To this end, I establish the Foundation for Catholic Health Care as a public canonical juridical person and as a civil juridical person, as an entity linked to the Holy See, so that it may operate under its sovereign authority and as an instrumental body of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, which will provide for its governance and all that is necessary for its functioning.

The Foundation will be governed by canonical laws and in particular by the special norms that regulate the Institutions of the Holy See, as well as by the attached Statutes, which I approve at the same time.

The Foundation will be included in the list of Institutions attached to the Statute of the Council for the Economy and will be subject to the controls and authorizations of the Secretariat for the Economy.

From the Vatican, 29 September 2021

FRANCIS