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| Founded | 1926; 99 years ago (1926) in Rome, Italy |
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| Founder | Pope Pius XI |
| Country of origin | Vatican City |
| Publication types | Books,papal bulls,encyclicals |
| Official website | libreriaeditricevaticana.va |
TheVatican Publishing House (Italian:Libreria Editrice Vaticana;Latin:Officina libraria editoria Vaticana;LEV) is apublisher established by theHoly See in 1926. It is responsible for publishing official documents of theRoman Catholic Church, includingPapal bulls, event records, andencyclicals, as well as certain Secret Archive documents.[1] On 27 June 2015,Pope Francis decreed that the Vatican Publishing House would eventually be incorporated into a newly establishedSecretariat for Communication in theRoman Curia.[2]
In 1926, the library was separated from the printing and transformed into autonomous body that was entrusted with the sale of books that were being made to print by the Holy See.
TheApostolic constitutionPastor bonus ofPope John Paul II (28 June 1988) classified the LEV as an institution affiliated with the Holy See.[3]
It has its own constitution and its own rules. The statutes of LEV, Article 2, states: "The Libreria Editrice Vaticana has the fundamental aim of publishing the documents of theSupreme Pontiff and the Holy See."
The company owns the copyright to all the writings of the Pope, but did not start enforcing the copyright until the accession ofPope Benedict XVI.[4] The policy was announced on 31 May 2005.[5]La Stampa was the first to pay royalties to the Vatican publisher, and the Union of Catholic Booksellers and Publishers protested the Vatican policy, which applied to texts no older than fifty years.[6] The LEV's policy has been summarized as:[7]
[N]ews organizations can quote from the pope's speeches, encyclicals and other writings without charge. They can also publish full texts free provided they cite Vatican copyright ... but if a text is published separately ... payment is due.
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