Editing Roman Curia (section)

==Dicasteries==
Under the new constitution, all the Vatican's main departments are now known as "dicasteries". Alongside removing the title "congregation" from Vatican departments, the new constitution renames pontifical councils as "dicasteries". The constitution says: "The Roman Curia is composed of the Secretariat of State, the dicasteries and other bodies, all juridically equal to each other". The curial institutions are now made up of 16 dicasteries. Each dicastery is headed by a prefect, and supported by secretary and under-secretary.

===Dicastery for Evangelization===
{{main|Dicastery for Evangelization}}
[[File:VasiPropagandaFide.jpg|thumb|The headquarters of the ''Propaganda fide'' in Rome with north facade on Piazza di Spagna by architect [[Gian Lorenzo Bernini|Bernini]]; seen here is the southwest facade by [[Francesco Borromini|Borromini]]: etching by [[Giuseppe Vasi]], 1761<ref>{{cite web |author=romeartlover |title=Collegio di Propaganda Fide |url=http://www.romeartlover.it/Vasi164a.htm |access-date=26 July 2013 |publisher=Romeartlover.it}}</ref>|alt=]]
The Dicastery for Evangelization is competent for the fundamental questions of evangelization in the world and for the establishment, accompaniment and support of the new particular churches, without prejudice to the competence of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches.

This new dicastery is a merger of the [[Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples]] and the [[Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization]]. It is made up of two sections: one for fundamental questions of evangelization in the world, and one for first evangelization and the new particular churches in the territories within its competence. It is presided over directly by the Roman Pontiff, currently {{incumbent pope}}. Each of the two sections is governed in his name and by his authority by a pro-prefect.

==== Section for Fundamental Issues in World Evangelization ====
It is the task of this section to study, in collaboration with the particular churches, episcopal conferences and eastern hierarchical structures, institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life, the fundamental questions of evangelization and the development of an effective announcing the Gospel by identifying appropriate forms, instruments and language. The section gathers the most significant experiences in the field of evangelization, making them available to the entire church. It encourages reflection on the history of evangelization and mission, especially in their relationship to the political, social, and cultural events that have marked and conditioned the preaching of the Gospel. The current pro-prefect is [[Rino Fisichella|Archbishop Salvatore (Rino) Fisichella]].

==== Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches ====
This section supports the proclamation of the Gospel and the deepening of the life of faith in the territories of first evangelization and deals with everything that concerns the erection of ecclesiastical circumscriptions or their modifications, as well as their provisioning, and it carries out the other tasks in the same way as the Dicastery for Bishops does within the scope of its competence. The section, according to the principle of just autonomy, supports the new particular churches in the work of first evangelization and growth, collaborating with the particular churches, episcopal conferences, institutes of consecrated life, societies of apostolic life, associations, ecclesial movements, new communities, and ecclesial assistance agencies. To this section are entrusted the pontifical missionary societies – the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the Pontifical Society of St. Peter the Apostle, the Pontifical Society of the Missionary Childhood, and the Pontifical Missionary Union – as instruments for the promotion of the missionary responsibility of every baptized person and for the support of the new particular churches. The current pro-prefect is [[Luis Antonio Tagle|Luis Antonio Cardinal Gokim Tagle]].

==== Associated organization ====

===== International Council for Catechesis =====
The International Council for Catechesis (COINCAT) was established by [[Pope Paul VI]] on 7 June 1973, as a consultative body within the Congregation for the Clergy. The general purpose of COINCAT, as explained in the ''[[Annuario Pontificio]]'', is "to study the more important catechetical themes for the service of the Apostolic See and the episcopal conferences and to present proposals and suggestions." Specifically, it investigates concrete themes and important catechetical problems for the universal church, suggesting solutions and proposals for pastoral action; it provides information on the necessity of catechesis and new approaches being taken in various parts of the world; and it facilitates the exchange of catechetical experiences between the Holy See and the diverse areas in the church and among the members themselves. The current president is [[Rino Fisichella|Archbishop Salvatore (Rino) Fisichella]].

===Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith===
{{Main|Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith}}

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, previously known as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and as the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition, is the oldest of the dicasteries of the Roman Curia. The task of the Dicastery is to assist in the proclamation of the Gospel globally, promoting and protecting the integrity of Catholic doctrine on faith and morals, drawing on the deposit of faith and also seeking an ever deeper understanding of it in the face of new questions. The dicastery is made up of two sections – the Doctrinal Section and the Disciplinary Section – each coordinated by a secretary who assists the prefect in the specific area of his competence. The current prefect is [[Víctor Manuel Fernández|Víctor Manuel Cardinal Fernández]].

==== Doctrinal Section ====
The Doctrinal Section fosters and supports study and reflection on the understanding of faith and morals and the development of theology in different cultures, in the light of sound doctrine and the challenges of the times, so as to offer answers, in the light of faith, to the questions and arguments that emerge with the progress of the sciences and the evolution of civilizations.

==== Disciplinary Section ====
The Disciplinary Section, through the Disciplinary Office, deals with crimes reserved to the dicastery and dealt with by it through the jurisdiction of the Supreme Apostolic Tribunal therein established, proceeding to declare or impose canonical penalties in accordance with the norms of law, whether common or proper, without prejudice to the competence of the Apostolic Penitentiary.

==== Associated organizations ====

===== Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors =====
The [[Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors]] is established within the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. Its task is to provide the Pope with advice and to propose the most appropriate initiatives for the protection of minors and vulnerable persons and promote local responsibility in the particular churches for the protection of all minors and vulnerable adults. The current president is [[Seán Patrick O'Malley|Seán Patrick Cardinal O'Malley]].

===== International Theological Commission =====
The [[International Theological Commission]] (ITC) is a body of the Roman Curia that advises the Magisterium in examining doctrinal questions of major importance, particularly the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. The president of the commission is the ''ex officio'' prefect of the dicastery.

===== Pontifical Biblical Commission =====
The [[Pontifical Biblical Commission]] is a consultative body, placed at the service of the Magisterium and linked to the dicastery, to ensure the proper interpretation and defense of the [[Bible]]. The president of the commission is the ''ex officio'' prefect of the dicastery.

===== College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of ''delicta reservata'' =====
The college for the review of appeals by clergy accused of ''delicta reservata'' is a commission under the jurisdiction of the dicastery composed of bishops tasked to review sexual abuse cases of minors committed by clerics. The current president is Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna.

===Dicastery for the Service of Charity===
{{Main|Dicastery for the Service of Charity}}

The Dicastery for the Service of Charity, also called the Apostolic Alms Office, is a special expression of mercy and, starting from the option for the poor, the vulnerable and the excluded, it exercises in any part of the world the work of assistance and help towards them in the name of the Roman Pontiff, who in cases of particular indigence or other need, personally arranges the aid to be allocated.

The dicastery, under the guidance of the prefect, the almoner of His Holiness, in contact with other competent dicasteries, makes concrete, through its activity, the solicitude and closeness of the Roman Pontiff, as pastor of the Universal Church, towards those who live in situations of indigence, marginalization or poverty, as well as on the occasion of serious calamities.

Formerly the Office of Papal Charities, the change gives the office "a more significant role in the Curia". The current prefect is the almoner of His Holiness, [[Konrad Krajewski|Konrad Cardinal Krajewski]].

===Dicastery for the Eastern Churches===
{{Main|Dicastery for the Eastern Churches}}

[[File:Nazareth Church of the Annunciation.jpg|thumb|The [[Basilica of the Annunciation]] is the largest Christian church building in the [[Middle East]] under the supervision of the [[Congregation for the Oriental Churches]].]]

The Dicastery for the Eastern Churches is responsible for contact with the [[Eastern Catholic Church]]es for the sake of assisting their development, protecting their rights and maintaining the one Catholic Church, alongside the liturgical, disciplinary and spiritual patrimony of the [[Latin Church]], the heritage of the various Oriental Christian traditions. It has exclusive authority over the following regions: Egypt and the [[Sinai Peninsula]], Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, southern Albania and Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, [[Palestine]], Syria, Jordan, Turkey, and Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Congregation for the Oriental Churches |url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/orientchurch/index.htm |access-date=26 July 2013 |publisher=Vatican.va}}</ref> Its members include all Eastern Catholic [[patriarch]]s and [[major archbishop]]s, as well as the prefect of the [[Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity]].<ref name="vatican1">{{cite web |date=28 June 1988 |title=Pastor Bonus, – John Paul II&nbsp;– Apostolic Constitution (June 28, 1988) |url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_19880628_pastor-bonus-roman-curia_en.html |access-date=26 July 2013 |publisher=Vatican.va}}</ref> The current prefect is [[Claudio Gugerotti]].

===Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments===
{{Main|Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments}}

The Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments promotes the sacred liturgy according to the renewal undertaken by the Second Vatican Council. The spheres of its competence concern all that which by provision of law pertains to the Apostolic See concerning the regulation and promotion of the sacred liturgy and the vigilance that the laws of the church and the liturgical norms are everywhere faithfully observed. It is the task of the dicastery to provide for the editing or revision and updating of typical editions of liturgical books.

The dicastery confirms the translations of liturgical books into current languages and grants ''recognitio'' to their appropriate adaptations to local cultures, legitimately approved by the cocal bishops' conferences. It also grants ''recognitio'' to the particular calendars, the proprieties of Masses and of the Liturgy of the Hours of the particular churches and of institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life approved by the relevant competent authority. It is concerned with the regulation and discipline of the sacred liturgy with regard to the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite and for the protection of the sacred relics, the confirmation of the patrons and the granting of the title of minor basilica. The current prefect is [[Arthur Roche|Arthur Cardinal Roche]].

==== Associated organization ====

===== "Vox Clara" Committee =====
The "Vox Clara" Committee has been established to assist and advise the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in fulfilling its responsibilities with regard to the English translations of liturgical texts. Representing the different continents, the committee reflects the international character of the English language. This makes available to the Holy See the great wealth of pastoral experience drawn from different cultures. The presidency is currently vacant.

===Dicastery for the Causes of Saints===
{{main|Dicastery for the Causes of Saints}}

The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints oversees the process that leads to the [[canonization]] of saints, passing through the steps of a declaration of "heroic virtues" and [[beatification]]. After preparing a case, including the approval of [[miracle]]s, the case is presented to the pope, who decides whether or not to proceed with beatification or canonization.<ref>{{cite web |title=Congregation for the Causes of Saints |url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/csaints/documents/rc_con_csaints_pro_20051996_en.html |access-date=26 July 2013 |publisher=Vatican.va}}</ref> The dicastery establishes the canonical procedure to be followed to verify and declare the authenticity of sacred relics and to ensure their preservation. It is up to the dicastery to judge the granting of the title of Doctor of the Church to a saint, after having obtained the vote of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith about his or her eminent doctrine. The current prefect is [[Marcello Semeraro|Marcello Cardinal Semeraro]].

===Dicastery for Bishops===
{{main|Dicastery for Bishops}}

The Dicastery for Bishops<ref>{{cite web |title=Congregation for Bishops&nbsp;– Index |url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cbishops/index.htm |access-date=26 July 2013 |publisher=Vatican.va}}</ref> oversees the selection of new bishops who are not in mission territories or those areas that come under the jurisdiction of the [[Dicastery for the Eastern Churches|Dicastery for the Oriental Churches]] who deal with the [[Eastern Catholics]], pending [[pope|papal]] approval. It consequently holds considerable sway over the evolution of the church. It schedules the [[Quinquennial Visit Ad Limina|papal audiences]] "''ad limina apostolorum''", required for bishops every five years, and arranges the creation of new dioceses.

The dicastery carries out its activity in a spirit of service and in close collaboration with the episcopal conferences and their regional and continental unions. It endeavors to work with them with regard to the celebration of particular councils and the establishment of episcopal conferences and the recognition of their statutes. It receives the acts and decrees of the above-mentioned bodies, examines them and, after consulting the dicasteries concerned, grants the necessary recognition to the decrees.

It carries out what is established by the canonical dispositions concerning ecclesiastical provinces and regions. The resignation of recent prefect [[Marc Ouellet|Marc Cardinal Ouellet]], {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Society of St. Sulpice|PSS]]}}, was accepted by [[Pope Francis]] on 30 January 2023. [[Robert Francis Prevost|Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost]], {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Saint Augustine|OSA]]}}, was named to succeed him in this office, which he assumed on 12 April 2023.<ref name= "PrevostAppointment">{{cite press release| access-date = 30 January 2023| date = 30 January 2023| publisher = Holy See Press Office|url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/01/30/230130b.html| title = Resignations and Appointments, 30.01.2023}}</ref>
Prevost was elevated to [[archbishop]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/pope-francis-just-named-an-archbishop | title=Pope Francis just named an archbishop 'ad personam.' What the heck is that? | date=6 July 2021 }}</ref> when his appointment to lead the Dicastery for Bishops was announced. He is now [[Archbishop]]-[[Bishop emeritus]] of his former see, the [[diocese of Chiclayo|Chiclayo, Peru]].<ref name="PrevostAppointment"/><ref>The title "Archbishop-Bishop emeritus" here reflects that while he himself is now an Archbishop "ad personam", Chiclayo remains a diocese whose regular ordinary is a bishop.</ref> He was elevated to the College of Cardinals at the consistory held on 30 September 2023. He was later elected as [[Pope Leo XIV]] on 8 May 2025.

==== Associated organization ====

===== Pontifical Commission for Latin America =====
The Pontifical Commission for Latin America is instituted at this dicastery. Its task is to study questions concerning the life and development of these particular churches in order to assist the dicasteries concerned by reason of their competence and to assist them with advice and financial means. It is also responsible for fostering relations between international and national ecclesiastical institutions that work for the regions of Latin America and curial institutions. The president of the commission is ''ex officio'' prefect of the dicastery.

===Dicastery for the Clergy===
{{Main|Dicastery for the Clergy}}

The Dicastery for the Clergy is the department responsible for overseeing matters regarding priests and [[deacons]] not belonging to [[institute of consecrated life|institutes of consecrated life]] or [[society of apostolic life|societies of apostolic life]], as well as for the [[seminary|seminaries]] (except those regulated by the dicasteries for [[Dicastery for Evangelization|Evangelization]] and for the [[Dicastery for the Eastern Churches|Oriental Churches]]), and houses of formation of religious and secular institutes. It handles requests for dispensation from active priestly ministry, as well as the legislation governing presbyteral councils and other organizations of priests around the world.

The dicastery deals with matters within the competence of the Holy See concerning the general discipline concerning the diocesan council for economic affairs, the presbyteral council, the college of consultors, the chapter of canons, the diocesan pastoral council, the parishes, the churches, the associations of clerics and public clerical associations; to the latter it may grant the faculty of incardination, after consulting the competent dicasteries and receiving the approval of the Roman Pontiff. It deals with ecclesiastical archives and the extinction of pious wills in general and pious foundations. The current prefect is [[Lazarus You Heung-sik|Lazarus Cardinal You Heung-sik]].

==== Associated organizations ====

===== Pontifical Work for Priestly Vocations =====
The Pontifical Work for Priestly Vocations was established to encourage and coordinate efforts to promote vocations to the sacred priesthood of the Catholic Church. It is concerned primarily with setting forth a true and clear notion of the nature, the necessity, and the excellence of the priesthood; promotes the offering of Masses, Communion services, prayers and works of penance and charity to the end that God may grant many priestly vocations; and encourages the growth of the project that is established in each diocese for priestly vocations, and tries to have such projects set up where they do not already exist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Mission {{!}} Serra International |url=https://www.serrainternational.org/our-mission |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=serrainternational.org}}</ref> The president of the commission is the ''ex officio'' prefect of the dicastery.

===== Interdicasterial Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order =====
The Interdicasterial Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order is established within the dicastery responsible for the selection of candidates for Holy Orders, including their human, spiritual, doctrinal and pastoral training in seminaries and in special centers for permanent deacons, to their continuing formation, including their living conditions and ways of exercising the ministry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apostolic Letter issued "Motu Proprio" "Ministrorum Institutio" whereby the Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus is modified and responsibility for seminaries is transferred from the Congregation for Catholic Education to the Congregation for the Clergy (16 January 2013) {{!}} BENEDICT XVI |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/motu_proprio/documents/hf_ben-xvi_motu-proprio_20130116_ministrorum-institutio.html |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=vatican.va}}</ref> The president of the commission is the ''ex officio'' prefect of the dicastery.

===Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic life===
{{Main|Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life}}

The Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life is responsible for the promotion, animation and regulation of the practice of the evangelical counsels as it is lived out in the approved forms of consecrated life, and also with regard to the life and activity of Societies of Apostolic Life throughout the Latin Church. It is the responsibility of the dicastery to approve institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life, to erect them and also to grant the license for the validity of the erection of an institute of consecrated life or society of apostolic life of diocesan right by the bishop. The competence of the dicastery also extends to Third Orders and to associations of the faithful erected with a view to becoming an institute of consecrated life or a society of apostolic life. The current prefect is [[Simona Brambilla]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pope appoints Sr. Simona Brambilla as Vatican's first female prefect |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-01/vatican-first-female-prefect-simona-brambilla-consecrated-life.html |date=2025-01-06 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=[[Vatican News]]}}</ref>

===Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life===
{{Main|Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life}}

The Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life is competent for the enhancement of the apostolate of the lay faithful, the pastoral care of the young, of the family and its mission according to God's plan, of the elderly, and for the promotion and protection of life. In pursuing its own competences, the dicastery maintains relations with the particular churches, with the Bishops' Conferences, their regional and continental Unions, the Oriental Hierarchical Structures and other ecclesial organisms, promoting exchange among them and offering its collaboration so that the values and initiatives connected with these matters may be promoted.

The dicastery expresses the Church's special solicitude for young people, promoting their protagonism in the midst of the world's challenges. It studies and deepens, with the support of experts, the major causes of crises in marriages and families, with particular attention to the experiences of those involved in failed marriages, especially with regard to children, in order to promote a greater awareness of the value of the family and the role of parents in society and in the Church. The current prefect is [[Kevin Farrell|Kevin Joseph Cardinal Farrell]].

==== Associated organizations ====

===== Pontifical Academy for Life =====
The dicastery collaborates with the Pontifical Academy for Life in matters concerning the protection and promotion of human life and makes use of its expertise. It is dedicated to promoting the Church's consistent life ethic. It also does related research on bioethics and Catholic moral theology. The current president of the academy is [[Vincenzo Paglia|Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia]].

===== Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Matrimonial and Family Science =====
The Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Matrimonial and Family Science is devoted to the study of the truth about the human person in all of its dimensions: theological, philosophical, anthropological, and indeed cosmological-scientific. The institute centers its study of the person in the community that is the original cell of human society: marriage and family.<ref>{{Cite web |title=At a Glance {{!}} About the Institute {{!}} John Paul II Institute |url=https://www.johnpaulii.edu/about/glance/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=johnpaulii.edu}}</ref> The current president of the institute is [[Philippe Bordeyne|Monsignor Philippe Bordeyne]].

===Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity===
{{main|Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity}}

It is the responsibility of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Christian Unity to apply appropriate initiatives and activities to the ecumenical commitment, both within the Catholic Church and inrelations with other Churches and Ecclesial Communities, to restore unity among Christians. It is the task of the dicastery to implement the teachings of the Second Vatican Council and the post-conciliar Magisterium concerning ecumenism. It is responsible for the correct interpretation and faithful application of ecumenical principles and directives established to guide, coordinate and develop ecumenical activity. It also coordinates the ecumenical initiatives of other curial institutions, offices and bodies connected with the Holy See with other churches and ecclesial communities. The current prefect is [[Kurt Koch|Kurt Cardinal Koch]].

==== Associated organization ====

===== Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews =====
In order to advance the relationship between Catholics and Jews, a Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews is established at the dicastery. It is tasked with maintaining positive theological ties with Jews and Judaism. The president of the commission is the ''ex officio'' prefect of the dicastery.

=== Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue ===
{{main|Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue}}

The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue promotes and regulates relations with members and groups of religions that are not included under the name of Christianity, with the exception of Judaism, whose competence falls to the Dicastery for the Promotion of Christian Unity. The dicastery works to ensure that dialogue with the followers of other religions takes place in an appropriate manner, with an attitude of listening, esteem and respect. It fosters various forms of relations with them so that, through the contribution of all, peace, freedom, social justice, the protection and safeguarding of creation, and spiritual and moral values may be promoted. The current prefect is [[George Jacob Koovakad|George Jacob Cardinal Koovakad]].

==== Associated organization ====

===== Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims =====
For the purpose of promoting relations with members of different religious beliefs, the Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims is established within the dicastery. It tasked with maintaining positive theological ties with Muslims. The president of the commission is the ''ex officio'' prefect of the dicastery.

===Dicastery for Culture and Education===
{{Main|Dicastery for Culture and Education}}

The Dicastery for Culture and Education works for the development of human values in people within the horizon of Christian anthropology, contributing to the full realization of the following of Jesus Christ. The dicastery is made up of the Section for Culture, which is dedicated to the promotion of culture, pastoral animation, and the valorization of the cultural patrimony, and the Section for Education, which develops the fundamental principles of education with reference to schools, higher institutes of Catholic and ecclesiastical studies and research, and is competent for hierarchical appeals in these matters. The dicastery is formed through the merger of the Pontifical Council for Culture with the Congregation for Catholic Education. The current prefect is [[José Tolentino de Mendonça|José Cardinal Tolentino de Mendonça]]. 
[[File:Vatican-Le Laocoon.jpg|thumb|''[[Laocoön and his Sons]]'' in the [[Vatican Museums|Vatican Museum]], which was under the care of the [[Dicastery for Culture and Education]].]]

==== Section for Culture ====
The Section for Culture promotes and sustains relations between the Holy See and the world of culture, confronting the many requests emerging from it and especially encouraging dialogue as an indispensable means of true encounter, reciprocal interaction and mutual enrichment, so that the various cultures may become increasingly open to the Gospel as well as the Christian faith in them, and so that lovers of the arts, literature and science, of technology and sport may know and feel recognized by the Church as persons at the service of the sincere search for truth, goodness and beauty.

==== Section for Education ====
The Section for Education collaborates with the diocesan/episcopal bishops, the Bishops' Conferences and the Oriental Hierarchical Structures so that the fundamental principles of education, especially Catholic education, may be received and deepened so that they may be implemented contextually and culturally. It is competent to carry out the formalities necessary for the recognition by states of academic degrees granted in the name of the Holy See and to approve and erect Institutes of Higher Studies and other ecclesiastical academic institutions.

==== Associated organizations ====

===== Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations =====
The Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations is tasked to promotes vocations to the priesthood of the Catholic Church. It is responsible to intensify the desire for promoting, safeguarding, and assisting ecclesiastical vocations; to disseminate an accurate notion of the dignity and necessity of the Catholic priesthood; and to call the faithful of the whole world into a close union of prayers and pious exercises.<ref>[https://www.serrainternational.org/sites/default/files/documents/1951AggregationBooklet.pdf 1951 Aggrigation Booklet] serrainternational.org</ref> The president of the commission is the ''ex officio'' prefect of the dicastery.

===== Pontifical Academies =====
The Dicastery for Culture and Education also coordinates the activity of some Pontifical Academies, some of which are of ancient foundation, in which the major international personalities of the theological and humanistic sciences are co-opted, chosen from among believers and non- believers. These are currently the:

# [[Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon|Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the ''Virtuosi al Pantheon'']];
# [[Pontifical Academy of Archaeology]];
# [[Pontifical Academy of Theology]];
# [[Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas|Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas]];
# [[Pontifical International Marian Academy]];
# [[Pontifical Academy of Martyrs]]; and
# [[Pontifical Academy for Latin]].

===Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development===
{{Main|Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development}}
The Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development has the task of promoting the human person and his or her God-given dignity, human rights, health, justice and peace. It is primarily concerned with issues related to the economy and work, care for creation and the earth as "common home", migration and humanitarian emergencies. It deepens and disseminates the Church's social teaching on integral human development and recognizes and interprets in the light of the Gospel the needs and concerns of humankind in its own time and in the future. The dicastery collaborates with the works of the Holy See for humanitarian aid in crisis areas, cooperating with ecclesial humanitarian intervention and development agencies. The current prefect is [[Michael Czerny|Michael Cardinal Czerny]], S.J.

==== Associated organization ====

===== Vatican COVID-19 Commission =====
The Vatican COVID-19 Commission was created to express the Church's solicitude and care for the whole human family facing the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on a wealth of expertise from local communities, global platforms, and academic experts, the Commission seeks bold, broad changes: dignity in work, new structures for the common good, solidarity at the heart of governance, and nature in harmony with social systems. The president of the commission is the ''ex officio'' prefect of the dicastery.

===Dicastery for Legislative Texts===
{{main|Dicastery for Legislative Texts}}

The Dicastery for Legislative Texts promotes and spreads within the Church the knowledge and acceptance of the canon law of the Latin Church and that of the Eastern Churches and offers assistance in its correct application. It carries out its duties in the service of the Roman Pontiff, of the curial institutions and offices, of the diocesan/eparchal bishops, of the Episcopal Conferences, of the Eastern hierarchical structures, and also of the supreme moderators of the institutes of consecrated life and of the societies of apostolic life of pontifical right.

In carrying out its tasks, it avails itself of the collaboration of canonists belonging to different cultures and working on different continents. It promotes the study of the Canon Law of the Latin Church and of the Eastern Churches and of other legislative texts by organizing interdicasterial meetings, conferences and by promoting associations of international and national canonists. The current prefect is [[Filippo Iannone|Archbishop Filippo Iannone]], O. Carm.

===Dicastery for Communications===
{{Main|Dicastery for Communications}}

The Dicastery for Communication deals with the entire communication system of the Apostolic See and, in structural unity and with respect for the relative operational characteristics, unifies all the realities of the Holy See in the field of communication, so that the entire system responds coherently to the needs of the Church's evangelizing mission in a context characterized by the presence and development of digital media, by the factors of convergence and interactivity. The dicastery provides for the needs of the Church's evangelizing mission using the production models, technological innovations and forms of communication currently available and those that may develop in the time to come. In addition to the expressly operative functions assigned to it, also deepens anddevelops the theological and pastoral aspects of the Church's communicative activity. The current prefect is Dr. Paolo Ruffini.

==== Associated organizations ====

===== Vatican Press =====
The Vatican press operates in the technological and productive sector, taking forward carrying out all the activities related to the printing and the packaging of the Pontifical documents, and the official documents of the various dicasteries and offices of the Holy See and the Vatican City State. In addition, it also prints the Vatican Newspaper ''L'Osservatore Romano'', and it takes care of other editorial products publications of the entities connected to the Holy See.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vatican Press |url=https://www.comunicazione.va/en/tipografia-vaticana.html |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=comunicazione.va |language=en}}</ref>

===== ''L'Osservatore Romano'' =====
The ''[[Osservatore Romano]]'' is the daily newspaper of Vatican City State which reports on the activities of the Holy See and events taking place in the Church and the world. The current Director Manager is Professor Andrea Monda.

===== Press Office of the Holy See =====
The Holy See Press Office publishes the official news of the activities of the Holy Father and of the various departments of the Holy See. This includes speeches, messages, and other documents, as well as statements issued by the director of the press office. The current director is [[Matteo Bruni]].