Index of Catholic Terminology

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U.C.M.: Union of Catholic Mothers, an organization of Catholic married women for the preservation of faith and morals in the home.

Uniates: Eastern Rite Churches in union with Rome.

United States Catholic Conference (USCC0): Civil corporation and executive agency of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Unity (marital): An essential property of marriage requiring monogamy and fidelity. (Can. 1056)

Universal law: A law binding everyone for whom it was made in the entire Latin Catholic church. (Can. 12,SS1,2).

Use of reason: The intellectual and volitional capacity necessary to be subject to canon law, presumed to be attained at age seven. (Can. 11)

Ushers: Ministers of hospitality who usually greet those entering the church, collect the offerings, and direct movement at the time of Communion.