Paragraph 4. CHRIST’S FAITHFUL – HIERARCHY, LAITY, CONSECRATED LIFE

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“The individual bishops are the visible source and foundation of unity in
their own particular Churches.”⁴⁰⁸ As such, they “exercise
their pastoral office over the portion of the People of God assigned to
them,”⁴⁰⁹ assisted by priests and deacons. But, as a member of the
episcopal college, each bishop shares in the concern for all the
Churches.⁴¹⁰ The bishops exercise this care first “by ruling well
their own Churches as portions of the universal Church,” and so
contributing “to the welfare of the whole Mystical Body, which, from
another point of view, is a corporate body of Churches.”⁴¹¹ They
extend it especially to the poor,⁴¹² to those persecuted for the faith,
as well as to missionaries who are working throughout the world.

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team

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