A dicastery (; ; from ) is the name of some departments in the

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of the

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''Pastor bonus''

'' Pastor bonus'' (1988) includes this definition:

''Praedicate evangelium''

Under the new structure of the

created by ''

Praedicate evangelium ( English: ''Preach the gospel'') is an apostolic constitution reforming the Roman Curia; it was published and promulgated on 19 March 2022 by Pope Francis, and the document took effect on 5 June 2022. The apostolic constitution was develope ...

'' ( effective since 5 June 2022), the former congregations and pontifical councils are replaced with dicasteries.

Current dicasteries

As of 2022, there are sixteen dicasteries:

References

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