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" ... Before that, following the military invasion of Georgia in 2008, then-President Dmitry Medvedev recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the two breakaway regions of Georgia. Encouraged, the Abkhaz dioceses fairly quickly requested Moscow Patriarchate's assistance in furthering their claims for autonomy from the canonical jurisdiction of the Georgian Orthodox Church. The ROC opted for–if reluctantly–leaving the quest unheeded, a move which should be seen more as a rather pragmatic calculation in the guise of outward solidarity than a selfless endeavor. ... "
" ... Between 2000 and 2018, membership in Michigan’s Catholic parishes dropped from 2.2 million to 1.8 million, according to Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), which collects annual data from U.S. Catholic dioceses. ... "
" ... Despite the prohibitively expensive price tag, Callaway expects the tome to sell out. Yet not all copies will end up locked away in the mega-mansions and super-yachts of the one-percent. “A very important part of our publishing mission is to have the work enter as many institutional collections as possible, meaning schools, universities, collages, libraries—public and private, museums, churches and dioceses, because this is a book for the ages. It has a number of important functions, the first of which is preserving [the Sistine Chapel] for generations to come, so that’s our first purpose and accomplishment,” says Callaway. To this end, Callaway is working to pair benefactors with intuitions and extending discounts to those purchasing the book in order to donate and make a gift of it for wider consumption. ... "
" ... Some weeks ago I met with a priest named Fr. Mike at his office in the local Curia. He is a well-trained lawyer who is now in charge of civil legal affairs for one of the largest Catholic dioceses in Europe. His work deals with donations, inheritances, real estate, and the like. Several ideas from that conversation are still fresh in my mind. One of aspect of our conversation dealt with Fr. Mike’s workload. When I saw the pile of cases he had in front of him, I asked him how large his team was. As it turns out, the “team” is Fr. Mike and a single assistant. Just imagine his work. I felt bad taking up his time. ... "
" ... There's a lot not to like about civil litigation. Facts are malleable in the hands of a good trial attorney, and juries are known to award outrageous damages -- over and over again -- to punish an institution and reward plaintiffs they feel sympathy for. If lawyers establish enough of a winning streak against the Boy Scouts, they could bankrupt a beloved American institution just as they forced several Catholic dioceses to file for protection. ... "