The Roman Curia of the Roman Catholic Church is the administrative body of the Holy See. It is through this Curia that the Roman Pontiff conducts the business of the Church as a whole[1]. The word curia is thought to derive from Old Latin coviria, meaning "a gathering of men". In this sense, any assembly, public or private, could be called a curia[2].
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- The reign of Pope Spatulus III ended after the curia crushed him to death for promoting a rouges gallery to the rank of cardinal (Saint Fidgeta and Other Parodies, 53). Whether this was a literal or figurative crush is not documented in A Short Guide to Catholic Church History.
- A "drowsy euphoria" emanating from the Pontine Marshes may have had affected the curia in their election of Pope Sporus VI (Saint Fidgeta and Other Parodies, 53).
- The curia were the subject of the the Sandro di Garagiola fresco, Pope Sporus Being Begged by the Curia Not to Abdicate and Go To Live on Patmos as a Hermit (Saint Fidgeta and Other Parodies, 57).
- The intercontinental ballistic missiles delivered to Vatican City during Vatican III were thought to be morally impeachable to to most old Curia (Saint Fidgeta and Other Parodies, 90).