Dicastery for Culture and Education

This dicastery was formed by the merger of the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Congregation for Catholic Education. The Section for Culture is dedicated to the promotion of culture, pastoral animation, and the valorization of the cultural patrimony. The Section for Education develops the fundamental principles of education with reference to schools, higher institutes of Catholic and ecclesiastical studies and research. Among the Pontifical Academies it coordinates are: Fine Arts and Letters, Archaeology, Theology, St. Thomas, International Marian Academy, Cultorum Martyrum and the Pontifical Academy of Latinity.