Pontificalis Domus

The Roman Court or Papal Curia was reformed by the Bull Pontificalis Domus of 1969.

With the reforms of Pontificalis Domus, Honorary Prelates are now the second of three ranks of Monsignors.

The title was later renamed as Theologian of the Pontifical Household on March 28, 1968, by Pope Paul VI's motu proprio Pontificalis Domus.

The Torlonia family is one of the few Italian aristocratic families to have survived the reconstruction of the Papal Court in 1969 by the motu proprio Pontificalis Domus.

Pope Paul VI abolished many Vatican City positions with the apostolic letter motu proprio Pontificalis Domus (English: The Papal Household) in 1968.

In 1968, with the motu proprio Pontificalis Domus, he discontinued most of the ceremonial functions of the old Roman nobility at the papal court, save for the Prince Assistants to the Papal Throne.

On 28 March, with 'Pontificalis Domus', and in several additional Apostolic Constitutions in the following years, he revamped the entire Curia, which included reduction of bureaucracy, streamlining of existing congregations and a broader representation of non-Italians in the curial positions.