Pontifical Council Cor Unum

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The Pontifical Council Cor Unum for Human and Christian Development was a dicastery of the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church from 1971 to 2016. It was established by Pope Paul VI on 15 July 1971 and was based in the Palazzo San Callisto, in Piazza San Callisto, Rome.

Description

The name of the pontifical council meant "one heart", which Paul VI explained in 1972: "So we were able to give your ecclesial action for aid the name of one heart, a heart that beats in rhythm with the heart of Christ, whose pity for the hungry multitudes reaches them even in their spiritual hunger".^[1]

Its mission was "the care of the Catholic Church for the needy, thereby encouraging human fellowship and making manifest the charity of Christ", and it undertook this mission by carrying out humanitarian relief operations following disasters, fostering charity, and encouraging cooperation and coordination of other Catholic organizations.

Effective 1 January 2017, the work of the Council will be assumed by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.^[2]

References

↑ Pontifical Council Cor Unum
↑ McElwee, Joshua J. (31 August 2016). "Francis creates new Vatican office for charity, justice, peace, migration". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

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