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  • noun Plural form of dicastery.

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Examples

  • French ultra - "Progressive" religious weekly Golias reports on possible replacements for some important heads of dicasteries who have reached the age limit or will reach it soon.

    Rumour Watch: Cardinal Pell to Head Congregation for Bishops? 2009

  • The number of women who hold top-tier positions in any of the dicasteries, or committees, that make up the Vatican structure can be counted on one hand.

    A Woman’s Place Is In The Church 2010

  • And if we can discern a certain contradiction in his words and deeds, as well as in those of the dicasteries, well we choose what was always taught and we turn a deaf ear to the novelties destroying the Church.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Francis 2007

  • And thirdly, the naive and perhaps insular attitude that the various agencies and dicasteries of the Holy See take towards public relations and good press.

    Stating things clearly... Joanna Bogle 2009

  • French ultra-"Progressive" religious weekly Golias reports on possible replacements for some important heads of dicasteries who have reached the age limit or will reach it soon.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • And if we can discern a certain contradiction in his words and deeds, as well as in those of the dicasteries, well we choose what was always taught and we turn a deaf ear to the novelties destroying the Church.

    Continuing the Counter-Revolution Francis 2007

  • "Some of the stuff coming out of the dicasteries actually seemed to undermine what John Paul was trying to do," he told me.

    The Year of two Popes 2006

  • At the Vatican his secretary, Stanislaw Dziwisz, and the papal staff had found ways to cover for him: keeping meetings short, clearing blocks of time for him to rest before his trips, and delegating many decisions to the heads of the various Vatican departments, called dicasteries or congregations.

    The Year of two Popes 2006

  • The meeting has been organised by the Council of European Bishops Conferences CCEE, in close collaboration with various Orthodox Churches and some of the dicasteries of the Holy See.

    Zenit: Conclusions of Catholic-Orthodox Family Forum papabear 2008

  • At the Vatican his secretary, Stanislaw Dziwisz, and the papal staff had found ways to cover for him: keeping meetings short, clearing blocks of time for him to rest before his trips, and delegating many decisions to the heads of the various Vatican departments, called dicasteries or congregations.

    The Year of two Popes 2006

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