''Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum'' (''The care of all Churches'') was a

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issued in 1814 by Pope Pius VII, reestablishing the

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(Jesuits) after its suppression by the 1773 breve issued by Clement XIV, '' Dominus ac Redemptor''. Nevertheless, the order continued to exist in some places. Pius VII had earlier, with the brief '' Catholicae Fidei'' (March 7, 1801), approved the existence of the Society of Jesus in

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. The Vicar General, Franciszek Kareu, was declared "Superior General of the Jesuits in Russia".

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issued an

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letter, also named ''Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum'', on June 24, 1969.

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Text in Italian of ''Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum'' of August 7, 1814.
Papal bulls associated with Jesuit history 19th-century papal bulls 1814 in Christianity Documents of Pope Pius VII 1814 documents {{RC-document-stub