Pontifical Council for Culture
Pontificium Consilium de Cultura | |
| Successor | Dicastery for Culture and Education |
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| Established | 20 May 1982 |
| Founder | Pope John Paul II |
| Founded at | Vatican City |
| Dissolved | 5 June 2022 |
| Merger of | Pontifical Council for Dialogue with non-Believers |
| Purpose | to promote dialogue with other cultures to promote the study of unbelief and of religious indifference |
Parent organization | Roman Curia |
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The Pontifical Council for Culture (Latin: Pontificium Consilium de Cultura) was a dicastery of the Roman Curia charged with fostering the relationship of the Catholic Church with different cultures. It was erected by Pope John Paul II on 20 May 1982 and in 1993 he merged the Pontifical Council for Dialogue with Non-Believers, which had operated independently since 1965 into it. When the Apostolic constitution Praedicate evangelium promulgated by Pope Francis took effect on 5 June 2022, the Pontifical Council for Culture was merged with the Congregation for Catholic Education to create the new Dicastery for Culture and Education.