Editing Index Librorum Prohibitorum (section)

===Abolition (1966)===
On 7 December 1965, Pope Paul VI issued the {{lang|la|motu proprio [[Integrae servandae]]}} that reorganized the Holy Office as the ''Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Paul VI, Pope|date=7 December 1965|title=Integrae servandae|website=vatican.va|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/motu_proprio/documents/hf_p-vi_motu-proprio_19651207_integrae-servandae.html|access-date=10 July 2016}}</ref> The Index was not listed as being a part of the newly constituted congregation's competence, leading to questioning whether it still was. This question was put to Cardinal [[Alfredo Ottaviani]], pro-prefect of the congregation, who responded in the negative.<ref>''L'Osservatore della Domenica'', 24 April 1966, p. 10.</ref> The Cardinal also indicated in his response that there was going to be a change in the Index soon.

A June 1966 Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith [[Notification (Holy See)|notification]] announced that, while the ''Index'' maintained its moral force, in that it taught Christians to beware, as required by the natural law itself, of those writings that could endanger faith and morality, it no longer had the force of [[ecclesiastical positive law]] with the associated penalties.<ref>{{cite web|author=Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith|date=14 June 1966|title=Notification regarding the abolition of the Index of books|website=vatican.va|url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19660614_de-indicis-libr-prohib_en.html|access-date=10 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307041622/https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19660614_de-indicis-libr-prohib_en.html|archive-date=7 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Canon law of the Catholic Church|canon law]] of the [[Latin Church]] still recommends that works should be submitted to the judgment of the local [[Ordinary (Catholic Church)|ordinary]] (typically, the bishop) if they concern sacred [[scripture]], [[Catholic theology|theology]], canon law, or [[History of the Catholic Church|church history]], religion or morals.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0017/_P2P.HTM|title=Code of Canon Law: text - IntraText CT|website=www.intratext.com}}</ref> The local [[Ordinary (church officer)|ordinary]] consults someone whom he considers competent to give a judgment and, if that person gives the {{lang|la|[[nihil obstat]]}} ('nothing forbids'), the local ordinary grants the {{lang|la|[[imprimatur]]}} ('let it be printed').<ref name="auto"/> Members of religious institutes require the {{lang|la|[[imprimi potest]]}} ('it can be printed') of their major superior to publish books on matters of religion or morals.<ref name="auto"/>