Piazza della Minerva, Rome, Italy. (Photo: Jastrow/Wikimedia Commons) In a chirograph signed in late March, Pope Francis decreed a change of status for the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy ...

Vatican employees received a bonus of €500 ($570) to celebrate the election of the new pope — this decision was made by Pope Leo XIV. The Ansa agency explained that the new pope restored the tradition ...

In a new chirograph entitled “The Petrine Ministry,” Pope Francis has updated the path of formation for students of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, known as the Accademia, which, for over 300 ...

In a papal chirograph dated Feb. 11, three days prior to his admission to the Gemelli Hospital, but issued on Feb. 26, the pope established the Commissio de donationibus pro Sancta Sede ...

The Office of the Holy See has published a chirograph of Pope Francis on the Statute and Regulations of the Chapter of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, which determines the norms for the ...

In a chirograph (a direct papal instruction) issued the same day, Pope Francis directed the secretariat and the Vatican’s dicasteries to coordinate “by mutual agreement” a series of study ...

In addition, the pope Saturday also issued a chirograph establishing different study groups that will collaborate with various departments of the Roman Curia, called dicasteries, in delving into ...

Pope Francis has issued a chirograph asking the dicasteries of the Roman Curia to collaborate with the General Secretariat of the Synod to establish the study groups for “in-depth analysis” of ...

Accompanying this news, Francis also issued a chirograph—that is a document directly written and signed by the pope—in which he announced the establishment of study groups to delve into some ...