dicastery
Noun
Meaning
A court of justice; judgment hall.
Source: Webster's dictionaryExamples
Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
I am pleased to welcome the prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, and members of the Dicastery gathered in Rome for the plenary session, on the first centenary of its foundation.
Considerations for an ethical discernment regarding some aspects of the present economic-financial system” of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, 17.05.
Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, read the pope's message in English.
The Dicastery is to animate and encourage the promotion of the vocation and mission of the lay faithful in the Church and in the world, as individuals, married or not, and also as members belonging to associations, movements and communities.
Salvatore Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelisation, spoke on the work of his dicastery.