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In the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church, a congregation (Sacræ Cardinalium Congregationes) is a type of department of the Curia.[1]

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  1. 69 relations: Agents of Roman Congregations, Apostolic constitution, Apostolic Signatura, Arthur Roche, Cardinal (Catholic Church), Cardinal Secretary of State, Catholic Church, Claudio Gugerotti, College of Cardinals, Congregation (Roman Curia), Congregation for Catholic Education, Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Congregation of the Vatican Press, Consultor, Dicastery for Bishops, Dicastery for Communication, Dicastery for Culture and Education, Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Dicastery for Evangelization, Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, Dicastery for Legislative Texts, Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, Dicastery for the Clergy, Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, Dicastery for the Service of Charity, Diocesan bishop, Filippo Iannone, Giuseppe Versaldi, Holy See, Immensa aeterni Dei, Index Librorum Prohibitorum, Italy, João Braz de Aviz, Kevin Farrell, Konrad Krajewski, Kurt Koch, Law, Lazarus You Heung-sik, Luis Antonio Tagle, Luis Ladaria Ferrer, Luzia Premoli, Marcello Semeraro, Michael Czerny, Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, Papal States, ... Expand index (19 more) »

  2. Catholic organizations established in the 16th century
  3. Congregations of the Roman Curia

Agents of Roman Congregations

Agents of Roman Congregations are persons whose business it is to look after the affairs of their patrons at the Roman Curia. Congregation (Roman Curia) and Agents of Roman Congregations are congregations of the Roman Curia.

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Apostolic constitution

An apostolic constitution (constitutio apostolica) is the most solemn form of legislation issued by the Pope.

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Apostolic Signatura

The Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura is the highest judicial authority in the Catholic Church (apart from the pope himself, who as supreme ecclesiastical judge is the final point of appeal for any ecclesiastical judgment).

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Arthur Roche

Arthur Roche (born 6 March 1950) is a British cardinal of the Catholic Church who has served as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship since 2021.

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Cardinal (Catholic Church)

A cardinal (Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis) is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church.

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Cardinal Secretary of State

The Secretary of State of His Holiness (Latin: Secretarius Status Sanctitatis Suae, Segretario di Stato di Sua Santità), known as the Cardinal Secretary of State, presides over the Holy See's Secretariat of State, which is the oldest and most important dicastery of the Roman Curia.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Claudio Gugerotti

Claudio Gugerotti (born 7 October 1955) is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church who was named prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches in November 2022.

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College of Cardinals

The College of Cardinals, more formally called the Sacred College of Cardinals, is the body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church.

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Congregation (Roman Curia)

In the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church, a congregation (Sacræ Cardinalium Congregationes) is a type of department of the Curia. Congregation (Roman Curia) and congregation (Roman Curia) are Catholic organizations established in the 16th century and congregations of the Roman Curia.

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Congregation for Catholic Education

The Congregation for Catholic Education (Institutes of Study) was the pontifical congregation of the Roman Curia responsible for: universities, faculties, institutes and higher schools of study, either ecclesial or non-ecclesiastical dependent on ecclesial persons; and schools and educational institutes depending on ecclesiastical authorities. Congregation (Roman Curia) and congregation for Catholic Education are Catholic organizations established in the 16th century.

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Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples was a congregation of the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church in Rome, responsible for missionary work and related activities.

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Congregation of the Vatican Press

The Holy Congregation of the Vatican Press (Congregatio pro typographia vaticana) was an organ of the Roman Curia. Congregation (Roman Curia) and Congregation of the Vatican Press are congregations of the Roman Curia.

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Consultor

A consultor is one who gives counsel, i.e., a counselor.

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Dicastery for Bishops

The Dicastery for Bishops, formerly named Congregation for Bishops, is the department of the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church that oversees the selection of most new bishops. Congregation (Roman Curia) and Dicastery for Bishops are Catholic organizations established in the 16th century.

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Dicastery for Communication

The Dicastery for Communication (Dicastero per la Comunicazione) is a division (dicastery) of the Roman Curia with authority over all communication offices of the Holy See and the Vatican City State.

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Dicastery for Culture and Education

The Dicastery for Culture and Education is an administrative unit of the Roman Curia.

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Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

The Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (Dicasterium de Cultu Divino et Disciplina Sacramentorum) is the dicastery (from law-court, from δικαστής, 'judge, juror') of the Roman Curia that handles most affairs relating to liturgical practices of the Latin Church as distinct from the Eastern Catholic Churches and also some technical matters relating to the sacraments.

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Dicastery for Evangelization

The Dicastery for Evangelization is a department (dicastery) of the Roman Curia.

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Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

The Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, formerly called Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (CICLSAL; Congregatio pro Institutis Vitae Consecratae et Societatibus Vitae Apostolicae), is the dicastery of the Roman Curia with competency over everything which concerns institutes of consecrated life (orders and religious congregations, both of men and of women, as well as secular institutes) and societies of apostolic life, regarding their government, discipline, studies, goods, rights, and privileges. Congregation (Roman Curia) and dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life are Catholic organizations established in the 16th century.

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Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, previously named Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID), is a dicastery of the Roman Curia, erected by Pope Paul VI on 19 May 1964 as the Secretariat for Non-Christians, and renamed by Pope John Paul II on 28 June 1988.

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Dicastery for Legislative Texts

The Dicastery for Legislative Texts, formerly named Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, is a dicastery of the Roman Curia.

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The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, previously named the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU), is a dicastery within the Holy See whose origins are associated with the Second Vatican Council which met intermittently from 1962 to 1965.

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The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (Dicasterium ad integram humanam progressionem fovendam in Latin) is a dicastery of the Roman curia.

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Dicastery for the Causes of Saints

In the Catholic Church, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, previously named the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, is the dicastery of the Roman Curia that oversees the complex process that leads to the canonization of saints, passing through the steps of a declaration of "heroic virtues" and beatification.

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Dicastery for the Clergy

The Dicastery for the Clergy, formerly named Congregation for the Clergy (formerly the Sacred Congregation for the Clergy and Sacred Congregation of the Council), is the dicastery of the Roman Curia responsible for overseeing matters regarding priests and deacons not belonging to religious orders. Congregation (Roman Curia) and dicastery for the Clergy are Catholic organizations established in the 16th century.

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Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) is a department of the Roman Curia in charge of the religious discipline of the Catholic Church. Congregation (Roman Curia) and Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith are Catholic organizations established in the 16th century.

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Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

The Dicastery for the Eastern Churches (also called Dicastery for the Oriental Churches), previously named Congregation for the Oriental Churches or Congregation for the Eastern Churches (Congregatio pro Ecclesiis Orientalibus), is a dicastery of the Roman Curia responsible for contact with the Eastern Catholic churches for the sake of assisting their development and protecting their rights.

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Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life

The Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life is a dicastery of the Roman Curia.

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Dicastery for the Service of Charity

The Dicastery for the Service of Charity, also known as the Apostolic Alms Office,Praedicate evangelium, article 79.

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Diocesan bishop

A diocesan bishop, within various Christian traditions, is a bishop or archbishop in pastoral charge of a diocese or archdiocese.

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Filippo Iannone

Filippo Iannone (born 13 December 1957) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts since April 2018.

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Giuseppe Versaldi

Giuseppe Versaldi (born 30 July 1943) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was the prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education from 2015 until that body was merged into the new Dicastery for Culture and Education in 2022.

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Holy See

The Holy See (url-status,; Santa Sede), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the pope in his role as the Bishop of Rome.

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Immensa aeterni Dei

Immensa aeterni Dei ("The immeasurable the eternal God") is an apostolic constitution in the form of a papal bull issued by Pope Sixtus V on 22 January 1588.

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Index Librorum Prohibitorum

The Index Librorum Prohibitorum (English: Index of Forbidden Books) was a changing list of publications deemed heretical or contrary to morality by the Sacred Congregation of the Index (a former Dicastery of the Roman Curia); Catholics were forbidden to print or read them, subject to the local bishop.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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João Braz de Aviz

João Braz de Aviz (born 24 April 1947) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Kevin Farrell

Kevin Joseph Farrell KGCHS (born September 2, 1947) is an Irish-born prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal and has served as prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life since 2016.

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Konrad Krajewski

Konrad Krajewski (born 25 November 1963) is a Polish cardinal of the Catholic Church who serves as the 1st Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity.

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Kurt Koch

Kurt Koch (born 15 March 1950) is a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church.

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Law

Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate.

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Lazarus You Heung-sik

Lazarus You Heung-sik (or Lazzaro;; born 17 November 1951) is a South Korean prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy since 2021. He is the first Korean to head a department of the Roman Curia. He previously served as Bishop of Daejeon from 2005 to 2021, after two years as a coadjutor bishop under Bishop Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong.

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Luis Antonio Tagle

Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle (born June 21, 1957) is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church currently serving as the Pro-Prefect for the Section of Evangelization of Dicastery for Evangelization (formerly the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples) since June 5, 2022, and as the President of Interdicasterial Commission for Consecrated Religious since December 8, 2019.

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Luis Ladaria Ferrer

Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer (born 19 April 1944) is a Spanish Jesuit, theologian and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. After a thirty-year career teaching theology, he joined the Roman Curia in 2004 as Secretary-General of the International Theological Commission. He was made an archbishop when named secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) in 2008 and served as its prefect from 2017 to 2023.

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Luzia Premoli

Luzia Premoli S.M.C (born 23 March 2034), is a Brazilian Roman Catholic nun and missionary, Superior General of the Comboni Missionary Sisters between 2010 and 2016 and the second female appointed in an office of the Roman Curia after Enrica Rosanna.

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Marcello Semeraro

Marcello Semeraro (born 22 December 1947) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints since October 2020.

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Michael Czerny

Michael F. Czerny (born 18 July 1946) is a Czechoslovakian-born Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development since 23 April 2022, after serving as interim prefect for several months.

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Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot

Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, MCCJ (born 17 June 1952) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church and a historian of Islam.

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Papal States

The Papal States (Stato Pontificio), officially the State of the Church (Stato della Chiesa; Status Ecclesiasticus), were a conglomeration of territories on the Apennine Peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the Pope from 756 to 1870.

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Pastor bonus

Pastor bonus (Latin: "The Good Shepherd") is an apostolic constitution promulgated by Pope John Paul II on 28 June 1988.

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Pontifical commission

A pontifical commission is a committee of Catholic experts convened by the Pope for a specific purpose.

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Pope

The pope (papa, from lit) is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church.

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Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II; Jan Paweł II; Giovanni Paolo II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła,; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.

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Pope Paul VI

Pope Paul VI (Paulus VI; Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini,; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his death on 6 August 1978.

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Pope Paul VI's reform of the Roman Curia

Pope Paul VI's reform of the Roman Curia was accomplished through a series of decrees beginning in 1964, principally through the apostolic constitution Regimini Ecclesiae universae issued on 15 August 1967.

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Pope Pius X

Pope Pius X (Pio X; born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto; 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914) was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 to his death in August 1914.

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Pope Sixtus V

Pope Sixtus V (Sisto V; 13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Piergentile, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 1585 to his death, in August 1590.

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Praedicate evangelium

Praedicate evangelium (Preach the gospel) is an apostolic constitution reforming the Roman Curia and was published and promulgated on 19 March 2022 by Pope Francis; the document took effect on 5 June 2022.

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Prefect

Prefect (from the Latin praefectus, substantive adjectival form of praeficere: "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but essentially refers to the leader of an administrative area.

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Robert Francis Prevost

Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. (born September 14, 1955) is an American-born prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal who has served as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America since April 12, 2023.

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Roman Curia

The Roman Curia (Romana Curia) comprises the administrative institutions of the Holy See and the central body through which the affairs of the Roman Catholic Church are conducted.

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Roman Rota

The Roman Rota, formally the Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota (Tribunal Apostolicum Rotae Romanae), and anciently the Apostolic Court of Audience, is the highest appellate tribunal of the Catholic Church, with respect to both Latin Church members and the Eastern Catholic members and is the highest ecclesiastical court constituted by the Holy See related to judicial trials conducted in the Catholic Church.

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Sacra Consulta

The Sacred Congregation of the Consulta or Sacra Consulta was a dicastery of the Roman Curia. Congregation (Roman Curia) and Sacra Consulta are congregations of the Roman Curia.

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Sacred Congregation of Rites

The Sacred Congregation of Rites was a congregation of the Roman Curia, erected on 22 January 1588 by Pope Sixtus V by Immensa Aeterni Dei; it had its functions reassigned by Pope Paul VI on 8 May 1969. Congregation (Roman Curia) and Sacred Congregation of Rites are congregations of the Roman Curia.

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Second Vatican Council

The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the or, was the 21st and most recent ecumenical council of the Catholic Church.

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Section for Relations with States

The Section for Relations with States or Second Section of the Secretariat of State is the body within the Roman Curia charged with dealing with matters that involve relations with civil governments.

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Separation of powers

The separation of powers principle functionally differentiates several types of state power (usually law-making, adjudication, and execution) and requires these operations of government to be conceptually and institutionally distinguishable and articulated, thereby maintaining the integrity of each.

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1983 Code of Canon Law

The 1983 Code of Canon Law (abbreviated 1983 CIC from its Latin title Codex Iuris Canonici), also called the Johanno-Pauline Code, is the "fundamental body of ecclesiastical laws for the Latin Church".

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See also

Catholic organizations established in the 16th century

Congregations of the Roman Curia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_(Roman_Curia)

Also known as Congregatio de Disciplinâ Sacramentorum, Congregation de auxiliis, Congregation of Extraordinary Affairs, Congregation of Loreto, Congregation of Loretto, Congregation of Studies, Congregation of the Consistory, Congregation of the Visitation, Congregations, Roman, Consistorial Congregation, Holy Congregation, Roman Congregation, Roman Congregations, S.C. of Bishops and Regulars, Sacred Congregation, Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars, Sacred Congregations, Sapienti Consilio.

, Pastor bonus, Pontifical commission, Pope, Pope John Paul II, Pope Paul VI, Pope Paul VI's reform of the Roman Curia, Pope Pius X, Pope Sixtus V, Praedicate evangelium, Prefect, Robert Francis Prevost, Roman Curia, Roman Rota, Sacra Consulta, Sacred Congregation of Rites, Second Vatican Council, Section for Relations with States, Separation of powers, 1983 Code of Canon Law.