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The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) (Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei), previously known as the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Universal Inquisition, and sometimes simply called the Holy Office is the oldest of the nine congregations
Congregation (Roman Curia)

A congregation is a type of dicastery of the Roman Curia, the central administrative organism of the Catholic Church.Each Congregation is led by a prefect, who is a Cardinal ....
 of the Roman Curia
Roman Curia

The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Roman Catholic Church, together with the Pope....
. Among the most active of these major Curial departments, it oversees Catholic
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
 doctrine
Doctrine

Doctrine is a codification of beliefs or "a body of teachers" or "instructions", taught principles or positions, as the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge or belief system....
. The CDF is the modern name for what used to be the Holy Office of the Inquisition.
rding to Article 48 of the Apostolic Constitution
Apostolic constitution

An apostolic constitution is the highest level of decree issued by the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. The use of the term constitution comes from Latin language constitutio, which referred to any important law issued by the Roman emperor, and is retained in church documents because of the inheritance that the canon law of the R...
 on the Roman Curia, Pastor Bonus
Pastor Bonus

Pastor Bonus is an Apostolic Constitution promulgated by Pope John Paul II on 28 June 1988. It instituted a number of reforms in the process of running the central government of the Roman Catholic Church, as article 1 states "The Roman Curia is the complex of dicastery and institutes which help the Pope in the exercise of his supreme past...
, promulgated by Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II John Paul II is widely acclaimed as one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century. He has been Pope_John_Paul_II#Role_in_the_fall_of_Communism in bringing down communism in Eastern Europe, as well as significantly improving the Roman Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and A...
 on June 28, 1988: "the duty proper to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is to promote and safeguard the doctrine on the faith and morals throughout the Catholic world: for this reason everything which in any way touches such matter falls within its competence."

Within the CDF are the International Theological Commission
International Theological Commission

The International Theological Commission is a dicastery of the Roman Curia consisting of 30 Catholic theologians from around the world. Its function is to advise the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith of the Roman Catholic Church....
 and the Pontifical Biblical Commission
Pontifical Biblical Commission

The Pontifical Biblical Commission is a committee of Cardinal , aided by consultors, who meet in Rome to ensure the proper interpretation and defense of Sacred Scripture....
.






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The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) (Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei), previously known as the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Universal Inquisition, and sometimes simply called the Holy Office is the oldest of the nine congregations
Congregation (Roman Curia)

A congregation is a type of dicastery of the Roman Curia, the central administrative organism of the Catholic Church.Each Congregation is led by a prefect, who is a Cardinal ....
 of the Roman Curia
Roman Curia

The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Roman Catholic Church, together with the Pope....
. Among the most active of these major Curial departments, it oversees Catholic
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
 doctrine
Doctrine

Doctrine is a codification of beliefs or "a body of teachers" or "instructions", taught principles or positions, as the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge or belief system....
. The CDF is the modern name for what used to be the Holy Office of the Inquisition.

Role

According to Article 48 of the Apostolic Constitution
Apostolic constitution

An apostolic constitution is the highest level of decree issued by the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. The use of the term constitution comes from Latin language constitutio, which referred to any important law issued by the Roman emperor, and is retained in church documents because of the inheritance that the canon law of the R...
 on the Roman Curia, Pastor Bonus
Pastor Bonus

Pastor Bonus is an Apostolic Constitution promulgated by Pope John Paul II on 28 June 1988. It instituted a number of reforms in the process of running the central government of the Roman Catholic Church, as article 1 states "The Roman Curia is the complex of dicastery and institutes which help the Pope in the exercise of his supreme past...
, promulgated by Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II John Paul II is widely acclaimed as one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century. He has been Pope_John_Paul_II#Role_in_the_fall_of_Communism in bringing down communism in Eastern Europe, as well as significantly improving the Roman Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and A...
 on June 28, 1988: "the duty proper to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is to promote and safeguard the doctrine on the faith and morals throughout the Catholic world: for this reason everything which in any way touches such matter falls within its competence."

Within the CDF are the International Theological Commission
International Theological Commission

The International Theological Commission is a dicastery of the Roman Curia consisting of 30 Catholic theologians from around the world. Its function is to advise the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith of the Roman Catholic Church....
 and the Pontifical Biblical Commission
Pontifical Biblical Commission

The Pontifical Biblical Commission is a committee of Cardinal , aided by consultors, who meet in Rome to ensure the proper interpretation and defense of Sacred Scripture....
. The Prefect of the CDF is ex officio president of both commissions. The congregation also deals with sexual abuse cases
Roman Catholic sex abuse cases

Allegations of child sexual abuse have been made against a variety of religious groups including but not exclusively Roman Catholic priests, monks, and nuns....
.

History

Galileo Before the Holy Office
On July 21, 1542, Pope Paul III
Pope Paul III

Pope Paul III , born Alessandro Farnese, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1534 to his death in 1549. He also called the Council of Trent in 1545....
, with the Constitution Licet ab initio, established the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition, staffed by cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)

A cardinal is a senior Ecclesiology official, usually a Bishop , of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope....
s and other officials whose task it was "to maintain and defend the integrity of the faith
Faith

Faith is the confident belief in the truth of or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing. It is also used for a belief, characteristically without proof....
 and to examine and proscribe errors and false doctrines". It served as the final court of appeal in trials of heresy
Heresy

Heresy is an introduced change to some system of belief, especially a religion, that conflicts with the previously established canon of that belief....
 and served as an important part of the Counter-Reformation
Counter-Reformation

The Counter-Reformation denotes the period of Roman Catholic Church revival from the pontificate of Pope Pius IV in 1560 to the close of the Thirty Years' War, 1648....
.

This body was renamed the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office in 1908 by Pope Saint Pius X. It was changed to Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on December 7, 1965, at the end of the Second Vatican Council
Second Vatican Council

The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, or Vatican II, was the twenty-first Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. It opened under Pope John XXIII in 1962 and closed under Pope Paul VI in 1965....
. In 1983, with the new code of Canon law
Canon law (Catholic Church)

Canon Law, the ecclesiastical law of the Catholic Church, is a fully developed legal system, with all the necessary elements: courts, lawyers, judges, a fully articulated legal code and principles of legal interpretation....
, "Sacred" was dropped from the names of Vatican Congregations.

Organization

Until 1968, the Pope
Pope

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and head of state of Vatican City. The current pope is Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected April 19, 2005 in Papal conclave, 2005....
 himself held the title of prefect but never exercised this birth office. Instead, he appointed one of the cardinals to preside over the meetings, first as Secretary, then as Pro-Prefect.

Since 1968, the Cardinal head of the dicastery
Dicastery

Dicastery is an Italicism sometimes used in English to refer to the Departments of the Roman Curia.Apart from the Secretariat of State , these Dicasteries or Departments are grouped in the following categories:...
 has borne the title of Prefect, without further qualification. Therefore, from 1968 onwards, the title of Secretary refers to the second highest ranking officer of the Congregation. There are usually ten other cardinals on the Congregation, as well as a prelate
Prelate

A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who either is an ordinary or ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from Latin pr?latus, the past participle of pr?ferre, literally, "carry before," or "to be set above, or over," or "to prefer," hence a prelate is one set over others....
 and two assistants.

The work of the Congregation is divided into four sections: the doctrinal office, the disciplinary office, the matrimonial office, and that for priests. The Congregation holds biennial plenary assemblies. The Congregation has occasionally been been required to censure priests who were suspected of contradicting official Catholic doctrine, most notably Marcial Maciel
Marcial Maciel

Fr. Marcial Maciel Degollado was a Mexican Roman Catholic Priesthood who founded the Legion of Christ and the Regnum Christi movement.On 1941 January 3, with the support of Francisco Gonz?lez Arias, Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuernavaca, he founded the Legion of Christ....
, Tissa Balasuriya, and Robert Nugent.

Members (2005):
  • Prefect: William Cardinal Levada
    William Levada

    William Joseph Cardinal Levada is an United States Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Roman Curia, previously serving as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland from 1986 to 1995 and Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco from 1995 to 2005....
  • Secretary: Archbishop Angelo Amato
    Angelo Amato

    Archbishop Angelo Amato, S.D.B. is the current pro-prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 9 July 2008....
    , S.D.B.
  • Under-secretary: Dominican Father Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P.
  • Promotor of Justice: Monsignor Charles J. Scicluna
  • Staff of 33
  • 25 members: cardinals, archbishop
    Archbishop

    In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case....
    s and bishop
    Bishop

    A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight....
    s
  • 28 consultors


On 6 May 2006 Cardinals Antonio Cardinal Cańizares Llovera and Jean-Pierre Cardinal Ricard
Jean-Pierre Cardinal Ricard

Jean-Pierre Ricard is a France cardinal of the Roman Catholic church and archbishop of Bordeaux et Bazes. Since 2001 he has been president of the French Episcopal Conference....
 were named members of the Congregation.

Recent opinions and publications

  • Dominus Iesus
    Dominus Iesus

    Dominus Iesus is a declaration by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. It was approved in a Plenary meeting of the Congregation, and bears the signature of its then Prefect, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, and of its then Secretary, Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, now Cardinal Secretary of State....
     (2000)
  • Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons (2002)
  • (24 November 2002), arguably the basis for the comments
    George Pell

    George Pell Order of Australia is an Australian Roman Catholic bishop. He is the current Archbishop of Sydney and ex officio head of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia....
     by Cardinal
    Cardinal (Catholicism)

    A cardinal is a senior Ecclesiology official, usually a Bishop , of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope....
     George Pell
    George Pell

    George Pell Order of Australia is an Australian Roman Catholic bishop. He is the current Archbishop of Sydney and ex officio head of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia....
     and those
    Barry Hickey

    Barry James Hickey, Order of Australia is the current Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church archdiocese of Perth, Western Australia.Hickey was ordained as a priest in Rome by Paolo Giobbe on 20 December 1958....
     by Archbishop
    Archbishop

    In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case....
     Barry Hickey
    Barry Hickey

    Barry James Hickey, Order of Australia is the current Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church archdiocese of Perth, Western Australia.Hickey was ordained as a priest in Rome by Paolo Giobbe on 20 December 1958....
     in June 2007 in Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
     to Catholic politicians on their votes on therapeutic cloning legislation.
  • In an April 2007 address to chaplains, Archbishop Amato denounced same-sex marriage
    Same-sex marriage

    Same-sex marriage and gay marriage are terms for a Law or socially recognized marriage between two people of the same sex. While state-sanctioned same-sex marriage is a relatively new phenomenon in the modern world, same-sex unions have been documented throughout human history....
     and abortion
    Abortion

    An abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death....
     and criticized the Italian media's coverage of them, saying that they are evils "that remain almost invisible" due to media presentation of them as "expression of human progress."
  • On September 28, 2007, Gaston Hebert, the diocese
    Diocese

    In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglicanism, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a bishop. It is also referred to as a bishopric or Episcopal Area or episcopal see, though strictly the term episcopal see refers to the domain of ecclesiastical authority officially held by the bi...
     administrator (per the July 11 Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) stated that 6 Arkansas
    Arkansas

    Arkansas is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States of the United States. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River....
     nuns were excommunicated for heresy
    Heresy

    Heresy is an introduced change to some system of belief, especially a religion, that conflicts with the previously established canon of that belief....
     (the first in the diocese's 165-year history). They refused to recant the doctrines of the Community of the Lady of All Nations
    Community of the Lady of All Nations

    The Community of the Lady of All Nations, also known as the Community of the Lady of All Peoples or the Army of Mary, is a Blessed Virgin Mary sect founded by Marie-Paule Gigu?re....
     (Army of Mary). The 6 nuns are members of the Good Shepherd Monastery of Our Lady of Charity and Refuge in Hot Springs
    Hot Springs

    Hot Springs may refer to:* Hot Springs, Arkansas* Hot Springs, Montana* Hot Springs, North Carolina* Hot Springs, South Dakota* Hot Springs, Virginia...
    . Sister Mary Theresa Dionne, 82, one of 6, said they will still live at the convent
    Convent

    A convent may refer to a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, or nuns, or it may refer to the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion....
     property, which they own. The sect
    Sect

    In its historical usage in Christendom the term has a pejorative connotation and refers to a movement committed to Christian heresy beliefs and that often deviated from orthodox practices....
     believe that its 86-year-old founder, Marie Paule Giguere, is the reincarnation
    Reincarnation

    Reincarnation, literally "to be made flesh again", is a doctrine or Metaphysics belief that some essential part of a living being survives death to be reborn in a new body....
     of the Virgin Mary.
  • On April 5, 2008, as a result of "grave reservations" by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith about the Mormon practice of posthumous rebaptism, Catholic dioceses throughout the world were directed not to give information in parish registers to the Mormons' Genealogical Society of Utah for microfilming or digitizing.


Heads of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith


Grand Inquisitors

  • Gian Pietro Carafa
    Pope Paul IV

    Pope Paul IV , n? Giovanni Pietro Carafa, was Pope from May 23, 1555 until his death.Giovanni Pietro Carafa was born in Capriglia Irpina, near Avellino, into a prominent noble family of Naples....
     1542-1555
  • Antonio Michele Ghisleri
    Pope Pius V

    Pope Saint Pius V , born Antonio Ghislieri was Pope from 1566 to 1572 and is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. He is chiefly notable for his role in the implementation of the Council of Trent, the Counterreformation and the standardisation of the liturgy....
     1558-1566
  • Scipione Rebiba
    Scipione Rebiba

    Scipione Rebiba was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti on March 16 1541, created a Cardinal on December 20 1555, appointed Archbishop of Pisa in 1566, Bishop of Albano in 1573 and Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto in 1574....
     1573-1577
  • Giacomo Savelli 1577-1586
  • Giulio Antonio Santori 1586-1602

Secretaries

  • Camillo Borghese
    Pope Paul V

    Pope Paul V , born Camillo Borghese, was Pope from May 16, 1605 until his death....
     1602-1605
  • Pompeio Arrigoni 1605-1616
  • Giovanni Garzia Millini 1616-1629
  • Antonio Marcello Barberini
    Antonio Marcello Barberini

    Antonio Marcello Barberini - Italian Cardinal , younger brother of Pope Urban VIII, who elevated him in 1624. Member of the Order of Capuchins....
     1629-1633
  • Francesco Barberini
    Francesco Barberini

    Francesco Barberini may refer to:#Francesco Barberini #Francesco Barberini ...
     1633-1679
  • Cesare Facchinetti 1679-1683
  • Alderano Cibo 1683-1700
  • Galeazzo Marescotti 1700-1716
  • Fabrizio Spada 1716-1717
  • Nicolň Acciaioli 1717-1719
  • Francesco del Giudice 1719-1725
  • Fabrizio Paolucci 1725-1726
  • Pietro Ottoboni 1726-1740
  • Tommaso Ruffo 1740-1753
  • Neri Maria Corsini 1753-1770
  • Giovanni Francesco Stoppani 1770-1774
  • Luigi Maria Torregiani 1775-1777
  • Carlo Rezzonico
    Carlo Rezzonico

    Carlo Rezzonico can refer to:*Pope Clement XIII *Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico , Clement's nephew and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church....
     1777-1799
  • Leonardo Antonelli
    Leonardo Antonelli

    Leonardo Cardinal Antonelli was an Italian Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.A native of Senigallia, Antonelli was the nephew of Cardinal Nicol? Maria Antonelli....
     1800-1811
  • Giulio Maria della Somaglia
    Giulio Maria della Somaglia

    Giulio Maria della Somaglia was an Italy cardinal . He was ? at least in his later life ? a staunch Zelanti cardinal who, as Secretary of State under Pope Leo XII, helped enforce an authoritarian regime in the crumbling Papal States....
     1814-1830
  • Bartolomeo Pacca 1830-1844
  • Vincenzo Macchi
    Vincenzo Macchi

    Vincenzo Macchi was an Italian Cardinal . He became Dean of the College of Cardinals. A candidate in the Papal conclave of 1830-1, his backing was insufficient, despite the support of Giuseppe Albani....
     1844-1860
  • Costantino Patrizi Naro
    Costantino Patrizi Naro

    Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro JUD was a long-serving Italian Cardinal . He became Dean of the College of Cardinals. Benedetto Cardinal Naro was his great-uncle....
     1860-1876
  • Prospero Caterini
    Prospero Caterini

    Prospero Cardinal Caterini was an Italian Catholic clergyman. As protodeacon, he announced the election of cardinal Gioacchino Pecci at the end of the Papal conclave of 1878....
     1876-1881
  • Antonio Maria Panebianco 1882-1883
  • Luigi Cardinal Bilio, C.R.S.P. (1883-1884)
  • Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valetta (1884-1896)
  • Lucido Cardinal Parocchi (1896-1903)
  • Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli
    Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli

    Serafino Vannutelli JUD was an Italy Cardinal , born at Genazzano, Italy, where he studied and graduated in philosophy before studying theology in the Capranica College, Rome....
     (1903-1908)
  • Mariano Cardinal Rampolla
    Mariano Cardinal Rampolla

    Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro was a Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church....
     (1908-1913)
  • Domenico Cardinal Ferrata
    Domenico Cardinal Ferrata

    Domenico Cardinal Ferrata JUD was an Italy Roman Catholic Cardinal who spent the bulk of his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and in the Roman Curia....
     (1914)
  • Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val (October 14, 1914 - February 26, 1930) (his death)
  • Donato Cardinal Sbarretti
    Donato Cardinal Sbarretti

    Donato Raffaele Sbarretti Tazza was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal whose career included pastoral service in Italy and Cuba, diplomatic service in America and the Pacific, and ultimately high office in the Roman Curia....
     (July 4, 1930-April 1, 1939) (his death)
  • Francesco Cardinal Marchetti-Selvaggiani (April 30, 1939-January 13, 1951) (his death)
  • Giuseppe Cardinal Pizzardo
    Giuseppe Pizzardo

    Giuseppe Cardinal Pizzardo was an Italian people prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education from 1939 to 1968, and Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1951 to 1959....
     (February 16, 1951-October 12, 1959)
  • Subsequently the head of the dicastery has been Prefect.


Prefects

  • Alfredo Ottaviani (November 7, 1959-January 6, 1968) First titled Secretary, as the Pope was always the Prefect, then Pro-Prefect, until appointment as cardinal
  • Franjo Šeper
    Franjo Šeper

    Franjo Cardinal ?eper was a Croatian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1968 to 1981, and was elevated to the Cardinal in 1965....
     (January 8, 1968 - November 25, 1981) (his retirement)
  • Joseph Ratzinger
    Pope Benedict XVI

    Pope Benedict XVI is the List of popes and reigning Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and, as such, monarch of the Vatican City....
     (November 25, 1981 - April 2, 2005) (Pope John Paul II
    Pope John Paul II

    Pope John Paul II John Paul II is widely acclaimed as one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century. He has been Pope_John_Paul_II#Role_in_the_fall_of_Communism in bringing down communism in Eastern Europe, as well as significantly improving the Roman Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and A...
    's death
    Death

    Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that define a life organism. It refers to both a particular event and to the condition that results thereby....
    )     - now Pope Benedict XVI
    Pope Benedict XVI

    Pope Benedict XVI is the List of popes and reigning Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and, as such, monarch of the Vatican City....
  • William Levada
    William Levada

    William Joseph Cardinal Levada is an United States Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Roman Curia, previously serving as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland from 1986 to 1995 and Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco from 1995 to 2005....
     (May 13, 2005-Present)


Modern Secretaries of the CDF


  • Archbishop
    Archbishop

    In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case....
     Pietro Parente (7 Dec 1965 to 1967)
  • Archbishop
    Archbishop

    In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case....
     Paul-Pierre Philippe, OP. (29 Jun 1967 to 6 Mar 1973)
  • Archbishop
    Archbishop

    In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case....
     Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. (14 Jun 1973 to 8 Apr 1984)
  • Archbishop
    Archbishop

    In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case....
     Alberto Bovone (5 Apr 1984 to 13 Jun 1995)
  • Archbishop
    Archbishop

    In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case....
     Tarcisio Bertone
    Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone

    Tarcisio Bertone, Salesians of Don Bosco is an Italy Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Cardinal Secretary of State and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, having previously served as Archbishop of Vercelli from 1991 to 1995 and Archbishop of Genoa from 2002 to 2006....
    , S.D.B. (13 Jun 1995 to 10 Dec 2002)
  • Archbishop
    Archbishop

    In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case....
     Angelo Amato
    Angelo Amato

    Archbishop Angelo Amato, S.D.B. is the current pro-prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 9 July 2008....
    , S.D.B. (19 Dec 2002 - 9 July 2008)
  • Archbishop
    Archbishop

    In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case....
     Luis Ladaria Ferrer
    Luis Ladaria Ferrer

    Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer is a Spain Jesuit archbishop. He currently serves as Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Roman Curia, while still teaching at the Pontifical Gregorian University and remaining an active member of the International Theological Commission....
    ,S.J (9 July 2008 - present)


See also

  • Index Librorum Prohibitorum
    Index Librorum Prohibitorum

    The Index Librorum Prohibitorum was a list of publications censorship by the Roman Catholic Church.It was abolished on June 14, 1966 by Pope Paul VI....
  • Crimen sollicitationis
    Crimen sollicitationis

    Crimen sollicitationis was a letter sent in 1962 by Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, to "all Patriarch#Patriarchs of the Catholic Church, Archbishop#Catholic Church), Bishop s and other Ordinary, including those of Eastern Catholic Churches"....
  • Archive of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
    Archive of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

    The archive of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Holy See , commonly referred to as the Archive of the Inquisition , contains the Roman Catholic Church documents dealing with doctrine and theology issues related to church teaching....
  • Jon Sobrino
    Jon Sobrino

    Jon Sobrino, Society of Jesus is a Jesuit Catholic priest and theology, known mostly for his contributions to liberation theology.He received worldwide attention in 2007 when the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a Notification for what they see as doctrines which are "erroneous or dangerous and may cause harm to...
     Spanish theologian disciplined by the Congregation in 2007
  • Liberation theology
    Liberation theology

    Liberation theology is a school of theology within Christianity, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church. It emphasizes the Christian mission to bring justice to the poor and oppressed, particularly through political activism....


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