Pontifical Commission

A Pontifical Commission is a committee of Catholic experts convened by the Pope for a specific purpose. Examples include:

  • Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
  • Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei
  • Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church
  • Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

Famous quotes containing the word commission:

    “Yesterday the Electoral Commission decided not to go behind the papers filed with the Vice-President in the case of Florida.... I read the arguments in the Congressional Record and can’t see how lawyers can differ on the question. But the decision is by a strictly party vote—eight Republicans against seven Democrats! It shows the strength of party ties.”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)