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PONTIFICAL HOUSEHOLD, PREFECTURE OF
Established in 1967 by Pope Paul VI, it has charge of private and public audiences of the Pope, his travels, and the running of the papal household, extraliturgical ceremonies, and spiritual exercises of the papal curia.
