Secretariat of State

Documents (44)	Type	Date
Rescript on the Canons and Coadjutor Canons of Saint Mary Major	Decree	2024.03.19
Rescript on the duties of the Office of the Auditor General	Decree	2023.04.26
Rescript on the regulation of the Control Commission for the project for the renewal of the barracks of the Pontifical Swiss Guard	Decree	2022.09.02
Rescript on the administration and management of financial activities and liquidity	Decree	2022.08.23
Restricting the private celebration of the Holy Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica	Decree	2021.03.12
Report on the Holy See’s institutional knowledge and decision-making related to former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick	Document	2020.11.10
Pastoral guidelines concerning the civil registration of clergy in China  China	Document	2019.06.28
Rescript on the changes to the statutes of Financial Security Committee	Decree	2016.04.04
Rescript establishing the Pontifical Commission for the Activities of the Health Sector of Public Jurists of the Church	Decree	2015.12.12
Statutes of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors	Document	2015.04.21
On the resignation of Diocesan Bishops and of Officials by papal appointment  bishop   cardinal   Roman Curia	Norms	2014.11.03
To Chinese Catholics  China	Message	2011.04.13
On the 8ᵗʰ Assembly of Chinese Catholic Representatives  China	Note	2010.12.17
On the protection of the figure of the Pope  pope	Declaration	2009.12.19
To all the Priests of the Catholic Church in the People’s Republic of China  China   priest	Curial Letter	2009.11.10
To the Italian Minister of Labour on the occasion of the G8 Social Summit  economy	Message	2009.03.30
Concerning the four prelates of the Society of Saint Pius X  SSPX	Note	2009.02.04
To bishops of China  China	Curial Letter	2008.04.22
On poverty, trade and development to the member States of the UN Conference on Trade and Development  trade	Note	2008.04.20
Joint declaration between the Holy See and the Office of the President of U.S.A. after the private meeting between Benedict XVI and George W. Bush  USA	Joint Declaration	2008.04.16
On the prayer used on Good Friday  Triduum	Note	2008.02.04
On cluster munitions  war	Note	2007.06.19
Explanatory Note on the Letter of Pope Benedict XVI to Chinese Catholics  China	Document	2007.05.27
For the celebration of World Water Day 2007  water	Message	2007.03.22
For the European Meeting for the Youth of the Taizé Community  Taizé	Message	2006.12.23
For the 11ᵗʰ Public Session of the Pontifical Academies  academy	Message	2006.12.07
For the Second Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region  Africa	Message	2006.12.05
For the participants in the 22ⁿᵈ National Congress of the Union of Catholic Middle School Teachers of State and Private Schools (UCIIM)  education	Message	2006.12.04
For the General Chapter of the Passionists  religious	Message	2006.10.05
For the International Congress for Catholic Television  communication   television	Message	2006.09.29
For the Continental Pastoral Marian Meeting  Mary	Message	2006.09.26
Statement regarding the Holy Father’s address at the University of Regensburg  Muslims	Message	2006.09.16
Adhesion of the Holy See to the protocol on explosive remnants of war  war	Note	2005.12.13
Entrusting the exercise and custody of all deeds and documents of the Supreme Pontiff and the Holy See to the Vatican Publishing House	Decree	2005.05.31
On human cloning  bioethics   cloning	Document	2004.09.27
Ethical Guidelines for International Trade  trade	Document	2003.09.10
On the Iraqi conflict  Iraq   war	Declaration	2003.04.10
On the conferment of papal honours  papal honour	Instruction	2001.05.13
General Regulations of the Roman Curia  Roman Curia	Norms	1994.04.30
General Regulations of the Roman Curia  Roman Curia	Norms	1992.02.04
Secreta continere On pontifical secrecy	Instruction	1974.02.04
Normæ de promovendis ad Episcopatum in Ecclesia latina Norms on the appointment of bishops  bishop	Norms	1972.03.25
Ut sive sollicite On the vesture, titles and coat-of-arms of cardinals, bishops and lesser prelates  bishop   cardinal   insignia   vesture	Instruction	1969.03.31
The Lateran Treaty / Patti Lateranensi Treaty between the Holy See and Italy  Vatican City	Document	1929.02.11