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- ↑ "Christus Dominus". The Holy See. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ↑ Pope Pius XII (1952-08-01). "Exsul Familia Nazarethana". Papal Encyclicals. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ↑ "Munificentissimus Deus". The Holy See. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ↑ Skarda, Patricia. "Secular Institutes -- the vocation of the 21st century", The Boston Pilot, January 2, 2015
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- ↑ The Apostolic constitution, Sedes sapientiae and the General Statutes Annexed to it, on the Religious, Clerical, and Apostolic Training to be Imparted to Clerics in the States of Perfection to be Acquired. Catholic University of America Press. 1957. p. 10.
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