Pontifical Council
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The Pontifical Councils are a group of several mid-sized dicasteries, each led by a cardinal or archbishop as president, which are part of the larger organization called the Roman Curia. The Roman Curia is charged with helping the Pope in his governance and oversight of the Roman Catholic Church.[1]
List of Pontifical Councils[edit]
The Pontifical Councils established are:[2]
- Pontifical Council Cor Unum (15 July 1971)
- Pontifical Council for Culture (20 May 1982)
- Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
(erected 19 May 1964, renamed 28 June 1988) - Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
(6 January 1967, renamed 28 June 1988) - Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
(5 September 1917, renamed 28 June 1988) - Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples (28 June 1988)
- Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
(5 June 1960, renamed 28 June 1988) - Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization (28 June 2010)
- Pontifical Council for Social Communications (27 June 2015)
- Pontifical Council for the Family (9 May 1981)
- Pontifical Council for the Laity (6 Jan 1967)
- Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers (11 February 1985)
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References[edit]
- ^ John-Peter Pham, Heirs of the Fisherman: Behind the Scenes of Papal Death and Succession (Oxford: OUP, 2004), 296.
- ^ "Pontifical Councils", The Holy See, accessed September 27, 2013, http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/index.htm
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