The Disciplinary Section deals with offences reserved to the Dicastery and dealt with by it through the jurisdiction of the Supreme Apostolic Tribunal established there. Its task is to prepare and elaborate the procedures provided for by canonical norms so that the Dicastery, in its various instances (Prefect, Secretary, Promoter of Justice, Congress, Ordinary Session, College for the examination of appeals in matters of delicta graviora), may promote a correct administration of justice.
To this end, the Section promotes appropriate training initiatives offered by the Dicastery to Ordinaries and legal practitioners, in order to foster a correct understanding and application of the canonical norms relating to its own sphere of competence.
Below are some useful documents:
- Norms on Delicts Reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (11 October 2021)
- Regolamento of the special College established to examine recourses regarding Delicta Reservata (22 April 2023) [Italian]
- Pascite Gregem Dei. Apostolic Constitution Reforming Book VI of the Code Of Canon Law (23 May 2021)
- Vocare peccatores. Apostolic Letter issued Motu proprio amending certain canons of Title XXVII and canon 1152 of the CCEO (20 March 2023) [Latin]
- Vos estis lux mundi. Apostolic Letter issued Motu proprio (25 March 2023)
- Vademecum on Certain Points of Procedure in Treating Cases of Sexual Abuse of Minors Committed by Clerics (5 June 2022) Ver. 2.0