Pontifical Council for Culture.

About Pontifical Council for Culture

The Pontifical Council for Culture 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, in 1993 he merged the Pontifical Council for Dialogue with Non-Believers, which had operated independently since 1965 into it and in 2012 Pope Benedict XVI incorporated the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church 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.