Dicastery for Evangelization

Pope Francis' Apostolic Constitution Praedicate evangelium (5 June 2022) united the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization into a single dicastery, with the subject matter of the former departments  largely represented by the two sections of the new dicastery. 

The first section is concerned with "Fundamental Issues in World Evangelization" (PE 55-60), that is, mission generally (its fundamental questions and the development of an effective proclamation of the Gospel). Also under its competence are promoting and supporting popular piety, the care of international shrines, of catechesis in the particular churches, including the confirmation of catechisms (together with the consent of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith), the proclamation of Divine Mercy (for which the Missionaries of Mercy are a particular instrument), and the promotion of religious freedom, as well as interreligious dialogue. 

The second section supports “the proclamation of the Gospel and the deepening of the life of faith in the territories of first evangelization and deals with everything that concerns the erection of ecclesiastical circumscriptions or their modifications, as well as their provisioning, and it carries out the other tasks in the same way as the Dicastery for Bishops does within the scope of its competence.”