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Local Catholic Church History and Genealogy Research Guide and Worldwide Directory (4749 words) |
 | Introduction to the Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church. |
 | Hierarchy of the Melkite Catholic Church : Eparchy of Newton |
 | Introduction to the Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church - Fr. |
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Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria - A brief History of the Catholic Church in Nigeria (2229 words) |
 | It is remarkable that Catholics, firmly united around the clergy and having liturgy in the same language before Vatican II, did not break up along ethnic lines for their worship, as was the case with Anglicans and other Protestant groups. |
 | The emergence of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria as an organ of unity of the local churches makes concrete the remarkable co-operation that existed among the bishops of Nigeria before 1950 when a local hierarchy was established. |
 | Institutions like the Catholic Secretariat, the regional Major Seminaries, the National Missionary Seminary of St Paul, and the Catholic Institute of West Africa are all aspects of strengthening the "catholicity of the undivided church" and testify to the maturity of the Nigerian church. |