When a pope resigns, as Pope Benedict XVI did, the Catholic Church is left without a spiritual leader. Although day-to-day affairs can still be managed, as long as the papal seat is empty, the church is unable to truly ...

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Click hereAbout the Pronouncement of Marriage The pronouncement of marriage is perhaps the single most important thing you will do every time you perform a wedding in that it introduces the couple as man and wife (or ...

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About the Exchange of Wedding Rings It is traditional in Western cultures for the couple to exchange wedding rings during their wedding ceremony. The ring is placed on the fourth finger or "ring finger" of the left ha ...

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Click hereAbout Wedding Vows Wedding vows, also known as marriage vows, are promises couples make to one another during their wedding ceremony about loving and honoring their new spouse. Wedding vows traditionally in ...

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About the Greeting, Readings, and Prayers After the guests have been seated in the wedding space and the processional is complete, the wedding officiant begins to perform the wedding ceremony by welcoming those assemb ...

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About the Processional Although it takes a variety of forms, the wedding processional is always the first component of every wedding. It involves the seating of the guests in the wedding space and the subsequent entranc ...

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Exchange of Wedding Rings Online-ordained ministers of the Universal Life Church are more likely to perform a wedding for family, friends, congregation members, or complete strangers than do anything else. As such, the ...

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What Is an Ordained Minister License? Ordained minister licenses are documents that are used by legally ordained ministers to demonstrate their ministerial status to county clerks and other government officials. These ...

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The ULC Ministries staff is pleased to announce that it has corresponded with the county clerk's office of Knox County, Tennessee and the two parties have cleared up a miscommunication that, in the past, prevente ...

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For the most part, the men and women from around the world who get ordained online through the Universal Life Church can do many of the things "conventional" ministers do in the United States. This is because our church ...

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