Papal court that governs the Roman Catholic church (5)

I believe the answer is:

curia

(Other definitions for curia that I've seen before include "Papal court, Vatican government" , "Court of the papal sea" , "Central church administration in the Vatican" , "church court" , "Court of the papal see" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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