Ad Limina Visit

Ad Limina Visit
Ad Limina Visit
The obligation incumbent on certain members of the hierarchy of visiting, the 'thresholds of the Apostles', Sts. Peter and Paul, and of presenting themselves before the pope to give an account of the state of their dioceses

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