Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Dicastery of the Roman Curia

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Dicastery for the Doctrine of the FaithFile:Coat of arms Holy See.svg

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Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio, seat of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
Dicastery overview
Formed| July 21, 1542; 483 years ago (1542-07-21)
Preceding agencies|

* Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition
* Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office
* Congretation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Type| Dicastery
Headquarters| Palazzo del Sant'Uffizio,
Rome, Italy
Dicastery executives|

* Luis Ladaria Ferrer, SJ,
Prefect
* Armando Matteo,
Secretary
* John Joseph Kennedy,
Secretary
* Joseph Augustine Di Noia, OP,
Adjunct Secretary
* Charles Jude Scicluna,
Adjunct Secretary
* Matteo Visioli,
Undersecretary
* Robert Joseph Geisinger, SJ,
Promoter of Justice

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) is the oldest among the departments of the Roman Curia. Its seat is the Palace of the Holy Office in Rome. It was founded to defend the Catholic Church from heresy; today, it is the body responsible for promulgating and defending Catholic doctrine.[1] It was formerly called the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition;[a] between 1908 and 1965 the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office; and then until June 2022 the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF; Latin: Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei).[b] It is still informally known as the Holy Office[2] (Latin: Sanctum Officium).

Founded by Pope Paul III in 1542, the congregation's sole objective is to "spread sound Catholic doctrine and defend those points of Christian tradition which seem in danger because of new and unacceptable doctrines."[1] Its headquarters are at the Palace of the Holy Office, just outside Vatican City. The congregation employs an advisory board including cardinals, bishops, priests, lay theologians, and canon lawyers. The current Prefect is Cardinal Luis Ladaria Ferrer, who was appointed by Pope Francis for a five-year term beginning July 2017.[3][4]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 1.1 Timeline
* 2 Role
* 3 Organization
* 4 Recent canonical judgments and publications
* 4.1 2021–present
* 4.2 2011–2020
* 4.3 2001–2010
* 4.4 1991–2000
* 4.5 1981–1990
* 4.6 1975–1980
* 5 Leadership
* 5.1 Secretaries until 1965
* 5.2 Prefects since 1965
* 5.3 Secretaries since 1965
* 6 Present composition
* 7 See also
* 8 Notes
* 9 References
* 10 External links

## History[edit | edit source]

Further information: Roman Inquisition

File:Galileo before the Holy Office.jpg

Astronomer Galileo Galilei presented before the Holy Office, a 19th-century painting by Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury

On 21 July 1542, Pope Paul III proclaimed the Apostolic Constitution Licet ab initio, establishing the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition, staffed by cardinals and other officials whose task it was "to maintain and defend the integrity of the faith and to examine and proscribe errors and false doctrines." It served as the final court of appeal in trials of heresy and served as an important part of the Counter-Reformation.

This body was renamed the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office in 1908 by Pope Pius X. In many Catholic countries, the body is often informally called the Holy Office (e.g., Italian: Sant'Uffizio and Spanish: Santo Oficio).

The congregation's name was changed to Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (SCDF) on 7 December 1965, at the end of the Second Vatican Council. Soon after the 1983 Code of Canon Law came into effect, the adjective "sacred" was dropped from the names of all Curial Congregations,[c] and so it became the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

### Timeline[edit | edit source]

1542 | Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition is established

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1622 | Pope Gregory XV writes a letter addressing the issue of priests abusing the confessional to solicit "shameful and dishonorable conduct". The letter is referenced in Sacramentum Poenitentiae (1741).
1665 | The General Congregation of the Universal Inquisition, in the presence of Pope Alexander VII, reiterates that propositions by confessors to solicit or provoke sex from penitents are "alien and discordant by the Evangelical truth and clearly so by the sixth and seventh doctrines of the Holy Fathers" and are to be "checked, condemned, and prohibited. […] The Inquisitors of Heretical Depravity […] [should] seek out and proceed against everyone – every priest […] who has essayed to tempt a penitent."[5]
1908 | The Inquisition is renamed Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office by Pope Pius X.
1965 | The Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office is renamed Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (SCDF).
1985 | All dicasteries of the Roman Curia no longer use the adjective "sacred" as part of their title. The Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith becomes the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF).
1988 | Pope John Paul II reaffirms the authority of the CDF on 28 June: "The proper duty of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is to promote and safeguard the doctrine on faith and morals in the whole Catholic world; so it has competence in things that touch this matter in any way."[6]
2001 | John Paul II issues Sacramentorum Sanctitatis Tutela "by which are promulgated Norms concerning the more grave delicts reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith." It, again, reaffirms the CDF's responsibilities, expressing that it was necessary to define more precisely both "the more grave delicts whether against morals or committed in the celebration of the sacraments" for which the competence of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith remains exclusive, and also the special procedural norms "for declaring or imposing canonical sanctions."[7]
2014 | On 11 November Pope Francis sets up within the CDF a special body to expedite consideration of appeals by priests against laicization or other penalties imposed on them in cases of sexual abuse.[8]
2015 | Francis establishes an ecclesiastical judicial commission, which will have its own staff and secretary, to try bishops, which will work with other units of the CDF and with the congregation that has oversight over the bishop.[9]
2018 | Francis appoints three women as consultors to the Congregation, the first in its history.[10]
2019 | The Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei is merged into the Congregation.[11]
2022 | On 14 February 2022, Francis reorganises the CDF through the motu proprio Fidem servare, dividing it into two departments: a doctrinal section and a disciplinary section, each with its own secretary reporting to the prefect. The formerly independent marriage section is merged into the doctrinal section.[12]
2022 | On 5 June 2022, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is renamed the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith as part of the restructuring of the Roman Curia by the apostolic constitution Praedicate evangelium.[13] At the same time the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors became part of this Dicastery, operating with its own staff and according to its own norms.[14]

## Role[edit | edit source]

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Secretariat of State

* Section for Relations with States

Dicasteries

* Evangelization
* Doctrine of the Faith
* Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
* International Theological Commission
* Pontifical Biblical Commission
* Service of Charity
* Eastern Churches
* Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments
* Causes of Saints
* Bishops
* Pontifical Commission for Latin America
* Clergy
* Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
* Laity, Family and Life
* Promoting Christian Unity
* Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews
* Interreligious Dialogue
* Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims
* Culture and Education
* Promoting Integral Human Development
* Legislative Texts
* Communication
* Vatican Press
* L’Osservatore Romano
* Press Office of the Holy See

Institutions of justice

* Apostolic Penitentiary
* Apostolic Signatura
* Roman Rota

Institutions of finance

* Council for the Economy
* Secretariat for the Economy
* Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
* Office of the Auditor General
* Commission for Confidential Matters
* Committee for Investments

Offices

* Prefecture of the Papal Household
* Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff
* Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church

Institutes

* Labour Office of the Apostolic See
* Vatican Apostolic Archives
* Vatican Apostolic Library
* Fabric of Saint Peter
* Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology
* Pontifical academies
* AVEPRO
* Supervisory and Financial Information Authority
* Domus Vaticanae

Interdicasterial commissions

* Particular Churches
* Church in Eastern Europe
* Consecrated Religious
* Candidates to Sacred Order
* Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia

Commissions and committees

* International Eucharistic Congresses
* Historical Sciences
* Advocates
* Swiss Guards
* Disciplinary
* Financial Security
* Institute for Works of Religion
* Healthcare Sector
* Verification and Application of Mitis Iudex in the Churches of Italy

History

* Immensa Aeterni Dei
* Reform by Pius X
* Reform by Paul VI
* Reform by John Paul II
* Reform by Francis
* Roman Inquisition

Former dicasteries

* Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
* Congregation for Borders
* Congregation of Ceremonies
* Sacred Congregation of the Index
* Congregation for Indulgences and Sacred Relics
* Congregation of the Vatican Press
* Sacred Congregation of the Consulta
* Sacred Congregation of Rites
* Apostolic Chancery
* Apostolic Dataria
* Secretariate of Briefs to Princes and of Latin Letters
* Special Administration of the Holy See
* Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church
* Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei
* Pontifical Council for Social Communications
* Pontifical Council for the Family
* Pontifical Council for the Laity
* Cor Unum
* Justice and Peace
* Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
* Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
* Evangelization of Peoples
* Promoting the New Evangelization
* Catholic Education
* Culture
* Apostolic Camera

Related topics

* Pontifical commission
* Dicastery
* Acta Apostolicae Sedis
* Advocates of Roman congregations
* Archive of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

* v
* t
* e

According to the 1988 Apostolic Constitution on the Roman Curia, Pastor bonus, article 48, promulgated by John Paul II: "The proper duty of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is to promote and safeguard the doctrine on faith and morals in the whole Catholic world; so it has competence in things that touch this matter in any way."[6]

This includes investigations into grave delicts, i.e., acts which the Catholic Church considers as being the most serious crimes: crimes against the Eucharist and against the sanctity of the Sacrament of Penance, and crimes against the sixth Commandment ("Thou shall not commit adultery.") committed by a cleric against a person under the age of eighteen. These crimes, in Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela a motu proprio of 2001, come under the competency of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. In effect, it is the "promoter of justice" which deals with, among other things, the question of priests accused of paedophilia.[7][15][d]

Within the DDF are the International Theological Commission and the Pontifical Biblical Commission. The Prefect of the DDF is ex officio president of these commissions.[19]

On 7 December 2021, Pope Francis promulgated a new version of the "Norms on the Delicts Reserved to the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith"; the original version had been first promulgated in 2001 by John Paul II and amended in 2010 by Benedict XVI. The changes of the new version concern "harmonising the norms with the revised Book VI of the Code of Canon Law, which was promulgated in May 2021" and adding "numerous normative measures of various kinds issued in previous years, especially since 2016."[20]

## Organization[edit | edit source]

Until 1968, the pope held the title of prefect and appointed a cardinal to preside over the meetings, first as Secretary, then as Pro-Prefect.

Since 1968, the Cardinal head of the dicastery has borne the title of Prefect and the title of Secretary refers to the second highest-ranking officer of the Congregation. As of 2012 the Congregation had a membership of 18 cardinals and a smaller number of non-cardinal bishops, a staff of 38 (clerical and lay) and 26 consultors.[21]

The work of the CDF is divided into two sections, the doctrinal and the disciplinary. The CDF holds biennial plenary assemblies, and issues documents on doctrinal, disciplinary, and sacramental questions that occasionally include notifications concerning writings by Catholic theologians.[22]

## Recent canonical judgments and publications[edit | edit source]

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Scale of justice

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Canon law of the
Catholic Church

Ius vigens (current law)

* 1983 Code of Canon Law
* Omnium in mentem
* Magnum principium
* Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
* Ad tuendam fidem
* Ex corde Ecclesiae
* Indulgentiarum Doctrina
* Pastor bonus
* Pontificalis Domus
* Veritatis gaudium
* Custom
* Matrimonial nullity trial reforms of Pope Francis
* Documents of the Second Vatican Council
* Christus Dominus
* Lumen gentium
* Optatam totius
* Orientalium ecclesiarum
* Presbyterorum ordinis
* Sacrosanctum concilium
* Precepts of the Church

Legal history

Jus antiquum (c. 33-1140)

* Ancient Church Orders
* Didache
* The Apostolic Constitutions
* Canons of the Apostles
* Collections of ancient canons
* Collectiones canonum Dionysianae
* Collectio canonum quadripartita
* Collectio canonum Quesnelliana
* Collectio canonum Wigorniensis
* Gelasian Decree
* Symmachian forgeries
* Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals
* Donation of Constantine
* Gregorian Reform
* Lay investiture controversy
* Dictatus papae
* Libertas ecclesiae
* Plenitudo potestatis

Jus novum (c. 1140-1563)

* Corpus Juris Canonici
* Decretum Gratiani
* Decretist
* Canon Episcopi
* Margaritae
* Jus commune
* Decretals of Gregory IX
* Decretalist
* Regulæ Juris
* Extravagantes
* Liber Septimus

Jus novissimum (c. 1563-1918)

* Council of Trent
* Benedictus Deus
* Tametsi
* Apostolicae Sedis moderationi

Jus codicis (1918-present)

* 1917 Code of Canon Law
* Ecclesiae Sanctae
* 1983 Code of Canon Law

Other

* Contractum trinius
* Papal judge-delegate
* Right of option

Eastern law

* Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
* Eastern Canonical Reforms of Pius XII
* Nomocanon
* Eparchy
* Exarchate
* Ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful
* Protosyncellus

Liturgical law

Latin Church

* General Roman Calendar
* Ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite
* General Instruction of the Roman Missal
* Code of Rubrics
* Sacrosanctum Concilium
* Mysterii Paschalis
* Musicam sacram
* Scripturarum thesaurus
* Liturgiam authenticam
* Quattuor abhinc annos
* Ecclesia Dei
* Summorum Pontificum
* Magnum principium
* Traditionis custodes
* Red Mass
* Holy day of obligation

Sacramental law

* Communicatio in sacris
* Ex opere operato
* Omnium in mentem
* Validity and liceity

Sacraments

* Holy Orders
* Impediment (Catholic canon law)
* Abstemius
* Defect of birth
* Obligation of celibacy
* Nullity of Sacred Ordination
* Apostolicae curae
* Dimissorial letters
* Episcopal consecrators
* Approbation (Catholic canon law)
* Confession
* Penitential canons
* Paenitentiale Theodori
* Seal of the Confessional
* Internal and external forum
* Note on the importance of the internal forum and the inviolability of the Sacramental Seal
* Apostolic Penitentiary
* Canon penitentiary
* Complicit absolution
* Sacramentum Poenitentiae
* Eucharist
* Eucharistic discipline
* Canon 915
* Celebret
* Mass stipend

Sacramentals

* Indulgence
* Indulgentiarum doctrina

Sacred places

* Altars
* Major basilica
* Minor basilica
* Oratory (chapel)

Sacred times

* Feast days
* Fast days and abstinence
* Paenitemini
* Holy day of obligation

Matrimonial law

* Canonical form (Latin Church)
* Tametsi
* Ne Temere
* Banns of marriage
* Declaration of Nullity
* Dignitas connubii
* Matrimonial Nullity Trial Reforms of Pope Francis
* Vetitum
* Defender of the Bond
* Impediments to Marriage
* Affinity
* Clandestinity
* Impediment of crime
* Disparity of cult
* Ligamen
* Public propriety
* Matrimonial dispensation
* Ratum sed non consummatum
* Sanatio in radice
* Natural marriage
* Pauline privilege
* Petrine privilege

Supreme authority, particular
churches, and canonical structures

Supreme authority of the Church

* Roman Pontiff
* College of Bishops

Supra-diocesan/eparchal structures

* College of Cardinals

* Conference of bishops
* Synod of Bishops

Particular churches

* Churches sui juris
* Latin Church
* Eastern Catholic Churches
* Local particular churches
* Appointment of bishops
* Abbacy nullius
* Apostolic vicariate
* Apostolic vicar
* Apostolic administration
* Apostolic administrator
* Diocese/Archdiocese
* Aeque principaliter
* Cathedraticum
* In persona episcopi
* Diocesan Curia
* Moderator of the Curia
* Chancery
* Deanery
* Vicar forane
* Eparchy
* Eparchal curia
* Military ordinariate
* Mission sui juris
* Personal ordinariate
* Anglicanorum Coetibus

Juridic persons

* Parish
* Team of priests in solidum
* Collegiate church
* Parish register
* Lay trusteeism
* Roman Curia
* Dicastery
* Congregation
* Pontifical council
* Personal prelature
* Types of membership of Opus Dei
* Association of the Christian faithful
* Vicar general
* Quinquennial visit ad limina

Jurisprudence

* Canonical coronation
* Canonically crowned images
* Computation of time
* Custom
* Delegata potestas non potest delegari
* Derogation
* Dispensation
* Taxa Innocentiana
* Faculty
* Indult
* Impediment
* Interpretation
* Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
* Jurisdiction
* Peritus
* Obreption & subreption
* Obrogation
* Promulgation
* Resignation of the Roman Pontiff
* Sede vacante
* Simony
* Vacatio legis
* Validity and liceity
* Visitation
* Apostolic visitor

Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law

* Theology
* Ecclesiology
* Treatise on Law
* Determinatio

Temporal goods (property)

* Benefice
* Cathedraticum
* Contract law
* Mass stipend
* Stole fee
* Temporalities

Law of persons

* Person (Catholic canon law)
* Formal act of defection from the Catholic Church
* Canonical age
* Emancipation
* Exemption

Clerics

* Secular clergy
* Regular clergy
* Obligation of celibacy
* Clerics and public office
* Incardination and excardination
* Laicization (dispensation)
* Canonical faculties

Office

* Canonical provision
* Canonical election

Juridic and physical persons

* Jus patronatus

Associations of the faithful

Consecrated life

Canonical documents

* Acta Apostolicae Sedis
* Acta Sanctae Sedis
* Censor librorum
* Imprimatur
* Imprimi potest
* Notary
* Protonotary apostolic
* Apostolic constitution
* Canon
* Concordat
* Decree
* Decretal
* Encyclical
* Motu proprio
* Ordinance
* Papal brief
* Papal bull
* Penitential
* Positive law
* Rescript
* Parish register
* Ecclesiastical Latin

Penal law

* Canon 1324
* Canon 1397 §2
* Censure (Catholic canon law)
* De delictis gravioribus
* Complicit absolution
* Crimen sollicitationis
* Excommunication
* List of excommunicable offences in the Catholic Church
* List of people excommunicated by the Catholic Church
* List of excommunicated cardinals
* Interdict
* Laicization (penal)
* Latae sententiae and ferendae sententiae
* Lifetime of prayer and penance
* Canonical admonitions
* Ecclesiastical prison

Procedural law

Pars statica (tribunals & ministers/parties)

* Tribunals
* Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
* Tribunal of the Roman Rota
* Apostolic Penitentiary
* Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
* Ministers of Justice
* Judicial Vicar/Officialis
* Auditor
* Parties
* Defender of the Bond
* Procurator

Pars dynamica (trial procedure)

* Dignitas connubii (matrimonial causes)
* Appeal as from an abuse
* Presumption
* Penal procedure
* Vos estis lux mundi

Canonization

* Congregation for the Causes of Saints
* Maiorem hac dilectionem
* Advocatus Diaboli
* Oblatio vitae
* Positio
* Beatification and canonization process in 1914

Election of the Roman Pontiff

* Current law
* Universi Dominici gregis
* Papal renunciation
* Reforms of Pope Benedict XVI
* Historical
* Cum proxime
* Jus exclusivae
* Papal appointment
* Aeterni Patris Filius
* Romano Pontifici eligendo
* Ingravescentem aetatem
* Ubi periculum
* Quia propter

Legal practice and scholarship

* List of legal abbreviations

Academic degrees

* Licentiate of Canon Law
* Doctor of Canon Law
* Doctor of both laws

Journals and Professional Societies

* Canon Law Society of America
* The Jurist

Faculties of canon law

* School of Canon Law

Canonists

* Medieval
* Gratian
* Hostiensis
* Jean Lemoine
* Raymond of Penyafort
* Rufinus
* Johannes Teutonicus
* Geoffrey of Trani
* Burchard of Worms
* Brocard
* Modern & Contemporary
* Eugenio Corecco
* John D. Faris
* Pietro Gasparri
* Ladislas Orsy
* Edward N. Peters

Law of consecrated life

* Solemn vow
* Exclaustration
* Manifestation of Conscience
* Canonical erection of a house of religious
* Pontifical right
* Diocesan right
* Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Institute of consecrated life

* Religious institute
* Congregation
* Order
* Monasticism
* Canons regular
* Mendicant orders
* Clerics regular
* Secular institute
* Cum Sanctissimus
* Primo Feliciter
* Provida Mater Ecclesia

Society of apostolic life

* Decretum laudis

* v
* t
* e

The following is a list of recent documents and judgments issued by the CDF. Lengthy CDF documents usually have Latin titles. A short document that briefly states objections to one or more writings by a Catholic theologian is typically called a "notification".

### 2021–present[edit | edit source]

"Responsum of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to a dubium regarding the blessing of the unions of persons of the same sex", wherein the Church reaffirmed the view that "Church does not have, and cannot have, the power to bless unions of persons of the same sex" (15 March 2021).[23][24][25]

### 2011–2020[edit | edit source]

* Redemptorist Fr. Tony Flannery is required to sign four fidelity oaths or not return to ministry[26] (1 October 2020).
* "Doctrinal Assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious" (re-affirmed by Pope Francis on 15 April 2013)[27][28]

### 2001–2010[edit | edit source]

* "Note on the banalization of sexuality, Regarding certain interpretations of Light of the World" (22 December 2010)
* "Circular Letter to the Presidents of the Episcopal Conferences regarding the association Opus Angelorum" (2 October 2010)
* Dignitas Personae (on bioethical questions, with summary and press conference transcript; 8 September 2008)
* On 5 April 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.[29]
* "Doctrinal Note on Some Aspects of Evangelization" (with press conference transcript; 3 December 2007)
* On 28 September 2007, Gaston Hebert, the then apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Little Rock, stated that (per the 11 July Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) six Arkansas nuns were excommunicated for heresy (the first in the diocese's 165-year history). They refused to recant the doctrines of the Community of the Lady of All Nations (Army of Mary). The nuns are members of the Good Shepherd Monastery of Our Lady of Charity and Refuge in Hot Springs. Sister Mary Theresa Dionne, 82, one of the six, said they will still live at the convent property, which they own. The sect believes that its 86-year-old founder, Marie Paule Giguere, is the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary.[30]
* "Responses to Certain Questions of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Concerning Artificial Nutrition and Hydration" (with commentary; 1 August 2007)
* "Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church" (29 June 2007)
* In an April 2007 address to chaplains, Archbishop Amato denounced same-sex marriage and abortion 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".[31]
* "Notification on the works of the Reverend Father Jon Sobrino, SJ" (with an explanatory note; 26 November 2006)
* "Notification regarding the book Jesus Symbol of God of the Reverend Father Roger Haight, SJ"
* "Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the collaboration of men and women in the Church and in the world" (31 May 2004)
* "Doctrinal Note on some questions regarding the participation of Catholics in political life" (with two commentaries from Cardinals Joachim Meisner and Giacomo Biffi; 24 November 2002)[32]
* "Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons" (3 June 2003)[33]
* "Note on the Force of the Doctrinal Decrees Concerning the Thought and Work of the Reverend Father Antonio Rosmini Serbati" (1 July 2001)
* "Notification regarding certain writings of the Reverend Father Marciano Vidal, CSSR" (with comments; 22 February 2001)
* "Notification on the book Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism by the Reverend Father Jacques Dupuis, SJ" (with commentary; 24 January 2001)

### 1991–2000[edit | edit source]

* "Notification concerning some writings of Professor Dr. Reinhard Messner" [de] (30 November 2000)
* Ardens felicitatis (instructions on prayers for healing; 14 September 2000)
* Dominus Iesus (Declaration on the unicity and salvific universality of Jesus Christ and the Church; with comments from Congregation officials; 6 August 2000)[34]
* "Note on the expression 'sister churches'" (30 June 2000)
* "Documents regarding 'The Message of Fatima'" (26 June 2000)
* "Notification regarding Sister Jeannine Gramick, SSND, and the Reverend Father Robert Nugent, SDS"
* "Considerations on The Primacy of the Successor of Peter in the mystery of the Church" (31 October 1998)
* "Formula to be used for the profession of faith and for the oath of fidelity to assume an office to be exercised in the name of the Church" (with an "Illustrative doctrinal note" by Cardinal Ratzinger and Archbishop Bertone) (29 June 1998)
* "Notification concerning the writings of the Reverend Father Anthony De Mello, SJ" (24 June 1998)
* "Notification concerning the text Mary and Human Liberation by the Reverend Father Tissa Balasuriya, OMI" (2 January 1997)
* "Notification on the writings and activities of Mrs. Vassula Ryden" (6 October 1995)
* "Responses to questions proposed concerning uterine isolation and related matters" (31 July 1993)
* "Some considerations concerning the response to legislative proposals on the non-discrimination of homosexual persons" (23 July 1992)[35]
* "Decree on the doctrine and customs of the Association Opus Angelorum" (6 June 1992)
* Communionis notio (Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on some aspects of the Church understood as Communion; 28 May 1992)
* "Instruction on some aspects of the use of the instruments of social communication in promoting the doctrine of the faith" (30 March 1992)
* "Note on the book The Sexual Creators, An Ethical proposal for Concerned Christians (University Press of America, Lanham, New York, London 1986), by the Reverend Father André Guindon, OMI" (31 January 1992)

### 1981–1990[edit | edit source]

* Donum veritatis (Instruction on the ecclesial vocation of the theologian; 24 May 1990)
* Orationis formas (Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on some aspects of Christian meditation; 15 October 1989)
* "Note regarding the moral rule of Humanae vitae (Pope Paul VI's encyclical, On the Regulation and Control of Human Birth) and the pastoral duty" (16 February 1989)
* "Observation of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) II's Salvation and the Church" (18 November 1988)
* "Formula to be used for the profession of faith and for the oath of fidelity to assume an office to be exercised in the name of the Church" (1 July 1988)
* Donum vitae (Instruction on respect for life in its origin and on the dignity of procreation; 22 February 1987)
* Homosexualitatis problema (Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons; 1 October 1986)
* "Notification on the book Pleidooi voor mensen in de Kerk (Nelissen, Baarn 1985) by the Reverend Father Professor Edward Schillebeeckx, OP" (15 September 1986)
* "Letter to György Bulányi on certain writings attributed to him" (1 September 1986)
* "Letter regarding the suspension of the Reverend Father Professor Charles Curran from the teaching of theology" (25 July 1986)
* Libertatis conscientia (Instruction on human freedom and liberation; 22 March 1986)
* "Notification on the book Church: Charism and Power: Essay on Militant Ecclesiology by Leonardo Boff, OFM" (11 March 1985)

### 1975–1980[edit | edit source]

* Recentiores episcoporum synodi (on some questions of eschatology) (17 May 1979)
* Inter insigniores (Declaration as to the question of admitting women to priesthood; 15 October 1975)

## Leadership[edit | edit source]

Prefect of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

File:Coat of arms of the Vatican City.svg

Coat of arms of the Holy See

File:Prefecto Mons. Ladaria.jpg

Incumbent
Luis Ladaria Ferrer, SJ
since 2 July 2017

Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
Style| His Eminence
Member of| Roman Curia
Reports to| The Pope
Appointer| The Pope
Term length| Five years, renewable
Constituting instrument| Licet ab initio
Pastor bonus
Praedicate evangelium
Formation| 21 July 1542
First holder| Antonio Michele Ghislieri

### Secretaries until 1965[edit | edit source]

When the Supreme Sacred Congregation for the Roman and Universal Inquisition was first established in 1542, it was composed of several Cardinal Inquisitors styled as "Inquisitors-General", who were formally equal to each other, even if some of them were clearly dominant (e.g. Cardinal Gian Pietro Carafa from 1542, who was elected Pope Paul IV in 1555). Until 1968 the Pope himself presided over the Congregation. However, from 1564 the daily administration of the affairs of the Congregation was entrusted to the Cardinal Secretary.[36][37]: 19–26 This model was retained when the Inquisition was formally renamed as the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office in 1908.[38]

Unless stated otherwise, the term of office ended with the officeholder's death.

| Name  | From  | Until  | Appointer

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1  | Antonio Michele Ghislieri
(elected as Pope Pius V)[37]: 118 | 1564  | 1566  | Pius IV
2  | Giacomo Savelli[37]: 118 | 31 July 1577  | 5 December 1587  | Gregory XIII
3  | Giulio Antonio Santori[37]: 118 | 5 December 1587  | 9 May 1602  | Sixtus V
4  | Camillo Borghese
(elected as Pope Paul V)[37]: 118 | 9 June 1603  | 16 May 1605  | Clement VIII
5  | Pompeio Arrigoni[37]: 118 | 16 May 1605  | 4 April 1616  | Paul V
6  | Giovanni Garzia Millini | 4 April 1616  | 2 October 1629[37]: 118
7  | Antonio Marcello Barberini | 2 October 1629  | 1 December 1633  | Urban VIII
8  | Francesco Barberini | 1 December 1633  | 10 December 1679
9  | Cesare Facchinetti | 10 December 1679  | 31 January 1683  | Innocent XI
10  | Alderano Cybo | 31 January 1683  | 22 July 1700
11  | Galeazzo Marescotti | 22 July 1700  | 1 January 1716  | Innocent XII
12  | Fabrizio Spada | 1 January 1716  | 15 June 1717  | Clement XI
13  | Nicolò Acciaioli | 15 June 1717  | 23 February 1719
14  | Francesco del Giudice | 25 February 1719  | 10 October 1725
15  | Fabrizio Paolucci | 10 October 1725  | 12 June 1726  | Benedict XIII
16  | Pietro Ottoboni | 14 June 1726  | 29 February 1740
17  | Tommaso Ruffo | 29 August 1740  | 16 February 1753  | Benedict XIV
18  | Neri Maria Corsini | 26 February 1753  | 6 December 1770
19  | Giovanni Francesco Stoppani | 12 December 1770  | 18 November 1774  | Clement XIV
20  | Luigi Maria Torregiani | 22 February 1775  | 6 January 1777  | Pius VI
21  | Carlo Rezzonico | 17 January 1777  | 26 January 1799
22  | Leonardo Antonelli | 8 November 1800  | 23 January 1811  | Pius VII
23  | Giulio Maria della Somaglia | 20 May 1814  | 2 April 1830
24  | Bartolomeo Pacca | 5 April 1830  | 19 April 1844  | Pius VIII
25  | Vincenzo Macchi | 25 April 1844  | 30 September 1860  | Gregory XVI
26  | Costantino Patrizi Naro | 10 October 1860  | 17 December 1876  | Pius IX
27  | Prospero Caterini | 21 December 1876  | 28 October 1881
28  | Antonio Maria Panebianco | 30 March 1882  | 25 January 1883  | Leo XIII
29  | Luigi Maria Bilio, CRSP  | 25 January 1883  | 30 January 1884
30  | Raffaele Monaco La Valletta | 15 February 1884  | 14 July 1896
31  | Lucido Maria Parocchi | 5 August 1896  | 15 January 1903
32  | Serafino Vannutelli | 16 January 1903  | 30 December 1908[e]
33  | Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro | 30 December 1908  | 16 December 1913  | Pius X
34  | Domenico Ferrata | 3 January 1914  | 10 October 1914
35  | Rafael Merry del Val | 14 October 1914  | 26 February 1930  | Benedict XV
36  | Donato Sbarretti | 4 July 1930  | 1 April 1939  | Pius XI
37  | Francesco Marchetti-Selvaggiani | 30 April 1939  | 13 January 1951
38  | Giuseppe Pizzardo | 16 February 1951  | 12 October 1959  | Pius XII
39  | Alfredo Ottaviani | 7 November 1959  | 7 December 1965  | John XXIII

### Prefects since 1965[edit | edit source]

When Pope Paul VI changed the name of the dicastery on 7 December 1965, he changed the title of the cardinal in charge of the daily administration of the Congregation from Secretary to Pro-Prefect. He continued to reserve the title of Prefect to himself[39] until 1968 when he relinquished his role as head of the Congregation and named a Prefect.[40]

No.  |  | Name  | From  | Until  | Appointer

|
|
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1  | File:Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani – edited.jpg | Alfredo Ottaviani
Pro-Prefect[f]
(1890–1979) | 7 December 1965  | 6 January 1968  | Paul VI
2  | File:Franjo Šeper.jpg | Franjo Šeper
(1905–1981) | 8 January 1968[g] | 25 November 1981
3  | File:Joseph Ratzinger.jpg | Joseph Ratzinger
(b. 1927) | 25 November 1981  | 2 April 2005[h] | John Paul II
4  | File:MF 2015 40 (16628518480) (cropped).jpg | William Levada
(1936–2019) | 13 May 2005  | 2 July 2012  | Benedict XVI
5  | File:Bischof-GL-Müller.JPG | Gerhard Ludwig Müller
(b. 1947) | 2 July 2012  | 2 July 2017[3][4]
6  | File:Prefecto Mons. Ladaria.jpg | Luis Ladaria Ferrer, SJ
(b. 1944) | 2 July 2017[3][4] | Incumbent  | Francis

### Secretaries since 1965[edit | edit source]

With the December 1965 reorganization of the Holy Office as the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the head of the Congregation was no longer titled Secretary. The dicastery's second-in-command, until then titled assessor, was then given the title of Secretary, as was already the case with the other Roman Congregations. All but the most recent have been made archbishops upon their appointment. The following have held the title of Secretary:

* Pietro Parente (7 December 1965 – 29 June 1967)
* Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P. (29 June 1967 – 6 March 1973)
* Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. (14 June 1973 – 8 April 1984)
* Alberto Bovone (5 April 1984 – 13 June 1995)
* Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B. (13 June 1995 – 10 December 2002)
* Angelo Amato, S.D.B. (19 December 2002 – 9 July 2008)
* Luis Ladaria Ferrer, S.J. (9 July 2008 – 2 July 2017)
* Giacomo Morandi (18 July 2017[41] – 10 January 2022)[42]
* John Joseph Kennedy (Disciplinary Section)[43] and Armando Matteo (Doctrinal Section)[43] (23 April 2022 – present)

## Present composition[edit | edit source]

* Prefect: Cardinal Luis Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.[3]
* Secretary for Discipline: John Joseph Kennedy
* Secretary for Doctrine: Armando Matteo
* Adjunct Secretary: Archbishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P.
* Adjunct Secretary: Archbishop Charles Scicluna[44]
* Undersecretary: Fr. Matteo Visioli[45][46]
* Undersecretary: Fr. Philippe Curbelié[47]
* Promoter of Justice: Fr. Robert J. Geisinger S.J.[48]
* 27 members
* 28 Consultors (religious superiors and canon lawyers)
* Staff of 33 lay theologians

## See also[edit | edit source]

* Inquisition
* Index Librorum Prohibitorum
* Archive of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
* Strengthening Church Members Committee, a Mormon organization which serves a similar role

## Notes[edit | edit source]

1. ^ The names "Roman Inquisition" or "Holy Inquisition" arose from this name, terms later popularly used in reference to the 16th-century tribunals against heresy.
2. ^ Pope Francis reorganized the Curia with his apostolic constitution on the Roman Curia, titled Praedicate evangelium ("Preach the gospel"), which took effect on 5 June 2022.
3. ^ It remained in use throughout 1984, as can be seen in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis of that year, but no longer appeared in the 1985 issues of that official bulletin of the Holy See.
4. ^ The revision of Norms concerning the more grave delicts reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith currently in force is the revision approved by Benedict XVI in 2010[update].[16][17][18]
5. ^ Resigned.
6. ^ Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, previously Secretary, continued to head the Congregation when it was renamed on 7 December 1965, and his title of Pro-Prefect was confirmed on 8 February 1966. Upon his retirement he was termed Prefect emeritus of the Congregation, and not Pro-Prefect emeritus.
7. ^ Since the appointment of Šeper in 1968, the head of the dicastery has the title of Prefect. The Pope no longer holds the office of Prefect of the CDF himself.[40]
8. ^ Death of Pope John Paul II

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