THE "TITULAR" CHURCH.
Every Cardinal, no matter where he lives, has a church assigned to him in the centre of Christendom, from which he takes his title in the Sacred College. An exception to this rule is the case of the Order of Cardinal Bishops, each of whom rules one of the five suburban dioceses around Rome while living within Hm A „„~K.,,-. tit~ii-. ]._:j: j-t, t>_ _•„ jli- . m i ""v Jiiucnaii vra.ua Him aiumg Ulie iUJJB HI Wit} V_»XIUrCH by working on the S. Roman Congregations. The "titular" churches are about 70 in' number and the most ancient of Rome's 400 sacred edifices, and it is not to be wondered at that they are often inferior to their modern sisters 'in size and beauty. However, what they lack in architecture they make up in historical associations, - >■ ';' ■:• >
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New Zealand Tablet, 13 February 1919, Page 15
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137THE "TITULAR" CHURCH. New Zealand Tablet, 13 February 1919, Page 15
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