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 The Roman Curia
The Holy Father His Holiness, Pope John Paul II  (1978 -)

Secretariat of State
----- Substitute for General Affairs
----- Secretariat for Relations with States
Angelo Cardinal Sodano, Secretary of State  (1990 -)

Congregation for the Doctrine
of the Faith
----- Pontifical Biblical Commission
----- International Theological 
        Commission
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect  (1981 -)
Congregation for the Oriental Churches Patriarch Ignace Moussa I Cardinal Daoud, Prefect  (2000 -)
Congregation for the Causes of Saints José Saraiva Cardinal Martins, C.M.F., Prefect  (1998 -)
Congregation for Divine Worship
and the Discipline of the Sacraments
Jorge Arturo Cardinal Medina Estévez, Prefect  (1996 -)
Congregation for the Evangelization
of Peoples
Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe, Prefect  (2001 -)
Congregation for the Clergy
----- International Council for Catechesis
Darío Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos, Prefect  (1996 -)
Congregation for 
Institutes of Consecrated Life
and Societies of Apostolic Life
Eduardo Cardinal Martinez Somalo, Prefect  (1992 -)
Congregation for Catholic Education Zenon Cardinal Grocholewski, Prefect  (1999 -)
Congregation for Bishops
----- Pontifical Commission 
        for Latin America
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re, Prefect  (2000 -)

Pontifical Council for the Laity James Francis Cardinal Stafford, President  (1996 -)
Pontifical Council for Promoting
Christian Unity
----- Pontifical Commission for Religious
        Relations with the Jews 
Walter Cardinal Kasper, President  (2001 -)
Pontifical Council for the Family Alfonso Cardinal López Trujillo, President  (1990 -)
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace François Xavier Cardinal Nguyên Van Thuân, President  (1998 -)
Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” for 
Human and Christian Development
Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes, President  (1995 -)
Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care
of Migrants and Itinerant People
Archbishop Stephen Fumio Hamao, President  (1998 -)
Pontifical Council for the Apostolate
of Health Care Workers
Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragán, President  (? -)
Pontifical Council for the Interpretation
of Legislative Texts
Archbishop Julián Herranz, President  (? -)
Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue Francis Cardinal Arinze, President  (1985 -)
Pontifical Council for Culture Paul Cardinal Poupard, President  (1988 -)
Pontifical Council for Social Communications Archbishop John P. Foley, President  (? -)

Pontifical Commission for the Cultural
Heritage of the Church
Agostino Cardinal Cacciavillan, President  (1998 -)
Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei" Darío Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos, President  (2000 -)
Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City Edmund Casimir Cardinal Szoka, President  (1997 -)

The Apostolic Penitentiary William Wakefield Cardinal Baum, Major Penitentiary  (1990 -)
Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature Mario Francesco Cardinal Pompedda, Prefect  (1999 -)
Tribunal of the Roman Rota Monsignor Raffaello Funghini, Dean  (? -)
Office of the Apostolic Chamber Eduardo Cardinal Martíez Somalo, Camerlengo  (1993 -)
Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals Johannes Cardinal Willebrands, Camerlengo  (1998 -)

Prefecture for Economic Affairs of the Holy See Sergio Cardinal Sebastiani, Prefect  (1997 -)
Labor Office of the Apostolic See Jan Pieter Cardinal Schotte, C. I. C. M., President  (? -)
Librarian and Archivist
of the Holy Roman Church
Jorge María Cardinal Mejía, Prefect  (1998 -)
The Holy See Press Office Dr. Joachin Navarro-Valls, Director

The Roman Curia Curial roles and responsibilities -- from Catholic-Pages.com
The Vatican Government  from the United States Embassy to the Holy See
A History of the Curia: 1908-2001 The Curia and its Cardinals -- from Florida Int'l University
Addresses of the Roman Curia The Offices of the Roman Curia  --  from Catholic Info Network


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