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pastoral letter

American  

noun

  1. pastoral.


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Dame Esther said she was concerned that the most senior Catholic in England and Wales, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, had issued a pastoral letter urging parishioners to take action with MPs.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2024

As archbishop, he helped craft a 112-page pastoral letter from the nation’s bishops that decried high unemployment, homelessness and hunger and described huge income gaps between the rich and poor as morally unacceptable.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2022

The Friday announcement comes as Washington-area Catholic leaders implement changes to liturgical policies ordered a year ago by Pope Francis in a pastoral letter, “Traditiones Custodes.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 1, 2022

Scotland’s Catholic voters will be advised to elect MPs “who reflect as closely as possible their beliefs”, in a pastoral letter from bishops which will be read out at all 500 Catholic churches this weekend.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2019

The bishops had gathered together earlier in the week and drafted a pastoral letter to be read from every pulpit that Sunday.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez