Vatican City, 24 February 2014 (VIS) –
We publish below the full text of Pope Francis' Apostolic Letter
issued Motu proprio, “Fidelis et dispensator Prudens”, and dated
today, 24 February.
“Like a faithful and prudent manager
who has the task of carefully looking after what has been entrusted
to him, the Church is aware of her responsibility to protect and
manage her assets, in the light of her mission of evangelisation and
with particular care for those in need. In a special way, the
management of the economic and financial sectors of the Holy See is
intimately linked to its specific mission, not only in the service of
the universal ministry of the Holy Father, but also in relation to
the common good, with a view to the full development of the human
person.
After having carefully consulted the
results of the work of the Commission for Reference on the the
Organisation of the Economic-Administrative Structure of the Holy See
(cf. Chirograph of 18 July 2013), and after consultation with the
Council of Cardinals for the reform of the Apostolic Constitution
'Pastor Bonus' and with the Council of Cardinals for the study of
economic and administrative problems of the Holy See, by this
Apostolic Letter issued Motu proprio, I adopt the following measures:
COUNCIL FOR THE ECONOMY
1. The Council for the Economy is
hereby instituted, with the task of supervising economic
management and supervising the structures and the administrative and
financial activities of the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia, of the
Institutions connected to the Holy See, and of Vatican City State.
2. The Council for the Economy is
composed of fifteen members, eight of whom are nominated from among
the Cardinals and Bishops in order to reflect the universality of the
Church, and seven of whom are lay experts of various nationalities,
with recognised professional financial competences.
3. The Council for the Economy shall be
presided over by a Cardinal coordinator.
SECRETARIAT FOR THE ECONOMY
4. The Secretariat for the Economy is
hereby instituted, as a Dicastery of the Roman Curia in accordance
with the Apostolic Constitution 'Pastor Bonus'.
5. Notwithstanding the provisions for
the Council for the Economy, the Secretariat will report directly to
the Holy Father and will undertake the economic audit and supervision
of the Bodies indicated in point 1 above, along with the policies and
procedures regarding procurement and the allocation of human
resources, respecting the competences of each Body. The competence of
the Secretariat will extend to all matters that in any way fall
within this area.
6. The Secretariat for the Economy
shall be presided over by a Cardinal Prefect, who shall collaborate
with the Secretary of State. A Prelate Secretary General will assist
the Cardinal Prefect.
AUDITOR GENERAL
7. The Auditor-General shall be
appointed by the Holy Father and shall prepare the audit of the
accounts of the Bodies referred to in point 1.
THE STATUTES
8. The Cardinal Prefect shall be
responsible for drawing up the definitive Statues of the Council for
the Economy, the Secretariat for the Economy, and the Office of the
Auditor-General. The Statutes shall be presented quam primum for
approval by the Holy Father.
I dispose that all that is established
herein have immediate, full and permanent value, abrogating any
incompatible measures, and that the present Apostolic Letter issued
Motu proprio be published in the Osservatore Romano of 24 February
2014 and subsequently in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis.
Given in Rome, St. Peter's, on 24-25
February of the year 2014, the first of my Pontificate.”
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