Congregation for Catholic Education
| Latin:Congregatio de Institutione Catholica (Studiorum Institutis) | |
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| Formed | January 22, 1588 |
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| Dissolved | May 5, 2022 |
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| Headquarters | Palazzo delle Congregazioni,Piazza Pio XII,Rome,Italy |
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TheCongregation for Catholic Education (Institutes of Study)(Latin:Congregatio de Institutione Catholica (Studiorum Institutis)) was the pontificalcongregationof theRoman Curiaresponsible for: universities, faculties, institutes and higher schools of study, either ecclesial or non-ecclesiastical dependent on ecclesial persons; and schools and educational institutes depending on ecclesiastical authorities.
It was also in charge of regulating seminaries, which prepare those students intending to become priests (seminarians) for ordination to the presbyterate, until 16 January 2013 whenPope Benedict XVI[1]transferred the oversight of seminaries and all other related formation programs for priests and deacons from this dicastery to theCongregation for the Clergy,which regulates deacons and priests generally, not only their education. The Congregation for Catholic Education retains responsibility for matters pertaining to the structure of seminary curricula in philosophy and theology, in consultation with the Congregation for the Clergy.[2]
When the Apostolic constitutionPraedicate evangeliumpromulgated byPope Francistook effect on 5 May 2022, the Congregation for Catholic Education was merged with thePontifical Council for Cultureto create the newDicastery for Culture and Education.[3]
History
[edit]Pope Sixtus Vcreated the forerunner of the Congregation in 1588 with the ConstitutionImmensa,to oversee theUniversity of Rome La Sapienzaand other notable universities of the time, includingBologna,Paris,andSalamanca.In 1824Pope Leo XIIcreated theCongregatio studiorumfor educational institutions in thePapal States,which in 1870 began to oversee Catholic universities.Pope Pius Xconfirmed this responsibility in 1908 andPope Benedict XVerected in 1915 the section for seminaries (which existed within the Consistorial Congregation), joined to it theCongregatio studiorum,and called itCongregatio de Seminariis et Studiorum Universitatibus.In 1967,Pope Paul VIrenamed itSacra Congregatio pro institutione Catholica.The present name "Congregation for Catholic Education (Institutes of Study)" derives fromPope John Paul II's 1988Apostolic ConstitutionPastor Bonus.[citation needed]
Offices
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To fulfill its mission, this congregation has two offices:
1. TheOffice for Universities(Higher Education) with the sub-section Department for International Organizations (Dipartimento per gli Organismi Internazionalior DOI). This Office has competence over:
- Ecclesiastical,which are governed by Pope Francis' Apostolic ConstitutionVeritatis Gaudium(29 January 2018)[4](replacing the previous constitution,Sapientia christianaof 1979[5]) and which are tasked "to carry out the ministry of evangelization given to the Church by Christ" by "fostering and teaching sacred doctrine and the sciences connected therewith", for example Theology, Philosophy, and Canon Law, (Veritatis Gaudium,articles I-II); and
- Non-ecclesiasticalofferings in secular sciences that are dependent on ecclesiastical persons, which are governed by John Paul II's Apostolic ConstitutionEx corde Ecclesiae(15 August 1990)[6]as well as by the pertinent civil laws of countries in which they are located.
2.The Office for Schools.
Competences on Ecclesiastical Higher Education Institutions
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The Congregation conducts apostolic visits to Catholic institutions and receives bishops during theirquinquennial visitsad limina apostolorum,in order to discuss with local Ordinaries concerns pertaining to Catholic Education in their areas of responsibility.
The Congregation for Catholic Education"erects or approves ecclesiastical universities and institutions, ratifies their statutes, exercises the highest supervision over them, and ensures that the integrity of the Catholic faith is preserved in teaching doctrine. "[7]Corollary to this, the dicastery nominates or confirms highest personal academic authorities of Ecclesiastical higher Education institutions,[8]i.e.,rectors,presidents and deans.[9]Names of confirmed and appointed rectors, presidents and deans of Institutions belonging to the Higher Education System of the Holy See appear in theAnnuario Pontificioat the section onIstituti di Studi Superiori.These are updated yearly.
To this dicastery belongs also the final authority for the nomination of teachers of ecclesiastical learning institutions to the permanent status and to the highest rank ofOrdinariesof the variouscathedraeof ecclesiastical disciplines, through the issuance of the rescript granting thenihil obstatfor such promotion, on behalf of the Holy See.[10]
Academic collaboration (for the purpose of obtaining the authority to grant canonical degrees in the name of the Holy See) between Ecclesiastical Higher Education institutions that do not have the juridical status as autonomous Ecclesiastical Faculties (i.e.,Affiliated,[11]Aggregated,[12]and Incorporated[13]Institutes) and autonomous Ecclesiastical Faculties have to be approved by this dicastery.
The programmes and other conditions[14]required of Higher Learning Institutions belonging the Higher Education System of the Holy See are regulated by the Apostolic ConstitutionsSapientia christiana,and other pertinent normative documents of the dicastery, such as:
1.Decree of the Congregation for Catholic Education revising the order of studies in the Faculties and Departments of Canon Law(2 September 2002);[15]
2.The Reform of the Higher Institutes of Religious Sciences(28 June 2008),[16]which gives the appropriate norms regarding the pathway of the study of Philosophy and Theology for those who are not preparing to receive the Holy Orders, i.e., for the lay and religious;
3.The Decree on the Reform of Ecclesiastical Studies of Philosophy(28 January 2011),[17]which outlines the current requirements of Ecclesiastical Studies of Philosophy and of the philosophical formation that forms integral part of the Cycle I of Catholic Theology;
4. The normative documents for affiliations, aggregations and incorporations.[18]
National Qualifications Framework of the Ecclesiastical Higher Education System of the Holy See
[edit]TheHoly Seeis signatory to various international and regional agreements in recognition of diplomas and degrees in the field of Higher Education, such as theLisbon Conventionand theAsia-Pacific Regional Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education(2011).[19]As part of the process of implementing these international accords, the Congregation for Catholic Education has followed international guidelines, such as those recommended by theBologna Process,in order to make transparent its Higher Education System. Among the instruments of this process is theNational Qualifications Framework,to which all institutions belonging to the System must conform in order to legitimately and validly grant canonical degrees.[20]
Leadership
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CardinalGiuseppe Versaldihad been the Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education since 31 March 2015.[21]ArchbishopAngelo Vincenzo Zanihas been the Secretary since 9 November 2012.[22]Father Friedrich Bechina, FSO, has been the Undersecretary.[23]
Prefects since 1915
[edit]- Gaetano Bisleti(1915-1937)
- Giuseppe Pizzardo(1939-1968)
- Gabriel-Marie Garrone(1968-1980)
- William Wakefield Baum(1980-1990)
- Pio Laghi(pro-prefect 1990-1991, prefect 1991-1999)
- Zenon Grocholewski(1999-2015)
- Giuseppe Versaldi(2015-2022)
Secretaries since 1913
[edit]- Giacomo Sinibaldi(15 May 1913 – 1928)
- Ernesto Ruffini(28 October 1928 – 11 October 1945)
- Giuseppe Rossino(1945 – 31 December 1949)
- Carlo Confalonieri(25 January 1950 – 15 December 1958)
- Dino Staffa(18 December 1958 – 7 April 1967)
- Joseph Schröffer(17 May 1967 – 20 May 1976)
- Antonio María Javierre Ortas,S.D.B. (20 May 1976 – 26 May 1988)
- José Saraiva Martins,C.M.F. (26 May 1988 – 30 May 1998)
- Giuseppe Pittau,S.J. (11 July 1998 – 25 November 2003)
- John Michael Miller,C.S.B. (25 November 2003 – 1 June 2007)
- Jean-Louis Bruguès,O.P. (10 November 2007 – 26 June 2012)
- Angelo Vincenzo Zani(9 November 2012 – 5 June 2022)
References
[edit]- ^Apostolic Letter (Motu proprio)Ministrorum institutio
- ^Apostolic Letter (Motu proprio)Ministrorum institutio
- ^"The Dicastery for Culture and Education".Vatican News.5 June 2022.Retrieved8 June2022.
- ^Pope Francis (29 January 2018)."Veritatis Gaudium".Libreria Editrice Vaticana.Retrieved25 March2018.
- ^The Apostolic ConstitutionSapientia christiana
- ^The Apostolic ConstitutionEx corde Ecclesiae
- ^Apostolic constitutionPastor Bonus,Art. 116 § 2.
- ^"The Rector and the President are named, or at least confirmed, by the Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education." Apostolic ConstitutionSapientia christiana,Art. 18.
- ^"The academic authorities are personal and collegial. Personal authorities are, in the first place, the Rector or President and the Dean." Apostolic ConstitutionSapientia chrisitana,Art. 15.
- ^"All teachers, before they are given a permanent post or before they are promoted to the highest category of teacher, or else in both cases, as the Statutes are to state, must receive a declaration of nihil obstat from the Holy See." Apostolic ConstitutionSapientia christiana,Art. 27, n.2.
- ^Affiliation is an academic collaboration for the granting of Cycle I or Baccalaureate degree. "The conditions for affiliation regard, above all, the number and qualification of teachers, the study program, the library, and the duty of the affiliating Faculty to help the institution being affiliated. Therefore, this is usually granted only when the affiliating Faculty and the affiliated institution are in the same country or cultural region." Apostolic ConstitutionSapientia christiana,Ordinationes, Art. 47.
- ^"Aggregation is the linking with a Faculty of some Institute which embraces only the first and second cycle, for the purpose of granting the degrees corresponding to those cycles through the Faculty." Apostolic ConstitutionSapientia christiana,Ordinationes, Art. 48, n. 1.
- ^"Incorporation is the insertion into a Faculty of some Institute which embraces either the second or third cycle or both, for the purpose of granting the corresponding degrees through the Faculty." Apostolic ConstitutionSapientia christiana,Ordinationes, Art. 48, n. 2.
- ^"The necessary prerequisites are...: permanently engaged teachers who in number and quality respond to the nature and demands of a Faculty; a suitable number of students; a library with scientific apparatus and suitable buildings; economic means really sufficient for a University or Faculty; the Statutes, together with the Study Program, be exhibited, which are in conformity to the Constitution and to [its] Norms of Application." Apostolic ConstitutionSapientia christiana,Ordinationes, Art. 45, n. 1b-c.
- ^Decree of the Congregation for Catholic Education revising the order of studies in the Faculties and Departments of Canon Law(2 September 2002)
- ^The Reform of the Higher Institutes of Religious Sciences(28 June 2008)
- ^The Decree on the Reform of Ecclesiastical Studies of Philosophy(28 January 2011)
- ^Documents of the Congregation for Catholic Education
- ^Asia-Pacific Regional Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education(2011)
- ^Quadro Nazionale delle Qualifiche della Santa Sede
- ^"Rinunce e nomine, 31.03.2015"(Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 31 March 2015.Retrieved7 May2018.
- ^"Rinunce e nomine, 09.11.2012"(Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 9 November 2012.Retrieved7 May2018.
- ^"Rinunce e nomine, 15.02.2013"(Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 February 2013.Retrieved7 May2018.
Documents published by the Congregation for Catholic Education
[edit]- Decree on the Reform of Ecclesiastical Studies of Philosophy(2011)
- Guidelines on the Use of Psychology in the Admission and Formation of Candidates for the Priesthood(2008)
- Reform of the Higher Institutes of Religious Sciences(2008)
- Educating Together in Catholic Schools. A Shared Mission between Consecrated Persons and the Lay Faithful(2007)
- Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations with regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies in view of their Admission to the Seminary and to Holy Orders(2005)
The complete list of documents pertaining to Catholic Education can be accessed at this link.[1]
External links
[edit]- Webpage of the Congregation for Catholic Education at the Vatican website
- Website of the Higher Education System of the Catholic Church
- GCatholic.org
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