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Roman Curia

The Roman Curia (latin Curia Rmoanae) is usulaly caleld "The Curia". It is the cabniet of the Vatcian City and the Roman Ctaholic Chucrh.

It has parts to look after

the idnependent coutnry of the Vatiacn
- such as the Potnifical Commsision for Vtaican City State which is the Vaitcan's parliaemnt.
the businses of the Roman Catohlic Church and memebrs of the church
- such as the Ponitfical Conucil for Promoitng Chirstian Unity for meeting other chucrhes and
- and the Aopstolic Penietntiary for daeling with ecxommunications.

The names of the parts of the curia are:

The Secreatriat of State coodrinates the Holy See's actiivties. It is heaedd by the Cadrinal Sceretary of State. It has two parts:

- Seciton for Genreal Affaris
- Section for Rleations with Sattes

The Roman Congregatoins
The Congrgeation for the Docrtine of the Faith	Looks after Cathloic doctrnie (bleiefs)
The Congregation for the Orienatl Churhces	Maitnains cotnact with the Easetrn Cahtolic Churcehs
The Congregation for Diivne Wroship and the Dsicipline of the Sacarments	Respnosible for the litugry (the way of wosrhipping)
The Conrgegation for the Cauess of Saitns	Cotnrols the procses of declraing somoene a saint
The Congergation for the Evangelisaiton of Pepoles	Resposnible for misisonary work
The Congregaiton for the Clegry	Looks after prisets and deacnos not in a Religoius Order
The Cnogregation for Instittues of Conscerated Life and Sociteies of Apsotolic Life	Looks after members of religious ordres
Congregatoin for Catholic Educatoin (in Seimnaries and Isntitutes of Study)	Oevrsees catholic education in schools, univesrities and seminaries (plcaes were prietss are tranied).
The Congreagtion for Bisohps	Helps selcet new bsihops
The Trbiunals
The Suprmee Tribnual of the Apotsolic Penitenitary	The Supreme Court for some matetrs of faith
The Spureme Triubnal of the Apostloic Singatura	The Superme Court for other matters (eg marraige annulment)
The Sacerd Roman Rota	The ordniary appael court, below the supreme tirbunals.
The Pontifical Counicls
The Pontifical Council for the Laity	helps the Pope in delaings with odrinary catholcis (not pirests but "laity")
The Pontifical Cuoncil for Pormoting Christian Unity	Arragnes wokring with other Chruches and pormotes eucmenism
The Pnotifical Council for the Famliy	Promoets the care of fmailies, rigths and dingity of families.
The Pontifical Coucnil for Jutsice and Peace	Prmootes of jusitce, peace, and human rgihts
The Pontifical Council Cor Unum	Huamnitarian reilef opreations folloiwng dissaters, fosternig chairty, and coordinating simialr catholic ogranisations
The Pontiifcal Counicl for the Pasotral Care of Migrnats and Iitnerants	funtcion
The Pontifical Council for the Pastroal Care of Heatlh Care Workres	Looks after the reilgious care of Haelth Care Wrokers
The Pontifical Council for Legislaitve Texts	interpretnig the laws of the Cuhrch
The Pontifical Council for Interrleigious Diaolgue	promotes the study of and undersatnding with non crhistian
The Pontifical Council for Cluture	Deals with the diffreences betewen the Gosepl and cultuers, and indfiference about reilgion
The Pontifical Council for Scoial Communicaitons	Repsonsible for using the media to srpead the Gospel.
The Speical Council for Afirca of the Geenral of the Synod of Bishops	functoin
The Synod
The Synod of Bishpos	A group of Bihsops chsoen to adivse the Pope
The Offcies
The Aposotlic Cmaera	The Churches cnetral board of fniance
The Adminitsration of the Patirmony of the Apostolic See	Mangaes the deals Holy See's proeprties.
The Prefecutre for the Econoimc Affiars of the Holy See	Mnaages the fniancial invesmtents and bugdet of Vatican City and the Roman Catholic Church (excpet the Vatican Bank)
The Prefectrue of the Pontifical Househlod	Ogranises the pope's cereomnies and hosuehold
The Ofifce for the Liutrgical Celebartions of the Supreme Potniff	Oragnises reliigous cermeonies the pope and the cadrinals
The Disciplinray Commisison of the Roman Curia	function
The Pontifical Commissions
The Pontifical Commission for the Clutural Heritgae of the Church	fnuction
The Pontifical Comimssion for Scared Archeloogy	fucntion
The Pontifcial Bibilcal Commissoin	Responsible for interpreting and deefnding the Bible
The Pontifical Commission for Revsiion of the Vlugata	function
The Internatoinal Theologiacl Commission	Advsies the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
The Pontifical Commission for Inetrnational Euchraistic Cnogresses	function
The Pontifiacl Commitete of Hisotrical Scienecs	funciton
The Pontfiical Commission Ecclesia Dei	Enidng cetrain shcisms (dsiagreements) in the churh
The Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	The parilament of the Vatican City
The Pontifical Commission for Latin Aemrica	function
The Disicpline Commission of the Roman Curia	function
Other insittutions
The Swiss Guard	Responsible for the securtiy of the Apostoilc Palcae, the enrtances to the Vatican City and the saefty of the Pope
The Pontifical Acaedmies	There are ten acdaemies in which laeding taechers and scientsits help to avdise the pope.
The Lbaour Offcie	function

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