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Major Updates
- Due to as much as 5 times the normal traffic, the web server has
been upgraded, with the domain changed from www.gcatholic.com
to
www.gcatholic.org
- Sede Vacante:
Offices that are suspended, offices that have special duties at the
papal resignation and at the conclave
-
Sacrosancta Ecclesia is a new blog from GCatholic! It gives a
personal narrative of Church events, while GCatholic.org continues
to serve to provide objective information on the Catholic Church.
- Retiring
Bishops who have reached the age of 75
- 5,000 churches in Canada have
been newly added! (e.g.
Toronto,
Montreal,
Quebec)
- More than 5,200 special churches geotagged
(finished tagging all basilicas and cathedrals in Europe!)
- Cardinals of each country (e.g.
USA,
Canada)
- List of all
vacant titular
sees
- Tweets in
Twitter will now include links
- Catholic BlackBerry users: Download the app
Communio from
BlackBerry App World now! The app
shows the new translation of Mass responses with all the priest's parts,
with the Roman Missal in English, Latin, Spanish and Chinese. Free for a
limited time!
- Papal visits listed under each country, each
diocese
and each cathedral/basilica
- Maps showing
all Cardinal Titles,
all Roman
basilicas, all
Roman churches
- 40 new pages on the
bishops of China
in English and Chinese (中華主教)
- More than 250 bishops
in Mainland
China consecrated since 1958 have been added, most of whom are
in full communion with Rome. (This is the result of more than 10 years
of research on the Chinese Church. +AMDG)
- Minor Prelates in
Apostolic Signatura,
Roman Rota and
Apostolic Camera
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RSS Feeds now available!
- Pontifical
Universities in Rome
- Tomb information of Popes
- New minor basilicas
up to June 2009
- Mottos of
Cardinals
and Bishops
- Recent appointments in
the Eastern Churches
- List of Religious Orders,
with their founders, superiors and bishops
- Bishops of each Country are now listed also by
Age and
Precedence
- All Churches in Rome,
by Prefecture
and by Name,
and
National and
Regional churches
- Papal
Celebrations and associated documents
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