Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

The Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (DICLSAL; Latin: Dicasterium pro Institutis vitae consecratae et Societatibus vitae apostolicae), formerly called Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (CICLSAL; Latin: Congregatio pro Institutis Vitae Consecratae et Societatibus Vitae Apostolicae), is the dicastery of the Roman Curia with competency over everything which concerns institutes of consecrated life (orders and religious congregations, both of men and of women, as well as secular institutes) and societies of apostolic life, regarding their government, discipline, studies, goods, rights, and privileges.