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The Palazzo della Cancelleria in central Rome, where the Apostolic Signatura is housed The Palazzo della Cancelleria in central Rome, where the Apostolic Signatura is housed 

杏MAP导航 makes minor changes to proper law of Apostolic Signatura

杏MAP导航 Francis makes some technical-lexical changes to the rules governing the Holy See's Supreme Tribunal. The changes are aimed at conforming the rules to the 杏MAP导航's 2022 reform of the Roman Curia.

杏MAP导航 Francis has published a motu proprio entitled 'Munus Tribunalis', harmonising the proper law of the Apostolic Signatura with his 2022 reform of the Curia, "".

The Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, housed in Rome's Palazzo della Cancelleria, is the highest judicial authority in the Catholic Church beside the 杏MAP导航 himself. 

The proper law of the Apostolic Signatura, to which a few minor lexical changes have been made, was promulgated by 杏MAP导航 Benedict XVI in June 2008.

The changes concern the replacement of the word 鈥渃lerics鈥 with 鈥減resbyters鈥 in Art. 1 of the Proper Law; the replacement of the word 鈥淒icastery鈥 with the word 鈥淭ribunal鈥 in Art. 3 and with the word 鈥淎postolic Signatura鈥 in Art. 32; the replacement of the expression 鈥渋ssued by the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia鈥 with the expression 鈥渋ssued by the Curial Institutions鈥 in Art. 34; the replacement of the expression 鈥渢o promote and approve the establishment of interdiocesan tribunals鈥 with the expression 鈥渢o approve the erection of tribunals of all kinds established by the bishops of several dioceses鈥 in Article 35; the replacement of the word 鈥淒icastery鈥 with 鈥淐urial Institutions鈥 in Articles 79, 80, 81, 92 and 105.

"In exercising its function as the Supreme Tribunal of the Church," the 杏MAP导航 writes in the preface to his motu proprio, "the Apostolic Signatura places itself at the service of the supreme pastoral office of the Roman Pontiff and his universal mission in the world."

"In this way, by settling disputes that have arisen over an act of ecclesiastical administrative power, the Supreme Tribunal provides a judgement of legitimacy on decisions issued by curial institutions in their service to the Successor of Peter and to the universal Church.鈥

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02 March 2024, 12:00