The Vatican has released two new sets of regulations that will shape how the Roman Curia, the network of offices that assists the Pope in guiding the Church, functions on a day-to-day basis. Pope Leo XIV signed the documents on Nov. 23, the Feast of Christ the King, and they were published the following day.
The first document, Regulation of the Roman Curia establishes norms for all the bodies that carry out the Holy See’s universal mission: the Secretariat of State, the Curial Dicasteries, the Judicial Bodies, and the Economic Offices. These norms clarify competencies, reporting structures, and procedures designed to improve coordination and transparency.
Alongside it, the Regulation of Personnel addresses the organizational, disciplinary, and economic dimensions of employment for those who serve within these institutions. Its provisions apply not only to Curial offices but also to institutions connected to the Holy See, providing a consistent framework for workplace expectations and responsibilities.
These documents do not create a new reform; they implement the reform already initiated by Pope Francis in his 2022 Apostolic Constitution Praedicate Evangelium. That constitution reshaped the Roman Curia so that its work would be more missionary in character and more collaborative across different offices and vocations.
In both texts, the emphasis carries on the core themes of Praedicate Evangelium: missionary orientation, co-responsibility among ordained, religious, and lay faithful, and a modernized Curial structure focused on service rather than status.
They also replace an older set of regulations from 1999, making this the most significant update to the Curia’s internal governance in over two decades.
The publication comes amid a series of reform-minded initiatives from Pope Leo XIV, including a recent Motu Proprio issued Nov. 21 that expanded the possibility for non-cardinals to serve as governors of Vatican institutions.
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