Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church| www.vatican.va
Pastores Dabo Vobis (March 15, 1992)| www.vatican.va
Detail from "The Virgin Crowned by Angels" (c.1450) by Stefan Lochner. (Image: WikiArt.org)| Catholic World Report
Bishop Earl Boyea on the episcopate.| Church Life Journal
Prior to the Novus Ordo Missae, priests had an entire ritual for putting on vestments for Mass. Each vestment had its own short prayer, often alluding either to the vestment’s symbolic meaning and/or a moral allusion. In the Latin rite, those prayers fell into disuse though some priests have apparently recently tried to recover them. […]| Adoremus
Final Document of the Synod of Bishops, 26 October 2019| www.vatican.va
The Vatican Begins the Implementation Phase of the Synodal Process| windowlight.substack.com
Fr. Olek Stirrat highlights the centrality of friendship in sharing the Gospel| whatweneednow.substack.com
The Sacrament which is most central to the life of the Catholic Church is the Eucharist celebrated at every Mass. It is a re-presentation of the Last Supper that Jesus ate with His disciples …| Thomistic Philosophy Page
When I was a child in the 1950’s, we wanted to convert the world. Kids would say “I want to go to China” or “I want to go to the Middle East.” That missionary fervor is gone now. With these words, an old priest I knew expressed his dismay at the lost confidence in the […]| Catholic Exchange
Spes non confundit -Bull of Indiction of the Ordinary Jubilee of the Year 20255 (9 May 2024)| www.vatican.va
Declaration on the Relation of the Church to non-christian religions - Nostra aetate| www.vatican.va
Dilexit nos, 24 October 2024| www.vatican.va
Lumen gentium, Constitución dogmática sobre la Iglesia del Concilio Vaticano II- Nota explicativa previa| www.vatican.va
An Open-Ended Process Gains Clarity| windowlight.substack.com
Vatican II's Lumen Gentium's chapter five is titled "Universal Call to Holiness" and it includes this sentence: "Therefore in the Church, everyone whether belonging to the hierarchy, or being cared for by it, is called to holiness." By "cared for by it," it simply means lay people. In other words, lay folks| Padre Peregrino
Apostolic Letter issued “Motu proprio” by the Supreme Pontiff Francis “Traditionis custodes” on the use of the Roman Liturgy prior to the Reform of 1970, 16 July 2021| www.vatican.va