New Regulations of the Roman Curia signed and published by Pope Leo XIV.

Vatican City , 25th November - The Regulation of the Roman Curia and the Regulation of Personnel was published on Monday, 24 November.

The Roman Curia is the administrative and bureaucratic body of the Holy See, which assists the Pope in governing the Catholic Church. It is composed of various institutions, including secretariats, congregations, pontifical councils, and tribunals, that handle different areas of the Church's affairs and implement the Pope's decisions.

The Curia allows the Pope to manage the universal Church from the Vatican and was originally the "court" of the Pope, a term that still applies today to its function as a papal bureaucracy. 

The Roman Curia were signed on Sunday, 23 November, by Pope Leo XIV, on the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, commonly known as the Feast of Christ the King.

The Regulation of the Roman Curia applies to the Institutions and Offices that make up the Roman Curia, namely the Secretariat of State, the Dicasteries, the Judicial Bodies, and the Economic Bodies.

The Regulation of Personnel concerns the norms of an organizational, disciplinary, and economic character pertaining to the employment relationship of personnel serving in the Secretariat of State, the Dicasteries, the Bodies and Offices that constitute the Roman Curia, as well as the Institutions connected with the Holy See.

The new Regulations published will replace those approved by Pope Saint John Paul II on 15 April 1999, which was entered into force on 1 July the same year.

St. Peter's Basilica , The Vatican city. Image: Vatican News

The new regulations will incorporate and implement modifications, innovations, and the indications introduced by the late Pope Francis with the Apostolic Constitution Praedicate Evangelium on the 19 March 2022.