Former dicasteries
6-635: Former dicasteries The Vatican Publishing House ( Italian : Libreria Editrice Vaticana ; Latin : Officina libraria editoria Vaticana ; LEV ) is a publisher established by the Holy See in 1926. It is responsible for publishing official documents of the Roman Catholic Church , including Papal bulls , event records, and encyclicals , as well as certain Secret Archive documents. On 27 June 2015, Pope Francis decreed that
12-525: A text is published separately ... payment is due. Dicastery A dicastery ( / d ɪ ˈ k æ s t ə r i / ; from Greek : δικαστήριον , romanized : dikastērion , lit. 'law-court', from δικαστής , 'judge, juror') is the name of some departments in the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church . Pastor bonus (1988) includes this definition: By
18-656: The LEV as an institution affiliated with the Holy See. It has its own constitution and its own rules. The statutes of LEV, Article 2, states: "The Libreria Editrice Vaticana has the fundamental aim of publishing the documents of the Supreme Pontiff and the Holy See." The company owns the copyright to all the writings of the Pope, but did not start enforcing the copyright until the accession of Pope Benedict XVI . The policy
24-496: The Vatican Publishing House would eventually be incorporated into a newly established Secretariat for Communications in the Roman Curia . In 1926, the library was separated from the printing and transformed into autonomous body that was entrusted with the sale of books that were being made to print by the Holy See. The Apostolic constitution Pastor bonus of Pope John Paul II (28 June 1988) classified
30-1104: The word "dicasteries" are understood the Secretariat of State , Congregations, Tribunals, Councils and Offices, namely, the Apostolic Camera , the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See . Under the new structure of the Roman Curia created by Praedicate evangelium ( effective since 5 June 2022), the former congregations and pontifical councils are replaced with dicasteries. As of 2022, there are sixteen dicasteries: [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] This Catholic Church –related article
36-573: Was announced on 31 May 2005. La Stampa was the first to pay royalties to the Vatican publisher, and the Union of Catholic Booksellers and Publishers protested the Vatican policy, which applied to texts no older than fifty years. The LEV's policy has been summarized as: [N]ews organizations can quote from the pope's speeches, encyclicals and other writings without charge. They can also publish full texts free provided they cite Vatican copyright ... but if
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