A Pontifical Commission is a committee of Catholic experts convened by the Pope for a specific purpose. Examples include:
- Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
- Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei
- Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church
- Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology
Famous quotes containing the word commission:
“The Church seems to totter to its fall, almost all life extinct. On this occasion, any complaisance would be criminal which told you, whose hope and commission it is to preach the faith of Christ, that the faith of Christ is preached.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)