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The Holy Father doesn't really make laws the way one would think of a Congress publishing its decisions. The Laws in the Catholic church extend way back for many centuries, and are complex, coming from many different sources (all, of course, under the Popes). Vatican Council I in the 19th century requested that all of these be brought together in one place. Pope Saint Pius X (from whom I take my name) began this process at the turn of the last century (beginning of the 20th century), and it was completed by his predecessor, Pope Benedict XV. This was the code of Canon Law that the church used until Vatican Council II requested an update, the Code which we are now living under. There is a congregation in Rome (an office so to speak) that is responsible for this. When it was finished it was submitted to the Pope, and the Pope promulgated it (issued it under his authority as Pope).

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