Pontifical council
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A pontifical council was a mid-sized department or dicastery of the Roman Curia, the central organization responsible for assisting the Pope in the governance and oversight of the Catholic Church. Such a council had a cardinal or archbishop as its president and was restricted in its activities in comparison with the larger parts of the Curia.[1]
List of pontifical councils
The former pontifical councils were:[2]
- Pontifical Council for Culture (20 May 1982)
- Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue(19 May 1964, renamed 28 June 1988)
- Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts(5 September 1917, renamed 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 Cor Unum, established 15 July 1971
- Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, established 6 January 1967, renamed 28 June 1988
- Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers, established 11 February 1985
- Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants, established 28 June 1988
Secretariat for Communications.[3] On 1 September 2016, the Pontifical Council for the Family, established 9 May 1981, and the Pontifical Council for the Laity, established 6 January 1967, were assumed by the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life.[4] On 1 January 2017, these four pontifical councils were assumed by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.[5]
Since entered into force (5 June 2022), there are no more active pontifical councils.
References
- ^ 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, https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/index.htm
- ^ Glatz, Carol (30 June 2015). "Pope creates new communications department to streamline Vatican media". Catholic Herald. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ Wooden, Cindy (17 August 2016). "Pope names Dallas bishop head of new office for laity, family, life". National Catholic Reporter. Catholic News Service. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ Arrocho Esteves, Junno (31 August 2016). "Pope establishes new office for promoting integral human development". Catholic News Service. Archived from the original on September 1, 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2017.