Section for Education

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The Section for Education is a division of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education responsible for overseeing and promoting Catholic education and academic institutions worldwide.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
ecclesiastical office
areaServed worldwide
country Vatican City
dateEstablished 2022
establishedBy Pope Francis
formedByMergerOf Dicastery for Culture and Education
surface form: "Pontifical Council for Culture (as part of the new dicastery structure)"

former Congregation for Catholic Education
governedBy Apostolic Constitution "Praedicate Evangelium"
surface form: "apostolic constitution "Praedicate Evangelium""
hasScope universal Church
hasTypeOfActivity coordination
oversight
promotion of education
regulation
jurisdiction Holy See
language English
Italian
Latin
locatedIn Palazzo San Calisto
surface form: "Palazzo San Callisto (traditionally associated with the former Congregation for Catholic Education)"

Vatican City
mission to promote and regulate Catholic education and academic institutions worldwide
oversees Catholic universities
surface form: "Catholic institutes of higher studies"

Catholic schools and educational systems under episcopal conferences
ecclesiastical faculties
ecclesiastical universities
parentOrganization Dicastery for Culture and Education
partOf Dicastery for Culture and Education
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: "Catholic Church"
religiousOrderRelations Catholic religious institutes involved in education
reportsTo Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
responsibleFor Catholic academic institutions
Catholic education worldwide
Catholic higher education institutions
Catholic schools
Catholic universities
approval of statutes of ecclesiastical universities and faculties
coordination of Catholic educational policy at the universal Church level
oversight of Catholic educational institutions
promotion of Catholic educational identity
promotion of dialogue between faith and culture in education
relations with Catholic universities and faculties
subordinateTo Dicastery for Culture and Education
Pope
Roman Curia
worksWith Catholic lay educational organizations
Catholic religious congregations active in education
episcopal conferences

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

Dicastery for Culture and Education hasSection Section for Education