Pontificium Consilium de Cultura | |
Successor | Dicastery for Culture and Education |
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Established | 20 May 1982 |
Founder | Pope John Paul II |
Founded at | Vatican City |
Dissolved | 5 June 2022 |
Merger of | Pontifical Council for Dialogue with non-Believers |
Purpose | to promote dialogue with other cultures to promote the study of unbelief and of religious indifference |
Parent organization | Roman Curia |
Website | www |
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The Pontifical Council for Culture (Latin: Pontificium Consilium de Cultura) was a dicastery of the Roman Curia charged with fostering the relationship of the Catholic Church with different cultures. It was erected by Pope John Paul II on 20 May 1982[1] and in 1993 he merged the Pontifical Council for Dialogue with Non-Believers, which had operated independently since 1965 into it.[2] When the Apostolic constitution Praedicate evangelium promulgated by Pope Francis took effect on 5 June 2022, the Pontifical Council for Culture was merged with the Congregation for Catholic Education to create the new Dicastery for Culture and Education.[3]