In the motu proprio, issued July 16, the Pope made sweeping changes to his predecessor Benedict XVI’s 2007 apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum, which acknowledged the right of all priests to say Mass ...

The name given to certain papal rescripts on account of the clause motu proprio (of his own accord) used in the document. The words signify that the provisions of the rescript were decided on by the ...

The Vatican took an enormously large step towards completing the Catholic church's assault on the scourge of sexual abuse by clergy on Saturday when Pope Francis issued his motu proprio entitled "Come ...

The Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest in Hungary has clarified that the archbishop did not issue the statement on Traditionis Custodes that was attributed to him earlier on July 19. Cardinal Péter ...

In all three instances, the pope’s teachings were issued motu proprio, a detail reported by Catholic journalists to underscore the significance of both moves. The Latin phrase certainly sounds weighty ...

Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.) Listen ROME – Pope Francis made ...

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) can conduct a motu proprio investigation into former President Rodrigo Duterte’s ...

Cardinal Walter Brandmuller elevates the Eucharist during a Tridentine Latin Mass at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on May 15, 2011. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) The ...

Pope Francis issued a motu proprio on Friday restricting Masses celebrated in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite. The motu proprio, known as Traditionis custodes (“Guardians of the tradition”) ...

It is thus considered as the most powerful body of Congress that can probe anything motu proprio. On the basis of motu proprio, (Latin for “on his own impulse”) only the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee ...

Yesterday, I wrote about Father George Rutler’s article in Crisis magazine and how, in its tired repetition of neo-con talking points, it failed the Flannery O’Connor test, articulated in her comment ...