Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments () is the congregation of the Roman Curia that handles most affairs relating to liturgical practices of the Latin Church as distinct from the Eastern Catholic Churches and also some technical matters relating to the Sacraments. Its functions were originally exercised by the Sacred Congregation of Rites, set up in January 1588 by Pope Sixtus V.
History.
The congregation is the direct successor of the Sacred Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments ("Sacra Congregatio de Disciplina Sacramentorum") (1908–1969).
In 1975 it was given the title "Sacred Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship" ("Congregatio de Sacramentis et Cultu Divino") and incorporated the functions of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship ("Sacra Congregatio pro Cultu Divino") which had been created in 1969 to take on responsibility for the liturgical affairs previously handled by the Sacred Congregation of Rites ("Sacra Rituum Congregatio") (1588–1969).
Between 1984 and 1988 it was briefly redivided into the Congregation for the Sacraments ("Congregatio de Sacramentis") and the Congregation for Divine Worship ("Congregatio de Cultu Divino") under a single Prefect.
Responsibilities.
The apostolic constitution "Pastor bonus", issued by Pope John Paul II on 28 June 1988, established the congregation's functions:
On 30 August 2011, Pope Benedict XVI transferred jurisdiction over unconsummated marriages and the nullification of ordinations to the Roman Rota 
to relieve the Congregation of administrative burdens and allow it to focus on liturgy, its principal responsibility. In 2012, the Congregation added an office devoted to liturgical architecture and music.
On 9 September 2017, Pope Francis weakened the congregation's authority with his "motu proprio" titled "Magnum principium", ensuring that, starting 1 October 2017, the nation's Conference of Bishops will manage local liturgical translations. Since 2001, the Congregation had greater authority over a nation's liturgical translations. On October 22, 2017, the Vatican released a letter that Pope Francis had sent to the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacrament, Cardinal Robert Sarah, clarifying that the Vatican and its departments would have limited authority to confirm liturgical translations recognized by a local Conference of Bishops, thus retracting a commentary which Sarah had published on 13 October 2017.
In March 2021, following Sarah's retirement, Pope Francis charged Bishop Claudio Maniago, leader of the Italian Episcopal Conference's liturgy programs, with undertaking a review of the Congregation of Divine Worship in anticipation of the appointment of a new prefect.
Vox Clara Committee.
In 2001 the Congregation established the Vox Clara Committee, composed of senior bishops from episcopal conferences throughout the English-speaking world. It advises the Congregation on English-language liturgical texts and their distribution. It meets in Rome.