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The Bull Inscrutabili Divinae (June 22, 1622) issued
by Pope Gregory XV, marked the beginning of the constitutive period
of the Congregation with the name of Propaganda Fide.
The bull was followed by other fundamental papal documents: Romanum
decet (bearing the same date) Cum inter multiplices (December 14
1622), Cum nuper (13 June 13, 1623), and lastly Immortalis Dei (1°
August 1627). The task of the Congregation has always been the propagation
of the Faith throughout the world with the specific duty of coordinating
all the missionary workers, issue guidelines for missionary activity,
promote the formation of local clergy and hierarchy, encourage the
founding of new missionary institutes and lastly provide material
aid for missionary activities. The new Congregation became in this
way the normal and exclusive instrument for the Holy Father and
the Holy See for the exercise of jurisdiction over mission territories
and missionary cooperation.
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