In law, motu proprio (Latin for "on his own impulse") describes an official act taken without a formal request from another party. Some jurisdictions use...
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This is a sortable, incomplete, list of motu proprios by pontifical authors. "Apostolic Letter issued 'Motu Proprio' As a Loving Mother (4 June 2016) | Francis"...
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and Mass celebrated in accordance with it are described in the 2007 motu proprio Summorum Pontificum as an authorized form of the Church's liturgy, and...
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the four minor orders in the Latin Church was that of acolyte. By his motu proprio Ministeria quaedam of 15 August 1972, Pope Paul VI replaced the term...
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Bishops" which was held in 2006. On 7 July 2007, Benedict issued the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum, declaring that upon "the request of the faithful"...
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English speakers generally." On 9 May 2019, Pope Francis issued the Motu Proprio Vos estis lux mundi requiring both clerics and religious brothers and...
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Pope Pius VII (section Motu proprio)
Pope Pius VII (Italian: Pio VII; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823) was head of the Catholic Church from 14...
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As a follow-up to that summit, on 9 May 2019 Francis promulgated the motu proprio Vos estis lux mundi which specified responsibilities, including reporting...
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administrative purposes. These were instituted by Pope Pius VII in a motu proprio of 6 July 1816: "Quando per ammirabile disposizione". A delegation was...
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2021. The motu proprio Competentias quasdam decernere issued 15 February 2022 changed 10 canons. The apostolic letter issued motu proprio, Recognitum...
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