Also shown are the churches in full communion with the Anglican Communion: the Nordic Lutheran churches of the Porvoo Communion ( Green ) and the Old Catholic Church | Old Catholic churches of the Utrecht Union ( Red ).

In addition to other member churches, the churches of the Anglican Communion are in full communion with the Old Catholic churches of the Union of Utrecht and the Scandinavian Lutheran churches of the Porvoo Communion in Europe, the India-based Mar Thoma and Malabar Independent Syrian churches and the Philippine Independent Church, also known as the Aglipayan Church.

Roman Catholics recognize the validity of the apostolic successions of the bishops, and therefore the rest of the clergy, of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Church of the East, and the Old Catholic Church ( Union of Utrecht only ).

The conservative Union Nationale governed the province of Quebec in periods from 1936 to 1960, in a close alliance with English Canadian business elites and the Catholic Church.

* 1996 – The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church.

Wilhelm II also praised Mussolini's diplomacy towards the Catholic Church, though he strongly opposed Mussolini's diplomatic agreements with the Soviet Union.

In 1608 / 1609 the Protestant Union and the Catholic League were formed.

He was the first chancellor ( top official ) of the FRG, 1949 – 63, and until his death was the founder and leader of the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ), a coalition of conservatives, ordoliberals, and adherents of Protestant and Catholic social teaching that dominated West Germany politics for most of its history.

Many religions popular in ethnic regions of the Soviet Union, including the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Baptists, Islam, Buddhism, and Judaism underwent ordeals similar to that which the Orthodox churches in other parts of the country suffered: thousands of monks were persecuted, and hundreds of churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, sacred monuments, monasteries and other religious buildings were razed.

These churches are not in communion with the Holy See of Rome, but their Union of Utrecht of Old Catholic Churches is in full communion with the Anglican Communion and a member of the World Council of Churches.

The American affiliate of the Union of Utrecht until recently was the Polish National Catholic Church which ceased to belong to the Union in opposition to the ordination of women by other member churches.

Satanism started to reach Eastern Europe in the 1990s, in time with the fall of the Soviet Union, and most noticeably in Poland and Lithuania, Roman Catholic countries.

There are, for instance, numerous prominent US examples, including The Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Criswell College in Dallas, the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and Dallas Theological Seminary.

The Roman Catholic hierarchy had endorsed the Union.

However the decision to block Catholic Emancipation fatally undermined the appeal of the Union.

Part of the agreement which led to the 1800 Act of Union stipulated that the Penal Laws in Ireland were to be repealed and Catholic Emancipation granted.

* Union of Utrecht ( Old Catholic ), a federation of Old Catholic Churches

* April 27 – Pope Paul VI and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko meet in the Vatican ( the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic Church and the Soviet Union ).

In the Union of Horodło, signed on 2 October 1413, he decreed that the status of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was " tied to our Kingdom of Poland permanently and irreversibly " and granted the Catholic nobles of Lithuania privileges equal to those of the Polish szlachta.

The latter were also under significant Polish pressure after the Union with the Catholic Church.

The current lower house — the Chamber of Deputies — contains 65 members of the governing coalition: 21 Christian Democrats ( PDC ), 15 Socialists ( PS ), 22 Party for Democracy ( PPD ) and seven Social Democrat Radical Party ( PRSD ); 54 from the center-right Alliance for Chile ( APC ): 34 Independent Democratic Union ( UDI ) and 20 National Renewal ( RN ); and 1 from the Independent Regional Force ( FRI ) coalition: 1 Regionalist Action Party of Chile ( PAR ).

There are also the planned European Union Galileo positioning system, Chinese Compass navigation system, and Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System.

European Regional Development Fund 2007-2013: Southern Italy is almost all classified under the Regional policy of the European Union | Convergence objective ( GDP per capita less than 75 % of the EU average ).

Canada – Japan relations are underpinned by their partnership in multilateral institutions: the G-7 / 8 ; the United Nations ; the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Quad ( Canada, the European Union, Japan and the United States ), and by their common interest in the Pacific community, including participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum ( APEC ) and the ASEAN Regional Forum ( ARF ).

Laos is a member of the following international organizations: Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation ( ACCT ), Association of Southeast Asian NationsASEAN, ASEAN Free Trade Area ( AFTA ), ASEAN Regional Forum, Asian Development Bank, Colombo Plan, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific ( ESCAP ), Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ), Group of 77G-77, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( World Bank ), International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ), International Development Association ( IDA ), International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD ), International Finance Corporation ( IFC ), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, International Labour Organization ( ILO ), International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), Intelsat ( nonsignatory user ), Interpol, International Olympic Commission ( IOC ), International Telecommunication UnionITU, Mekong Group, Non-Aligned Movement ( NAM ), Permanent Court of Arbitration ( PCA ), United Nations, United Nations Convention on Trade and Development ( UNCTAD ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ), United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO ), Universal Postal Union ( UPU ), World Federation of Trade Unions, World Health Organization ( WHO ), World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ), World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ), World Tourism Organization, World Trade Organization ( observer ).

In 1964, Pakistan signed the Regional Cooperation for Development ( RCD ) Pact with Turkey and Iran, when all three countries were closely allied with the U. S., and as neighbors of the Soviet Union, wary of perceived Soviet expansionism.

Regional parties, mainly the Basque Nationalist Party ( EAJ-PNV ) from the Basque Country, and Convergence and Union ( CiU ) and the Socialists ' Party of Catalonia ( PSC ) from Catalonia, have also played key roles in Spanish politics.

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan which currently holds the Iraqi presidency and the Kurdistan Democratic Party which governs the Kurdistan Regional Government both explicitly commit themselves to the development of Kurdish self-determination, but opinions vary as to the question of self-determination sought within the current borders and countries.

The NEPAD Secretariat is not responsible for the implementation of development programs itself, but works with the African Regional Economic Communities -- the building blocks of the African Union.

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New London Union Station is served by Amtrak's Northeast Regional and Acela Express regional rail services, plus Shore Line East ( SLE ) commuter rail service.

Major area employers include Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Simmons First National Corp., Tyson Foods, Evergreen Packaging, the Pine Bluff Arsenal and the Union Pacific Railroad.

Dayton children in grades K-5 attend the Dayton Consolidated School which is part of Regional School Union # 23.

Conway is a member of Frontier Regional and Union 38 School Districts, which also includes Deerfield, Whately and Sunderland.

Deerfield is the central member of Frontier Regional and Union 38 School Districts, which also includes Conway, Whately and Sunderland.

Whately is a member of Frontier Regional and Union 38 School Districts, which also includes Conway, Deerfield and Sunderland.

Union City is one of five cities in North Hudson served by North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue, along with North Bergen, Weehawken, West New York, and Guttenberg.

Union Beach is part of the Bayshore Regional Strategic Plan, an effort by nine municipalities in northern Monmouth County to reinvigorate the area's economy by emphasizing the traditional downtowns, dense residential neighborhoods, maritime history, and the natural beauty of the Raritan Bayshore coastline.

Union Beach made national news for fighting a wind turbine proposed by the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority that would be constructed within close proximity to residential houses and sensitive bird habitats and protected wet lands.

Emergency services are provided by the Northern Berks Regional Police Department, Union Fire Company of Leesport, and Schuylkill Valley EMS all of which are dispatched by the Berks County Communications Center.

The three Union Township Supervisors and Union Chapman Regional Authority provide local governance.