Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
- Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
Infobox Parliament
name = Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
coa_pic = Coat of arms of the Holy See.svg
session_room = Roma-villa.jpg
house_type = Unicameral
leader1_type = President
leader1 = Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo
members = 7
meeting_place = Palace of the Governorate
website = http://www.vaticanstate.va/The Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (Italian: "Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano") is the legislative body of Vatican City. It consists of Cardinals appointed to five year terms by the pope.[cite web | url=http://www.vaticanstate.va/NR/rdonlyres/3F574885-EAD5-47E9-A547-C3717005E861/2522/FundamentalLaw1.pdf | title=Fundamental Law of Vatican City State | author=Pope John Paul II | date=26 November, 2000 | accessdate=2007-08-12 | publisher=Vatican City State ] ]Laws and regulations proposed by the commission must be submitted to the pope through the Secretariat of State prior to being made public and taking effect.[cite web | url=http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/State_and_Government/StateDepartments/Legislative_and_executive_bodies.htm | title=Legislative and executive bodies | publisher=Vatican City State | accessdate=2007-08-12 ] ]The Commission is led by a president, currently Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo of Italy. In addition to his legislative role, the president is delegated executive authority for the state by the pope.
Members
*Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo, Cardinal President
*Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re
*José Cardinal Saraiva Martins
*Jean-Louis Cardinal Tauran
*Renato Raffaele Cardinal Martino
*Attilio Cardinal Nicora
*Leonardo Cardinal Sandri [cite web | url=http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/State_and_Government/Structure_Governorate/Organizational_Chart/organigramma_stato.htm | title=Vatican City State | publisher=Vatican City State | accessdate=2008-06-01 ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/homepage.htm Vatican City State]
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/romancuria/dv1.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
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