Francis

Writings

• Apostolic Letter issued “Motu Proprio” "Fratello Sole" by the Supreme Pontiff Francis

  21 June 2024 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued “Motu Proprio” Fide incensus

  18 May 2024 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued “Motu Proprio” of the Supreme Pontiff Francis on the limits and modalities of ordinary administration

  16 January 2024 Read here

• Decree of the Supreme Pontiff Francis regarding the Publication of Regulatory Measures in Vatican City State

  16 January 2024 Read here

• Dilexit nos: 24 October 2024 [ Arabic , English , French , German , Italian , Polish , Portuguese , Spanish ]

  24 Oct 2024 Read here

  On the human and divine love of the Heart of Jesus Christ.

• Statutes of the “Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network” Vatican Foundation

  1st July 2024 Read here

• Apostolic Letter in the form of “Motu Proprio” of the Supreme Pontiff Francis "Vos estis lux mundi" (Updated)

  25 March 2023 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued “Motu Proprio” of the Supreme Pontiff Francis modifying the terms of recourse of a member dismissed from an Institute of Consecrated Life

  2 April 2023 Read here

• Apostolic Letter “Sublimitas et Miseria Hominis” of the Holy Father Francis on the Fourth Centenary of the Birth of Blaise Pascal

  19 June 2023 Read here

• C’est la confiance

  15 October 2023 Read here

• Decree appointing the Pontifical Delegate to the Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome

  14 September 2023 Read here

• Decree of Appointment of the members of the Higher Coordination Council of the Pontifical Lateran University

  1st August 2023 Read here

• Decree of the Holy Father Francis for the assignment of sectors, areas and pastoral services to the Auxiliary Bishops of the Diocese of Rome

  6 January 2023 Read here

• Decree of the Holy Father Francis on the entities for formation to the Priesthood in the territory of the Diocese of Rome and appointment of Rector of the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary

  4 July 2023 Read here

• Laudate Deum

  4 October 2023 Read here

• Regulation of the Independent Supervisory Commission of the Vicariate of Rome

  14 February 2023 Read here

• Apostolic Letter Desiderio desideravi , on the liturgical formation of the People of God

  29 June 2022 Read here

• Apostolic Letter Totum amoris est of the Holy Father Francis on the Fourth Centenary of the Death of Saint Francis de Sales

  28 December 2022 Read here

• Apostolic Letter by which the Supreme Pontiff enrrolled Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos among the Blessed

  10 December 2022 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued “Motu proprio” Ad charisma tuendum

  14 July 2022 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued “Motu proprio” Competentias quasdam decernere introducing changes to some norms of the Code of Canon Law and the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches

  11 February 2022 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued “Motu proprio” Fidem servare , modifying the internal structure of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

  11 February 2022 Read here

• Decree for the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (S.M.O.M.)

  3 September 2022 Read here

• Decree on the full legal representation of the II Section of the Dicastery for Evangelization

  1st August 2022 Read here

• Decree regarding Caritas Internationalis

  21 November 2022 Read here

• RESCRIPTUM EX AUDIENTIA SANCTISSIMI on the transfer of competence for the pastoral care of tourism

  30 September 2022 Read here

• “Praedicate Evangelium” on the Roman Curia and its service to the Church and to the World

  19 March 2022 Read here

• Apostolic Constitution “Pascite gregem Dei” of the Holy Father Francis, reforming Book VI of the Code of Canon Law

  23 May 2021 Read here

• Apostolic Letter Candor lucis aeternae of the Holy Father on the Seventh Centenary of the Death of Dante Alighieri

  25 March 2021 Read here

• Apostolic Letter in the form of Motu Proprio Spiritus Domini , modifying Canon 230 §1 of the Code of Canon Law regarding access of women to the ministries of Lector and Acolyte

  10 January 2021 Read here

• Apostolic Letter in the form of Motu Proprio of the Supreme Pontiff Francis, on amendments in matters of justice

  8 February 2021 Read here

• Apostolic Letter in the form of a "Motu Proprio" of Pope Francis regarding the containment of expenditures for employees of the Holy See, the Governorate of Vatican City State, and other connected Entities

  23 March 2021 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued “Motu Proprio” by the Supreme Pontiff Francis "Antiquum ministerium"

  10 May 2021 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued “Motu Proprio” by the Supreme Pontiff Francis amending the jurisdiction of the judicial bodies of Vatican City State

  30 April 2021 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued “Motu proprio” by the Supreme Pontiff Francis “Traditionis custodes” on the use of the Roman Liturgy prior to the Reform of

  16 July 2021 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued “Motu proprio” by which the Holy Father establishes the Pontifical Commission for the Verification and Application of the M. P. Mitis Iudex in the Churches of Italy

  17 November 2021 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued “Motu proprio” of the Supreme Pontiff Francis regarding provisions on transparency in the management of public finances

  26 April 2021 Read here

• Apostolic Letter "Scripturae Sacrae affectus" on the sixteen hundredth Anniversary of the death of Saint Jerome

  30 September 2020 Read here

• Apostolic Letter Patris Corde of the Holy Father Francis on the 150th Anniversary of the proclamation of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church

  8 December 2020 Read here

• Apostolic Letter in the form of "Motu Proprio" on transparency, control and competition in the procedures for awarding public contracts of the Holy See and Vatican City State

  19 May 2020 Read here

• Apostolic Letter in the form of 'Motu Proprio' Authenticum charismatis , amending Canon 579 of the Code of Canon Law

  1st November 2020 Read here

• Apostolic Letter in the form of Motu Proprio regarding certain competencies in economic and financial matters

  26 December 2020 Read here

• Apostolic Letter in the form of a “Motu Proprio” "Ab initio", of the Supreme Pontiff Francis on the amendment of cannons 435 §1 and 506 §1 of the Code of Canons of the Oriental Churches

  21 November 2020 Read here

• Fratelli Tutti

  3 Oct 2020 Landmark Read here

  On fraternity and social friendship in a fragmented world.

• Querida Amazonia

  2 February 2020 Read here

• Apostolic Letter "Admirabile signum" on the meaning and importance of the nativity scene

  1 December 2019 Read here

• Apostolic Letter "Motu proprio" regarding the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei"

  17 January 2019 Read here

• Apostolic Letter by which the Supreme Pontiff enrolled James Alfred Miller among the Blessed

  7 December 2019 Read here

• Apostolic Letter in the form of Motu Proprio of the Supreme Pontiff Francis "Aperuit illis"

  30 September 2019 Read here

• Apostolic Letter in the form of Motu Proprio of the Supreme Pontiff Francis "L'esperienza storica", for the change of the name of the Vatican Secret Archive to the Vatican Apostolic Archive

  22 October 2019 Read here

• Apostolic Letter in the form of Motu Proprio regarding the Office of Dean of the College of Cardinals

  21 December 2019 Read here

• Apostolic Letter in the form of “Motu Proprio” of the Supreme Pontiff Francis "Vos estis lux mundi"

  7 May 2019 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued 'Motu Proprio' Communis vita

  19 March 2019 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued 'Motu Proprio' on the protection of minors and vulnerable persons

  26 March 2019 Read here

• Christus vivit

  25 March 2019 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued 'Motu Proprio' Learn to take your leave governing the resignation, for reasons of age, of holders of certain offices subject to Papal appointment

  12 February 2018 Read here

• Episcopalis communio

  15 September 2018 Read here

• Gaudete et exsultate

  19 March 2018 Read here

• Apostolic Constitution Veritatis gaudium on Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties

  8 December 2017 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued 'Motu Proprio' Maiorem hac dilectionem on the offer of life

  11 July 2017 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued Motu Proprio Summa familiae cura , instituting the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Matrimonial and Family Science

  8 September 2017 Read here

• 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 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued motu proprio of the Supreme Pontiff Francis Magnum Principium by which can. 838 of the Code of Canon Law is modified

  3 September 2017 Read here

• Amoris laetitia

  19 March 2016 Read here

• Apostolic Letter Misericordia et misera

  20 November 2016 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued 'Motu Proprio' As a Loving Mother

  4 June 2016 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued 'Motu Proprio' instituting the Dicastery for promoting Integral Human Development

  17 August 2016 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued 'Motu Proprio' instituting the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life

  15 August 2016 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued Motu Proprio I beni temporali regarding certain competencies in economic-financial matters

  4 July 2016 Read here

• Statutes of the Dicastery for promoting Integral Human Development

  17 August 2016 Read here

• Statutes of the Pontifical Academy for Life

  18 October 2016 Read here

• Statutes of the Secratariat for Communication

  6 September 2016 Read here

• Statutes of the new Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life

  4 June 2016 Read here

• Vultum Dei quaerere , on women's contemplative life

  29 June 2016 Read here

• 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 Read here

• 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 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued 'Motu Proprio' «The current context of communications» for the establishment of the Secretariat for Communication

  27 June 2015 Read here

• Laudato Si’

  24 May 2015 Landmark Read here

  On care for our common home — integral ecology, the poor, and creation.

• 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 Read here

• Apostolic Letter issued Motu Proprio Fidelis Dispensator et Prudens of His Holiness Pope Francis establishing a new coordinating agency for the economic and administrative affairs of the Holy See and the Vatican City State

  24 February 2014 Read here

• Apostolic Letter to all Consecrated people on the occasion of the Year of Consecrated Life

  21 November 2014 Read here

• Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio Approving the New Statutes of the Financial Intelligence Authority

  15 November 2013 Read here

• Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio On the Jurisdiction of Judicial Authorities of Vatican City State in Criminal Matters

  11 July 2013 Read here

• 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 Read here

• Evangelii Gaudium

  24 November 2013 Read here

• Lumen Fidei

  June 29, 2013 Read here

• Lumen Fidei

  29 Jun 2013 Read here

  Encyclical on faith begun by Benedict XVI and completed by Francis — the light of faith.