Papal household

Pontifical Family (Italian: Pontificia famiglia ) is the name of the official, ecclesiastical dignitaries and church officials, who are located in the immediate vicinity of the Pope and the Pope thereby help to control the Papal States and to lead.

The Pontifical family consists of clergy and laity, as well as members of the Pontifical Chapel, especially clergy, which the honorary title of Papal honor Kaplan ( Monsignor ), Pontifical honorary prelate and Apostolic prothonotary wear, as well as support of the Pontifical New Year's Eve and St Gregory, the Knights of the Holy grave in Jerusalem and the Knights of Malta. In addition, include several officials in the Vatican, which support the Pope as head of state in a special way, to the Pontifical Family. The Pontifical family is headed by the Pontifical House.

For Pontifical family in particular the following officers are expected:

Members of the clergy

  • Substitute of the Secretariat of State ( " Interior Minister " )
  • Secretary for Relations with States ( "foreign minister" )
  • Almoner of His Holiness
  • President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
  • Theologian of the Papal Household
  • Preacher of the Papal Household
  • Apostolic Proto Notaries
  • Pontifical Zeremoniare
  • Honorary Prelate of His Holiness
  • Chaplains of His Holiness

Members as lay

  • Throne Wizard
  • Sonderdelegat of the Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City
  • Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard
  • President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
  • Gentiluomo di Sua Santita (former Papal Chamberlain )
  • Valet of the Pope

Swell

  • Fabrizio Rossi: The Vatican: Politics and Organization, CH Beck 2011
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