The
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in
Rome is the congregation of the
Roman Curia responsible for missionary work and related activities. It is perhaps better known by its former title, the
Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (
Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide). It was founded by
Pope Gregory XV in 1622 to arrange missionary work on behalf of the various religious institutions, and in 1627
Pope Urban VIII established within it a training college for missionaries. It was renamed by
Pope John Paul II in 1982 (largely because the word "
propaganda" had been given a bad name by
Joseph Goebbels, the
Minister of Propaganda in
Nazi Germany) and its mission continues unbroken.