Roman Catholic Church Documents

Anglicanorum Coetibus. The Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus and accompanying norms are the response of the Holy Father to the many requ...

Caritas in Veritate. “Without truth, charity degenerates into sentimentality. In the present social and cultural context, where there is a widespre...

Christus Vivit, Christ Is Alive. For young people today, trying to find a path to holiness in a hostile world is increasingly difficult. Last year,...

Contemplate. To Consecrated Men and Women on the Path of Beauty. This third circular letter for the Year of Consecrated Life invites consecrated pe...

Beloved Amazon. Querida Amazonia – Dear Amazon. The Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Amazon Region. “Everything that the Church has to off...

“In an age marked by tremendous social and cultural challenges, as well as ever-expanding digital tools which have often left the field of cateches...

Directory on the Canonical Status of the Clergy - England & Wales, Rights, Obligations and Procedures. Handy manual for clergy summarising thei...

Directory on the Ministry and Life of Priests. Document on the Priesthood and the New Evangelization. Document from the Congregation for the Clergy...

Homiletic Directory. Pope Francis wrote extensively on the homily as a constant source of renewal and growth in his Apostolic exhortation Evangelii...

Identity and Mission of the Religious Brother in the Church, by CICLSAL. This offering for the Year of Consecrated Life explores the place of the R...

Sensus Fidei, In the Life of the Church. The International Theological Commission addresses a controversial and often misused term. At different ti...

Keep Watch! Letter for the Year of Consecrated Life. A Letter to consecrated men and women journeying in the footsteps of God. The prophetic role o...

Letter to All Consecrated People, Apostolic Letter of His Holiness Pope Francis on the Occasion of the Year of Consecrated Life. Pope Francis inaug...

A collection of Pope Francis’s weekly catecheses addressing the sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation, which incorporate us into Christ, and the T...

A significant pastoral assessment of today’s sexual culture on the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae. The full text of Humanae Vitae is also includ...

This document aims to provide Catholics much-needed guidance on addressing and understanding the challenges that emerge from gender ideology, withi...

Meeting God in Friend and Stranger is a teaching document of the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales. Its purpose is to encourage members of the ...

Misericordia et Misera. Pope Francis proclaims a ‘Time of Mercy’ opening up before humanity, a cultural revolution to displace the all-pervasive in...

New Wine in New Wineskins. The consecrated life and its ongoing challenges since Vatican II, By CICLSAL. This document answers the challenges facin...

Pope Francis, gives a very personal reflection on the importance of St Joseph as the husband of Mary, the father of Our Saviour and protector of th...

Pope Francis’s eagerly awaited second encyclical letter addressed to all of humanity on environmental issues, our place in creation and responsibil...

Proclaim. To consecrated men and women witnesses of the Gospel among peoples. Fifty years after the Vatican Council’s Decree on the Renewal of Reli...

Rejoice - Letter for the Year of Consecrated Life, Letter to Consecrated People on the Occasion of the Year of Consecrated Life from the Magisteriu...

Gaudete et Exsultate - Rejoice and Be Glad. On the Call to Holiness in Today's World. ‘Holiness is a gift that is offered to everyone, no one is ex...