The restriction in certain cases by a superior of the jurisdiction ordinarily exercised by an inferior.

Responses of the pope or a Sacred Congregation, in writing, to queries or petitions of individuals.

The opening words and the title of the Encyclical issued by Leo XIII, 15 May, 1891, on the "Condition of Labour".

Brief article on a hymn for None, one of the "little hours." Mid-afternoon.

The hymn for Matins of Wednesday in the Divine Office.

Masses that are offered for the dead.

The outcome of a person's meritorious activity.

Sometimes called less properly sepulchre or tomb, more frequently repository.

Fourteenth-and-fifteenth century cardinal-priest of the title of SS.

Theological concept of God demanding satisfaction for the injuries which man had done Him.

The history of all ordinations which were considered null for any other reason than defect of the prescribed form or intention and which were repeated.

A canonical term signifying the resignation of an ecclesiastical office or benefice.

Jesuit who devoted himself to the service of the needy and suffering. (1611-1649)

French diocese including the Department of Ille-et-Vilaine.

Italian painter. (1575-1642)

Short biography of the Jesuit missionary, martyred in 1642.

Doctor who engaged in relief work for the poor. (1586-1653)

Apologetical writer and Orientalist. (1648-1720)

Period of revival of classic, especially of Greek, learning and the recovery of ancient art in the departments of sculpture, painting, and architecture.

Abbey located in Reims, France that acquired the relics of St. Remy in 553.

Writer and witness to a revelation. (1696-1730)

Monastery and nunnery of the Rule of St. Benedict, founded by Sts. Romaricus and Amatus in 620 above the town of Vosges, France.

Apostle of the Franks, Archbishop of Reims, d. 553.