Word: lateran
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Archbishop Stephen of Petraca, at Council of Lateran, said of Pope Leo that he had "power above all power, both in heaven and on earth" (Decretals of Gregory III [731-741; Gregory XIII...
...three other basilicas in Rome? St. John Lateran, Sts. Peter and Paul, St. Mary Major?specially deputed cardinals will "batter down" other holy portals. The symbolism of the rite is variously interpreted?by some as representing the return of Adam and Eve (i.e., humanity) to Paradise through the intercession of Christ; by others, as having sprung from the fact that the medieval church was sanctuary for fugitives...
...dead of night a hearse rattled its way along the narrow streets of Rome from St. Peter's to the Basilica of St. John Lateran. Beside the hearse walked a few of the Pope's georgeous guards, a few Vatican officials. All Rome slept. The body of Pope Leo XIII was being removed, in accordance with his expressed will, to its final resting place...
...corner of Rome which has been left behind by the centuries is the church of St. John Lateran. Dozens of churches can lay claim to greater beauty and adornment, but this church, said the Pope in a letter last week, is "the mother and head of all the churches of the city and of the world...
...church-St. Jean Baptiste, Manhattan - claims to be the only church in the world directly affiliated with the Laterano church. Visitors to the Manhattan church may receive all the privileges of a visit to the mother church. Thus on Nov. 9 it will dispense, like the Lateran, a plenary indulgence...