It is hereby communicated that, pursuant to Article 18 of the Apostolic Constitution Praedicate Evangelium, during the Sede Apostolica Vacante the Heads of Curial Institutions and their Members cease from office. Exceptions are the Major Penitentiary and the Almoner of His Holiness, who remain under the authority of the College of Cardinals until the election of the Roman Pontiff.
Since, according to this regulation, both the Prefect and the Pro-Prefect have ceased from office, during this period the Undersecretary, Sr. Carmen Ros Nortes, N.S.C., is responsible for the ordinary governance of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, until the newly elected Roman Pontiff decides otherwise.