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In the Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council expressed the need for the Church to continually place herself before the needs of the cultures of the world....

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Prefect

Pope Francis appointed His Eminence Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça as prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education on September 26, 2022. He was born in Funchal, in the island of Madeira,...

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Towards a Polyhedric Vision

The Catholic universities, born ex corde Ecclesiae, are at the service of her mission in the forms proper to the world of universities, by means of research, teaching and influence on society....

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Charism & Creativity

The international conference Charism & Creativity is a joint initiative of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life and the Pontifical Council for Culture. Its object is the cultural heritage...

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Expo Dubai

The Holy See Pavilion at EXPO Dubai “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future” is the general theme of the Universal Exhibition, Oct 1, 2021 – Mar 31,...

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Section: Education

In light of the Apostolic Constitution “Praedicate Evangelium” the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Pontifical Council for...

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Plenary Assembly

Videomessage from Pope Francis [video] - texts: [Italian] [English] [French] [Spanish] Plenary Assembly Rethinking Anthropology - Toward a new humanism November 2021 “And no one without Natural...

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Our Communications

"What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops" (Matt 10:27). Videos, photos, books, newsletters and journals are some of the...

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Latest Updates

  • Bando del Concorso 2022

    La Pontificia Accademia di Belle Arti e Lettere dei Virtuosi al Pantheon ha indetto il concorso per l’assegnazione del...

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    Venice Biennale 2023

    BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2023 The Holy See returns to the Venice Biennale of Architecture! It has been announced today that...

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    Mountain Day

    International Mountain Day 12 December 2022   Texts: Card. José Tolentino de Mendonça (text in Italian) Dr QU...

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    Undersecretary

    Antonella Sciarrone Alibrandi   On 25 November 2022 she was nominated Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Culture...

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  • Joint Appeal

    FOLLOW THE PATH OF PEACE Our world is once again confronting conflicts, turmoil and grave challenges. The scourges of...

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    Sport for All

    Sport for all cohesive, accessible, tailored to each person Summit for the presentation of the Declaration on...

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    Newsletter

    A circular newsletter is sent out from the Dicastery frequently, with images, news on appointments, conferences and...

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    Rethinking Anthropology

    Volume No. 2 XXX 2022 of the journal traces the contours of a necessary humanism, to respond to the anthropological...

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Culture in images

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...

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Sports

Sport is a mass phenomenon. Each week it mobilises hundreds of thousands of people as they exercise, flock to stadia to support their teams or watch a Formula One race on television. The sports...

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Digital culture

Our concern in the sphere of Digital Culture seeks to ensure presence of a Christian humanism in the sphere of rapidly developing digitalization in general and the emergence of artificial...

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Cultural Heritage and Arts

The term “cultural good” entered ecclesiastical language only with the current Code of Canon Law (CIC/1983 can. 1283, n. 2). But the Catholic Church, firstly through the legislation of the Pontifical...

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Science and Faith

The Science and Faith Department is the vehicle of the Pontifical Council for Culture's engagement with contemporary science. This commitment is based on the firm belief that between science and...

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Humanities

"I've been constantly concerned about human actions... not to mock them, not to pity them... nor hate them, but only to understand them" (Spinoza, Tractatus politicus I, 4)   The...

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The BACAC Foundation

The BACAC Foundation (Fondazione per i Beni e le Attività Culturali e Artistiche della Chiesa) was established by Pope Francis on 5 April 2014, as a body under Vatican law, in order to assist in the...

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Pontifical Academies - Cooordination Council

The Council of Coordination between the Pontifical Academies was created by Blessed John Paul II during the audience given to the Cardinal Secretary of State on 6 November 1995, and currently the...

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Dante Centenary Committee

On the occasion of the 7th centenary of the death of Dante Alighieri (1321-2021), the Pontifical Council for Culture, aware of the profound link between the Poet and the Holy See and between his...

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Catholic Cultural Centres

"The synthesis between culture and faith is not only a requirement of the culture but also of  the faith, since a faith that does not become culture is a faith not fully accepted, not...

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