The Acta Apostolicae Sedis is a periodical that serves as the official gazette of the Holy See and of the Vatican City State. It is published nominally on a monthly basis even if it appears irregularly. It contains the principal public documents issued by the Pope, directly or through the departments of the Roman Curia and also lists of Roman appointments. It was begun in 1865, under the title of Acta Sanctae Sedis. Like its predecessor it is an organ of the Holy See to the extent that all documents printed in it are "authentic and official". A gazette is a newspaper. ... The State of the City of the Vatican or the Vatican City (Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae, Italian Stato della Città del Vaticano) is the smallest independent state in the world (both in area and in population), a landlocked enclave surrounded by the city of Rome in Italy. ... The Pope (from Greek: pappas, father; from Latin: papa, Papa, father) is the successor of St. ... The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See, coordinating and providing the necessary organisation for the correct functioning of the Roman Catholic Church and the achievement of its goals. ...
According to those introductory passages, the Bull "ApostolicaeSedis" left all canonical penalties and impediments (deposition, degradation, deprivation of benefice, irregularity, etc.) as they were before, except those with which it expressly deals.
Some censures of the "ApostolicaeSedis" are reserved to bishops; so that bishops, within their own jurisdiction, or one specially delegated by tm, can absolve from censures so reserved.
Finally, the Bull "ApostolicaeSedis" gives a list of twelve censures which are reserved in a special manner (speciali modo) to the Pope; so that to absolve from any of these, even a bishop requires a special delegation, in which these are specifically named.
The ActaApostolicaeSedis (literally "Acts of the Apostolic See" in Latin) is a periodical that serves as the official gazette of the Holy See and of the Vatican City State.
It was begun in 1895, under the title of Acta Sanctae Sedis.
Like its predecessor it is an organ of the Holy See to the extent that all documents printed in it are "authentic and official".
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