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 CordeWith A Father's HeartPope 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 to increase...

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 Questionsby: 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 it...

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...

The Conciliar and Postconciliar DocumentsThis 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 the...

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. SchroederHeld 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 pontificates...

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...

Dilexit Nos On the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ Pope Francis, Encyclical Letter   In his fourth encyclical, Dilexit Nos ("He loved us"), Pope Francis writes, at a time of profound global challenges, on the...

With Related Papal Textsby: His Holiness, Blessed Paul VIRediscover the beauty of the matrimonial call to be open to human life with this 50th anniversary edition of Blessed Paul VI's Encyclical Humanae Vitae (On the Regulation of Birth).Honoring both the...