{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.catholic-church-in-moldova","code":"thing-q639745","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q639745/","name":"Catholic Church in Moldova","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 Moldova is the community of Catholic faithful and ecclesiastical institutions in the Republic of Moldova in communion with the Pope, whose Latin Catholic territorial organisation is the Diocese of Chișinău.","purpose":"Enable an agent to identify the Catholic Church in Moldova, assess its institutional and pastoral state, and determine which ecclesiastical or civil authority can authorize a proposed action.","scope":{"in":["Criteria for including Catholic jurisdictions, communities, and institutions within the Moldova-wide designation","Relationships between Catholic ecclesiastical authority, local governance, and civil legal identity","Territorial coverage and practical access, including communities in Transnistria","Pastoral provision, community participation, and language requirements","Accountability for Catholic institutions, resources, and public activities in Moldova"],"out":["Universal Catholic doctrine and worldwide Church governance except where they establish local authority","Moldovan Orthodox churches and other religious communities as independently governed institutions","Church buildings as architectural or property objects","Individual clergy, religious, and laypeople as biographical subjects","Moldovan state institutions and territorial disputes beyond their effects on Catholic operations"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["An included community must have an evidenced Catholic ecclesial affiliation; a Christian name, religious building, or self-description alone does not establish inclusion.","The country-wide designation must be distinguished from the Diocese of Chișinău: their boundaries and institutional coverage require explicit comparison rather than assumed equivalence.","Catholic affiliation and Moldovan civil registration are separate tests; evidence of one does not establish the other.","An institution's location in Moldova does not by itself establish diocesan ownership, governance, or authority to speak for the Church.","Territorial inclusion and practical administrative access must be recorded separately for communities in Transnistria."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"ecclesial-identity-and-country-scope","name":"Ecclesial identity and country scope","description":"Establish what the Moldova-wide designation includes and how its components relate to Catholic ecclesiastical structures.","layers":[{"id":"collective-and-jurisdiction","name":"Collective and 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Catholic.","findings":[{"id":"rite-and-affiliation-evidence","name":"Rite and affiliation evidence","description":"Identify the Catholic affiliation of included communities without assuming that all share the same rite or jurisdiction.","questions":[{"text":"Which rites or Catholic Churches are represented by documented communities in Moldova?","id":"rite-and-affiliation-evidence-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What evidence establishes each community's recognized affiliation and competent ecclesiastical authority?","id":"rite-and-affiliation-evidence-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"canonical-and-civil-authority","name":"Canonical and civil authority","description":"Connect ecclesiastical offices and delegations with the civil entities through which actions are performed in Moldova.","layers":[{"id":"ecclesiastical-decision-rights","name":"Ecclesiastical decision rights","description":"Record competence for diocesan, parish, and other Catholic institutional decisions.","findings":[{"id":"competence-and-delegation","name":"Competence and delegation","description":"Tie each proposed action to a verified office, mandate, or delegation rather than an assumed organizational hierarchy.","questions":[{"text":"Which office has competence over the specific community and decision, and what instrument establishes that competence?","id":"competence-and-delegation-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What local approval, delegated authority, or referral to a higher ecclesiastical authority is required for the proposed action?","id":"competence-and-delegation-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"moldovan-legal-persons","name":"Moldovan legal persons","description":"Identify the civil entities associated with the diocese, parishes, and other Catholic institutions.","findings":[{"id":"registration-and-representation","name":"Registration and representation","description":"Keep legal registration, canonical status, and authorized representation distinct and traceable.","questions":[{"text":"Which verified registered entities correspond to the relevant Catholic bodies, and what are their identifiers and current legal statuses?","id":"registration-and-representation-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Who may legally represent the entity for the proposed transaction, and what limits apply to that authorization?","id":"registration-and-representation-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"territory-and-pastoral-access","name":"Territory and pastoral access","description":"Describe where Catholic communities are served and whether that service is practically accessible.","layers":[{"id":"local-community-network","name":"Local community network","description":"Distinguish parishes, missions, worship sites, and other service locations.","findings":[{"id":"coverage-and-service-continuity","name":"Coverage and service continuity","description":"Record recognized community status separately from buildings and dated service schedules.","questions":[{"text":"Which localities have recognized parishes or other Catholic communities, and which locations are only occasional service venues?","id":"coverage-and-service-continuity-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"How frequently is pastoral service available in each locality, and when was that availability last verified?","id":"coverage-and-service-continuity-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"transnistrian-access","name":"Transnistrian access","description":"Separate ecclesiastical responsibility from practical conditions affecting communities in Transnistria.","findings":[{"id":"remit-and-operating-conditions","name":"Remit and operating conditions","description":"Record documented jurisdiction and access conditions without treating practical administration as a settlement of territorial status.","questions":[{"text":"Which Catholic communities in Transnistria are documented, and which ecclesiastical authority is responsible for each?","id":"remit-and-operating-conditions-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What verified conditions affect clergy travel, worship access, institutional administration, or delivery of assistance there?","id":"remit-and-operating-conditions-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"community-and-language","name":"Community and language","description":"Make the Catholic population and its pastoral requirements interpretable through explicit definitions and local evidence.","layers":[{"id":"population-evidence","name":"Population evidence","description":"Preserve the meaning, date, and territorial coverage of Catholic population figures.","findings":[{"id":"counting-catholic-participation","name":"Counting Catholic participation","description":"Distinguish religious self-identification, ecclesiastical estimates, parish records, and observed participation.","questions":[{"text":"Does each reported figure count self-identified Catholics, registered parishioners, baptized persons, or participants in services?","id":"counting-catholic-participation-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What date, territory, collection method, and treatment of migration underpin each figure, including whether Transnistria is covered?","id":"counting-catholic-participation-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"language-and-service-needs","name":"Language and service needs","description":"Connect evidenced local language requirements with available worship, formation, and communication.","findings":[{"id":"linguistic-pastoral-fit","name":"Linguistic pastoral fit","description":"Record languages requested and provided without deriving them automatically from nationality or ancestry.","questions":[{"text":"Which languages are currently used or requested for worship, catechesis, and public communication in each community?","id":"linguistic-pastoral-fit-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What verified service or authorized contact can meet a person's locality and language requirements?","id":"linguistic-pastoral-fit-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"institutions-resources-and-accountability","name":"Institutions, resources, and accountability","description":"Establish responsibility for Catholic-associated institutions, activities, and resources in Moldova.","layers":[{"id":"affiliated-works","name":"Affiliated works","description":"Characterize any documented charitable, educational, religious, or other Catholic-associated bodies.","findings":[{"id":"affiliation-and-mandate","name":"Affiliation and mandate","description":"Specify whether a body's Catholic connection involves governance, recognition, sponsorship, or cooperation.","questions":[{"text":"Which institutions have a documented Catholic affiliation in Moldova, and what instrument establishes each relationship?","id":"affiliation-and-mandate-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which activities and public statements fall within each institution's mandate, and who may authorize them?","id":"affiliation-and-mandate-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"stewardship-and-institutional-change","name":"Stewardship and institutional change","description":"Track responsibility for assets, complaints, records, and obligations as Catholic bodies change.","findings":[{"id":"responsibility-and-continuity","name":"Responsibility and continuity","description":"Identify accountable entities and distinguish changes to a worship site from changes to a parish or legal person.","questions":[{"text":"Which entity owns or administers the relevant assets and records, and which body receives complaints about the activity?","id":"responsibility-and-continuity-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"If a parish or affiliated institution closes, merges, or changes status, who authorizes the change and assumes its obligations?","id":"responsibility-and-continuity-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Catholic Church in Moldova this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Catholic Church in Moldova this model covers, and on what 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