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of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life">Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_the_Laity,_Family_and_Life" title="Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life">Laity, Family and Life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_Promoting_Christian_Unity" title="Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity">Promoting Christian Unity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commission_for_Religious_Relations_with_the_Jews" title="Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews">Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_Interreligious_Dialogue" title="Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue">Interreligious Dialogue</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commission_for_Religious_Relations_with_Muslims" title="Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims">Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_Culture_and_Education" title="Dicastery for Culture and Education">Culture and Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_Promoting_Integral_Human_Development" title="Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development">Promoting Integral Human Development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_Legislative_Texts" title="Dicastery for Legislative Texts">Legislative Texts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_Communication" title="Dicastery for Communication">Communication</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican Press">Vatican Press</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%27Osservatore_Romano" title="L'Osservatore Romano">L'Osservatore Romano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Press_Office_of_the_Holy_See" class="mw-redirect" title="Press Office of the Holy See">Press Office of the Holy See</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Institutions of justice</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;display:none; ----"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Penitentiary" title="Apostolic Penitentiary">Apostolic Penitentiary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Signatura" title="Apostolic Signatura">Apostolic Signatura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Rota" title="Roman Rota">Roman Rota</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Institutions of finance</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;display:none; ----"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_for_the_Economy" class="mw-redirect" title="Council for the Economy">Council for the Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretariat_for_the_Economy" title="Secretariat for the Economy">Secretariat for the Economy</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Camerlengo_of_the_Holy_Roman_Church" title="Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church">Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Institutes</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;display:none; ----"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Office_of_the_Apostolic_See" title="Labour Office of the Apostolic See">Labour Office of the Apostolic See</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Apostolic_Archives" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican Apostolic Archives">Vatican Apostolic Archives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Apostolic_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican Apostolic Library">Vatican Apostolic Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabric_of_Saint_Peter" title="Fabric of Saint Peter">Fabric of Saint Peter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Commission_for_Sacred_Archaeology" title="Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology">Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology</a></li> <li>Pontifical academies</li> <li>AVEPRO</li> <li>Supervisory and Financial Information Authority</li> <li>Domus Vaticanae</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Interdicasterial commissions</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;display:none; ----"> <ul><li>Particular Churches</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Interdicasterial_Commission_for_Church_in_Eastern_Europe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Interdicasterial Commission for Church in Eastern Europe (page does not exist)">Church in Eastern Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interdicasterial_Commission_for_Consecrated_Religious" title="Interdicasterial Commission for Consecrated Religious">Consecrated Religious</a></li> <li>Candidates to Sacred Order</li> <li>Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Commissions and committees</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;display:none; ----"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Committee_for_International_Eucharistic_Congresses" title="Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses">International Eucharistic Congresses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Committee_for_Historical_Sciences" title="Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences">Historical Sciences</a></li> <li>Advocates</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Swiss_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontifical Swiss Guard">Swiss Guards</a></li> <li>Disciplinary</li> <li>Financial Security</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_for_Works_of_Religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Institute for Works of Religion">Institute for Works of Religion</a></li> <li>Healthcare Sector</li> <li>Verification and Application of Mitis Iudex in the Churches of Italy</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Roman_Curia" title="History of the Roman Curia">History</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;display:none; ----;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Immensa_Aeterni_Dei" class="mw-redirect" title="Immensa Aeterni Dei">Immensa Aeterni Dei</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sapienti_Consilio" class="mw-redirect" title="Sapienti Consilio">Reform by Pius X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI%27s_reform_of_the_Roman_Curia" title="Pope Paul VI's reform of the Roman Curia">Reform by Paul VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pastor_bonus" title="Pastor bonus">Reform by John Paul II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Praedicate_evangelium" title="Praedicate evangelium">Reform by Francis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Inquisition" title="Roman Inquisition">Roman Inquisition</a></li></ul> <p><br /> Former <a href="/wiki/Dicastery" title="Dicastery">dicasteries</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_Bishops_and_Regulars" title="Congregation of Bishops and Regulars">Congregation of Bishops and Regulars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregation_for_Borders" title="Congregation for Borders">Congregation for Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_Ceremonies" title="Congregation of Ceremonies">Congregation of Ceremonies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Index_Librorum_Prohibitorum#Sacred_Congregation_of_the_Index" title="Index Librorum Prohibitorum">Sacred Congregation of the Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregation_for_Indulgences_and_Sacred_Relics" title="Congregation for Indulgences and Sacred Relics">Congregation for Indulgences and Sacred Relics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_the_Vatican_Press" title="Congregation of the Vatican Press">Congregation of the Vatican Press</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacra_Consulta" title="Sacra Consulta">Sacred Congregation of the <i>Consulta</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacred_Congregation_of_Rites" title="Sacred Congregation of Rites">Sacred Congregation of Rites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Chancery" title="Apostolic Chancery">Apostolic Chancery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Dataria" title="Apostolic Dataria">Apostolic Dataria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretariate_of_Briefs_to_Princes_and_of_Latin_Letters" title="Secretariate of Briefs to Princes and of Latin Letters">Secretariate of Briefs to Princes and of Latin Letters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Administration_of_the_Holy_See" title="Special Administration of the Holy See">Special Administration of the Holy See</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Commission_for_the_Cultural_Heritage_of_the_Church" title="Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church">Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Commission_Ecclesia_Dei" title="Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei">Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Council_for_Social_Communications" title="Pontifical Council for Social Communications">Pontifical Council for Social Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Council_for_the_Family" title="Pontifical Council for the Family">Pontifical Council for the Family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Council_for_the_Laity" title="Pontifical Council for the Laity">Pontifical Council for the Laity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Council_Cor_Unum" title="Pontifical Council Cor Unum"><i>Cor 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also known as the <b>Apostolic Alms Office</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-PE79_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PE79-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an administrative unit of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Curia" title="Roman Curia">Roman Curia</a>. It began operations on 5 June 2022 as established by the apostolic constitution <i><a href="/wiki/Praedicate_evangelium" title="Praedicate evangelium">Praedicate evangelium</a></i> promulgated on 19 March 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the reform of <i>Praedicate evangelium</i> it was named the <b>Office of Papal Charities</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Papal_almoner">Papal almoner</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_the_Service_of_Charity&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Papal almoner"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The origin of the office of papal almoner goes back to the first centuries of the church when deacons, then close associates of the pope, were responsible for distributing alms. A bull of <a href="/wiki/Pope_Innocent_III" title="Pope Innocent III">Pope Innocent III</a> cites the almoner as an existing position while the post of apostolic almoner was formally erected by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_X" title="Pope Gregory X">Pope Gregory X</a> in the 13th century.<sup id="cite_ref-home_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-home-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the time of <a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIII" title="Pope Leo XIII">Pope Leo XIII</a>, the almoner has also been responsible for selling the parchments with which he authenticates papal blessings with his signature. Sales of these documents provide the almoner's office with funds to be distributed as alms.<sup id="cite_ref-home_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-home-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Creation_of_the_dicastery">Creation of the dicastery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_the_Service_of_Charity&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Creation of the dicastery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It took on the responsibilities previously managed by the Office of Papal Charities, which had functioned as part of the <a href="/wiki/Papal_household" title="Papal household">papal household</a> rather than as a curial department and was closely identified with the role of the Almoner of His Holiness, more commonly known as the papal almoner.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The almoner's post had been used to reward senior prelates until Pope Francis made its transformation "a flagship initiative" of his papacy, increasing its budget and visibility, elevating his almoner to the rank of cardinal, and transforming the role of almoner into a curial office.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Discussing <i>Praedicate evangelium</i> when it was promulgated, <a href="/wiki/Marco_Mellino" title="Marco Mellino">Marco Mellino</a>, secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Cardinal_Advisers" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Cardinal Advisers">Council of Cardinal Advisers</a>, said that it reorganized the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Curia" title="Roman Curia">Roman Curia</a> to orient it to service rather than administration and that elevating the church's almsgiving function was a key part of this.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the <a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_State_(Holy_See)" title="Secretariat of State (Holy See)">Secretariat of State</a> retained its preeminent role, the Dicastery for the Service of Charity was one of the three top-ranking units that followed in the Curia's hierarchy to reflect its core mission: evangelization, doctrine, and charity.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Like the other dicasteries under this constitution, the Dicastery for the Service of Charity is headed by a prefect, though in this instance the prefect also has the traditional title Almoner of His Holiness or papal almoner.<sup id="cite_ref-PE80_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PE80-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The prefect enjoys an additional distinction: it is one of only two curial prefects who retain their authority during the <i><a href="/wiki/Sede_vacante" title="Sede vacante">sede vacante</a></i>, the period between the end of one papacy and the beginning of the next.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The principle is that the service of charity is never to be interrupted.<sup id="cite_ref-PE18_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PE18-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-deSouza_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deSouza-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Functions">Functions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_the_Service_of_Charity&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Functions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The dicastery's work is rooted in "the option for the poor, the vulnerable and the excluded". It is authorized to provide assistance "anywhere in the world". The pope is expressly authorized to personally direct allocations "in cases of particular poverty or other necessity".<sup id="cite_ref-PE79_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PE79-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dicastery's remit extends as well to responding "in the event of serious calamities".<sup id="cite_ref-PE80_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PE80-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is authorized to accept and to solicit donations to support its distribution of charity. One particular source of funding is the dicastery's authority to sell customized parchments that document papal blessings granted on special occasions, such as weddings, baptisms or priestly ordinations.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leadership">Leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_the_Service_of_Charity&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Alms Office – both before and after its incorporation into the Curia as a dicastery – has been led since 2013 by <a href="/wiki/Konrad_Krajewski" title="Konrad Krajewski">Konrad Krajewski</a>, a cardinal since 2018. The office has been managed by Francesco Mazzitelli since his appointment on 27 November 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Papal_almoners">Papal almoners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_the_Service_of_Charity&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Papal almoners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Francesco_Bertazzoli" title="Francesco Bertazzoli">Francesco Bertazzoli</a> (24 May 1802 – 30 December 1814)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xavier_de_M%C3%A9rode" title="Xavier de Mérode">Xavier de Mérode</a> (10 July 1866 – 11 July 1874)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Sanminiatelli_Zabarella" title="Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabarella">Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabarella</a> (31 July 1874 – 23 August 1887)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augusto_Silj" title="Augusto Silj">Augusto Silj</a> (26 December 1906 – 6 December 1916)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Nasalli_Rocca_di_Corneliano" title="Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano">Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano</a> (6 December 1916 – 21 November 1921)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlo_Cremonesi" title="Carlo Cremonesi">Carlo Cremonesi</a> (29 December 1921 – 16 December 1935)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Giuseppe_Migone&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Giuseppe Migone (page does not exist)">Giuseppe Migone</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Migone" class="extiw" title="it:Giuseppe Migone">it</a>]</span> (19 December 1935<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 1 January 1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diego_Venini" title="Diego Venini">Diego Venini</a> (12 January 1951<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 16 December 1968)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antonio_Maria_Travia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Antonio Maria Travia (page does not exist)">Antonio Maria Travia</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Maria_Travia" class="extiw" title="it:Antonio Maria Travia">it</a>]</span> (16 December 1968<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 23 December 1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Rizzato" title="Oscar Rizzato">Oscar Rizzato</a> (23 December 1989 – 28 July 2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_del_Blanco_Prieto" title="Félix del Blanco Prieto">Félix del Blanco Prieto</a> (28 July 2007<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> - 3 November 2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guido_Pozzo" title="Guido Pozzo">Guido Pozzo</a> (3 November 2012<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> - 3 August 2013</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konrad_Krajewski" title="Konrad Krajewski">Konrad Krajewski</a> (3 August 2013<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 5 June 2022)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prefect_and_papal_almoner">Prefect and papal almoner</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_the_Service_of_Charity&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Prefect and papal almoner"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Konrad_Krajewski" title="Konrad Krajewski">Konrad Krajewski</a> (5 June 2022 – present)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_the_Service_of_Charity&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The other is the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Penitentiary" title="Apostolic Penitentiary">Apostolic Penitentiary</a>, whose judicial functions entail the uninterruptible expression of mercy.<sup id="cite_ref-PE18_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PE18-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same principle is found in <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a>'s revision of procedures for papal elections <i><a href="/wiki/Universi_Dominici_gregis" title="Universi Dominici gregis">Universi Dominici gregis</a></i>, article 22. </span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_the_Service_of_Charity&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-PE79-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PE79_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PE79_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Praedicate evangelium</i>, article 79. 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the Healthcare Sector</li> <li>Verification and Application of Mitis Iudex in the Churches of Italy</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Other organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Councils, commissions, and offices</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_Evangelization" title="Dicastery for Evangelization">Evangelization</a> <ul><li>International Council for Catechesis</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith" title="Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith">Doctrine of the Faith</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Commission_for_the_Protection_of_Minors" title="Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors">Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Theological_Commission" title="International Theological Commission">International Theological Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Biblical_Commission" title="Pontifical Biblical Commission">Pontifical Biblical Commission</a></li> <li>College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_Bishops" title="Dicastery for Bishops">Bishops</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Commission_for_Latin_America" title="Pontifical Commission for Latin America">Pontifical Commission for Latin America</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_the_Clergy" title="Dicastery for the Clergy">Clergy</a> <ul><li>Pontifical Work for Priestly Vocations</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_Promoting_Christian_Unity" title="Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity">Christian Unity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commission_for_Religious_Relations_with_the_Jews" title="Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews">Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_Interreligious_Dialogue" title="Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue">Interreligious Dialogue</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commission_for_Religious_Relations_with_Muslims" title="Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims">Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_Culture_and_Education" title="Dicastery for Culture and Education">Culture and Education</a> <ul><li>Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Dicastery for Communications">Communications</a> <ul><li><a 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