{{Short description|Commission of the Roman Curia}} {{Refimprove|date=May 2015}} {{Notability|date=July 2021}} {{Portal|Catholicism}} A '''pontifical commission''' ({{Langx|la|pontificia commissio}}) is a committee of Catholic experts convened by the [[Pope]] for a specific purpose. The following is a list of commissions, the dates they began and the pope who established.
== Current commissions == # [[Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology |url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_commissions/archeo/index.htm |website=www.vatican.va |access-date=23 May 2025}}</ref> 6 January 1852 by [[Pope Pius IX]]. # [[Pontifical Biblical Commission]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rytel-Andrianik |first1=Paweł |title=Pontifical Biblical Commission wraps up annual plenary assembly |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-04/pontifical-biblical-commission-ends-annual-plenary-assembly.html |website=[[Vatican News]] |access-date=23 May 2025 |date=12 April 2024}}</ref> 30 October 1902 by [[Pope Leo XIII]]. # [[Pontifical Commission for Latin America]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lima |first1=Eduardo Campos |title=Laywoman assumes high position at Vatican's Latin America commission |url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/laywoman-assumes-high-position-vaticans-latin-america-commission |website=[[National Catholic Reporter]] |language=en |date=August 31, 2021}}</ref> 19 April 1958 by [[Pope Pius XII]]. # [[International Theological Commission]], 11 April 1969 by [[Pope Paul VI]]. # [[Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews]], 22 October 1974 by Pope Paul VI.<ref>{{cite web|title=Relations with the Jews (1975)|url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/relations-jews-docs/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_19750110_setting-commission_en.html|website=Vatican official website|publisher=The Holy See|access-date=30 May 2015}}</ref> # [[Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims|Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims]], 22 October 1974 by Pope Paul VI.<ref>{{cite web|title=Il Dicastero per il Dialogo Interreligioso|url=https://www.vaticannews.va/it/vaticano/news/2021-10/pontificio-consiglio-dialogo-interreligioso-cardinale-ayuso.html|website=Vatican News|date=31 December 2021 |publisher=The Holy See|access-date=4 Dec 2022}}</ref> # [[Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brockhaus |first1=Hannah |title=Pope Francis fills No. 2 position at Governorate of Vatican City State |url=https://www.aciafrica.org/news/14421/pope-francis-appoints-two-secretaries-general-in-pontifical-commission-for-vatican-city-state-to-work-under-president |website=ACI Africa |access-date=23 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> 26 November 2000 by [[Pope John Paul II]]. # [[Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Church must act faster against abusive priests: papal commission |url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20241029-pope-s-commission-against-abuse-to-publish-first-report |website=RFI |publisher=[[Radio France Internationale]] |access-date=23 May 2025 |language=en |date=29 October 2024}}</ref> 22 March 2014 by [[Pope Francis]]. # [[Pontifical Commission for the Activities of Public Juridical Persons of the Church in the Healthcare Sector]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gagliarducci |first1=Andrea |title=The Vatican has a commission for healthcare facilities, but there is little trace of it |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/247670/the-vatican-has-a-commission-for-healthcare-facilities-but-there-is-little-trace-of-it#:~:text=In%202015%2C%20facing%20scandals%20in,commission%20in%20the%20Annuario%20Pontificio. |website=[[Catholic News Agency]] |access-date=23 May 2025 |language=en |date=May 15, 2021}}</ref> 12 December 2015 by Pope Francis. # [[Pontifical Commission for the World Day of Children]], November 2024 by Pope Francis.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Watkins |first1=Devin |title=Pope creates new Pontifical Committee for World Day of Children - Vatican News |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-11/pope-francis-creates-new-pontifical-committee-children-world-day.html |website=www.vaticannews.va |access-date=23 May 2025 |language=en |date=20 November 2024}}</ref>
== Former commissions == Former pontifical commissions include: # [[Pontifical Commission for Russia]] (1925 [[Pope Pius XI]] – 1993 [[Pope John Paul II]]). # [[Pontifical Commission for the Drafting of the Code of Eastern Canon Law]] (1935 [[Pope Pius XI]] – 1991 [[Pope John Paul II]]). # [[Pontifical Commission on Birth Control]] (1963 [[Pope John XXIII]] – 1968 [[Pope Paul VI]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=The Birth Control Commission |url=https://www.catholicsforchoice.org/resource-library/humanae-vitae/the-birth-control-commission/ |website=Catholics for Choice |access-date=23 May 2025}}</ref> # [[Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church]] (1988 [[Pope John Paul II]] – 2012 [[Pope Benedict XVI]]). # [[Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei|Pontifical Commission ''Ecclesia Dei'']] (1988 [[Pope John Paul II]] – 2017 [[Pope Francis]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=On the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei" {{!}} EWTN |url=https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/on-the-pontifical-commission-ecclesia-dei-23549 |website=[[EWTN]] Global Catholic Television Network |access-date=23 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> # [[Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Institute for Works of Religion]] (2013 [[Pope Francis]] – 2014 Pope [[Pope Francis]]). # [[Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Organisation of the Economic-Administrative Structure of the Holy See]] (2013 [[Pope Francis]] – 2014 [[Pope Francis]]).
== Permanent interdicasterial commissions == * [[Interdicasterial Commission on Particular Churches]], 18 March 1989 by [[Pope John Paul II]]. * [[Interdicasterial Commission for Consecrated Religious]], 18 March 1989 by [[Pope John Paul II]]. * [[Interdicasterial Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order]], 18 March 1989 by [[Pope John Paul II]]. * [[Interdicasterial Commission for the Church in Eastern Europe]], 15 January 1993 by [[Pope John Paul II]]. * [[Interdicasterial Commission for the Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia]], 12 April 2022 by [[Pope Francis]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/romancuria/d1g.htm | title=Interdicastery Commission for the Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia }}</ref> * (former) {{Interlanguage link|Interdicasterial Commission for the Catechism of the Catholic Church|it|Commissione interdicasteriale per il Catechismo della Chiesa cattolica}}, (1993 [[Pope John Paul II]] – 1997 [[Pope John Paul II]]).
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