• The Apostolic Chancery (Latin: Cancellaria Apostolica; also known as the "Papal" or "Roman Chanc(ell)ery") was a dicastery of the Roman Curia at the service...
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    della Cancelleria (Palace of the Chancellery, referring to the former Apostolic Chancery of the Pope) is a Renaissance palace in Rome, Italy, situated between...
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    The Vatican Apostolic Archive (Latin: Archivum Apostolicum Vaticanum; Italian: Archivio Apostolico Vaticano), formerly known as the Vatican Secret Archive...
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    fiscal administration of the Patrimony of Saint Peter. As regulated in the apostolic constitution Pastor bonus of 1988, the Camerlengo is always a cardinal...
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  • (below) Apostolic administrator Apostolic Chancery — a former office of the Roman Curia Apostolic life, Society of — see: Society of apostolic life (below)...
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  • Scotland Diocesan chancery, administration branch in the official government of a Catholic or Anglican diocese Apostolic Chancery, an office of the Roman...
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  • independent body (the Chancery of Apostolic Briefs), had the duty of preparing and dispatching pontifical Briefs. With the apostolic constitution Regimini...
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  • trials would be lacking. The famous Apostolic Chancery (Cancellaria Apostolica) developed in time from the chancery of the primitive Bishop of Rome. Because...
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  • Tribunals, Councils and Offices, namely, the Apostolic Camera, the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and the Prefecture for the Economic...
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  • A chancery or chancellery (Latin: cancellaria) is a medieval writing office, responsible for the production of official documents. The title of chancellor...
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    needed] An update to the Index was made by Pope Leo XIII, in the 1897 apostolic constitution Officiorum ac Munerum, known as the Index Leonianus. Subsequent...
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    worship and the causes of saints. On 8 May 1969, Pope Paul VI issued the apostolic constitution Sacra Rituum Congregatio, dividing it into two congregations...
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  • the title of "pro-datary" as of that of "vice chancellor" of the Apostolic Chancery: some contend that the title is derived from the fact that the office...
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    Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the pope in his role as the Bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the...
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  • Chancery of Apostolic Briefs, a historical office charged with preparation of Papal correspondence Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith...
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  • Sacred Congregation of the Consulta Sacred Congregation of Rites Apostolic Chancery Apostolic Dataria Secretariate of Briefs to Princes and of Latin Letters...
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  • of responsibilities within the Curia are at present regulated by the apostolic constitution, Praedicate evangelium issued by Pope Francis on 19 March...
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  • papal chancery in use as late as the time of Gregory VII. The papal letters were forwarded by the papal officials, above all by the Apostolic Chancery, for...
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  • Papal Bulls, Papal Briefs and Papal Rescripts emanating from the Apostolic Chancery, the Dataria, the Sacred Paenitentiaria and the Secretariate of Briefs...
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    become official by the 15th century, when one of the offices of the Apostolic Chancery was named the "register of bulls" ("registrum bullarum"). By the accession...
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  • The Apostolic Camera (Latin: Camera Apostolica), formerly known as the Papal Treasury, was an office in the Roman Curia. It was the central board of finance...
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  • Rota, formally the Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota (Latin: Tribunal Apostolicum Rotae Romanae), and anciently the Apostolic Court of Audience, is...
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    The Vatican Apostolic Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Italian: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly known as the Vatican Library...
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    bonus, article 47 Archived February 23, 2001, at the Wayback Machine "Apostolic Constitution Praedicate Evangelium, Art 111-112". Vatican (in Italian)...
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    sui iuris, apostolic prefectures (neither entitled to a titular bishop) and apostolic vicariates. Eastern Catholic equivalents like apostolic exarchate...
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  • information about church events". On 27 June 2015, Pope Francis, in an apostolic letter, established the Secretariat for Communications, a new part of...
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  • In the Roman Catholic Church, protonotary apostolic (PA; Latin: protonotarius apostolicus) is the title for a member of the highest non-episcopal college...
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    Faith and for the Causes of Saints, of the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, and the Tribunal of the Roman Rota...
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    office in mid-September. On 21 July 1542, Pope Paul III proclaimed the Apostolic Constitution Licet ab initio, establishing the Supreme Sacred Congregation...
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    guard unit maintained by the Holy See that protects the Pope and the Apostolic Palace within the territory of the Vatican City State. Established in...
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