The Roman Curia. Composition and General Information

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2018 in the subject Theology - Miscellaneous, grade: note, , course: Canon Law, language: English, abstract: This work tries to give an overview over of the Roman Curia and provide information on its composition.

The word Curia means the place of various offices of group of persons who compose the offices. The Roman Curia is the complex of department and institutes which assist the Roman Pontiff in the exercise of his supreme pastoral function for the good and service of the universal Church and of the particular Churches, by which the unity of faith and communion of the people of God is strengthened, and the mission is promoted which is proper to the Church in the world. The Apostles had numerous helpers and collaborator who made possible and facilitated for them the accomplishment of the task connected with the proclamation of the Gospel. Many names of these disciples and apostolic helpers are known to us, especially from the letters of St. Paul. The fulfilment of the apostolic mission, and especially of Peter¿s ministry, has required numerous collaborators in every age. Our age, too, requires them to an extent adequate to the needs of our times, in which it is incumbent on the church to carry out the evangelical mission of salvation. The Roman Pontiff the centre of the unity of the Church and the reference point for the universal desire for brotherhood and internal co-operation among the peoples. The Roman Curia helps the Pope to fulfil his universal mission entrusted to him by our Lord Jesus Christ. The Church¿s central organisation, through all the diversified organs, is an indispensable instrument for the Pope in carrying out the enormous burden of the Petrine ministry.