Council of Cardinals

Council of Cardinals

Council of Cardinals or Commission of Cardinals may refer to :

Historical usage

  • The Roman Curia before the reforms of Paul VI, which was mostly exclusive to Cardinals, and did not include many laymen, priests or titular bishops.
  • The College of Cardinals, sometimes referred to as the Council of Cardinals.

Modern usages

  • The Council of Cardinals for the Study of the Organizational and Economic Problems of the Holy See
  • Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari
  • Commission of Cardinals for Historical Studies
  • Commission of Cardinals for the inquiry into the Dutch Catechism
  • Commission of Cardinals for the investigation of the Lefebvre situation
  • Commission of Cardinals for the creation of the modern Code of Canon Law
  • Commission of Cardinals for the lifting of restrictions on the Tridentine Mass
  • Commission of Cardinals for the creation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church

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