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Bartolommeo Pacca

George Michael Pachtler

Bl. Pacificus of Ceredano

St. Pacificus of San Severino

Diocese of Paderborn

Juan de Padilla

Diocese of Padua

University of Padua

Ven. Anthony Page

Religious Painting

Pakawá Indians

Juan de Palafox y Mendoza

Ven. Thomas Palasor

Rhenish Palatinate

Prefecture Apostolic of Palawan

Diocese of Palencia

Gabriele Paleotti

Archdiocese of Palermo

University of Palermo

Diocese of Palestrina

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Frederick Apthorp Paley

Andrea Palladio

Pietro Sforza Pallavicino

Ven. Vincent Mary Pallotti

Domenico Palmieri

Palm in Christian Symbolism

Francisco Palou

Peter Paludanus

Diocese of Pamiers

St. Pamphilus of Cæsarea

Diocese of Pamplona

Republic and Diocese of Panama

Pange Lingua Gloriosi

Francesco Panigarola

Arnold Pannartz and Konrad Sweinheim

Onofrio Panvinio

Gregorio Panzani

Ven. Angelo Paoli

Pápago Indians

Papal Arbitration

Papal Elections

Bernardus Papiensis

Nicholas Papini

Theophrastus Paracelsus

François Para du Phanjas

Books of Paralipomenon

Diocese of Parahyba

Psycho-Physical Parallelism

Diocese of Paraná

Paray-le-Monial

Ignace-Gaston Pardies

Pardons of Brittany

Francisco Pareja

Diocese of Parenzo-Pola

Giuseppe Parini

University of Paris

Alexis-Paulin Paris

Gaston-Bruno-Paulin Paris

Abbey of the Park

Anthony Parkinson

Filippo Parlatore

Diocese of Parma

Antoine-Augustin Parmentier

Dominique Parrenin

St. Pascal Baylon

Pasch or Passover

Pope Paschal II

St. Paschasius Radbertus

Carlo Passaglia

Diocese of Passau

Ven. Joseph Passerat

Domenico Passignano

Domenico Passionei

Commemoration of the Passion of Christ

Passion Offices

Devotion to the Passion of Jesus Christ

Passion of Jesus Christ in the Four Gospels

Diocese of Pasto

Crusade of the Pastoureaux

Ven. William Patenson

Mental Pathology

Coventry Patmore

Patriarch and Patriarchate

Patrician Brothers

Francis Xavier Patrizi

Feast of the Patronage of Our Lady

Patron and Patronage

Diocese of Patti

St. Paulinus, Bishop of Nola

St. Paulinus II, Patriarch of Aquileia

Paulinus a S. Bartholomaeo

Paulinus of Pella

Paul of Middelburg

Paul of Samosata

St. Paul of the Cross

St. Paul the Hermit

St. Paul the Simple

Paulus Diaconus

Diocese of Pavia

Nicolas Pavillon

Pax in the Liturgy

Mariano Payeras

Peter Pázmány

Peace Congresses

War of the Peasants (1524-25)

Reginald Pecock

Pedro de Cordova

Pope Pelagius I

Pope Pelagius II

Pelagius and Pelagianism

Ambrose Pelargus

Paul Pelisson-Fontanier

Pierre-Joseph Pelletier

Guillaume Pellissier

Diocese of Pelotas

Théophile-Jules Pelouze

Madeleine de La Peltrie

Diocese of Pembroke

Francisco Peña

Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cardenas

Henry Pendleton

Penelakut Indians

Los Hermanos Penitentes

Penitential Canons

Penitential Orders

Confraternities of Penitents

Diocese of Penne and Atri

Penobscot Indians

Ecclesiastical Pension

Feast of Pentecost (of the Jews)

Diocese of Peoria

Pepin the Short

Benedict Pereira

Ginés Pérez de Hita

Christian and Religious Perfection

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Pericui Indians

Diocese of Périgueux

Periodical Literature

Franz Michael Permaneder

Joseph Maria Pernter

Religious of Perpetual Adoration

Religious of the Perpetual Adoration

Sisters of the Perpetual Adoration

Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament

Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Our Lady of Perpetual Succour

Diocese of Perpignan

Adolphe Perraud

Charles Perrault

Claude Perrault

Giovanni Perrone

Stephen Joseph Perry

Coptic Persecutions

Final Perseverance

Ignatius Persico

Ecclesiastical Person

Diocese of Perth

Publius Helvius Pertinax

Archdiocese of Perugia

Perugino (Pietro Vannucci)

Baldassare Peruzzi

Diocese of Pesaro

Pescennius Niger

Diocese of Pescia

Pestalozzi and Pestalozzianism

Epistles of St. Peter

Sts. Peter Baptist and Twenty-five Companions

Peterborough Abbey

Diocese of Peterborough

Bl. Peter Canisius

Peter Cellensis

St. Peter Chrysologus

St. Peter Claver

St. Peter Damian

Peter de Honestis

St. Peter de Regalado

Bl. Peter Faber

St. Peter Fourier

St. Peter Gonzalez

Bl. Peter Igneus

Peter Lombard (2)

Bl. Pierre-Louis-Marie Chanel (1)

St. Peter Nolasco

St. Peter of Alcántara

St. Peter of Alexandria

Peter of Aquila

St. Peter of Arbues

Peter of Auvergne

Peter of Bergamo

Peter of Poitiers

St. Peter of Sebaste

St. Peter of Verona

Gerlac Peterssen

Peter the Hermit

St. Peter Urseolus

Matthieu Petit-Didier

Petitions to the Holy See

Francesco Petrarch

Family of Petre

Diocese of Petropolis

Ottavio dei Petrucci

Petrus Alfonsus

Petrus Bernardinus

Petrus Diaconus

Petrus de Natalibus

George von Peuerbach

Conrad Peutinger

Johannes Pfefferkorn

Julius von Pflug

Archdiocese of Philadelphia

Philanthropinism

St. Philastrius

St. Philip the Apostle

Philip II (Augustus)

St. Philip Benizi

St. Philip of Jesus

Philip of the Blessed Trinity

Epistle to the Philippians

Philippine Islands

Philippopolis (1)

Philippopolis (2)

St. Philip Romolo Neri

Philip the Arabian

George Phillips

Photius of Constantinople

History of Physics

Diocese of Piacenza

Giambattista Pianciani

Giovanni da Pianô Carpine

Piatto Cardinalizio

Diocese of Piauhy

Diocese of Piazza Armerina

Giuseppe Piazzi

Ven. John Pibush

Alessandro Piccolomini

Jacopo Piccolomini-Ammannati

Ven. Thomas Pickering

Bernardine a Piconio

François Picquet

Louis-Edouard-Désiré Pie

Pie Pelicane, Jesu, Domine

Bl. Pierre de Castelnau

Pierre de Maricourt

Philippe Pierson

Albert (Pigghe) Pighius

Ven. Giuseppe Maria Pignatelli

Ven. William Pike

Nuestra Señora Del Pilar

Ven. Thomas Pilchard

Pilgrimage of Grace

Pillar of Cloud

Diocese of Pinar del Rio

Ippolito Pindemonte

Diocese of Pinerolo

Alexandre Guy Pingré

Mattheus Pinna da Encarnaçao

Fernão Mendes Pinto

Martín Alonso Pinzón

Sebastiano del Piombo

Pious Fund of the Californias

Pious Society of Missions

Giambattista Piranesi

Ernricus Pirhing

Archdiocese of Pisa

University of Pisa

Council of Pisa

Piscataway Indians

Charles Constantine Pise

Synod of Pistoia

Diocese of Pistoia and Prato

Johann Pistorius

Jean-Baptiste-François Pitra

Diocese of Pittsburg

Pope St. Pius I

Pope St. Pius V

Francisco Pizarro

Plagues of Egypt

Henry Beaufort Plantagenet

Christophe Plantin

Plants in the Bible

Diocese of Plasencia

Bartolomeo Platina

Plato and Platonism

Pierre-Guillaume-Frédéric Le Play

Plenary Council

Joseph-Octave Plessis

Georgius Gemistus Plethon

Diocese of Plock

Charles Plowden

Francis Plowden

Thomas Percy Plowden

Charles Plumier

Ven. Oliver Plunket

Pluscarden Priory

Diocese of Plymouth

Plymouth Brethren

Hebrew Poetry of the Old Testament

Giovanni Francesco Poggio Bracciolini

Diocese of Poggio Mirteto

Diocese of Poitiers

John Bede Polding

Giovanni Poleni

Poles in the United States

Diocese of Policastro

Melchior de Polignac

Lancelot Politi

Science of Political Economy

Antonio and Piero Benci Pollajuolo

Polyglot Bibles

Marquis de Pombal

Pietro Pomponazzi

Juan Ponce de León

Joseph Anthony de la Rivière Poncet

Archdiocese of Pondicherry

Pontefract Priory

Pope St. Pontian

Pontifical Colleges

Pontifical Mass

Abbey of Pontigny

Pontius Carbonell

Diocese of Pontremoli

Pools in Scripture

Diocese of Poona

Care of Poor by the Church

Little Sisters of the Poor

Poor Brothers of St. Francis Seraphicus

Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus

Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ

Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis

Poor Servants of the Mother of God

Archdiocese of Popayán

Election of the Popes

Chronological Lists of Popes

The List of Popes

Popular Devotions

Theories of Population

Giovanni Antonio Pordenone

Odoric of Pordenone

Ven. Thomas Pormort

Serafino Porrecta

Giacomo della Porta

Diocese of Portalegre

Diocese of Port Augusta

Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince

Diocese of Portland

Diocese of Port Louis

Archdiocese of Porto Alegre

Diocese of Porto Alegre

Diocese of Porto and Santa-Rufina

Archdiocese of Port of Spain

Diocese of Portoviejo

Portraits of the Apostles

Diocese of Portsmouth

Portuguese East Africa

Portuguese West Africa

Diocese of Port Victoria

Demoniacal Possession

Antonius Possevinus

Ven. Nicholas Postgate

Potawatomi Indians

Robert Joseph Pothier

Jean-François-Albert du Pouget

Nicolas Poussin

Poverty and Pauperism

Ven. Philip Powel

William Poynter

Diocese of Pozzuoli

Jean-Martin de Prades

Jerome de Prado

Praelatus Nullius

Pragmatic Sanction

Archdiocese of Prague

University of Prague

Praxedes and Pudentiana

Feast of the Prayer of Christ

Preacher Apostolic

Order of Preachers

Canonical Precept

Archconfraternity of the Most Precious Blood

Congregation of the Most Precious Blood

Congregations of the Precious Blood

Count Humbert-Guillaume de Precipiano

Predestinarianism

Prefect Apostolic

Joseph Henri Marie de Prémare

Premonstratensian Canons

Abbey of Prémontré

Presbyterianism

Presence of God

Order of the Presentation

Religious Congregations of the Presentation

Right of Presentation

Presentation Brothers

Congregation of the Presentation of Mary

Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Thomas Scott Preston

Presumption (in Canon Law)

Assistant Priest

Confraternities of Priests

Priests' Communion League

Priests' Eucharistic League

Sts. Primus and Felician

Diocese of Prince Albert

Ecclesiastical Prisons

Ecclesiastical Privileges

Marcus Aurelius Probus

Roman Processional

Sts. Processus and Martinian

Procopius of Caesarea

Adelaide Anne Procter

Religious Profession

Divine Promise (in Scripture)

Sacred Congregation of Propaganda

Society for the Propagation of the Faith

Property Ecclesiastical

Ecclesiastical Property in the United States

Prophecy, Prophet, and Prophetess

Franz Isidor Proschko

Prose or Sequence

Tiro Prosper of Aquitaine

Protectorate of Missions

Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America

Prothonotary Apostolic

Sts. Protus and Hyacinth

Léon Abel Provancher

Book of Proverbs

Congregations of Providence

Diocese of Providence

Divine Providence

Ecclesiastical Province

Provincial Council

Canonical Provision

Statute of Provisors

Aurelius Clemens Prudentius

Prusias ad Hypium

Diocese of Przemysl

Diocese of Przemysl, Sambor, and Sanok

Alphabetic Psalms

Nicholas Psaume

Michael Psellus

Ptolemais (Saint-Jean d'Acre)

Ptolemy the Gnostic

Public Honesty (Decency)

George Ellis Pugh

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin

Victor-Alexandre Puiseux

Casimir Pulaski

Diocese of Pulati

Capital Punishment

Diocese of Puno

John Baptist Purcell

Purgatorial Societies

St. Patrick's Purgatory

Pusey and Puseyism

Putative Marriage

Erycius Puteanus

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Puyallup Indians

Johann Ladislaus von Oberwart Pyrker

Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism

Polytheism

The belief in, and consequent worship of, many gods. See the various articles on national religions such as the Assyrian, Babylonian, Hindu, and the ancient religions of Egypt, Greece, and Rome; see also ANIMISM, FETISHISM, TOTEMISM, GOD, MONOTHEISM, PANTHEISM, etc.