Wikipedia's first sentence called it “catholic church of latin or roman rite located in ramallah in the west bank in the palestinian territories”. Today it says “catholic church in ramallah”.
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Holy Family Church ( ) It is a Catholic Church located in Ramallah , in the West Bank , in the State of Palestine . Latin rites Catholics settled in Ramallah after the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Rosary Sisters opened a school for girls and a boarding school for boys in the decade of 1860–1870. Forty children become the Latin rite and soon a cure, Pierre Cotta, celebrate Mass in a house in the neighborhood of Hatha. He asks later the Latin Patriarch, Archbishop Valerga building a church, but permission by the civil authorities only reaches forty years later. The construction of the present church began in 1913 with the permission of the Ottoman authorities who then ruled the place. A rectory, a convent for the nuns of the Holy Rosary and a school (high school now mixed) are also included. View of the entrance of the church By 1981, the number of Catholics of Latin rite in Ramallah had risen to 1,100 parishioners.1 Homes of the Heart: A Ramallah Chronicle . Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem . 2014-02-26.
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Church in Ramallah, Palestine The Holy Family Church ( ) It is a Catholic church of Latin or Roman rite located in Ramallah in the West Bank in the Palestinian Territories . Latin Rite Catholics settled in Ramallah after the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Rosary Sisters opened a school for girls and a boarding school for boys in the decade of 1860-1870. Forty children become the Latin rite and soon a cure, Pierre Cotta, celebrate Mass in a house in the neighborhood of Hatha. He asks later the Latin Patriarch, Archbishop Valerga building a church, but permission by the civil authorities only reaches forty years later. The construction of the present church began in 1913 with the permission of the Ottoman authorities who then ruled the place. A rectory, a convent for the nuns of the Holy Rosary and a school (high school now mixed) are also included. By 1981 the number of Catholics of Latin rite had risen to 1,100 parishioners. Homes of the Heart: A Ramallah Chronicle . Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem . 2014-02-26 .
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Church in Ramallah, Palestine Holy Family Church ( Arabic : كنيسة العائلة المقدسة ) is a Catholic Church in Ramallah , West Bank , Palestine . Homes of the Heart: A Ramallah Chronicle . Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem . 2014-02-26.
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catholic church of latin or roman rite located in ramallah in the west bank in the palestinian territories
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catholic church in ramallah
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