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, ...

A chirograph is an order signed by the pope. All employees must comply, including the so-called “sampietrini,” those in charge of admittance, surveillance, cleaning, ...

In the March 20 chirograph, or papal decree, the Holy Father explained that he sought to “free” the “canons,” (members of the group or “chapter” of clergy he designates to serve the basilica) “from ...

Pope Francis set the dates for the next session of the sixteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops – the Synod on Synodality – in the autumn of 2024.

Pope Francis first announced his decision to hold a Synod of Bishops on Synodality on Feb. 16, 2020, and that process has unfolded over the past four years – a full presidential term – in ...

The pope did not specify in the chirograph published on Feb. 17 how many groups will be formed, what topics will be studied, or who will participate in the study groups. The synthesis report published ...

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 ...

Rome Newsroom, 21 March, 2024 / 8:20 pm (ACI Africa). Pope Francis on Wednesday issued new regulations for the administration of the papal Basilica of St. Mary Major, placing new emphasis on spiritual ...

the preceding Chirograph by which my Venerable Predecessor, Pope Saint Paul VI, adhering to the proposal of the then Cardinal Prefect and in view of the multiplicity and complexity of the tasks ...