The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church (http://www.fiu.edu/%7Emirandas/cardinals.htm)
Digital resource created and produced by Salvador Miranda, consisting of the biographical entries of the cardinals from 1099 to 2009 and the events and documents concerning the origin of the Roman cardinalate and its historical evolution. Includes brief biographies of many cardinals from 1623 to the present, bibliography, photographs, and links to related Web sites.
Congregation for the Clergy (http://www.clerus.org/index%5Feng.html)
Web site of the Vatican body charged with supervising the clergy. Includes interviews, news, statistical information about the Roman Catholic Church's clergy, library links, and more. Searchable. In multiple languages.
Governments on the WWW: Vatican (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/va.html)
Links to national institutions, representations in foreign countries, and more.
Holy See Press Office: The College of Cardinals (http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_index_en.html)
Official Vatican site. Includes biographies of individual cardinals, photos, statistics, and consistories. In multiple languages.
Roman Curia (http://www.vatican.va/roman%5Fcuria/index.htm)
Official Vatican site dealing with the departments of the Roman Curia, the governing body of the Roman Catholic Church. Departments covered include the Secretariat of State, the tribunals, the Pontifical councils, the Synod of Bishops, The Labour Office of the Apostolic See, and the Swiss Guard. Searchable.
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Holy See (Vatican City) (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-h/holy-see-vatican-city.html)
Online directory of key leaders of Vatican City. Follows transliteration systems general agreed upon by U.S. government agencies, except in cases in which officials have stated a preference for alternate spellings of their names.
U.S. Library of Congress. Guide to Law Online: Holy See (Vatican City) (http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/nations/holysee.php)
Links to the constitution; executive, judicial, and legislative bodies; as well as legal guides and general sources.
World Statesmen: Europe: Vatican City (Holy See) (http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Vatican.html)
Texts of apostolic constitutions, chronology, lists of top officials, a map, and more.
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