Regimini Ecclesiae Universae

Pope Paul VI's reform of the Roman Curia, in response to the altered needs of the Holy See and the Catholic Church as a whole, was achieved principally, but not solely, by his general reorganisation of the Curia with the apostolic constitution Regimini Ecclesiae universae of 15 August 1967.

Paul VI's aim in effecting these changes was to implement the desire expressed by the Second Vatican Council that the departments of the Roman Curia "be reorganized and better adapted to the needs of the times, regions, and rites especially as regards their number, name, competence and peculiar method of procedure, as well as the coordination of work among them."

Implementation of this desire led to numerous alterations in each of the fields that the Council indicated, as indicated in the following examples.

Some departments were suppressed, but the total number was increased, even before Regimini Ecclesiae universae.

Paul VI created the Council of the Laity in January 1967.

Pope John XXIII established the Secretariate for Promoting Christian Unity in June 1960.

Paul VI established the Secretariate for non-Christians in May 1964.

Paul VI established the Secretariat for Dialogue with Non-Believers.

He also created the Central Statistics Office.

New bodies (largely taking over functions previously carried out, sometimes in less coordinated form, by earlier bodies) were founded by the same apostolic constitution. They included two offices to manage and oversee financial affairs, the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See.

Pope Paul had already created on 6 January 1967 the Pontifical Commission Iustitia et Pax, to which he added on 15 July 1971 the Pontifical Council Cor Unum under the same President.

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