Działalność Papieskiej Komisji ds. Kościelnych Dóbr Kultury

Abstract

This article presents the activities of the of Pontifical Commission for Cultural Heritage of the Church. The Commission was established in 1993 with John Paul IIʼs Motu Proprio Inde a Pontificatus Nostri Initio, substituting the Pontifical Commission for the Conservation of the Artistic Patrimony of the Church, created five years earlier within the Congregation for the Clergy with Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus. The Commission for Cultural Patrimony thus became an independent organization with duties: presiding over the guardianship of the historical and artistic patrimony of the entire Church, collaborating in the conservation of this patrimony with the individual Churches and their respective episcopal organizations; and promoting an ever greater awareness in the Church about these riches. Throughout the year the Commission for Cultural Patrimony maintains contacts with international organizations. The representatives of the commission participate in congresses and meetings on issues concerning ecclesiastical cultural goods. The Commission published Letters-Documents, in which guidelines for intensifying the commitment of the ecclesial community to protection and promotion of its goods of culture and also calls greater attention to the care and appraisal of the cultural patrimony of the Church in evangelization.