print email comment close The Roman Curia: Congregations: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith URL: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/ Description: Information from the Vatican about this group "founded in 1542 by Pope Paul III ... [which] was originally called the Sacred Congregation of the Universal Inquisition as its duty was to defend the Church from heresy. It is the oldest of the Curia's nine congregations." Includes a brief profile, doctrinal and disciplinary documents, and related material, some of which are by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI). Many of the documents are available in several languages (some not in English). Publisher: The Vatican Extra Keywords Holy See William Levada Library of Congress Subject Headings: Catholic Church Catholic Church -- Discipline Catholic Church -- Doctrines LII Database Information: Record 6767 created by Maria Brandt on 05/15/2005 Last modification on 05/18/2005 Published: 05/15/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/6767