Pontifical Councils

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department of the Roman Curia dicastery of the Catholic Church ecclesiastical institution

The Pontifical Councils were departments of the Roman Curia that assisted the Pope in specific pastoral, social, and ecumenical areas of the Catholic Church’s mission.

Aliases (1)

Roman Curia advisory structures ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	department of the Roman Curia → dicastery of the Catholic Church → ecclesiastical institution →
dateReformed	2022 →
governedBy	Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus →
hasExample	Pontifical Council Cor Unum → Pontifical Council for Culture → Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care → Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue → Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace → Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts → Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity → Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization → Pontifical Council for Social Communications → Pontifical Council for the Family → Pontifical Council for the Laity → Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People →
hasMemberType	bishops → cardinals → lay experts → priests →
hasRole	address social issues → assist the Pope → coordinate specific areas of the Church’s mission → promote ecumenism → promote interreligious dialogue → promote pastoral initiatives →
headedBy	cardinal president →
historicalPeriod	20th century → 21st century →
jurisdiction	universal Catholic Church →
languageUsed	Italian → Latin →
locatedIn	Vatican City →
partOf	Catholic Church → Holy See → Roman Curia →
primaryFocus	ecumenical relations → interreligious relations → pastoral care → social doctrine of the Church →
reformedBy	Apostolic Constitution Praedicate Evangelium →
reformResultedIn	creation of dicasteries →
religiousAffiliation	Catholic Church →
reorganizedBy	Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus →
reportsTo	Pope → Secretariat of State →
status	largely replaced by dicasteries →
supervisedBy	Pope →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
International Theological Commission ("Roman Curia advisory structures") →	memberOf
Pastor bonus →	regulates