* Roger Etchegaray, Cardinal Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina, Vice-Dean, President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

The Disciples of Christ maintains ecumenical relations with the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

Among the most active of the major Curial institutions are the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which oversees the Catholic Church's doctrine ; the Congregation for Bishops, which coordinates the appointment of bishops worldwide ; the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, which oversees all missionary activities ; and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, which deals with international peace and social issues.

He was made director of the journal Gregorianum and appointed consultor at the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

* Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue

* Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

Included in the Congregation's membership are all Eastern Catholic patriarchs and major archbishops, as well as the President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity is a pontifical council of the Roman Curia dedicated chiefly to the promotion of dialogue and unity with other Christian churches and ecclesial communities, but also, through a closely linked specific commission, to advancing religious relations with Jews.

The Pontifical Council for the Family is part of the Curia of the Roman Catholic Church.

The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace is a part of the Roman Curia dedicated to " action-oriented studies " for the international promotion of justice, peace, and human rights from the perspective of the Roman Catholic Church.

The Pontifical Council Cor Unum for Human and Christian Development is part of the Curia of the Catholic Church.

The Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants ( Pontificium Consilium de Spirituali Migrantium atque Itinerantium Cura ) is a dicastery of the Roman Curia.

The Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers was set up by the Motu Proprio Dolentium Hominum of 11 February 1985, by Pope John Paul II who reformed the Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers into its present form in 1988.

152 — The Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers shows the solicitude of the Church for the sick by helping those who serve the sick and suffering, so that their apostolate of mercy may ever more effectively respond to people ’ s needs.

The Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts is part of the Roman Curia.

The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue is the central office of the Catholic Church for the promotion of interreligious dialogue in accordance with the spirit of the Second Vatican Council, in particular the declaration Nostra Aetate.

The Pontifical Council for Culture () is a Pontifical Council of the Roman Catholic Church with a mission to oversee the relationship of the Catholic Church with different cultures.

The Pontifical Council for Dialogue with Non-Believers was merged with the Pontifical Council for Culture in 1993.

: Pontifical Institute for Mediaeval Studies, 1984, and Ibn Sina and Mysticism, Remarks and Admonitions: Part 4, London: Kegan Paul International, 1996.

), and Pontifical ( for the services appropriate to a bishop — Confirmation, Ordination ).

In contrast, the Holy See has not questioned the validity of the consecrations that the late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre performed in 1988 for the service of the relatively numerous followers of the Traditionalist Catholic Society of St. Pius X that he had founded, and of the bishops who, under pressure from the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, " have been ordained without the Pontifical mandate and who have not asked for, or have not yet obtained, the necessary legitimation ", and who consequently, Pope Benedict XVI has declared, " are to be considered illegitimate, but validly ordained ".

The Roman Catholic tradition has a well-established philosophy for the study of the Immaculate Conception and the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the field of Mariology, with Pontifical schools such as the Marianum specifically devoted to this.

The use of the term to refer to bishops in general is reflected in the terms " Roman Pontifical " ( a book containing rites reserved for bishops, such as confirmation and ordination ) and " pontificals " ( the insignia of bishops ).

The Roman Curia can be loosely compared to cabinets in governments of countries with a Western form of governance, but only the Second Section of the Secretariat of State, known also as the Section for Relations with States, the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and the Congregation for Catholic Education, can be directly compared with specific ministries of a civil government.

The Congregation for Catholic Education ( for Seminaries and Educational Institutions )( Congregatio de Institutione Catholica ( de Seminariis atque Studiorum Institutis )) is the Pontifical congregation of the Roman Curia responsible for:

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* James Cardinal Stafford, an American cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, Archbishop of Denver, Bishop of Memphis, and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore

# James Francis Stafford ( 1976 – 1982 ) appointed Bishop of Memphis ( later appointed Archbishop of Denver ; later President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity ; created Cardinal ; later appointed Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary ; retired 2 June 2009 )

A member of the Catholic Pontifical Council for the Laity, Andrews is an Adjunct Lecturer in Politics and in Marriage Education in the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Melbourne.

## The Pontifical Council for the Laity

The standoff was reportedly resolved with the mediation of the then Supreme Court Associate Justice Artemio Panganiban ( later, Chief Justice of the Philippines ), a member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, a department of the Roman Curia.

From 1985 to 1990, in addition to his role of President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Rigali held a number of positions within the Roman Curia, serving in the Secretariat of State, Council for the Public Affairs of the Church, Congregation for Bishops, and Pontifical Council for the Laity.

The movement is recognized by the Pope as member of the International Catholic Organizations of the Pontifical Council for the Laity in Rome.

* James Francis Stafford: June 3, 1986 – August 20, 1996 ( reassigned as President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity )

He previously served as President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity ( 1996-2003 ), Archbishop of Denver ( 1986-96 ), Bishop of Memphis ( 1982-86 ), and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore ( 1976-82 ).

Archbishop Stafford was appointed president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity on August 20, 1996, he became Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola in the consistory of 1998.

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* Description of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation which appears in the Directory of International Associations of the Faithful, published by the Pontifical Council for the Laity, as reported by Zenit News Agency.

It is one of 122 International Associations of the Faithful The organization was affiliated with the Vatican recognition from the Pontifical Council for the Laity.

* James Cardinal Stafford, Apostolic Penitentiary, former President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity and former Archbishop of Denver

On November 30, 1990, The Pontifical Council for the Laity promulgated the decree which inaugurated the Catholic Fraternity of Covenant Communities and Fellowships.

Josef Clemens ( born 20 June 1947 in Siegen ) is a German bishop and Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity.

On 25 November of the same year, he was appointed Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity and Titular Bishop of Segermes, receiving episcopal ordination on 6 January 2004 from Cardinal Ratzinger.

As Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, he organized the 2005 World Youth Day in Cologne

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His funeral was held at St. John the Evangelist Church in Stamford with Cardinal James Francis Stafford, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, presiding.

He was named the first President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity and of that for Justice and Peace on January 6, 1967, and then first President of Family on January 11, 1973.

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