Church Document
Praedicate Evangelium
Apostolic Constitution of Pope Francis (2022)
The apostolic constitution on the Roman Curia and its service to the Church and to the world, promulgated on the Solemnity of Saint Joseph and in force from Pentecost 2022. It replaces Pastor Bonus and reorganises the Curia around evangelisation: the Dicastery for Evangelisation, presided over by the pope himself, is placed first, followed by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Dicastery for the Service of Charity. It renames congregations and councils uniformly as dicasteries, states that any member of the faithful may head a dicastery since governance flows from the canonical mission rather than from ordination, and stresses synodality, subsidiarity and service to the local Churches.
Key themes
Reform of the Roman Curia
The primacy of evangelisation
Dicasteries and their competences
Lay participation in Church governance
Synodality and service to particular Churches
Document type
Apostolic constitution
Issuing authority
Pope Francis
Issued date
Related documents
- evangelii-gaudium
- code-of-canon-law-1983
Content subtype
apostolic_constitution
