Folia Theologica et Canonica 9. 31/23 (2020)

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VIII. Supervision of shrines and cessation

of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei

1) Pope Francis modified the competent dicastery to control the pastoral service at shrines. The apostolic constitution Sanctuarium in Ecclesia on February 1 llh 2017 transmitted the authority from the Congregation for Clergy to the Pontifical Council of New Evangelization.64

2) Finally, the Holy Father, considering the many changes during the last decades and the contemporary circumstances, ceased the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei by his Motu Proprio Da öltre trenta anni on January 17th 2019. In the same time, he has authorized the Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith with every competence of those doctrinal questions which belonged to the ceased Commission.65 The Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei - as well known - was established by Pope John Paul II on July 2nd 1988 for the purpose of facilitating full ecclesial communion of priests, seminarians, religious communities or other faithful who linked in different ways to the Priestly Society of St. Pius X. The faculties of the Commission were modified by Pope Benedict XVI by his Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum (July 7th 2007), then also on July 2nd 2009, when the Ecclesiae Unitatem combined the Commission with the Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith.66 This process has concluded by Pope Francis decision in 2019.

Conclusion

Mirrored Pope Francis’ legislation in the above mentioned documents, we can make a quite clear overview on the principles and intention of the new canonical norms of the last almost seven years regarding the teaching and sanctifying mission of the Church. We can see also that novelty, which was emphasized by Elie Raad and Ludovic Danto in 2018 (see above). Pope Francis’ legislation is basically a reaction on the contemporary urgent pastoral questions of the Church. These decisions - as we have seen - always reflect to the Holy Scripture, the Holy Tradition, Magisterial statements and to the former

64 Franciscus, M.P. Sanctuarium in Ecclesia (11 feb. 2Q\1):AAS 109 (2017) 335-338.

65 Franciscus, M.P. Da öltre trenta anni, (17 ian. 2019): http:www.vatican.va

(consulted: January 3 Is'2020).

“ Szuromi, Sz. A., Dottrina e disciplina della Chiesa. Teória - fonti - istituti (Aus Religion und Recht 20), Berlin 2016. 93.