Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith information
Dicastery of the Roman Curia
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Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
Dicasterium pro doctrina fidei
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Dicastery overview
Formed
July 21, 1542; 481 years ago (1542-07-21)
Preceding agencies
Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition
Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Type
Dicastery
Headquarters
Palazzo del Sant'Uffizio, Rome, Italy
Dicastery executives
Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect
Armando Matteo, Secretary
John Joseph Kennedy, Secretary
Joseph Augustine Di Noia, OP, Adjunct Secretary
Charles Jude Scicluna, Adjunct Secretary
Matteo Visioli, Undersecretary
Robert Joseph Geisinger, SJ, Promoter of Justice
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) is a department of the Roman Curia in charge of the religious discipline of the Catholic Church. The Dicastery is the oldest among the departments of the Roman Curia. Its seat is the Palace of the Holy Office in Rome. It was founded to defend the Catholic Church from heresy and is the body responsible for promulgating and defending Catholic doctrine.[1]
This institution was founded by Pope Paul III on 21 July 1542, as the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition.[a] It was then renamed in 1908 as the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office. In 1965, it became the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF; Latin: Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei). Since 2022, it is named Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.[b] It is still informally known as the Holy Office (Latin: Sanctum Officium) in many Catholic countries.[2] The sole objective of the dicastery is to "spread sound Catholic doctrine and defend those points of Christian tradition which seem in danger because of new and unacceptable doctrines."[1]
Its headquarters are at the Palace of the Holy Office, just outside Vatican City. The congregation employs an advisory board including cardinals, bishops, priests, lay theologians, and canon lawyers. On 1 July 2023, Francis named Argentine archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández as prefect, who took possession of the office in mid-September.[3]
^ ab"Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - Profile". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
^"Definition of HOLY OFFICE". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
^Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office (in Italian), 2023, retrieved 1 July 2023
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