Pope makes ‘minor’ changes to canonical supreme court

'Munus tribunalis' highlight the issues up for debate among the Vatican's canonical minds

Pope Francis issued a new motu proprio, Munus tribunalis, promulgated on Feb. 28 but published on March 2, amending the language of eight articles of the proper law of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. 

Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome. Public domain.

The changes were characterized as “minor” by the Vatican’s official media portal, with mo…