Dicastery

Department of the Roman Curia

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Roman Curia
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Holy See

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
* Holy See Press Office

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 Archive
* 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 Guard
* Disciplinary
* Financial Security
* Institute for the Works of Religion
* Healthcare Sector
* Verification and Application of Mitis Iudex in the Churches of Italy

History

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

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 Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

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A dicastery (/dɪˈkæstəri/; from Greek δικαστήριον (dikastērion) 'law-court'; from δικαστής, dikastes, 'judge, juror') is the name of some departments in the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church.

## Pastor bonus

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Pastor bonus (1988) includes this definition:

> By the word "dicasteries" are understood the Secretariat of State, Congregations, Tribunals, Councils and Offices, namely, the Apostolic Camera, the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See.[1]

## Praedicate evangelium

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Under the new structure of the Roman Curia created by Praedicate evangelium (effective since 5 June 2022), the former congregations and pontifical councils are replaced with dicasteries.

## Current dicasteries

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As of 2022, there are sixteen dicasteries:[2]

Dicastery  | Current prefect  | Country  | Picture

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Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith | Víctor Manuel Fernández[3] |  Argentina |
Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | Arthur Roche |  United Kingdom |
Dicastery for Evangelization | Pope Leo XIV |  United States
Peru |
Dicastery for the Causes of Saints | Marcello Semeraro |  Italy |
Dicastery for Bishops | Vacant | Vacant |
Dicastery for the Clergy | Lazarus You Heung-sik |  South Korea |
Dicastery for the Eastern Churches | Claudio Gugerotti |  Italy |
Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | Simona Brambilla |  Italy |
Dicastery for Culture and Education | José Tolentino de Mendonça |  Portugal |
Dicastery for the Service of Charity | Konrad Krajewski |  Poland |
Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life | Kevin Farrell |  Ireland |
Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity | Kurt Koch |  Switzerland |
Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue | George Koovakad |  India |
Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development | Michael Czerny |  Czech Republic
Canada |
Dicastery for Legislative Texts | Filippo Iannone |  Italy |
Dicastery for Communication | Paolo Ruffini |  Italy |

## References

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1. ^ "Pastor Bonus: Dicasteries". Archived from the original on June 1, 2013.
2. ^ "Pope Francis reforms Roman Curia with launch of Vatican constitution". Catholic News Agency. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
3. ^ Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office (in Italian), 2023, retrieved 1 July 2023

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Secretariat|

| Secretariat of State|

* Section for General Affairs
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* Secretary for Pontifical Representations

Dicasteries|

* Evangelization
* Doctrine of the Faith
* Service of Charity
* Eastern Churches
* Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
* Causes of Saints
* Bishops
* Clergy
* Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
* Laity, Family and Life
* Christian Unity
* Interreligious Dialogue
* Culture and Education
* Integral Human Development
* Legislative Texts
* Communication

Tribunals|

* Apostolic Penitentiary
* Apostolic Signatura
* Roman Rota

Economics|

* 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
* Apostolic Camera
* Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church

Institutes|

* Labour Office of the Apostolic See
* Vatican Apostolic Archive
* Vatican Apostolic Library
* Fabric of Saint Peter
* Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology
* 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 Guard
* Disciplinary
* Financial Security
* Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion
* Activities of Public Juridical Persons of the Church in the Healthcare Sector
* Verification and Application of Mitis Iudex in the Churches of Italy

Other organizations|

| Councils, commissions, and offices|

* Evangelization
* International Council for Catechesis
* Doctrine of the Faith
* Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
* International Theological Commission
* Pontifical Biblical Commission
* College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata
* Bishops
* Pontifical Commission for Latin America
* Clergy
* Pontifical Work for Priestly Vocations
* Christian Unity
* Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews
* Interreligious Dialogue
* Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims
* Culture and Education
* Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations
* Communication
* Vatican Publishing House
* Vatican Media
* Vatican Radio
* L'Osservatore Romano
* Holy See Press Office

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* Arcadia
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* Vicar General for the Vatican City State
* Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome
* Auxiliary Bishops of the Vicariate of Rome
* Prelate Secretary of the Vicariate of Rome

History|

* Roman Inquisition (1542)
* Reform by Sixtus V (1588)
* Reform by Paul VI (1967)
* Reform by John Paul II (1988)
* Reform by Francis (2022)

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dicasteries|

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

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Jurisdiction|

| Holy See
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* Pope Leo XIV as bishop of the Diocese of Rome
* primacy
* history

| Vatican City
(index, outline)|

* Enclaved in Rome, Italy
* Lateran Treaty, 1929
* along with extraterritorial properties of the Holy See

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Headquarters|

* Vatican City:
* Apostolic Palace
* papal apartments
* Sistine Chapel
* Italy:
* Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (cathedra)

Major basilicas|

* Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
* St. Peter's Basilica
* Basilica of Saint Mary Major
* Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls

Titles
(Papal names)|

* His Holiness
* Bishop of Rome
* Vicar of Jesus Christ
* Successor of the Prince of the Apostles
* Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church
* Patriarch of the West
* Primate of Italy
* Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province
* Sovereign of the Vatican City State
* Servant of the servants of God

Symbols|

* Coats of arms
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* Cross
* Keys of Heaven
* Regalia and insignia
* Rota
* Umbraculum

Proclamations|

* Infallibility
* Apostolic constitution
* Bull
* list
* Encyclical
* Apostolic exhortation
* Ecclesiastical letter
* Interdict

Activities|

* Arbitration
* deposition
* Blessing
* "pontifical"
* Urbi et Orbi
* Conclave
* list
* Coronation
* Consistory
* Diplomacy
* Inauguration
* Mass
* High Mass
* Travel

Vestments|

* Camauro
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* Fanon
* Ferula
* Flabellum
* Mantle
* Mitre
* Mozzetta
* Pallium
* Ring of the Fisherman
* Shoes
* slippers
* Subcinctorium
* Tiara
* list
* Zucchetto

Transportation|

* Popemobile
* Sedia gestatoria
* Shepherd One

Household|

* Camerlengo
* Commander of the Swiss Guard
* Chaplain
* Palatinus
* papal majordomo
* Gentlemen
* Preacher
* Prefect
* Prelate of Honour
* Prince assistant
* Theologian

Staff|

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* list
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* councils
* congregations
* dicasteries
* Synods
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* Sistine Chapel Choir

Related|

* Antipope
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* Gammarelli
* Legends
* Orders, decorations, and medals
* Papabile
* Papal nobility
* "Black"
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* in Rome
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* Index
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* Holy See
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* List of sovereigns
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History|

* History of the papacy
* "Prisoner in the Vatican"
* Circus of Nero
* Old St. Peter's Basilica
* Papal tombs
* Navicella
* Leonine City
* Cortile del Belvedere
* Santo Stefano degli Ungheresi
* Lateran Treaty
* Borgo Nuovo
* Borgo Vecchio
* Piazza Scossacavalli

Geography|

| Major basilica|

| St. Peter's Basilica|

* Chair of Saint Peter
* Door of the Dead
* Monument to the Royal Stuarts
* St. Peter's Baldachin
* Saint Longinus
* Pietà
* Vatican Necropolis
* Saint Peter's tomb
* Papal tombs
* Tomb of the Julii
* Vatican Grottoes

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Apostolic Palace|

* Redemptoris Mater Chapel
* Borgia Apartments
* Clementine Hall
* Loggias
* Papal apartments
* Stufetta del cardinal Bibbiena
* Cappella Paolina
* Raphael Rooms
* Niccoline Chapel
* Sala Ducale
* Sala Regia
* Scala Regia
* The Vision of Constantine
* Sistine Chapel
* altarpiece
* ceiling
* Room of Tears

Vatican Museums|

* Historical
* Paintings
* Modern and Contemporary Art
* Pio-Clementino
* Chiaramonti
* Gregoriano Etrusco
* Gregoriano Egiziano
* Pio Cristiano
* Ethnographic
* Bramante Staircase
* Maps

* Gregorian Tower
* Casina Pio IV
* Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri
* Domus Sanctae Marthae
* Holy Spirit Chapel
* Gardens
* Santa Maria della Pietà in Camposanto dei Teutonici
* Collegio Teutonico
* Teutonic Cemetery
* Mater Ecclesiae Monastery
* Sant'Egidio in Borgo
* Santi Martino e Sebastiano degli Svizzeri
* Paul VI Audience Hall
* The Resurrection
* Passetto di Borgo
* San Pellegrino in Vaticano
* St. Peter's Square
* Via della Conciliazione
* Fountains
* Porta San Pellegrino
* Ricciolo d'Italia
* Saint John's Tower
* Santo Stefano degli Abissini
* Vatican Pharmacy
* Vatican Hill

Politics|

* Elections
* Foreign relations
* Vicar General
* Law

* Crime
* Fundamental Law

Governance|

* Pope Leo XIV
* Cardinal Secretary of State Vacant

Government|

* Roman Curia
* Apostolic Camera
* Commissions
* For Vatican City State
* Councils
* Congregations
* Dicasteries

Military|

* Corps of Gendarmerie
* Swiss Guard
* See also: Corps of Firefighters

Economy|

* Banking
* Vatican euro coins
* Communications
* .va [Internet domain]
* Poste Vaticane
* Postage stamps and postal history
* Homelessness
* Secretariat for the Economy
* Tourism

Infrastructure|

* Transport
* Heliport
* Rail

Culture|

* Academy of Sciences
* AT telescope
* observatory
* Architecture
* Archives
* Apostolic Archive
* Climate Forest
* Demographics
* Languages
* Library
* film
* Music
* Sistine Chapel Choir
* Philatelic and Numismatic Office
* Public holidays

| Media|

* Holy See Press Office
* Vatican Information Service
* Vatican Media
* Vatican News
* Vatican Radio
* Vatican Television Center
* Vatican News App
* Vatican Publishing House
* Acta Apostolicae Sedis
* Annuario Pontificio
* L'Osservatore Romano
* Pope2you

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Religion|

* Catholic Church

Symbols|

* Anthem
* Coat of arms
* Flag

Sports|

* Amateur Sports Association
* Cricket team
* National football team (Men)
* National football team (Women)
* Vatican Athletics

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History
Timeline
Ecclesiastical
Legal|

| Early Church|

* Jesus Christ
* Ministry
* Crucifixion
* Resurrection
* Great Commission
* Apostles
* Succession
* Petrine primacy
* Church Fathers
* Apostolic Fathers
* History of the papacy
* Primacy

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Great Church|

* Ante-Nicene period
* Constantine
* First seven ecumenical councils
* Nicaea I
* Chalcedon
* Late antiquity
* Biblical canon
* Monasticism

Middle Ages|

* Islamic conquests
* Pope Gregory I
* Papal States
* Schism (1054)
* Investiture Controversy
* Crusades
* Schism (1378)
* Inquisition
* Universities
* Scholasticism
* Age of Discovery

Modern era|

* Protestantism
* Protestant Reformation
* Catholic Reformation
* Trent
* Thirty Years' War
* Enlightenment
* French Revolution
* Nazism
* Vatican II
* Communism
* Sexual abuse scandal
* Islam
* COVID-19 pandemic

Theology
Bible
Tradition
Catechism|

| General|

* God
* Trinity
* Kingdom
* Body
* Divine grace
* Dogma
* Nicene Creed
* Original sin
* Saints
* Salvation
* Sermon on the Mount
* Ten Commandments
* Vulgate
* Official Bible
* Sixtine Vulgate
* Sixto-Clementine Vulgate
* Nova Vulgata
* Worship

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Ecclesiology|

* Communitas perfecta
* Councils
* Ecumenism
* Four marks
* One true church
* Catholic
* Infallibility
* Mystici Corporis Christi
* People of God
* Three states
* Subsistit in
* In canon law

Sacraments|

* Baptism
* Confirmation
* Eucharist
* Penance
* Anointing of the Sick
* Last rites
* Holy orders
* Matrimony

Mariology|

* Assumption
* History
* Immaculate Conception
* Mariology of the popes
* Mariology of the saints
* Mother of God
* Perpetual virginity
* Veneration
* See also:
* Josephology

Philosophy|

* Natural law
* Moral theology
* Personalism
* Social teaching
* Philosophers
* Philosophy of canon law
* See also:
* Science
* Evolution
* Separation of church and state
* Relations
* Politics

Saints|

* Holy Family
* Mary
* Joseph
* Patriarchs
* Prophets
* Archangels
* Martyrs
* Doctors of the Church
* Evangelists
* Confessors
* Disciples
* Virgins

Organisation
Hierarchy
Canon law
Laity
Precedence
By country|

| Holy See
(List of popes)|

* Pope Leo XIV
* Ecumenical councils
* College of Cardinals
* List
* Advisers
* Roman Curia
* Dicasteries
* Synod of Bishops
* Properties

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Vatican City|

* Index
* Outline
* Apostolic Palace
* Lateran Treaty
* Roman Rota
* St. Peter's Basilica
* Swiss Guard
* Vatican Museums

Polity (Holy orders)|

* Diocese
* Episcopal conference
* Eparchy
* Bishop
* Patriarch
* Major
* Primate
* Metropolitan
* Archbishop
* Diocesan
* Coadjutor
* Auxiliary
* Titular
* Emeritus
* Parish
* Priest
* Deacon

Consecrated life|

* Religious:
* Superior
* Abbot, Abbess
* General
* Provincial
* Prior, Prioress
* Grand master
* Brother
* Friar
* Monk
* Sister
* Nun
* Hermit
* Novice
* Master
* Oblate
* Postulant

Particular churches
sui iuris|

* Latin Church
* Eastern Catholic Churches
* Albanian
* Armenian
* Belarusian
* Bulgarian
* Chaldean
* Coptic
* Croatian and Serbian
* Eritrean
* Ethiopian
* Georgian
* Greek
* Hungarian
* Italo-Albanian
* Macedonian
* Maronite
* Melkite
* Romanian
* Russian
* Ruthenian
* Slovak
* Syriac
* Syro-Malabar
* Syro-Malankara
* Ukrainian

Catholic liturgy|

* Eastern Catholic liturgy
* Alexandrian
* Antiochian
* Armenian
* Byzantine
* East Syriac
* West Syriac
* Malankara
* Latin
* Ambrosian
* Braga
* Mozarabic
* Roman
* Paul VI
* Tridentine
* Anglican
* Zaire

Culture|

* Art
* Marian
* Artists
* Writers
* Church buildings
* Altarpieces
* Folk
* Library
* Museums
* Music
* Distinctions
* Role in civilisation
* See also:
* Criticism of the Catholic Church
* Anti-Catholicism

Media|

* Holy See Press Office
* Vatican Media
* Vatican News
* Vatican Television Center
* Vatican Radio
* Vatican Press [it]
* L'Osservatore Romano
* Acta Apostolicae Sedis
* Annuario Pontificio

Religious orders,
institutes, societies|

* Assumptionists
* Annonciades
* Augustinians
* Basilians
* Benedictines
* Bethlehemites
* Blue nuns
* Camaldoleses
* Camillians
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* Cistercians
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* Dominicans
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* Hieronymites
* Jesuits
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* Mercedarians
* Minims
* Olivetans
* Oratorians
* Piarists
* Premonstratensians
* Redemptoristines
* Servites
* Theatines
* Trappists
* Trinitarians
* Visitandines

Associations
of the faithful|

* Confraternities
* Lay
* Marian
* Youth
* Workers
* Third orders
* Saint Dominic
* Lay Carmelites
* Discalced
* Saint Francis
* Secular
* Military orders
* Fimcap
* Catholic Action
* Charismatic Renewal
* Communion and Liberation
* Sant'Egidio
* Focolare
* International Alliance of Catholic Knights
* Scouting
* Legion of Mary
* Neocatechumenal Way
* Opus Dei
* Schoenstatt

Charities|

* Aid to the Church in Need
* Caritas
* Catholic Charities USA
* Home Missions
* Relief Services
* CIDSE
* Pax Christi
* Society of Saint Vincent de Paul

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* Health care
* Schools
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