Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela is a modern
parish church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...
and a
titular church that can be assigned to
cardinal priests in the papal
diocese of Rome
The Diocese of Rome ( la, Dioecesis Urbis seu Romana; it, Diocesi di Roma) is the ecclesiastical district under the direct jurisdiction of the Pope, who is Bishop of Rome and hence the supreme pontiff and head of the worldwide Catholic Church. ...
.
Church
The church is dedicated to Saints
Simon and
Jude,
apostles of Christ, located at Via di Torrenova 162.
It was built on 20 December 1992 for a parish that was established on 4 April 1961.
It enjoyed a papal visit from
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
on 30 October 1988.
Cardinal priests
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Pietro Parolin
Pietro Parolin OMRI (, ; born 17 January 1955) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. A cardinal since February 2014, he has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since October 2013 and a member of the Council of Cardinal Advisers sinc ...
(22 February 2014 – present); co-opted to
suburbicarian rank on 28 June 2018
References
External links
GCatholic cardinal title
GCatholic church
Diocesan website page, in Italian
{{Commons cat, Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela
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Titular churches