Pontifical Council for Culture

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The Pontifical Council for Culture traces its origins to the Second Vatican Council and its opening up to that great, dynamic, worried and multiform world of contemporary culture. In its Pastoral...

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Library

16,146 books and reviews on Faith and Culture
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Art and Faith

Faith engaging the world of arts
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Atheism / Courtyard of the Gentiles

The dialogue between believers and non-believers, atheists and secular humanists
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Sport and Culture

Immersing the Gospel in the dominant cultural phenomenon of sport
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St Peter's Cricket Club
19 September 2014, match against Anglican XI. The match will be held at the Spitfire Ground, St. Lawrence Canterbury...
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Consultors
On 1 July 2014 new consultors were appointed. The Dicastery is able to call on the collaboration of its Consultors who...
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Courtyard Events
"Social Responsibility, Borges and Transcendence" is to be the theme of a Courtyard of the Gentiles in Buenos...
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Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter
The visit of the First Lady Mrs Mehriban Aliyeva, President of the Azerbaijan Heydar Alieyev Foundation. On June 2,...
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International Book Fair Turin
The Holy See, Guest of Honour at the International Book Fair in Turin 2014 The Holy See took part as guest of honour at...
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Homage of Africa to Popes John XXIII and John Paul II
Rome, 24 and 25 April, 2014, a Conference with African men and women, Bishops, members of SECAM, theologians, and...
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José da Cruz Policarpo
Cardinal José da Cruz Policarpo, who returned to the Father's house on 12 March 2014, was a Member of the Pontifical...
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The 2014 Stoq Lecture
On Saturday 25 January, Noam Chomsky gave the STOQ Lecture on the theme "Neurosciences, Human Nature and...
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Sacred Music Composition Prize "Francesco Siciliani" 2014
"Our Father" is to be the theme of the 2014 edition of the International Sacred Music Composition Competition...
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The Science and Faith Foundation STOQ
In December 2013 the first meeting of the STOQ Foundation's Scientific Committee was held in the offices of the...
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Santiago Calatrava: Metamorphoses of Space
The exhibition running in the Braccio di Carlo Magno (Vatican City) from 5 December to 20 February is promoted by the...
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Courtyard for Journalists
On 25 September 2013 a special meeting of the Courtyard of the Gentiles took place in the marvellous setting of...
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2013 Exchange of the Council of Europe
Freedom of Religion in Today's World: challenges and guarantees 2-3 September 2013, Yerevan, Armenia You may consult...
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Sacred Music Enquiry

Fifty years on from the Second Vatican Council, the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments and the Pontifical Council for Culture are undertaking, with a pastoral...

The Holy See at the International Book Fair

The Holy See, Guest of Honour at the International Book Fair in Turin 2014 The Holy See took part as guest of honour at the International Book Fair in Turin in 2014 (8-12 May). Cardinal Gianfranco...

The Courtyard of the Gentiles

The Courtyard of the Gentiles is a department of the Pontifical Council for Culture which intends to respond to the desire expressed by the Holy Father on the occasion of the Christmas Greetings to...