motu proprio in English
noun
1
an edict issued by the pope personally to the Roman Catholic Church or to a part of it.
Almost all the motu proprios are incomplete, even the encyclicals.
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1. 11, Pope Francis issued a motu proprio changing canon law to allow women to serve as lectors and Acolytes