Fifth Instruction on Vernacular Translationby: His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVIPope Benedict XVI offers us a great Lenten blessing in Journey to Easter.This book is a rich meditation on the meaning of Lent, the significance of the birth and death of...

  Patris Corde With A Father's Heart Pope Francis   In his apostolic letter Patris Corde (“With a Father’s Heart”), Pope Francis reflects on Saint Joseph and his multifaceted role as a father. The purpose of this letter, Pope Francis writes, “is...

Evangelii Gaudium by His Holiness Pope Francis In his Apostolic Exhortation The Joy of the Gospel issued on November 25, 2013, Pope Francis develops the theme of the proclamation of the Gospel in the contemporary world. This core document at...

Straight Answers to Tough Questions by: Edward N. PetersExcommunication. To our modern ears, the very word evokes something dark and foreboding, something out-of-place in contemporary society. Many associate excommunication with the medieval Church, with the Inquisition and witch-hunts, and think...

By Juan Ignacio Arrieta (edited by)  This is the fourth edition (2022) of the “Red Code”; it is edited by Juan Ignacio Arrieta, originally edited by Prof. E. Caparros in 2003, and based on the commentaries elaborated by the Martin...

edited by: Austin Flannery, O.P.The sixteen official documents—constitutions, decrees, and declarations—of the Second Vatican Council are now available from Liturgical Press in the most popular and widely used inclusive-language edition translated by Irish Dominican Austin Flannery (+October 21, 2008). As...

The Conciliar and Postconciliar Documents This study edition of Irish Dominican Austin Flannery’s (+2008) earlier translation contains all sixteen documents of the Second Vatican Council, plus the forty-nine later documents from popes and Vatican congregations that implemented the details of...

By: Pope Benedict XVI "Having faith in the Lord is not something that involves solely our intelligence, the area of intellectual knowledge; rather, it is a change that involves our life, our whole self: feelings, heart, intelligence, will, corporeity, emotions,...

By Fr. H.J. Schroeder Held as the rallying point of the Counter-Reformation and intended as the Church's definitive response to Protestant heresies, the Council of Trent is a monolith in the history of the Church. Spanning three sessions and the...

Take a breathtaking journey to Catherine of Siena's native Italy, as actress Mary McCown brings this medieval saint to life. While visiting the houses, palaces and churches where St. Catherine served God and the Church, Fr. Jacques Daley reveals the...

Laudato Si' and Laudate Deum 10th Anniversary Pope Francis   In this combined edition of the full texts of Laudato Si' and Laudate Deum, Pope Francis draws all Christians into a dialogue with every person on the planet about our...

Life and Love: Opening Your Heart to God's Design Human life. We marvel at its complexity, we wonder at its fragility, and as Catholics we embrace its dignity. But as far back as 1880, the Church has faced the reality...