Secretariat of State

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Vatican administrative body central governing body of the Holy See dicastery of the Roman Curia

The Secretariat of State is the central governing body of the Holy See that coordinates the political and diplomatic activities of the Vatican and oversees the general affairs of the Roman Catholic Church’s central administration.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Secretariat of State canonical	21
Secretariat of State offices	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Vatican administrative body ⓘ central governing body of the Holy See ⓘ dicastery of the Roman Curia ⓘ
appointedBy	Pope ⓘ
coordinates	diplomatic activities of the Holy See ⓘ political activities of the Holy See ⓘ
country	Vatican City ⓘ
establishedBy	Sixtus V ⓘ surface form: Pope Sixtus V
establishedIn	16th century ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	Holy See ⓘ Vatican City ⓘ
headedBy	Secretariat of State of the Holy See ⓘ surface form: Cardinal Secretary of State
headOfGovernmentFor	Holy See ⓘ
language	Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ
legalBasis	Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus ⓘ surface form: apostolic constitution Pastor Bonus Praedicate Evangelium ⓘ surface form: apostolic constitution Praedicate Evangelium Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus ⓘ surface form: apostolic constitution Regimini Ecclesiae Universae
location	Apostolic Palace ⓘ Vatican City ⓘ
notableFor	centralization of Vatican diplomacy ⓘ coordination of global Catholic Church administration ⓘ
officeHolderTitle	Cardinal Secretary of State ⓘ
oversees	central administration of the Catholic Church ⓘ general affairs of the Roman Curia ⓘ
partOf	Holy See ⓘ Roman Curia ⓘ
predecessor	Apostolic Chancery ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
reorganizedBy	Pope Francis ⓘ Pope John Paul II ⓘ Pope Paul VI ⓘ
reportsTo	Pope ⓘ
responsibleFor	internal Church governance coordination ⓘ management of the Holy See’s diplomatic corps ⓘ organization of papal diplomatic missions ⓘ papal correspondence ⓘ publication of official Vatican documents ⓘ relations with international organizations ⓘ relations with states ⓘ
role	central organ for papal governance ⓘ chief diplomatic arm of the Holy See ⓘ principal coordinating body of the Roman Curia ⓘ
subdivision	Section for Diplomatic Staff ⓘ Section for General Affairs ⓘ Section for Relations with States and International Organizations ⓘ surface form: Section for Relations with States Roman Curia ⓘ surface form: Section for the Roman Curia’s general affairs
worksWith	Apostolic Nunciature ⓘ surface form: Apostolic Nunciatures Apostolic Nunciature ⓘ surface form: Permanent Observers of the Holy See to international organizations

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Curia → hasPart → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Apostolic Palace → hasPart → Secretariat of State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretariat of State offices

Pastor bonus → regulates → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Pastor bonus → hasSection → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Praedicate Evangelium → mentions → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Section for Relations with States and International Organizations → partOf → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Prefecture of the Papal Household → subordinateTo → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See → reportsTo → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Regimini Ecclesiae universae → appliesTo → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Pontifical Councils → reportsTo → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Apostolic Constitution "Praedicate Evangelium" → regulates → Secretariat of State ⓘ

subject surface form: Praedicate Evangelium

Vatican City institutions → includes → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State → worksInCollaborationWith → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Secretary for Relations with States → partOf → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Section for General Affairs → partOf → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Section for Diplomatic Staff → partOf → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Section for Diplomatic Staff → parentOrganization → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Section for Diplomatic Staff → governingBody → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Apostolic Chancery → successor → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Office for Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff → collaboratesWith → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organizational and Economic Problems of the Holy See → isAdvisoryTo → Secretariat of State ⓘ

Apostolic Constitution Regimini Ecclesiae Universae → appliesTo → Secretariat of State ⓘ