List of motu proprios explained

See main article: Motu proprio. This is a sortable, incomplete, list of motu proprios by pontifical authors.

Motu Propio Pope Year Content / phrase
Ad beatissimi ApostolorumBenedict XV1914First world war
1998Oriental and Latin codes of canon law
Ai nostri tempi Francis2013on criminal matters / Ai nostri tempi il bene comune è sempre più minacciato dalla criminalità transnazionale e organizzata
Aperuit illisFrancis2019Establishing the Sunday of the Word of God
Bibliorum Scientiam
Bonum saneBenedict XV1920practices of honoring St. Joseph during the month of March
Come Una Madre AmorevoleFrancis2016Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio on (2016-06-04)[1]
Crux PectoralisPius X1905Crux pectoralis, quamvis sit particulare signum episcopalis dignitatis
Cum proximePius XI1922Periode of Interregnum changes on behalf of American Cardinals
De concordia inter codicesFrancis2016Changes in canon laws of the Roman Catholic Church[2]
Dolentium HominumJohn Paul II1985Pastoral care for the sick and erection of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers.
Ecclesia DeiJohn Paul II1988[3]
Ecclesiae SanctaePaul VI1966Promulgation of and norms for implementation of several Decrees of Vatican Council II, including Christus Dominus, Presbyterorum Ordinis, Perfectae Caritatis, Ad Gentes Divinitus [4]
Fides per DoctrinamBenedict XVI2013Fides per doctrinam sustineatur oportet, quae credentium mentem corque illuminare valeat / whereby the Apostolic Constitution “Pastor Bonus” is modified and competence for catechesis is transferred from the Congregation for the Clergy to the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization
Fidelis Dispensator Et PrudensFrancis2014Established a new coordinating agency for economic and administrative affairs of the Holy See and the Vatican City State.[5]
Humanam ProgressionemFrancis2016Instituted the Dicastery for promoting Integral Human Development[6]
Humani Generis RedemptionemBenedict XV1917Christian preachers and an ever-decreasing effect of their preaching
I Beni TemporaliFrancis2016I beni temporali che la Chiesa possiede sono destinati a conseguire i suoi fini e cioè il culto divino / Regarding certain competencies in economic-financial matters[7]
In Cotidianis PrecibusPius XII1945
In Fructibus MultisPaul VI1964[8]
In hac Beatissimi PetriPius X1910In hac Beatissimi Petri Cathedra ad procurandum Catholicae Ecclesiae
Ingravescentem aetatemPaul VI1970On Voting Cardinals in the Conclave / Ingravescentem aetatem inter et aptitudinem ad quaedam maioris momenti officia
Integrae ServandaePaul VI1965[9]
In Praeclara Summorum1921Sixth centenary of the death of Dante
In Romanae CuriaePius X1910In Romanae Curiae ordinatione, per Constitutionem Sapienti Consilio decreta...
Intima ecclesiae natura 2012 Apostolic Letter issued Motu Proprio on the Service of Charity, opening words in English: The Church's deepest nature ...[10]
Le più coltePius VII1801Trade Liberalization
Magnum principiumFrancis2017Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio on the authority and process of translating liturgical texts [11]
Maiorem hac DilectionemFrancis2017Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio on the Oblatio Vitae ("offer of life"), 11 July 2017 [12]
Maximum illudBenedict XV1919 [13]
Ministeria QuaedamPaul VI1972On first tonsure, minor orders and the subdiaconate (15 August 1972) [14]
Ministrorum InstitutioBenedict XVI2013Ministrorum institutio sacrorum inter praecipuas Concilii Oecumenici Vaticani II / whereby the Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus is modified and responsibility for seminaries is transferred from the Congregation for Catholic Education to the Congregation for the Clergy
Mitis Iudex Dominus IesusFrancis2015Reform to the Canons of the Code of Canon that pertain to the marriage nullity cases.[15]
Mitis et Misericors IesusFrancis2015Reform of the canons of the Code of Canons of Eastern Churches pertaining to cases regarding the nullity of marriage[16]
Mysterii PaschalisPaul VI1969Reorganisation of the liturgical year
Nobilissimam SacrarumBenedict XV1917[17]
Omnium in MentemBenedict XVI2009
Normas NonnullasBenedict XVI2013Normas nonnullas per Apostolicas Litteras / on certain modifications to the norms governing the election of the Roman Pontiff
Organi GiudiziariFrancis2013Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio On the Jurisdiction of Judicial Authorities of Vatican City State in Criminal Matters (11 July 2013)[18]
Paul VI1968
Francis2013Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio for the Prevention and Countering of Money Laundering, the Financing of Terrorism, and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction[19]
Quando per ammirabile disposizionePius VII1816Fiscal and criminal justice reform, abolition of torture
Religiosorum OrdinumPius X1906Religiosorum Ordinum familias, utpote quae praeclaro semper et adiumento
Rubricarum InstructumJohn XXIII1960Revision of the Breviary
Quartus Iam AnnusBenedict XV1918 [20]
Benedict XV1918
Sacramentorum Sanctitatis TutelaJohn Paul II2001Promulgation of Norms on more grave delicts reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith[21]
Sacrorum antistitumPius X1910Oath Against Modernism[22]
Sanctuarium In EcclesiaFrancis2017Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio on (2017-02-11)[23]
Sedula MaterFrancis2016Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio on (2016-08-15)[24]
Segreteria ComunicazioneFrancis2015Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio on (2015-06-27)[25]
Statuti Segreteria Per EconomiaFrancis2015Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio on (2015-02-22)[26]
Statuto AifFrancis2013Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio on (2013-11-15)[27]
Statuto Accademia VitaFrancis2016Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio on (2016-10-18)[28]
Statuto Dicastero Famiglia Laici VitaFrancis2016Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio on (2016-06-04)[29]
Statuto Dicastero Servizio Sviluppo Umano IntegraleFrancis2016Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio on (2016-08-17)[30]
Statuto Segreteria ComunicazioneFrancis2016Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio on (2016-09-06)[31]
Summorum PontificumBenedict XVI2007About the Roman Liturgy before the reform of 1970.
Summo SanePius X1905Summo sane afficimur gaudio quod in Patriarchali Seminario Venetiarum Iuris canonici Schola
Supremum OfficiumPius X1912
Trasferimento ApsaFrancis2014Transferral of the Ordinary Section of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See to the Secretariat for the Economy (8 July 2014) [32]
Tra le SollecitudiniPius X1903Regulations for the performance of music in the Roman Catholic Church
Traditionis custodesFrancis2021Restricting celebration of the Tridentine Mass (16 July 2021)[33]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Apostolic Letter issued 'Motu Proprio' As a Loving Mother (4 June 2016) Francis. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  2. Web site: Litterae Apostolicae Motu Proprio datae "De concordia inter Codices" quibus nonnullae normae Codicis Iuris Canonici immutantur (die XXXI mensis Maii anno MMXVI) Francis. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  3. Web site: APOSTOLIC LETTER "ECCLESIA DEI" . 2024-03-30 . www.vatican.va.
  4. Web site: Ecclesiae Sanctae (August 6, 1966) | Paul VI.
  5. Web site: Fidelis Dispensator et Prudens.
  6. Web site: Apostolic Letter issued 'Motu Proprio' instituting the Dicastery for promoting Integral Human Development (17 August 2016) Francis. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  7. Web site: Apostolic Letter issued Motu Proprio I beni temporali regarding certain competencies in economic-financial matters (4 July 2016) Francis. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  8. Web site: In fructibus multis - Carta Apostólica en forma de Motu proprio en la que se instituye la Comisión Pontificia de los Medios de Comunicación Social (2 de abril de 1964) | Pablo VI.
  9. Web site: Integrae servandae (December 7, 1965) | Paul VI.
  10. Web site: Apostolic Letter issued Motu Proprio on the Service of Charity. 11 November 2012. 15 April 2024.
  11. Web site: Apostolic Letter in the form of Motu Proprio "Magnum Principium" Quibus nonnulla in can. 838 Codicis Iuris Canonici immutantur.
  12. Web site: Apostolic Letter issued 'Motu Proprio' Maiorem hac dilectionem on the offer of life (11 July 2017) Francis. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  13. Web site: Maximum illud, die XXX m. Novembris, a. MCMXIX - Benedictus XV, Epistula Apostolica | BENEDICTUS XV.
  14. English translation: Eternal Word Television Network, Ministeria Quaedam, accessed 30 March 2018
  15. Web site: Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus by which the canons of the Code of Canon Law pertaining to cases regarding the nullity of marriage are reformed (15 August 2015) Francis. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  16. Web site: Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio Mitis et misericors Iesus by which the canons of the Code of Canons of Eastern Churches pertaining to cases rearding the nullity of marriage are reformed (15 August 2015) Francis. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  17. Web site: Nobilissimam Sacrarum con il quale si dispone l'assegnazione dell'Almo Collegio Capranicense di Roma alla Patriarcale Basilica Liberiana (8 aprile 1917) | BENEDETTO XV.
  18. Web site: Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio On the Jurisdiction of Judicial Authorities of Vatican City State in Criminal Matters (11 July 2013) Francis. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  19. Web site: Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio for the countering of money laundering, the financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (8 August 2013) Francis. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  20. Web site: Quartus iam annus, Motu Proprio, Demissa proprae sentibus societatis humanae necessitatibus die XXIX proximi mensis Iunii celebranda, d. 9 m. Maii a. 1918, Benedictus PP. XV | BENEDICTUS XV.
  21. Web site: Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela - Apostolic Letter in the form of a Motu Proprio (April 30, 2001) | John Paul II.
  22. Web site: Pope Pius X . 1910-09-01 . The Oath Against Modernism . 2024-03-30 . Papal Encyclicals . en.
  23. Web site: Apostolic Letter issued Motu Proprio by the Supreme Pontiff Francis transferring competences for Shrines to the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization (11 February 2017) Francis. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  24. Web site: Apostolic Letter issued 'Motu Proprio' instituting the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life (15 August 2016) Francis. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  25. Web site: Apostolic Letter issued 'Motu Proprio' «The current context of communications» for the establishment of the Secretariat for Communication (27 June 2015) Francis. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  26. Web site: Statuti dei nuovi Organismi Economici (22 febbraio 2015) Francesco. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  27. Web site: Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio Approving the New Statutes of the Financial Intelligence Authority (15 November 2013) Francis. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  28. Web site: Statutes of the Pontifical Academy for Life (18 October 2016) Francis. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  29. Web site: Statutes of the new Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life (4 June 2016) Francis. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  30. Web site: Statutes of the Dicastery for promoting Integral Human Development (17 August 2016) Francis. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  31. Web site: Statutes of the Secretariat for Communication (6 September 2016) Francis. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  32. Web site: Apostolic Letter issued Motu Proprio - Transferral of the Ordinary Section of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See to the Secretariat for the Economy (8 July 2014) Francis. w2.vatican.va. 2017-08-14.
  33. Web site: Apostolic Letter issued "Motu proprio" by the Supreme Pontiff Francis "Traditionis custodes" on the use of the Roman Liturgy prior to the Reform of 1970, 16 July 2021 | Francis.

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