Pontifical Council Cor Unum

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The Pontifical Council Cor Unum was a Vatican dicastery responsible for directing and coordinating the Catholic Church’s charitable and humanitarian activities worldwide.

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instanceOf defunct organization
dicastery of the Roman Curia
pontifical council
abolishedBy Pope Francis
aimedAt the poor
victims of natural disasters
victims of war and conflict
coordinatedWith Caritas Internationalis
Catholic charitable organizations
local episcopal conferences
country Vatican City
dateDissolved January 1, 2017
dateFounded 1971
July 15, 1971
dissolutionDocument apostolic letter Humanam progressionem
field charitable activities
development projects
disaster relief
humanitarian aid
firstPresident Jean Villot
foundedBy Pope Paul VI
foundedByDocument motu proprio Humanitatem
headquartersLocation Vatican City
jurisdiction Holy See
language English
French
Italian
Latin
Spanish
location Palazzo delle Congregazioni, Rome
surface form: Palazzo San Callisto, Rome
mergedInto Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
mission to direct and coordinate the charitable activities of the Catholic Church
to express the Church’s charity towards the poor and suffering
motto Ubi caritas Deus ibi est
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoTranslation Where charity is, God is there
namedAfter Cor Unum ("one heart")
parentOrganization Holy See
partOf Roman Curia
president Paul Josef Cordes
Robert Sarah
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
replacedBy Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
reportsTo Pope
scope worldwide
secretary Giampietro Dal Toso
supervised Catholic charitable initiatives of the Holy See
typeOfCharity emergency humanitarian assistance
long-term development aid
support for refugees and migrants

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Palazzo San Calisto houses Pontifical Council Cor Unum
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