Posted AT 7:27 AM EDT on 10/07/07
Non-Catholic churches 'wounded,' Vatican says
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican said Tuesday that Christian denominations outside the Roman Catholic Church are not full churches of Jesus Christ.
A 16-page document, prepared by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which Pope Benedict used to head, described Christian Orthodox churches as true churches that suffer from a "wound" since they do not recognize the primacy of the Pope.
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