| CURIA | Central government of the Roman Catholic Church (5) |
| HOLYSEE | The central government of the Catholic Church (4,3) |
| KREMLIN | Former central government of the Soviet Union |
| FEDERAL | Relating to the central government of a country such as the US or Germany. |
| HAGUE | The _, seat of government of the Netherlands; location of the International Court of Justice (5) |
| YALTA | _ Conference, 1945 meeting of the heads of government of the UK, the US and the Soviet Union (5) |
| PONTIFICATE | Government of the Roman Catholic Church |
| PAPACY | Government of the Roman Catholic Church (6) |
| FRIAR | A member of a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church (5) |
| PAPAL | Of the head of the Roman Catholic Church |
| UNCLE | Personification of the government of the United States (5,3) |
| POPES | Heads of the Roman Catholic church, dating back to St Peter (5) |
| KILEY | Former Canadian-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church |
| AGNUS | - Dei is a chant forming part of the Roman Catholic Mass (5) |
| DANVE | Raosaheb ___, Indian politician and a Minister of State in the current Central Government |
| COTTA | Short form of the Roman Catholic surplice named from Medieval Latin, 'coat' (5) |
| PORTE | Government of the Ottoman empire |
| VATICANCITY | The seat of the Roman Catholic Church, and an enclave in Rome, situated on the west bank of the Tiber River. (7,4) |
| SACRED | The collective body of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church is called the -- College (6) |
| THEHAGUE | Seat of government of the Netherlands; location of the International Court of Justice (3,5) |
