Pontifical Council

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The Pontifical Councils are a group of several mid-sized agencies, each led by a Cardinal or archbishop as president, which are part of the larger organization called the Roman Curia. The Roman Curia is charged with helping the Pope in his governance and oversight of the Roman Catholic Church.^[1] The Pontifical Councils are:^[2]

• Pontifical Council Cor Unum
• Pontifical Council for Culture
• Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
• Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
• Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
• Pontifical Council for the Family
• Pontifical Council for the Laity
• Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples
• Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers
• Pontifical Council for Social Communications
• Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
• Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization

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