{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.catholic-church-in-cambodia","code":"thing-q1408687","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1408687/","name":"Catholic Church in Cambodia","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Society, people and institutions","entryKind":"thing","plane":"SOC","domain":["SOC.ORG"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The Catholic Church in Cambodia is the community of Catholic faithful and ecclesiastical institutions in Cambodia in communion with the pope, organised through local ecclesiastical jurisdictions rather than constituting a single national diocese.","purpose":"Enable an agent to recognise the Catholic Church in Cambodia as a country-level ecclesial community, assess its institutional and pastoral condition, and identify the authority required for proposed actions.","scope":{"in":["Catholic 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communities outside Cambodia except for relationships affecting Cambodian church life"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["The entry concerns Catholic communities and institutions within Cambodia whose ecclesial affiliation can be established, rather than all Cambodian Christians.","The country-level designation must be distinguished from each constituent ecclesiastical jurisdiction; national geography alone does not establish a single governing or incorporated body.","Catholic affiliation, canonical oversight, civil ownership and operational management must be established separately for any associated institution.","Membership in the Cambodian church community must not be inferred from Khmer ethnicity, Cambodian citizenship or use of a particular language.","Continuity of a local Catholic community must be established through people, records and recognised ecclesial relationships, rather than inferred solely from occupation of a church 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these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Catholic Church in Cambodia this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Catholic Church in Cambodia this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Catholic Church in Cambodia this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional 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