In law, motu proprio (Latin for "on his own impulse") describes an official act taken without a formal request from another party. Some jurisdictions use...

This is a sortable, incomplete, list of motu proprios by pontifical authors. "Apostolic Letter issued 'Motu Proprio' As a Loving Mother (4 June 2016) | Francis"...

and Mass celebrated in accordance with it are described in the 2007 motu proprio Summorum Pontificum as an authorized form of the Church's liturgy, and...

Bishops" which was held in 2006. On 7 July 2007, Benedict issued the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum, declaring that upon "the request of the faithful"...

English speakers generally." On 9 May 2019, Pope Francis issued the Motu Proprio Vos estis lux mundi requiring both clerics and religious brothers and...

implementation of the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum, who commented on 30Days's question whether, even after publication of the motu proprio, "a small minority...

Pope Pius VII (Italian: Pio VII; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823) was head of the Catholic Church from 14...

2021. The motu proprio Competentias quasdam decernere issued 15 February 2022 changed 10 canons. The apostolic letter issued motu proprio, Recognitum...

the four minor orders in the Latin Church was that of acolyte. By his motu proprio Ministeria quaedam of 15 August 1972, Pope Paul VI replaced the term...

As a follow-up to that summit, on 9 May 2019 Francis promulgated the motu proprio Vos estis lux mundi which specified responsibilities, including reporting...