conventicles the name of churches. They will suffer in the first place the chastisement of divine condemnation and the second the punishment of our authority, in accordance with the will of heaven shall decide to inflict."

_{[Extract of English translation from Henry Bettenson, ed., Documents of the Christian Church (London: Oxford University Press, 1943), p. 31, cited at Medieval Sourcebook: Theodosian Code XVI by Paul Halsall, Fordham University. Retrieved Jan 5, 2007. The full Latin text of the code is at IMPERATORIS THEODOSIANI CODEX Liber Decimus Sextus (170KB download), archived from George Mason University. trieved Jan 5, 2007.]}
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The First Council of Nicaea, held in Nicaea in Bithynia (present-day İznik in Turkey), convoked by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in 325, was the first Ecumenical council of the Christian Church, and most significantly resulted in the first uniform Christian doctrine, called the Nicene Creed. With the creation of the creed, a precedent was established for subsequent 'general (ecumenical) councils of Bishops' (Synods) to create statements of belief and canons of doctrinal orthodoxy— the intent being to define unity of beliefs for the whole of Christendom.The purpose of the council was to resolve disagreements in the Church of Alexandria over the nature of Jesus in relationship to the Father; in particular, whether Jesus was of the same substance as God the Father or merely of similar substance. St. Alexander of Alexandria and Athanasius took the first position; the popular presbyter Arius, from whom the term Arian controversy comes, took the second.
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Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (usually shortened to Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Liverpool, England. It replaced the Pro-Cathedral of St. Nicholas, Copperas Hill. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool, the mother church of Liverpool's Catholics, and the metropolitan church of the ecclesiastical Northern Province.

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Reginald fitz Jocelin (sometimes Reginald Italus, Richard the Lombard, or Reginald Lombardus) was a medieval Bishop of Bath and an Archbishop of Canterbury-elect in England. A member of an Anglo-Norman noble family, he was the son of a bishop, and was educated in Italy. He was a household clerk for Thomas Becket, but by 1167 he was serving King Henry II of England. He was also a favorite of King Louis VII of France, who had him appointed abbot of the Abbey of Corbeil. After angering Becket while attempting to help negotiate a settlement between Becket and the king, Becket then called Reginald "that offspring of fornication, that enemy to the peace of the Church, that traitor." When he was elected as a bishop, the election was challenged by the King Henry's eldest son, Henry the Young King, and Reginald was forced to go to Rome to be confirmed by Pope Alexander III . He attended the Third Lateran Council in 1179, and spent much of his time administering his diocese. He was elected Archbishop of Canterbury in 1191, but died before he could be consecrated.
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• ...that according to his hagiography, Saint Severus of Naples (pictured) temporarily brought a man back from death in order to testify on the size of his debt and save his widow from slavery?
• ...that at the Council of Acre in 1148, the decision was made to attack Damascus, leading to the failure of the Second Crusade?
• ...that the concentration ability of Augustine Fangi reportedly allowed him to undergo an operation without anesthetic and feel nothing?
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Clodoald was raised in Paris by his grandmother, Saint Clotilde. One of three brothers, he was targeted for assassination by his uncle, Clotaire I. His two brothers, Theodoald and Gunther, were killed by Clotaire when they were ten and nine respectively - Clodoald survived by escaping to Provence.

Clodoald renounced all claims to the throne, and lived as a studious hermit and disciple of Saint Severinus of Noricum.

Visited by many for counsel and healing, Clodoald gained in effect nothing by keeping himself remote from society. Therefore, he returned to Paris, where he was received with joy. At the earnest request of the people, he was ordained a priest by Bishop Eusebius of Paris, in 551, and served that church for some time.

He established a holy place near Paris at Nogent-sur-Seine, which is now a collegiate church of canons regular called Saint Cloud, wherein his relics are kept. The village hosting his tomb was renamed Saint-Cloud accordingly.

Attributes: a Benedictine abbot giving his hood to a poor man as a ray of light emanates from his head; with royal insignia at his feet or instructing the poor
Patronage: against carbuncles; nail makers; Diocese of Saint Cloud, Minnesota
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• February 20, 2010: The fourth annual Clericus Cup kicks off in Rome with the Pontifical North American College defeating the Collegio Pio-Brasiliano in a shootout. (CNA)
• February 19, 2010: At an ordinary consistory, Pope Benedict XVI announces that six beatified Catholics will be canonized on October 17. The six are Stanislaw Soltys, Can. Reg. Lat.; Andre Bessette, C.S.C.; Candida Maria de Jesus Cipitria y Barriola, F.J.; Mary MacKillop, R.S.J.; Giulia Salzano, S.C.S.C, and Battista da Varano, O.S.C. (VIS)
• February 13, 2010: Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Dominik Duka, OP (pictured), Bishop of Hradec Králové, as the new Archbishop of Prague. (AP)
• February 12, 2010: The Pave the Way Foundation will digitize and publish online a collection of documents from the Vatican Secret Archives concerning Pope Pius XII and the Catholic Church's activities during World War II. (ZENIT)