Answer: Pastor Bonus ("The Good Shepherd") is an apostolic constitution proclaimed by Pope John Paul II on June 28,1988. It instituted a number of reforms in the process of running the central government of the Roman Catholic Church.

Pastor Bonus laid out in considerable detail the organization of the Roman Curia, specifying precisely the names and composition of each dicastery (department of the Roman Curia), and enumerating which competencies, or responsibilities, each dicastery was charged with overseeing. It replaced the previous governing document, Regimini Ecclesiae Universae, which was released by Paul VI in 1967.

It delineated the roles of the Secretariat of State, Congregations, Tribunals, Pontifical Councils, Administrative Services and Pontifical Commissions of the Roman Curia. It also established the norms for the threshold for visits of bishops to Rome and the relationship between the Holy See and the particular Churches and episcopal conferences.

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Aerogramme - Pastor Bonus
Pope John Paul II in the Act of Blessing
The Stamp Represents an Image of St Peter
A26 (1988)