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CHAPTER IV: THE ROMAN CURIA

Can.360 The Supreme Pontiff usually conducts the business of the universal Churchthrough the Roman Curia, which acts in his name and with his authority for thegood and for the service of the Churches. The Curia is composed of the Secretariatof State or Papal Secretariat, the Council for the public affairs of theChurch, the Congregations, the Tribunals and other Institutes. The constitutionand competence of all these is defined by special law.

Can.361 In this Code the terms Apostolic See or Holy See mean not only the Roman Pontiff, but also, unless the contrary is clear from the nature of things or from the context, the Secretariat of State, the Council for the public affairsof the Church, and the other Institutes of the Roman Curia.