This is an index of all files in the EWTN "Curial Documents" Document Library as of 6/14/2007 sorted by library and titleLIBRARY - FILENAME - TITLE AUTHOR DESCIPTION 1. Curial Documents - HV25YEAR.HTM - 'Humanae Vitae' 25 Years Later Archbishop Vincenzo Fagiolo This article, by the President of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts, appeared in the September 1, 1993 issue of "L'Osservatore Romano." 2. Curial Documents - ciltformaldefect.htm - Actus Formalis Defectionis ab Ecclesia Catholica CILT The Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts has published in English the clarified guidelines for baptized Catholics who formally separate from the Church. Cardinal Julián Herranz, the then president of the pontifical council, issued a statement on formal acts of defection from the Church in March 2006. The document was drawn up after many requests for clarifications of the so-called formal act of defection from the Church, mentioned in the Code of Canon Law. HERESY SCHISM APOSTASY 3. Curial Documents - PCMIERGA.HTM - Erga migrantes caritas Christi PCMI The purpose of this Instruction, ("The Love of Christ Towards Migrants,") published 14 May 2004 by the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers, "is to respond to the new spiritual and pastoral needs of migrants and to make migration more and more an instrument of dialogue and proclamation of the Christian message." The instruction observes that in migrants the Church has always contemplated the image of Christ who said, "I was a stranger and you made me welcome" (Matthew 25:35). IMMIGRATION EMIGRATION EVANGELIZATION INCULTURATION INCULTURATION PLURALISM SOLIDARITY LITURGY POPULAR PIETY EASTERN RITE MUSLIMS INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE MISSIONARY LAITY ECCLESIAL MOVEMENTS SEMINA VERBI COMMUNION 4. Curial Documents - CBISEVNU.HTM - Evangelii nuntiandi: Paul VI's Pastoral Testament to the Church Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves "... in Evangelii nuntiandi the Pope [Paul VI] left, serenely but energetically, a sort of pastoral testament, a summary and synthesis of his whole [pontificate]." Cardinal Moreira takes the occasion of its 25th anniversary, 8 January 2000, to show the prophetic character of this document, as it anticipated the New Evangelization called for by Pope John Paul II. CONVERSION KERYGMA 5. Curial Documents - CDWLITAU.HTM - Liturgiam Authenticam - On the Use of Vernacular Languages in the Publication of the Books of the Roman Liturgy CDW This instruction from the Congregation for Divine Worship, taking effect 25 April 2001, gives detailed norms for the right translation of liturgical texts into vernacular languages, in order to assist inculturation without sacrificing sound Catholic doctrine. ROMAN RITE SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM NOVA VULGATA 6. Curial Documents - PCCUR40Y.HTM - Unitatis Redintegratio: A New Interpretation After 40 Years Cardinal Walter Kasper Cardinal Kasper examines the progress in ecumenism 40 years after publication of the Vatican II document. He notes the dangers of relativism and indifferentism that have plagued impatient, superficial efforts, while observing that true ecumenism is spiritual, requiring conversion of heart, since it is the Holy Spirit who unites. He also anlayzes the formula, subsistit in, as it identifies the Catholic Church as the true Church. TRADITION MISSION PROGRESSIVISM ESCHATON ESCHATOLOGY IRENICISM ORTHODOX PROTESTANT COMMUNIO EUCHARIST DIALOGUE 7. Curial Documents - PCCU40UR.HTM - 40th Anniversary of Vatican II Decree Unitatis Redintegratio Cardinal Walter Kasper Cardinal Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, examines two extremes which have characterized responses to the Conciliar Decree on ecumenism, Unitatis Redintegratio, on the one hand criticism in the name of Tradition and on the other, implementation without regard for Tradition. RELATIVISM INDIFFERENTISM DEPOSITUM FIDEI SENSUS FIDELIUM MAGISTERIUM 8. Curial Documents - PEACEJP2.HTM - A 25-Year Pontificate at the Service of Peace Cardinal Angelo Sodano In Talk 3 of the Cardinals' Symposium, 15-18 October 2003, met to celebrate the 25th anniversary of John Paul II's Pontificate, Cardinal Sodano, Vatican Secretary of State, recalls the great contributions of the Holy Father, in various conflicts during his pontificate, to the cause of peace. COLD WAR COMMUNISM MAGISTERIUM HOLY LAND BALKANS AFRICA IRAQ JEWS PALESTINIANS MUSLIMS 9. Curial Documents - PCFCALL.HTM - A Call for Life and the Family PCF On June 6 to 8, 1996, the Pontifical Council convened the Second International Meeting of Politicians and Legislators of the Americas on "The Dignity of the Family and Life in the Politics and Legislation of the Americas: Reflections in the Light of Evangelium Vitae". This file contains the Conclusions approved by the 130 participants. 10. Curial Documents - LANDMINE.HTM - A Deceptive Compromise On Anti-Personnel Landmines Cardinal Roger Etchegaray Declaration by Cardinal Etchegaray on the decision by the conference of states which were parties to the convention on the so-called inhuman conventional weapons. The conference was held in Geneva from April 22 to May 3. The Holy See delegate spoke on April 22. 11. Curial Documents - CARSMLEG.HTM - A Legacy: The Pope of Peace Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger On 18 October 2003, the Holy Father met with members of the College of Cardinals and Presidents of the world's Bishops' Conferences. At the conclusion of their Symposium, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Dean of the College of Cardinals, read the College of Cardinals' opening Message to the Holy Father for the 25th Anniversary of his Pontificate. PAPACY 12. Curial Documents - PCJPSOCD.HTM - Achieving Social Development for All Bishop Diarmuid Martin A Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly was held from 26 June to 1 July 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland. Known as "Copenhagen +5", the Session examined the goals that had been achieved by the international community since the 1995 World Summit for Social Development. The Holy See Delegation was headed by Bishop Diarmuid Martin, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, who spoke at the plenary session on 30 June. GLOBALIZATION SOLIDARITY MARKET DEBT MARGINALIZATION 13. Curial Documents - CEPJMSSN.HTM - Address to Pontifical Mission Societies Cardinal Jozef Tomko The annual Assembly of the National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies was opened this year with an address on 8 May 2000, by Cardinal Jozef Tomko, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, in which he based his exhortation for missionary zeal on Pope John Paul II's Encyclical, Redemptoris missio. PROPAGATION ECUMEN AFRICA AMERICA ASIA EUROPE OCEANIA 14. Curial Documents - CDWCONF.HTM - Age of Confirmation: When Local and Universal Law Conflict CDW In this letter of 18 December 1999, from the Congregation, Cardinal Medina Escrivez upholds the right of a girl to be confirmed, who, though she had not yet reached the age set by diocesan law, fulfilled the conditions set by Canon Law. SACRAMENT BAPTISM 15. Curial Documents - PCCUETCH.HTM - All Is Possible When We Rely on Christ Cardinal Roger Etchegaray On 25 January, the feast of the Conversion of St Paul, Cardinal Etchegaray, President of the Committee for the Great Jubilee, presided at Vespers celebrated in the Basilica of St Paul-Outside-the-Walls to close the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, opened by Pope John Paul II on 18 January. In his homily, the Cardinal expressed the Holy Father's conviction that unity among Christians is possible through conversion to Christ. ECUMEN 16. Curial Documents - PCFECFAM.HTM - An Economy for the Family The Pontifical Council for the Family The Pontifical Council for the Family brought together 60 experts on economic and social questions for an international meeting on "The Family and Economy in the Future of Society". The meeting began on March 6, 1996 with a public conference at the Pontifical Gregorian University, at which the keynote speaker was the Nobel prizewinner, Professor Gary Becker of the University of Chicago. At the conclusion of their working meeting on 9 March, the participants made the recommendations contained in t 17. Curial Documents - APCOCATH.HTM - Annual Plenary Indulgence in Co-Cathedrals Apostolic Penitentiary "For the greater spiritual good of the faithful, eparchial and diocesan Bishops are granted the faculty of imparting the Papal Blessing with the attendant Plenary Indulgence once a year, in the co-cathedral churches which were formerly the cathedrals of eparchies or dioceses that no longer exist...," having been assimilated into larger eparchies or dioceses. ENCHIRIDION INDULGENTIARUM 18. Curial Documents - PCLNEOST.HTM - Approval of Statutes: Guarantee of Authenticity Cardinal J. Francis Stafford On 30 June 2002, Cardinal J. Francis Stafford, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, gave this address at Porto San Giorgio to the itinerant catechists of the Neocatechumenal Way who were thanking God for the Decree of Approval of the Statutes of the Way. CATECHESIS CONVERSION REDEMPTORIS MATER SEMINARIES BISHOPS INTERNAL FORUM 19. Curial Documents - STATCAI1.HTM - Archbishop Renato Martino's Address to the United Nations Conference On Population STATE Address given by Archbishop Martino in Cairo on Sept. 7, 1994. STATE MARTINO UN POPULATION CAIRO ABORTION 20. Curial Documents - STATCAIR.HTM - Archbishop Renato Martino's Statement on Cairo STATE Given on Sept. 13 in a presentation in Cairo, Egypt, to the plenary assembly of the U.N. Conference on Population and Development on its final day. STATE MARTINO UN POPULATION CAIRO ABORTION 21. Curial Documents - TRUEMEAN.HTM - Article on: Truth and the Meaning of Human Sexuality Alfonso Cardinal Lopez Trujillo The Cardinal and Bishop Elio Sgreccia write about the 'Guideline' for Sexual Education in the Family, 'Truth and the Meaning of Human Sexuality.' This article is taken from 'L'Osservatore Romano', February 14, 1996. 22. Curial Documents - PCSCNERA.HTM - At the Dawn of a New Era PCSC The pastoral instruction, Aetatis Novae, on pastoral use of the media, issued in 1992 by the Pontifical Council of Social Communications did not replace, but supplemented and updated the Vatican II document, Communio et progressio, taking into account the advancements in means of communication, including cable television, desktop computers, FAX machines, and VCRs, over the intervening 20 years. PERSON EVANGEL SOLIDARITY 23. Curial Documents - PCJPDEBT.HTM - At the Service of the Human Community PCJP In this document from February 1987, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace describes the phenomenon of international debt, and proposes a plan of co-responsibility by which the plight of debtor nations may be alleviated and peace and security enhanced for all. SOLIDARITY ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION TECHNOLOGY NATIONALISM INDUSTRIALIZED DEVELOPING NATIONS TRADE CREDITOR FINANCIAL 24. Curial Documents - PCCUNITY.HTM - Authentic Ecumenism Is a Grace of Truth Juan Usma Gomez Father Gomez, of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, spoke of the Catholic Church's commitment to ecumenism during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: 18-25 January 2004. He addressed the situation in Latin America, emphasizing the need for Catholics to establish fraternal relations with other Christians, without weakening their own Catholic identity. TRADITION PENTECOSTALS 25. Curial Documents - HSPLO.HTM - Basic Agreement Holy See and Palestine Liberation Organization The agreement of 15 February 2000 calls for a peaceful solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and international guarantees of free access to Jerusalem and its holy places. INTERRELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION HUMAN RIGHTS 26. Curial Documents - CLAVERIE.HTM - Bishop Claverie: A Life Sacrificed for Love Cardinal Bernardin Gantin Homily in Algeria at the Funeral Mass for Bishop Claverie August 5, 1996. 27. Curial Documents - edictjp2.htm - Cause for Beatification and Canonization of John Paul II Cardinal Carmillo Ruini The request by Cardinal Ruini, that the five-year waiting period following the death of the Servant of God John Paul II be dispensed, having been granted by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, the Vicar of Rome issued this edict, on 18 May 2005, announcing the opening of the late Supreme Pontiff's cause for beatification and canonization. WRITINGS HOLINESS EUCHARIST 28. Curial Documents - PCCUCOMM.HTM - Celebration of the Eucharist in Common by Christians of Different Confessions PCCU Declaration on the position of the Catholic Church issued by the S.P.U.C. (Secretariat for the Promotion of the Unity of Christians), Dans ces derniers temps, 7 January, 1970. PROTESTANT COMMUNION 29. Curial Documents - CDWHLYWK.HTM - Chant of the Passion for Holy Week CDW Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship document on the chant of the Passion for Holy Week, originally printed in Notitiae 281, vol. 25, No. 12 (1989), pp. 856-859. Translated by Casey A. Kniser and published in Sacred Music, Vol. 117, Number 1, Spring 1990. CHANT PASSION HOLY WEEK DIVINE WORSHIP SACRED MUSIC 30. Curial Documents - PCPAHEAL.HTM - Charter for Health Care Workers PCPA Issued by the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance in 1994 ABORTION ANALGESIA ANESTHESIA ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION DEATH DIAGNOSIS ORGAN DONATION DRUGS EMBRYO EUTHANASIA FERTILITY FIVET GENETIC MANIPULATION PSYCHOPHARMACEUTICALS SUICIDE TRANSPLANTS VIATICUM 31. Curial Documents - PCPAHEAL.ZIP - Charter for Health Care Workers PCPA Issued by the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance in 1994 ABORTION ANALGESIA ANESTHESIA ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION DEATH DIAGNOSIS ORGAN DONATION DRUGS EMBRYO EUTHANASIA FERTILITY FIVET GENETIC MANIPULATION PSYCHOPHARMACEUTICALS SUICIDE TRANSPLANTS VIATICUM 32. Curial Documents - CHARFAM.HTM - Charter of the Rights of the Family Holy See Presented by the Holy See to all persons, institutions and authorities concerned with the mission of the family in today's world October 22, 1983. Downloaded from the Cheese Wiz BBS. FAMILY CHARTER 33. Curial Documents - RATZHONG.HTM - Christ, Faith and the Challenge of Cultures Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger Given in Hong Kong to the presidents of the Asian bishops' conferences and the chairmen of their doctrinal commissions during a March 2-5, 1993, meeting. RATZINGER CULTURE INCULTURATION FAITH RELATIVISM 34. Curial Documents - CDWEASTF.HTM - Circular Letter Concerning Preparation and Celebration of Easter Feasts CDW Published by the Congregation for Divine Worship on 20 February 1988, this Circular Letter describes the correct celebration of liturgical rites from Ash Wednesday through Pentecost. The document emphasizes the care with which these rites should be conducted. EASTER TRIDUUM HOLY WEEK THURSDAY SATURDAY VIGIL INITIATION SOLEMNITIES BAPTISM CONFIRMATION EUCHARIST PENITENCE REPENTANCE PENANCE CONFESSION RECONCILIATION PASSION PALM SUNDAY CHRISM MASS LORD'S SUPPER MUSIC CATECHESIS 35. Curial Documents - CCEORIEN.HTM - Circular Letter Concerning Studies of the Oriental Churches CCE In January 1987, the Congregation for Catholic Education addressed those responsible, on various levels, for priestly formation, on the subject of increased study and understanding of Eastern Christianity, both Catholic and Orthodox. Increased communion will be facilitated by an increase in understanding. WESTERN LATIN RITE IMMIGRATION ECUMENICAL TRADITION INCULTURATION 36. Curial Documents - CDFMASN1.HTM - Clarification Concerning Status of Catholics Becoming Freemasons CDF Issued by the Office of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, February 17, 1981. This file also contains Can. 1374, which is the present legislation of the Church, and a list of some papal documents on Masonry. FREEMASONRY MASONS SECRET SOCIETY 37. Curial Documents - ITCDIACO.HTM - Clarification on ITC Study on the Diaconate Fr George Cottier, O.P. Fr George Cottier, General Secretary for the International Theological Commission (ITC), announced that its recent document (2002) on the diaconate excludes the possibility of the ordination of women to the diaconate. The five-year study was done at the request of the Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith. DEACONS HOLY ORDERS 38. Curial Documents - cologndecre - Cologne/Decree Cardinal James Francis Stafford A special indulgence is granted, by Cardinal Stafford, Apostolic Penitentiary, with the Holy Father's authority, to "the faithful who, on the occasion of the 20th World Youth Day, going on pilgrimage to or arriving in Cologne, take part in the sacred rites, as well as to all the other faithful, wherever they may be, as long as they pray to God, during this event, to help young Christians strengthen their faith and lead a holy life." PENANCE RECONCILIATION REPARATION 39. Curial Documents - COMRDSIN.HTM - Commentaries on the Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum Various An index page of commentaries, by various authorities of the Roman Curia, on aspects and implications of the Instruction on liturgical norms, published by the Congregation for Divine Worship, 23 April 2004. EUCHARIST MASS BLESSED SACRAMENT LITURGY LAITY PRIESTHOOD EASTERN CHURCHES MEDIA MAGISTERIUM LEX ORANDI LEX CREDENDI PASCHAL MYSTERY CANONICAL PENALTIES SACRIFICE SOTERIOLOGY RUBRICS TRANSUBSTANTIATION ECUMENISM LEX ORANDI CREDENDI LECTORS ACOLYTES EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS SERVERS 40. Curial Documents - PCMI25TO.HTM - Commentary on 25th World Day of Tourism Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao Cardinal Fumio Hamao, President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, comments on Pope John Paul II's Message for the Word Day of Tourism, 27 September 2004. Since tourism has "many implications -- anthropological, spiritual, social, economic, political and ecological -- it must be regulated by the social teaching of the Church." Tourism without ethics causes suffering. DIGNITY PERSON SPORTS 41. Curial Documents - PCSCCOMM.HTM - Communio et Progressio PCSC A Pastoral Instruction on the "Means of Social Communication," written by order of the Second Vatican Council, and issued 23 May 1971, by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. MEDIA TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC OPINION PROPAGANDA FREEDOM EDUCATION CULTURE ART ADVERTISING PRESS CINEMA RADIO TELEVISION THEATRE 42. Curial Documents - VPOCLONE.HTM - Communique on Announced Cloning of Human Embryo in U.S. VPO This communique was released 26 November 2001 by the Vatican Press Office regarding the announcement on 25 November in the United States of the successful cloning of a human embryo. ETHIC STEM CELL 43. Curial Documents - CDWMISSA.HTM - Concerning the Eucharistic Prayers CDW A Circular Letter of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship, issued 27 April 1973, and addressed to the presidents of episcopal conferences on adaptions of the Eucharistic liturgy to times and places, as provided in the liturgy itself, not as introduced without approval from the Holy See. MISSAL MASS NOVUS ORDO GIRM 44. Curial Documents - CDFDIVOR.HTM - Concerning the Reception of Holy Communion by Divorced and Remarried Members of the Faithful CDF Issued under instruction of John Paul II by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in a letter to the world's bishops on October 14, 1994. 45. Curial Documents - CDFRESPO.HTM - Concerning the Teaching Contained in 'Ordinatio Sacerdotalis' CDF 'Responsum ad Dubium' October 28, 1995 Document of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith which declares that 'the teaching that the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women is to be understood as belong to the deposit of faith' This file also contains Cardinal Ratzinger's Cover letter of November 8, 1995 to the Bishops' Conference Presidents. For the Vatican's Reflections on the Teaching of 46. Curial Documents - CDWCONC.HTM - Concerts in Churches CDW On 5 November 1987, the Congregation for Divine Worship issued an instruction with guidelines for concerts in churches. The primary consideration is that no performance be allowed that would be inconsistent with the character of a church as a sacred place. MUSIC ORGAN LITURGY SCHOLAE CANTORUM GREGORIAN CHANT CANON LAW ARTISTS 47. Curial Documents - pcf17assem.htm - Conclusions of the Pontifical Council's 17 Plenary Assembly PCF The Pontifical Council for the Family held its Plenary Assembly from 11 to 13 May 2006 on the occasion of its 25th anniversary (13 May 1981). The Pope addressed the participants on 13 May. These are the Conclusions of the Pontifical Council's 17th Plenary Assembly. JOHN PAUL II LIFE CHILDREN GENDER MARRIAGE EROS CATECHESIS 48. Curial Documents - PCFCONCL.HTM - Conclusions of Theological-Pastoral Congress PCF Final suggestions offered by the Pontifical Council on the Family at the conclusion of the Theological and Pastoral Congress on the theme: "Twenty Years since ‘Familiaris Consortio’: The Anthropological and Pastoral Dimension". PRO-LIFE DOMESTIC CHURCH MARRIAGE CONTRACEPTION CATECHESIS SEX EDUCATION FAMILY RIGHTS PERSON REFUGEES 49. Curial Documents - SYNFINMG.HTM - Consecrated Life, A Sign of the Church's Vitality SYN Final Message of the 1994 World Synod of Bishops. SYNOD BISHOPS RELIGIOUS CONSECRATED LIFE 50. Curial Documents - CCECONSE.HTM - Consecrated Persons and Their Mission in Schools CCE On 20 November 2002, the Congregation for Catholic Education published this document, dated 28 October 2002, which calls attention to the indispensable presence of religious in Catholic schools and the essential role of Catholic schools in the new evangelization. See presentation addresses by Cardinal Grochelewski and Archbishop Pittau. CULTURE VOCATIONS PERSON COMMUNION EVANGELICAL COUNSELS HUMANISM RECIPROCITY DIGNITY WOMEN POOR COEXISTENCE SOLIDARITY 51. Curial Documents - STATCLON.HTM - Considerations on the Issue of Human Cloning Secretariat of State In light of the debate on human cloning that took place in New York on 21-22 October 2004, at the Sixth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, the Holy See sent a Document to all Member States containing certain considerations on both "reproductive" and so-called "therapeutic" human cloning, in order to reassert its position on this issue and offer the debate certain scientific explanations. The following is the full text of the Holy See's Document, dated 27 September 2004. EMBRYONIC ADULT STEM CELL RESEARCH GENES GENETICS BIOLOGY DIGNITY HUMAN RIGHTS 52. Curial Documents - CDFHOMUN.HTM - Considerations Regarding Legal Recognition of Unions Between Homosexual Persons CDF On 31 July 2003, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a 10-point document rebutting popular arguments in favor of same-sex "marriage" and other forms of legal recognition for homosexuality. Catholic politicians are warned that voting in favor of recognition of homosexual unions is "gravely immoral." SOCIETY CULTURE NATURAL LAW COMPLEMENTARITY CHASTITY CHILDREN REASON 53. Curial Documents - OVCICLST.HTM - Contemplate the Face of Christ: Guiding Light for Consecrated Life Fr Eusebio Hernàndez Sola, O.A.R. An overview of the Instruction from the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life, called Starting Afresh from Christ. Part by part analysis of this program for responding to Pope John Paul II's request for consecrated persons to grow in holiness by contemplating Christ. NOVO MILLENNIO INEUNTE VITA CONSECRATA RELIGIOUS FORMATION VOCATIONS COMMUNION WORD OF GOD EUCHARIST PRAYER EVANGELIZATION CONCUPISCENCE 54. Curial Documents - CILTEUCH.HTM - Contempt for the Eucharist CILT The Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts answers a dubium (doubt) concerning two canons, can. 1367 of the Latin Church's Code of Canon Law and can. 1442 of the Code of Canons of the Oriental (Eastern) Churches (CCEO) which provides sanctions for those who show contempt toward the Eucharist. Included is a commentary on the response by the President of the Council, Archbishop Herranz. SACRAMENT THROW TABERNACLE MONSTRANCE 55. Curial Documents - PCSCECUM.HTM - Criteria for Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Cooperation in Communications PCSC Published 4 October 1989 by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, these are guidelines for cooperation among Christians and representatives of other religions in an effort to "ensure a united religious presence in the very heart of mass communications." MEDIA 56. Curial Documents - CDWDANCE.HTM - Dance in the Liturgy CDW Directives for Liturgical Dance in the Latin Rite. Sacred Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship. Originally printed in Notitiae 11 (1975) 202-205, labeled as 'a qualified and authoritative sketch.' English translation from The Canon Law Digest, Vol. VIII, 78-92, reprinted NCCB (Bishops Committee on the Liturgy) Newsletter, April/May 1982. Briefly examines the subject of liturgical dance and forbids it in the Latin Rite. DANCE ART LITURGY MASS 57. Curial Documents - CDFUNICI.HTM - Declaration 'Dominus Iesus' CDF In this declaration, issued 6 August 2000, the uniqueness of the Catholic Church is reiterated in the face of "relativistic theories which seek to justify religious pluralism." Such theories, by denying that Christ is the only Savior, that there is only one Church, and that the doctrines of the Faith are objectively true, undermine Our Lord's commission to proclaim the Gospel to all nations. INDIFFERENTISM SCRIPTURE KINGDOM MAGISTERIUM APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION ECUMENIC 58. Curial Documents - CDFMONTM.HTM - Declaration and Decree, "Ordination" of 7 Women CDF In response to the purported ordination of seven Catholic women to the priesthood in Austria by a schismatic "Bishop," the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued this monitum, 10 July 2002, warning the women that they must disclaim their "ordination" and repent of the scandal it caused, or be excommunicated. In fact, none repented, and the decree of excommunication, here included, was published on 5 August. PRIESTHOOD ORDINATIO SACERDOTALIS DISSENT 59. Curial Documents - STATCOPE.HTM - Declaration at the World Summit on Social Development in Copenhagen Angelo Cardinal Sodano Given on March 12, 1995. SODANO WORLD SUMMIT COPENHAGEN FAMILY PERSON WAR 60. Curial Documents - CDFHAWAI.HTM - Declaration in Case of the Hawaii Five CDF Declaration of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith vacating the 1991 excommunication of the so-called 'Hawaii five' -- as expressed in the case of one of the five, Patricia Morley. The Congregation judged their behavior (including frequenting a chapel of the SSPX) "blameworthy in many respects," but not formally schismatic. HAWAII SCHISM PIUS X TRIDENTINE 61. Curial Documents - statdecbertone.htm - Declaration of Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone The following is a translation of the Declaration which Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, made on Saturday, 16 September 2006, in reference to the reaction in Muslim quarters to certain passages in Pope Benedict XVI's Address at the University of Regensburg. ISLAM MUSLIMS TERRORISM VIOLENCE INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE 62. Curial Documents - CDFDCAT.HTM - Declaration of the Commission of Cardinals on the "New Catechism" CDF This Declaration of 15 October 1968 recalls the "Dutch" Catechism, published in 1966, which was flawed in a number of respects, and how Pope Paul VI himself appointed a Commission to clarify the misleading passages which are indicated in this document. ANGELS FALL MARY'S VIRGINITY SATISFACTION SACRIFICE REAL PRESENCE INFALLIBILITY PRIESTHOOD 63. Curial Documents - vpooffend.htm - Declaration of the Holy See Press Office VPO In response to the cartoons offensive to Muslims, circulated in newspapers in Europe and elsewhere, the Holy See Press Office offered this declaration denying that the right to freedom of thought and expression includes a right to offend the religious sentiments of believers. ISLAM MEDIA 64. Curial Documents - ZCDFCZCH.HTM - Declaration On Bishops and Priests Ordained Secretly in the Czech Republic CDF During communist rule in the Czech republic, several Bishops performed ordinations of priests and other Bishops without getting the necessary permissions or with other irregularities in the ceremonies. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has been working since the fall of communism to find a way to solve all the questions raised by this situation. On 14 February 2000, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger released a statement on these cases. HOLY ORDERS APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION MARRIED PRIESTS SCHISM 65. Curial Documents - CDFCERTN.HTM - Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics CDF Persona Humana, issued by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on December 29, 1975. SEX MORALS MARRIAGE MASTURBATION CHASTITY FUNDAMENTAL OPTION HOMOSEXUALITY 66. Curial Documents - CILTCOMM.HTM - Declaration on Divorced and Remarried Persons Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts The Pontifical Council, in a declaration of 24 June 2000, reaffirms the Church's position, based on divine law, that divorced and remarried couples are barred from Holy Communion. CANON GRAVE SIN EUCHARIST SCANDAL 67. Curial Documents - CDFEUTH.HTM - Declaration on Euthanasia CDF Issued by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 5 May 1980. EUTHANASIA SACRED CONGREGATION DOCTRINE FAITH JOHN PAUL II 68. Curial Documents - CCLSANCT.HTM - Declaration on First Confession and First Communion CCL 'Sanctus Pontifex' Issued by the Sacred Congregation for the Clergy and the Sacred Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments on May 24, 1973. This document calls for the cessation of experiments and the reinstatement of the traditional practice of reception of Penance before the Holy Eucharist. CONFESSION HOLY EUCHARIST 69. Curial Documents - CDFMASN2.HTM - Declaration on Masonic Associations CDF "Quaesitum est" Issued by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on November 26, 1983. This document is the present Church discipline on the membership of Catholics to a Masonic association. FREEMASONRY SECRET SOCIETY 70. Curial Documents - CDFABORT.HTM - Declaration on Procured Abortion CDF Issued by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on November 18, 1974. ABORTION LIFE MURDER HUMAN HEALTH BIRTH CONTROL 71. Curial Documents - CCLGRNER.HTM - Declaration on Suspended Priest CCL In view of a "Conference for Peace," organized by Fr Nicholas Gruner of Canada, for a meeting in Rome, October 2001, the following declaration was released (13 September 2001) by the Congregation for the Clergy. FATIMA CULT 72. Curial Documents - CDFINSIG.HTM - Declaration on the Admission of Women to the Ministerial Priesthood CDF 'Inter Insigniores' issued by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on October 15, 1976. WOMEN PRIESTHOOD INTER INSIGNIORES 73. Curial Documents - PALSTEM.HTM - Declaration on the Production and the Scientific and Therapeutic Use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Pontifical Academy for Life This document seeks to contribute to the debate on the production and use of embryonic stem cells which is now taking place in scientific and ethical literature and in public opinion. Given the growing relevance of the debate on the limits and liceity of the production and use of such cells, there is a pressing need to reflect on the ethical implications which are present. IN VITRO FERTILIZATION PERSON 74. Curial Documents - STATUNML.HTM - Declaration to United Nations Millenium Summit Cardinal Angelo Sodano To redefine the future of the United Nations Organization, the Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, invited Heads of State and Government to a Millennium Summit in New York, 6 to 8 September 2000, for a series of round table discussions. At the end of the work, the participants adopted a resolution on the future of the United Nations Organization. Here is the declaration of Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Secretary of State and the Holy See's representative, who addressed the assembly. PEACE POVERTY DEVELOPMENT DIGNITY RIGHTS LIFE NATURAL LAW VALUES 75. Curial Documents - CDFRAGMS.HTM - Declaration: Cum de fragmentis CDF The Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in a Declaration dated 2 May 1972, directs that, after Communion, left-over Hosts and any particles of Hosts are to be "reserved or consumed with the reverence due to the eucharistic presence of Christ." Note: references to the General Instruction of the Roman Missal are to the 1969 edition. MASS BLESSED SACRAMENT REAL PRESENCE 76. Curial Documents - statpubl - Decree and Communiqué Cardinal Angelo Sodano In this Decree, issued 31 May 2005, by Cardinal Sodano, Secretary of State, copyrights over all "deeds and documents" published by Pope Benedict XVI, in his capacity as Supreme Pontiff, have been entrusted to the Vatican Publishing House. The following Communiqué clarifies the situation with regard to existing contracts with other publishing houses, made by the Pope prior to his election. RIGHTS 77. Curial Documents - APINDULG.HTM - DECREE Fourth Edition of the Enchiridion Indulgentiarum Apostolic Penitentiary With this decree, the 1968 edition of the official manual of indulgences was reissued 16 July 1999, with changes, in preparation for the Great Jubilee of the year 2000. PENANCE SATISFACTION PURGATORY MERITS 78. Curial Documents - PCLNEOCA.HTM - Decree of Approval of Statutes of Neocatechumenal Way 'Ad Experimentum' Cardinal J. Francis Stafford, PCL On 28 June, Cardinal J. Francis Stafford, President, Pontifical Council for the Laity, gave to the founders of the Neocatechumenal Way the decree of approval ad experimentum for five years of the Statutes of the Way. The Neocatechumenal Way was approved as a way of Christian initiation for the rediscovery of Baptism and ongoing formation of the baptized. It is also approved as a form of adult catechumenate to prepare adults for Baptism. CONVERSION CATECHESIS RCIA 79. Curial Documents - CBISLEFB.HTM - Decree of Excomunication of Archbishop Lefebvre CBIS From the Office of the Congregation for Bishops, 1 July 1988. LEFEBVRE TRIDENTINE EXCOMUNICATION 80. Curial Documents - CDFATORD.HTM - Decree on Attempted Ordination of Some Catholic Women CDF A decree published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, confirming the excommunication of a group of women who participated in an invalid priestly ordination by a schismatic bishop, June 2002. This document announces that the Holy See has rejected the appeal made by the women to the decree of excommunication published 5 August 2002. SENSUS FIDELIUM LATAE SENTENTIAE FERENDAE SCHISM 81. Curial Documents - NETEMERE.HTM - Decree on Betrothal and Marriage Congregation of the Council from the Sacred Congregation of the Council, issued by the order and authority of Pope Pius X. Contains certain revisions of the Church laws governing betrothal and marriage, which were subsequently included in the 1917 Code of Canon Law. Latin title 'Ne temere.' PIUS X MARRIAGE BETROTHAL ESPOUSAL 82. Curial Documents - CDWFIRST.HTM - Decree on First Communion CDW (Sacraments) 'Quam Singulari' Approved by Pope St. Pius X and issued by the Sacred Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments on August 8, 1910. COMMUNION PIUS X 83. Curial Documents - CDWFREQ.HTM - Decree on Frequent & Daily Reception of Holy Communion CDW (Rites) 'Sacra Tridentina' Issued by the Congregation of Rites and approved by Pope Pius X on December 20, 1905. PIUS X HOLY COMMUNION RECEPTION 84. Curial Documents - CCLSTIPN.HTM - Decree On Mass Stipends CCL Norms established by the Congregation for the Clergy concerning the practice of Mass stipends issued February 22, 1991. MASS STIPENDS 85. Curial Documents - CCSESCRI.HTM - Decree on the Cause of Canonization of Josemaria Escriva CCS The April 9, 1990 Decree of the Sacred Congregation for Cause of the Saints on the heroic virtues of Venerable Josemaria Excriva, founder of Opus Dei. Uploaded by Robert Sheehan. OPUS DEI VENERABLE ESCRIVA VIRTUES 86. Curial Documents - APINDEUC.HTM - Decree on the Indulgence for the Year of the Eucharist AP Urbis et Orbis Decretum. A special plenary indulgence has been approved by John Paul II, and published by the Apostolic Penitentiary (25 December 2004), to mark the Year of the Eucharist (2005). According to the decree, a plenary indulgence may be gained by participating in acts of worship and veneration of the Most Holy Sacrament, as well as by praying vespers and compline of the Divine Office before the tabernacle. BENEDICTION ADORATION LITURGY OF THE HOURS 87. Curial Documents - CCECANON.HTM - Decree: Reordering Curriculum for Study of Canon Law CCE On 15 November 2002, the Congregation for Catholic Education published a Decree revising the order of studies in the faculties and departments of canon law. The new decree extends from two years to three years the course of study required for a licence in canon law. Knowledge of Latin is emphasized, as well as sufficient grounding in theology and philosophy. SAPIENTIA CHRISTIANA 88. Curial Documents - CCSMAIN.HTM - Decrees related to the Servants of God CCS A compilation of recent decrees of the Congregation for the Decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints regarding the heroic virtues and miracles of the Servants of God, Venerables and Blesseds proposed for canonization. SAINTS BLESSEDS VENERABLES SERVANTS MIRACLES VIRTUE 89. Curial Documents - PCIDSPRT.HTM - Dialogue Based on Respect for Spirit's Action in Others Bishop Michael Fitzgerald, M.Afr. On the feast of Pentecost, in the year of Jubilee, the Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue reminds us that "we cannot set bounds to the action of the Spirit." We should be ready to recognize His presence in the hearts of people of other faiths, even while carrying out our mission to communicate the fullness of truth. ECUMEN EVANGELIZ ASSISI 90. Curial Documents - PCCUGRK.HTM - Dialogue Betweem Rome and Greek Orthodox Mons. Eleuterio Fortino Mons. Fortino, of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Unity, traces the recent history of relations between the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches, up to the Holy Father's pilgrimage to Athens "in the footsteps of St. Paul." ECUMEN ANDREW PATRIARCH 91. Curial Documents - PATDIAL.HTM - Dialogue Between Cultures and Between Religions Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan On 7 March 2002, Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan, President, Administration of the Holy See's Patrimony, gave the Jubilee Inaugural Lecture at the Chavara Institute of Indian and Interreligious Studies (CIIS) in Rome. The Cardinal presented interreligious dialogue as a necessary step towards peace and understanding, and also as a way of opening the door to proclaiming the Gospel of salvation in places where ancient Hindu and Buddhist religions are established. TERRORISM VALUES EVANGELIZATION 92. Curial Documents - PCCUANCH.HTM - Dialogue With Ancient Churches of the East Fr Johan Bonny Numerous contacts with the leadership of ancient Churches of the East took place in the Year of the Great Jubilee. Fr Bonny, of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, recounts these contacts and the hope of unity they offer for the future. COPT SYRIA ARMENIA ASSYRIA MALANKARA CHALDE ORTHODOX 93. Curial Documents - PCCUECCL.HTM - Dialogue With Faith and Order Commission Mons. John A. Radano Mons. Radano, of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, notes progress toward convergence among members of the World Council of Churches and the Catholic Church. Further progress is expected from increased attention to ecclesiology (study of the nature of the Church). ECUMEN 94. Curial Documents - PCCUDFMU.HTM - Dialogue With Lutheran World Federation Fr Matthias Turk Fr Türk summarizes developments in the Catholic-Lutheran dialogue and notes the concept of "differentiated multiplicity," which may be significant for eventual unity. ECUMEN JOINT DECLARATION 95. Curial Documents - PCIDNONB.HTM - Dialogue With Non-Believers Franziskus Cardinal Konig This document (issued 1968) contains considerations that aim at explaining the nature of interreligious dialogue and how it differs from evangelistic or apologetical contacts between believers and nonbelievers. ECUMEN ATHEIST IRENICISM 96. Curial Documents - PCCUPENT.HTM - Dialogue With Pentecostals Fr Juan Usma Gómez Fr Usma, of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, notes that, while the movement is extremely heterogeneous from the ecclesial and theological standpoint, Pentecostalism is rooted in Catholic spirituality, mediated by a Wesleyan current. Based on the assessment that "what unites us is far greater than what divides us," he expresses hopes for further progress. CHARISM HOLINESS BAPTISM SPIRIT KOINONIA PROSELYT 97. Curial Documents - PCCUNIAT.HTM - Dialogue With the Orthodox Mons. Eleuterio F. Fortino Uniatism, long a source of disagreement between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, continued to be a problem at the eighth plenary session of the Joint International Commission held in Baltimore, 9-19 July 2000. The question of the legitimacy of Eastern Rite Catholic Churches operating in the same territory as Orthodox Churches raises the further issue of the importance of communion with the Holy See. ECUMEN 98. Curial Documents - PCCUORTH.HTM - Dialogue With the Orthodox Churches Mons. Eleuterio F. Fortino Monsignor Fortino shows how progress is being made in East-West dialogue, though not without "tensions and misunderstandings." JOINT INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION UNIAT ECUMENIC JUBILEE 99. Curial Documents - PCCUECU.HTM - Directory ...[on] Ecumenism PCCU Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity: Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism. 25 Mar 1993. Discusses the ecumenical movement the organization of the service of Christian unity in the Catholic Church, ecumenical formation, common life among all the baptized, dialogue, and common witness. JOHN PAUL II ECUMENISM DIALOGUE 100. Curial Documents - PCCUECU.ZIP - Directory ...[on] Ecumenism PCCU Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity: Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism. 25 Mar 1993. Discusses the ecumenical movement the organization of the service of Christian unity in the Catholic Church, ecumenical formation, common life among all the baptized, dialogue, and common witness. JOHN PAUL II ECUMENISM DIALOGUE 101. Curial Documents - CDWPIETY.HTM - Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy CDW A directory issued December 2001 by the Congregation for Divine Worship evaluating forms of popular piety. "The object of this Directory is to offer guidelines and, where necessary, to prevent abuses or deviations." It discourages departures from Biblical revelation or competition with the economy of the Sacraments, while encouraging the riches of mature devotion, such as harmonize well with the Liturgy. WORSHIP INCULTURATION PRIVATE REVELATIONS LITURGICAL YEAR MARY SAINTS BLESSEDS ANGELS DEAD SHRINES PILGRIMAGE PROCESSIONS IMAGES MEDALS SCAPULARS SACRAMENTALS 102. Curial Documents - CCLDIR.HTM - Directory on the Ministry and Life of Priests CCL Issued by the Congregation for the Clergy on March 31, 1994. This 100 page directory for priests urges a humble life style, obedience to Church authority, correct moral standards and staying away from political office and the need for clerical garb. PRIESTHOOD DIRECTORY CLERGY GARB POVERTY INCARDINATION OBEDIENCE FORMATION 103. Curial Documents - CCLDIR.ZIP - Directory on the Ministry and Life of Priests CCL Issued by the Congregation for the Clergy on March 31, 1994. This 100 page directory for priests urges a humble life style, obedience to Church authority, correct moral standards and staying away from political office and the need for clerical garb. PRIESTHOOD DIRECTORY CLERGY GARB POVERTY INCARDINATION OBEDIENCE FORMATION 104. Curial Documents - STATAF97.HTM - Do Not Reduce African Aid Archbishop Renato R. Martino On November 5, 1996 Archbishop Renato R. Martino, the Holy See's Permanent Observer at the United Nations spoke to the plenary meeting of the 51st Session of the General Assembly on Item 44: Mid-term Review of the Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990's. 105. Curial Documents - CDFADTU.HTM - Doctrinal Commentary on concluding formula of 'Professio fidei' CDF Coincident with the publication of "Ad tuendam fidem," by which Pope John Paul II added sanctions for dissent from definitive Church teaching to the Oriental and Latin codes of canon law, the Prefect and Secretary of the doctrinal congregation explain the grades of Church teaching and the kind of assent each obliges of Catholics. Given 29 June 1998 OATH PROFESSION CANONS DISSENT FAITH BELIEF HIERARCHY TRUTH 106. Curial Documents - CBISDOCT.HTM - Doctrinal Declarations of Episcopal Conferences CBIS Guidelines for Episcopal Conferences in their exercise of magisterial authority, consistent with the magisterium of the universal Church, were sent, in the form of a letter, dated 13 May 1999, to the Presidents of Episcopal Conferences. THEOLOGY DOCTRINE 107. Curial Documents - GIRMALL.HTM - Documents on the General Instruction of the Roman Missal CDW This file contains documents associated with the now superceded General Instructions of 1970 and 1975. They remain historically important, especially the interpretations of the norms promulgated by the Congregation for Divine Worship (document VII). I. Decree, 1st Editio Typica, Congregation for Divine Worship (1970); II. Decree, 2nd Editio Typica, Congregation for Divine Worship (1975); III. Apostolic Constitution, Paul VI (1969); IV. Forward, NCCB; V. General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 4th Ed. (1975); VI. Appendix for the General Instruction for the Dioceses of the United States of America; VII. Notices of the Congregation for Divine Worship which interpret the norms of the General Instruction (1969-1981). GIRM MASS RUBRICS LITURGY NOTITIAE 108. Curial Documents - GIRMALL.ZIP - Documents on the General Instruction of the Roman Missal CDW This file contains documents associated with the now superceded General Instructions of 1970 and 1975. They remain historically important, especially the interpretations of the norms promulgated by the Congregation for Divine Worship (document VII). I. Decree, 1st Editio Typica, Congregation for Divine Worship (1970); II. Decree, 2nd Editio Typica, Congregation for Divine Worship (1975); III. Apostolic Constitution, Paul VI (1969); IV. Forward, NCCB; V. General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 4th Ed. (1975); VI. Appendix for the General Instruction for the Dioceses of the United States of America; VII. Notices of the Congregation for Divine Worship which interpret the norms of the General Instruction (1969-1981). GIRM MASS RUBRICS LITURGY NOTITIAE 109. Curial Documents - CDFHUMAN.HTM - Donum Vitae CDF This "Instruction on Respect for Human Life" was issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on February 22, 1987. It covers biomedical research, fetal experimentation, in vitro, fertilization, artificial fertilization, infertility and moral and civil law. CDF HUMAN LIFE FETAL EXPERIMENTATION IN VITRO INFERTILITY LAW 110. Curial Documents - STATDRUG.HTM - Drug trafficking must be combatted State Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan, Head of the Holy See's Observer Delegation to the U.N. Special Session dealing with the scourge of drugs, spoke to the General Assembly on 10 June 1998. DRUGS TRAFFIKING HEROIN COCAINE LEGALIZATION 111. Curial Documents - STATSANC.HTM - Economic sanctions must be used with great discernment STATE This address by Msgr. James Reinert of the Holy See's delegation to the U.N. addresses the morality of economic sanctions. 112. Curial Documents - ECUMENSM.HTM - Ecumenism in the Pontificate of John Paul II Cardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir In Talk 5 of the Cardinals' Symposium, 15-18 October 2003, called to celebrate the 25th anniversary of John Paul II's Pontificate, Cardinal Sfeir, Patriarch of Antioch for Maronites, surveys the Holy Father's longtime outreach to noncatholics and nonchristians as well. ORTHODOX PROTESTANTS LUTHERANS INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE MUSLIMS ISLAM JEWS JUDAISM REFORMATION PETRINE MINISTRY ASSISI 113. Curial Documents - CCEGUIDE.HTM - Educational Guidance in Human Love CCE Issued by the Congregation for Catholic Education on the subject of sex education and moral education of young people. November 1, 1983. SEX MORALITY EDUCATION CHILDREN YOUTH TEENS LOVE 114. Curial Documents - SYNBPS11.HTM - Eleventh World Synod of Bishops: On the Eucharist General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops An index page listing documents on the topic, The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church, to be discussed at the Eleventh Ordinary General Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, scheduled for October, 2005. LINEAMENTA MAGISTERIUM ADORATION SACRIFICE THANKSGIVING MASS LITURGY COVENANT MEAL BANQUET ANAPHORA PRIESTHOOD HOLY COMMUNION PASCHAL MYSTERY REAL PRESENCE FATHERS DOCTORS UNITY HOLINESS APOSTOLICITY CATHOLICITY VALIDITY EPICLESIS EVANGELIZATION MYSTAGOGY MUSIC ART SANCTUARY ALTAR TABERNACLE MISSION DIVINIZATION SANCTIFICATION TRANSUBSTANTIATION 115. Curial Documents - CDWREPON.HTM - En reponse a la demande CDW 1969 letter granting to various Bishops' Conferences permission for Communion in the hand and laying down norms for its implementation. MASS LITURGY COMMUNION HAND TONGUE 116. Curial Documents - SYNLIN96.HTM - Encounter With the Living Jesus: Way to Conversion, Communion and Solidarity in America Synod "Lineamenta" for the planned Special Assembly for America of the Synod of Bishops. The "Lineamenta", developed by the Synod of Bishops General Secretariat, is a preparatory document to be used in the drafting of the "Instrumentum laboris", the "working document" of the Special Assembly. The Synod's date has not been set, but it will take place before the year 2000. The "Lineamenta" presents in a general way material which will guide the discussion and reflections on the theme. The objective of the "Lineamenta" is to foster the faithful's participation at the local level in the process of reflection on the synod topic and to ensure from the direct participants responses rich in content. 117. Curial Documents - PCFTREND.HTM - Ethical and Pastoral Dimensions of Population Trends PCF Released by the Pontifical Council for the Family on May 13, 1994. This report addresses the serious problems linked to population growth. It warns against 'contraceptive imperialism.' POPULATION PARENTHOOD NFP CONTRACEPTION MOTHERHOOD POVERTY 118. Curial Documents - PCSCADVR.HTM - Ethics in Advertising PCSC This document, issued by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, 22 February 1997, while recognizing the economic, political, and cultural benefits of advertising in today's world, warns of the harm it can do, and lays down moral guidelines for the common good. MEDIA ECONOMICS POLITICS CULTURE RELIGION DIGNITY 119. Curial Documents - PCSCETH.HTM - Ethics in Communications PCSC This guide, issued by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, in conjunction with the Jubilee for Journalists, articulates "the primary moral principles that must the foundation of the new communications technology, which affects all aspects of social existence, from the activity of stock markets to people's home lives." ECONOM CULTUR EDUCATION POLITIC SOLIDARITY SUBSIDIARITY 120. Curial Documents - PCSCINTR.HTM - Ethics in Internet PCSC One of two documents issued 28 February 2002 by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. "Ethics in Internet" concerns moral and social obstacles and opportunities offered to human development by this latest advancement in communications. The companion document, "The Church and Internet", concerns the possibilities of the internet for evangelization, catechesis, apologetics, counseling and administration. MEDIA SOLIDARITY TECHNOLOGY GLOBALIZATION COMMERCIAL LIBERTARIAN DIGITAL DIVIDE CULTURE COMPUTER 121. Curial Documents - EUCHLILF.HTM - Eucharist: Light and Life of the New Millenium Cardinal Jozef Tomko Cardinal Tomko, President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses, gives a short history of past Congresses, preparatory to explaining the plan for the next Congress, to be held in Guadalajara, Mexico, 10-17 October 2004. It is to highlight the Year of the Eucharist, declared by the Holy Father, which is the Church's response to "the emptiness of the new agnostic materialism that is spreading in certain Christian regions and is manifested in the loss of the meaning of life and a sort of annihilation of values." MILLENNIUM MASS BLESSED SACRAMENT 122. Curial Documents - CDWSACRA.HTM - Eucharistiae Sacramentum CDW This document promulgates the "editio typica" of rites for Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharist Outside Mass, 21 June 1973, Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship. General Introduction and Chapter 3. Chapters 1 & 2 are missing, and seemingly unobtainable. EXPOSITION BENEDICTION CONGRESSES PROCESSSIONS RESERVATION 123. Curial Documents - REPOSJP2.HTM - Eucharistic Concelebration for the Repose of the Soul of Pope John Paul II Cardinal Angelo Sodano On 3 April 2005, the Feast of Divine Mercy, Cardinal Sodano gave the homily for the Mass for the repose of the soul of His Holiness, Pope John Paul II. In his homily, the Cardinal referred to the Pope's Encyclical Dives in Misericordia as appropriate to the day and the event of the Holy Father's passing. HOPE HEAVEN 124. Curial Documents - TRUJEV.HTM - Evangelium Vitae and the Pro-Life Movement Alfonso Cardinal Lopez Trujillo President of the Pontifical Council for the Family Saturday, March 23 1996, Westminster Central Hall, London. 125. Curial Documents - PALQUALF.HTM - Examining Quality of Life, Ethics of Health Bishop Elio Sgreccia The Pontifical Academy for Life, on the occasion of its 11th General Assembly held in Rome 21 - 23 February 2005, offered its Members an opportunity to reflect on and examine more deeply a scientific and cultural topic of special timeliness, so-called "quality of life," on the basis of which the natural right to life is being called into question. EUATHANASIA HEALTH BENTHAM VITALISM 126. Curial Documents - CDWBOTH.HTM - Extending the Practice of Communion Under Both Kinds CDW 'Sacramentali Communione' Instruction of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship issued June 29, 1970. 127. Curial Documents - TRUJFC.HTM - Familiaris Consortio and the Family Alfonso Cardinal Lopez Trujillo President of the Pontifical Council for the Family Speaking to NACF Families Friday, March 22 1996, St. James, Spanish Place, London. 128. Curial Documents - PCFDEMO.HTM - Family and Demography in Europe PCF The Pontifical Council for the Family has convened meetings on "the family and demography" in various continents: Latin America held in Mexico City in 1993, and Asia and Oceania, held in Taipei in 1995. The third meeting in this series, on "the family and demography in Europe", was held in Rome on 17-19 October 1996. From most European nations, Bishops who are Presidents of Commissions for the Family and representatives of the Roman dicasteries met with experts in demography, economics, political science, theologians and moralists. This file contains the recommendations approved unanimously by the 70 participants. 129. Curial Documents - PCFFMMRD.HTM - Family, Marriage and De Facto Unions Pontifical Council for the Family In response to the legislation of numerous parliaments, in which "de facto" unions are equated with marriage, the Vatican has published a document warning against the risks involved in these measures, including a "a juridical hollowing out of the marriage institution." SEX HOMOSEXUAL DEMOCRACY TOTALITARIAN CONJUGAL COMPLEMENTARITY SUBSIDIARITY PLURALISM CATECHESIS 130. Curial Documents - PALBIOMD.HTM - Final Communiqué: Ethics of Biomedical Research PAL At the end of its Ninth General Assembly, held in the Vatican from 24-26 February 2003, the Pontifical Council for Life issued a Concluding Communiqué on the "Ethics of Biomedical Research. For a Christian Vision". The Council was concerned to highlight general ethical features that biomedicine has to take into account if it is to serve the human person. Appended is a "manifesto" addressed to all researchers in the biomedical field and also in bioethics. GENETICS PERSON MEDICAL SCIENCE EMBRYO MEDIA 131. Curial Documents - pal12assemb.htm - Final Declaration of the 12th General Assembly PAL On the occasion of its 12th General Assembly [2006], the Pontifical Academy for Life celebrated an international Congress on the theme: "The human embryo in the pre-implantation phase: Scientific aspects and bioethical considerations". At the conclusion of the Congress, the Academy offered to the Ecclesial Community and to the general public, certain considerations on the theme of its reflection. PERSON HUMAN BEING 132. Curial Documents - paldecl07.htm - Final Declaration: International Congress 2007 PAL On 23-24 February 2007, the Pontifical Academy for Life organized an International Congress at the Vatican on the occasion of its 13th General Assembly. The topic of the Congress was: "Christian conscience in support of the right to life". At the end of the meeting, the following considerations were offered to the ecclesial community, the civil community and every person of good will for reflection. RATIONALISM CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION 133. Curial Documents - cathjewcomm.htm - Final Document: Catholic-Jewish Bilateral Commission Meeting Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews The following is the Final Document of the Delegation of the Holy See's Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel's Delegation for Relations with the Catholic Church-Bilateral Commission Meeting, which was held in Jerusalem, 11-13 March 2007. The subject for discussion was freedom of religion and conscience and its limits. DIVINE IMAGE OF GOD MORAL RELATIVISM SANCTITY OF LIFE STATE 134. Curial Documents - PCHFINAL.HTM - Final Statement to 26th Special Session of General Assembly Delegation of Holy See On 27 June 2001, at the conclusion of the Special Session of the U.N. General Assembly on HIV/AIDS, the Holy See's Delegation issued in English this final statement on the declaration released at the end of the session. The Holy See supports the positive steps to address the needs of those whose lives have been ravaged by the disease. However, it expresses certain reservations. SEXUAL ABSTINENCE FIDELITY 135. Curial Documents - STAT5PTS.HTM - Five Key Points of Holy See on Holy Land Mons. Leo Boccardi On 11 April 2002, in Vienna, Mons. Leo Boccardi, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) gave the Holy See's basic five point position on the conditions for peace in the Holy Land. TERRORISM PALESTINIANS ISRAEL SOLIDARITY 136. Curial Documents - SACSAN40.HTM - For the 40th Anniversary of Sacrosanctum Concilium Various The book Spiritus et Sponsa, a collection of the Records of the Day commemorating the 40th anniversary of Sacrosanctum Concilium (Rome, 4 December 2003), was presented to journalists at the Press Office of the Holy See on Friday, 2 April 2004. Addresses honoring the occasion were presented by Cardinal Francis Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino, Secretary of the same Congregation; Fr Juan Javier Flores Arcas, O.S.B., President of the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of St Anselmo, Rome, and Mons. Giuseppe Liberto, Director and Choirmaster of the Pontifical Musical Chorus of the Sistine Chapel. LITURGY VATICAN II MASS EUCHARIST CONTEMPLATION FORMATION MUSIC 137. Curial Documents - PCMIPRER.HTM - For the Presentation of Erga Migrantes Caritas Christi Cardinal Fumio Hamao, Archbishop AgostinoMarchetto The Instruction Erga Migrantes Caritas Christi was presented to journalists at the Holy See Press Office on Friday, 14 May 2004, by Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao, President of the Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, and Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, Secretary of the Council. The Presentation recalled prior papal statements on immigration and summarized the rights and duties of immigrants. EMIGRATION EVANGELIZATION INTERRELIGIOUS CULTURE 138. Curial Documents - CICLFRAT.HTM - Fraternal Life in Community CICL Released by the Vatican Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life on February 19, 1994. RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY FRATERNITY 139. Curial Documents - CICLFRAT.ZIP - Fraternal Life in Community CICL Released by the Vatican Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life on February 19, 1994. RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY FRATERNITY 140. Curial Documents - STATISRL.HTM - Fundamental Agreement Between the Holy See and the State of Israel STATE Signed by Msgr. Claudio Celli, Vatican assistant secretary of state and Israel's deputy minister of foreign affairs, Yossi Beilin in Jerusalem on December 30, 1993. ISRAEL VATICAN AGREEMENT 141. Curial Documents - CCLGCD.HTM - General Catechetical Directory and Addendum CCL Published by the Sacred Congregation for the Clergy on April 11, 1971 as the basis for Catechetics in the Church. Includes the Addendum to the General Catechetical Directory issued by the Sacred Congregation for the Clergy on March 18, 1971. The Addendum concerns the first reception of the Sacraments of Penance and the Eucharist. DIRECTORY CATECHISM GENERAL CATECHETICS CATECHETICAL EUCHARIST PENANCE CHILDREN 142. Curial Documents - CCLGCD.ZIP - General Catechetical Directory and Addendum CCL Published by the Sacred Congregation for the Clergy on April 11, 1971 as the basis for Catechetics in the Church. Includes the Addendum to the General Catechetical Directory issued by the Sacred Congregation for the Clergy on March 18, 1971. The Addendum concerns the first reception of the Sacraments of Penance and the Eucharist. DIRECTORY CATECHISM GENERAL CATECHETICS CATECHETICAL EUCHARIST PENANCE CHILDREN 143. Curial Documents - GIRM.HTM - General Instruction of the Roman Missal (1975) CDW Issued by the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship on March 27, 1975, this "General Instruction" has since been superceded. For the current edition see: General Instruction of the Roman Missal, promulgated in 2002. GIRM LITURGY MASS MISSAL RUBRICS NOTITIAE NOTICES 144. Curial Documents - GIRM.ZIP - General Instruction of the Roman Missal (1975) CDW Issued by the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship on March 27, 1975, this "General Instruction" has since been superceded. For the current edition see: General Instruction of the Roman Missal, promulgated in 2002. GIRM LITURGY MASS MISSAL RUBRICS NOTITIAE NOTICES 145. Curial Documents - CDWGIRM.HTM - General Instruction of the Roman Missal (3rd) Congregation for Divine Worship Promulgated in March 2003, this General Instruction of the Roman Missal contains the liturgical norms for the celebration of the Mass in effect since March 2003. This 3rd edition (the others were 1969 and 1975) was adapted by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for the US and confirmed by the Holy See. The places where adaptation has occured are indicated by reference to "in the United States" or similar. Otherwise, this GIRM is the same as applicable throughout the Latin Rite, unless adapted by the Bishops Conference of a particular nation. MASS EUCHARIST RUBRICS NORMS LITURGY USCCB INSTITUTIO GENERALIS MISSALIS ROMANI ROMAN MISSAL 146. Curial Documents - CDWGILH.HTM - General Instruction on the Liturgy of the Hours CDW Liturgy of the Hours in the life of the Church, how it sanctifies the day, with directions on how to say it. DIVINE OFFICE BREVIARY 147. Curial Documents - CDWLECT.HTM - General Introduction to the Lectionary (Second Edition) CDW From the Sacred Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship (Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments), an exposition of principles for the use of Scripture in liturgy, according to the teaching of Vatican II, directions on how these principles are to be implemented, and an explanation of the pastoral purpose of the Order of Readings. LITURGY LITURGICAL YEAR SEASONS BIBLE SCRIPTURE WORD OF GOD SACRAMENTS SACRAMENTALS EUCHARIST MINISTRIES SUNDAYS WEEKDAYS TRANSLATIONS VERNACULAR 148. Curial Documents - PCCUFILQ.HTM - Greek and Latin Traditions Regarding the Procession of the Holy Spirit PCCU The Holy Father, in a homily give in St Peter's Basilica on 29 June 1995, in the presence of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, expressed a desire that "the traditional doctrine of the Filioque, present in the liturgical version of the Latin Credo, [be clarified] in order to highlight its full harmony with what the Ecumenical Council of Constantinople of 381 confesses in its creed: the Father as the source of the whole Trinity, the one origin both of the Son and of the Holy Spirit". This document, published in the same year by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, is the clarification the Holy Father asked for. EASTERN ORTHODOXY SCHISM SYMBOL NICENE CREED ECUMENICAL COUNCIL CONSTANTINOPLE PROCESSIONS ECUMENICAL DIALOGUE EKPOREUSIS LATINS BYZANTINES FILIATION SPIRATION 149. Curial Documents - CCEFUTPR.HTM - Guide to the Training of Future Priests Concerning the Instruments of Social Communication CCE Issued 19 March 1986 by the Congregation for Catholic Education, this document gives guidelines for the training of priests in the pastoral use of the mass media. SEMINARY FORMATION COMMUNION EVANGELIZATION JOURNALISM CINEMA MOVIES TELEVISION RADIO 150. Curial Documents - RRJGUIDE.HTM - Guidelines and Suggestions for Implementing Conciliar Declaration 'Nostra Aetate' RRJ Given on December 1, 1974. This commission was established on October 22, 1974 to encourage and foster religious relations between Jews and Catholics. 151. Curial Documents - PCCUASCH.HTM - Guidelines for Admission to the Eucharist Between the Chaldean Church and the Assyrian Church of the East PCCU The Chaldean Church and the Assyrian Church of the East have taken a decisive step toward East-West unity by offering access to the Eucharist to each other's faithful under certain circumstances. The text was prepared by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, in agreement with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, and issued 20 July 2001. EASTERN CHRIST ECUMEN APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION ADDAI MARI 152. Curial Documents - PCMITOUR.HTM - Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of Tourism PCMI In an extensive outline of modern tourism (29 June 2001), the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples describes opportunities of spiritual growth both for tourists and host countries, as well as pitfalls to be avoided. TRAVEL HOMOGENIZATION WORK REST FREE TIME PERSON ECOLOGY CULTURES DIALOGUE SOCIETY ECONOMY GLOBALIZATION SEXUAL EXPLOITATION MARGINALIZATION CONTEMPLATION CREATION SIN ECUMENISM EVANGELIZATION MISSIONARY HOSPITALITY EUCHARIST FAMILY COMMUNITY FORMATION HUMANISM LORD'S DAY PASTORAL 153. Curial Documents - STATUNIC.HTM - Holy See Not to Contribute to UNICEF in 1997 STATE Text of a press release of the Holy See published on November 4, 1996. UN UNICEF STATE VATICAN 154. Curial Documents - STATLIB.HTM - Holy See Statement on Religious Liberty Archbishop Renato Martino Archbishop Renato Martino, apostolic nuncio and permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, addresses the problem of descrimination against religious minorities in some countries. PERSON HUMAN RIGHTS TERRORISM 155. Curial Documents - PCHAIDS.HTM - Holy See to U.N. General Assembly's Special Session on HIV/AIDS EWTN An index page with links to four documents from the Holy See, addressing the topic of the General Assembly's 26th Special Session. 156. Curial Documents - STATWOMN.HTM - Holy See's Statement to UN General Assembly Archbisop Renato Martino with Holy See Delegation The 23rd Special Session of the UN General Assembly, entitled "Women 2000: Equality, Development and Peace for the 21st Century", was held from 5 to 10 June in New York, USA. The Holy See Delegation, led by Archbishop Renato R. Martino, Permanent Observer at the UN, issued a statement at the end of the session, giving its interpretation of the final document. EDUCATION POVERTY VIOLENCE HIV ABORTION SEX 157. Curial Documents - TRUJHOMI.HTM - Homily at Mass for Families Alfonso Cardinal Lopez Trujillo Lopez Trujillo, Saint James's Church, Spanish Place, London National Association of Catholic Families Friday March 22, 1996 158. Curial Documents - FUNERJP2.HTM - Homily of the Funeral Mass of Pope John Paul II Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger The homily, given by Cardinal Ratzinger, Dean of the College Cardinals, took as its theme, the command of the risen Lord to St. Peter, "Follow me." The Cardinal then recounted how the Holy Father had heeded this command through the course of his life, proclaiming the Gospel even to the end. REQUIEM PRIEST POLAND PASCHAL MYSTERY 159. Curial Documents - RTZFUJP2.HTM - Homily, Funeral Mass for Pope John Paul II Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger On Friday morning, 8 April 2005, at 10 a.m. in the Square of St Peter's Basilica, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Dean of the College of Cardinals, presided at the Holy Funeral Mass for the late Pope John Paul II. This is a translation of the Cardinal's homily at the Mass, which was given in Italian. GOOD SHEPHERD TOTUS TUUS MARY 160. Curial Documents - STATPERS.HTM - Human Person: The Key Value for Development Archbishop Renato Martino On 21 March 2002, Archbishop Renato Martino, Permanent Observer of the Holy See at the United Nations in New York and Head of the Holy See Delegation to the International Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico, spoke on the dignity of the human person as a "key value for development." His theme: "Development is first and foremost a question of people." GLOBALIZATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS 161. Curial Documents - CILT25HV.HTM - Humanae Vitae 25 Years Later: Church Can Interpret Natural Law Archbishop Vincenzo Fagiolo In an article from 1993, the President of the Pontifical Council For the Interpretation of Legislative Texts reflected on the authority of the Magisterium, particularly as represented by Pope Paul VI, in his authorship of Humanae Vitae. FAMILY PROCREATION DIGNITY MARRIAGE INFALLIBILITY 162. Curial Documents - LORHMVT.HTM - Humanae Vitae: Understanding the Encyclical LOR In an editorial from 1968, L'Osservatore Romano addressed the press's "hurried, biased and selfish interpretations" of Pope Paul's encyclical on the conjugal relationship. The Holy Father was bound to uphold the moral teaching of the primitive Church, as it bears on contemporary issues. His pronouncements, as Vicar of Christ, are not subject to majority opinion. MAGISTERIUM CONTRACEPTION ABORTION STERILIZATION 163. Curial Documents - APDIVMER.HTM - Indulgences Attached to Divine Mercy Devotions Apostolic Penitentiary On 29 June 2002, the Apostolic Penitentiary published a Decree in which the Holy Father attached a plenary and a partial indulgence to the devout observance of the Second Sunday of Easter or Divine Mercy Sunday. Appended to the Decree is an Overview of the Devotion given by L'Osservatore Romano. IMAGE CHAPLET FEAST HOUR OF MERCY 164. Curial Documents - CDW62IND.HTM - Indult for Use of Roman Missal of 1962 According to Judgment of Diocesan Bishop CDW This file contains the text of a Quattuor Abhinc Annos, a Circular Letter sent on October 3, 1984 by the Congregation for Divine Worship to the Presidents of Episcopal Conferences. INDULT TRIDENTINE MISSAL PIUS ECCLESIA DEI 165. Curial Documents - PCLCONST.HTM - Institutional and Charismatic Aspects: Quasi Coessential to the Church's Constitution Cardinal J. Francis Stafford The cardinal sees in the emergence of new ecclesial communities an indication that "the spiritual needs of many Catholic lay people are not being met through the traditional institutions of the Church." He then goes on to show how institutional and charismatic aspects of the Church have been complementary from the beginning. APOSTOLIC PETRINE PAUL MARY 166. Curial Documents - ccehomosex.htm - Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations with Regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies CCE This document published 29 November 2005, by the Congregation for Catholic Education, while reiterating that homosexual persons must be treated with respect, directs that they should not be admitted to the seminary because of their incompatibility with the priesthood. HOMOSEXUALITY FATHERHOOD ORDAINED MINISTRY ORDINATION FORMATION 167. Curial Documents - EASTINST.HTM - Instruction for Applying the Liturgical Prescriptions of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches Congregation for the Eastern Churches Issued January 6, 1996 168. Curial Documents - EASTINST.ZIP - Instruction for Applying the Liturgical Prescriptions of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches Congregation for the Eastern Churches Issued January 6, 1996 169. Curial Documents - CCEADMIT.HTM - Instruction on Admitting Candidates Coming From Other Seminaries or Religious Communities CCE Issued by the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education on March 8, 1996. 170. Curial Documents - CDFLIBR1.HTM - Instruction on Certain Aspects of the 'Theology of Liberation' CDF Issued by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on August 6, 1984. THEOLOGY LIBERATION POOR MARXISM CLASS STRUGGLE 171. Curial Documents - CDFLIBR2.HTM - Instruction on Christian Freedom and Liberation CDF Issued March 22, 1986 by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. LIBERATION THEOLOGY FREEDOM POOR 172. Curial Documents - CDFLIBR2.ZIP - Instruction on Christian Freedom and Liberation CDF Issued March 22, 1986 by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. LIBERATION THEOLOGY FREEDOM POOR 173. Curial Documents - CDWEUCH.HTM - Instruction on Eucharistic Worship CDW (Rites) Eucharisticum Mysterium, issued by the Congregation of Rites on May 25, 1967. EUCHARIST MYSTERY WORSHIP 174. Curial Documents - CDFINFAN.HTM - Instruction on Infant Baptism CDF Issued by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on October 20, 1980. BAPTISM INFANT 175. Curial Documents - CCESEMS.HTM - Instruction on Liturgical Formation in Seminaries CCE Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education. Given at Rome from the offices of the Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education on the Solemnity of Pentecost Sunday, 3 June 1979. SEMINARIES EDUCATION LITURGY FORMATION PRIESTHOOD MASS 176. Curial Documents - CCESEMS.ZIP - Instruction on Liturgical Formation in Seminaries CCE Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education. Given at Rome from the offices of the Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education on the Solemnity of Pentecost Sunday, 3 June 1979. SEMINARIES EDUCATION LITURGY FORMATION PRIESTHOOD MASS 177. Curial Documents - CDWMUSIC.HTM - Instruction on Music in the Liturgy CDW Sacred Congregation of Rites, Musicam sacram, 5 Mar. 1967. Juridical norms governing sacred music; a very important document especially for Church musicians. Approved by Pope Paul VI. SACRED MUSIC GREGORIAN CHANT POLYPHONY ORGAN CHOIRS 178. Curial Documents - CDFHEAL.HTM - Instruction on Prayers for Healing CDF As stated by this Vatican instruction of 14 September 2000, "Prayer for the restoration of health is ... part of the Church's experience in every age, including our own," this Vatican instruction states. "What in some ways is new is the proliferation of prayer meetings, at times combined with liturgical celebrations, for the purpose of obtaining healing from God." These meetings have multiplied due to the prayer groups or communities that have arisen in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. In response, the CDF has published this document to promote what is good and correct what is to be avoided. SICK CHARISM ANOINTING UNCTION RITUALE ROMANUM 179. Curial Documents - CDFTHEO.HTM - Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian CDF Donum veritatis, issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on May 24, 1990, situates the theological vocation within the Church's communion of the faith. It also discusses the problem of dissent. THEOLOGY THEOLOGIAN PROFESSOR FACULTY UNIVERSITY MAGISTERIUM TRUTH DOCTRINE DOGMA DISSENT CHURCH 180. Curial Documents - CDWINAES.HTM - Instruction on the Holy Eucharist CDW 'Inaestimabile Donum' 1980 Instruction concerning worship of the Eucharistic Mystery prepared by the Sacred Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship, approved and confirmed by His Holiness Pope John Paul II. ABUSE SCRIPTURE CONCELEBRATION COMMUNION WOMEN EXPOSITION REVERENCE LITURGY MASS EUCHARIST 181. Curial Documents - CDWMEMOR.HTM - Instruction on the Manner of Distributing Holy Communion CDW 'Memoriale Domini' This document attests that the majority of Catholic bishops felt the practice of receiving Communion on the tongue should be retained. It also gives guidelines for the reception of Communion in the hand. Issued by the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship on May 19, 1969. COMMUNION EUCHARIST TONGUE HAND MASS 182. Curial Documents - RNEWVAT2.HTM - Instruction on the Renewal of Religious Formation: In the Light of Vatican II Documents LOR L'Osservatore Romano examines the Instruction Renovationis Causam, issued 6 January 1969, on formation for the religious life as an expression of Vatican II's Lumen Gentium and Perfectae Caritatis. HOLINESS THEOCENTRIC CHRISTOCENTRIC NOTIVITIATE VOCATION EVANGELICAL COUNSELS 183. Curial Documents - RENEWREL.HTM - Instruction on the Renewal of Religious Formation: The Importance and Function of the Document LOR In an article from 1969, L'Osservatore Romano comments on Renovationis Causam, the Instruction issued Epiphany of that year, on the renewal of religious life through refinements in formation of its members. APOSTOLATE EVANGELICAL COUNSELS NOVITIATE MONKS NUNS SECULARIZATION VOWS PROFESSION CHAPTER INSTITUTE 184. Curial Documents - CEPPRABR.HTM - Instruction on the Sending Abroad and Sojourn of Diocesan Priests From Mission Territories CEP In this instruction of 25 April 2001, the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples addresses the problem of priests, sent from missionary territories to study in Europe or North America, not returning to their homelands, which sorely need their ministry. 185. Curial Documents - CDWINCLT.HTM - Instruction: Inculturation and the Roman Liturgy CDW 'Inculturation and the Roman Liturgy: Fourth Instruction for the Right Application of the Conciliar Constitution on the Liturgy.' Issued by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on March 29, 1994. The document covers principles and practical norms for inculturation of the liturgy in such matters as language, music, gesture and posture, handclapping, rhythmic swaying and dance movements, art, the altar and popular devotion. LITURGY INCULTURATION MASS 186. Curial Documents - CDWINOEC.HTM - Inter Oecumenici - Instruction on Implementing the Constitution on Sacred Liturgy CDW (Rites) An important Post-conciliar document, published 26 September 1964, on implementation of the norms established by the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum concilium. EUCHARIST MASS SACRAMENTALS CLERIC RELIGIOUS LAITY INCENSATION WORD OF GOD SCRIPTURE GOSPEL VERNACULAR MUSIC BISHOP PRIEST LITURGICAL COMMISSION READING CHANT DEACON SUBDEACON HOMILY PRAYER OF FAITHFUL COMMUNION BAPTISM CONFIRMATION ANOINTING SICK VIATICUM CONSECRATION MARRIAGE OFFICE LATIN CHURCHES ALTAR RESERVATION TABERNACLE CHOIR ORGAN BAPTISTRY 187. Curial Documents - STATICC.HTM - International Criminal Court must safeguard human dignity STATE A Diplomatic Conference for the establishment of an International Criminal Court was held from 15 June to 17 July 1998 at the Rome headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. Archbishop Martino made the following statement in English. 188. Curial Documents - PCJPHOUS.HTM - International Year of Shelter for the Homeless PCJP Issued by the Pontifical Commission Justice and Peace (Iustitia et Pax). HOMELESS POVERTY 189. Curial Documents - PCJPHABI.HTM - Intervention of Msgr. Martin at Habitat II Conference June 13, 1996 PCJP The text of the intervention made today in Istanbul, Turkey, by the secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, joint head of the Holy See's Delegation to the UN Habitat II Conference on Human Settlements. 190. Curial Documents - ZRATZCOM.HTM - Interview With Prefect of Doctrinal Congregation ZENIT In a two-part interview with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Prefect of the Doctrinal Congregation discusses (pt 1) the relation between local Churches and the Holy See and (pt 2) relativism and Communion for the remarried. SUBSIDIARITY CURIA HETERODOXY COLLEGIALITY EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES PEOPLE OF GOD TOLERANCE 191. Curial Documents - CDWINTRS.HTM - Introducing Redemptionis Sacramentum CDW On 23 April 2004, Francis Cardinal Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, presented the Instruction, Redemptionis Sacramentum, published by the same Congregation, to the press. The Instruction is a follow-up to Pope John Paul II's 14th Encyclical, Ecclesia de Eucharistia, in response to his request to the Roman Curia that abuses in the celebration of the Holy Eucharist be addressed. MASS LITURGY BISHOPS PRIESTS LAY LAITY RUBRICS 192. Curial Documents - introcomp - Introduction to the Compendium Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger This introduction to the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church was written by Cardinal Ratzinger just before he succeeded to the Chair of Peter. The Compendium, while dependent on the Catechism, states the Faith more concisely, in a dialogic format, with the use of artistic images. CATECHESIS DOCTRINE DOGMA 193. Curial Documents - CARSYMIN.HTM - Introduction to the Symposium of the College of Cardinals Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger At the Symposium of the College of Cardinals, met to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Pontificate of John Paul II (15-18 October 2003), certain pastoral and doctrinal issues of the Holy Father's 25-year Pontificate were highlighted by six Cardinals. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger introduced the meeting. PONTIFICATE LIFE 194. Curial Documents - STATJERU.HTM - Jerusalem: Considerations of the Secretariat of State STATE This file provides a summary of the Holy See's position on Jerusalem and historical perspectives on the development of that position. 195. Curial Documents - PCCPCIDA.HTM - Jesus Christ the Bearer of the Water of Life PCC & PCIDA This document, issued jointly by the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, is a Christian reflection on the New Age movement. It is addressed primarily to those engaged in pastoral work, to "explain how the New Age movement differs from the Christian Faith," and also "refuting the positions espoused by New Age thinkers in opposition to Christian faith." AGE OF AQUARIUS INTERNET GNOSTICISM ENNEAGRAM SYNCRETISM CABBALISM SUFISM ALCHEMY HERMETICISM ZEN BUDDHISM YOGA CELTIC DRUIDIC WICCA ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS MANICHAEISM HOLISM GAIA THEOSOPHY ASTROLOLGY KABBALISTIC BLAVATSKY BESANT WILLIAM JAMES CARL JUNG ESOTERICISM MAGIC OCCULT CHANNELING REINCARNATION COSMIC CHRIST MYSTICISM THEOSIS RELATIVISM TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION HUMAN POTENTIAL FENG-SHUI ANDROGYNY MONISM PANTHEISM KARMA POSITIVE THINKING PARAPSYCHOLOGY ROSICRUCIANS SHAMANISM SPIRITUALISM TRANSCENDENTALISM CRAFT 196. Curial Documents - PCCUJNT.HTM - Joint Declaration on Justification Catholic Church, World Lutheran Federation The Holy See and the World Lutheran Federation have concluded a Joint Declaration to express that which is common in the faith of Catholics and Lutherans regarding the doctrine of Justification. The following documents are included, the Common Statement itself, an Annex to the Joint Declaration, and the Presentation of the Common Statement by Edward Cardinal Cassidy. ECUMENISM GRACE JUSTICE FAITH WORKS BAPTISM 197. Curial Documents - OPLCJOSE.HTM - Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer OPLC From the Office of Papal Liturgical Celebrations comes this biography of Bl. Josemaría Escrivá, Priest, Founder of Opus Dei, to be canonized 6 October 2002. UNIVERSAL CALL HOLINESS APOSTOLATE SAINT 198. Curial Documents - JUBCAL.HTM - Jubilee Year 2000 Calendar From the Jubilee Commission A Calendar of the Jubilee events in Rome from the Opening of the Great Jubilee 2000 on Christmas Eve 1999 to its closing on the Epiphany of 2001. Based on information provided by the Holy See. 2000 JUBILEE ROME 199. Curial Documents - CDWTABS.HTM - Lectionary Tables CDW An index page to Tables in the Sunday Lectionary (1998), giving the Principal Celebrations in the Liturgical Year and the Order of Second Readings for Sundays in Ordinary Time. See General Introduction to the Lectionary. LITURGY FEASTS SOLEMNITIES BIBLE SCRIPTURE 200. Curial Documents - PALEUTCH.HTM - Legalizing Euthanasia for Children in the Netherlands Bishop Elio Sgreccia Bishop Sgreccia, Vice-President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, describes the "slippery slope" that has led, in Dutch legislation, 2004, from assisted suicide, which purports to honor the autonomy of the patient, to imposed death on persons too young to make any decision for themselves. UTILITARIANISM EUTHANASIA EUROPE HOLLAND PAIN SUFFERING EUGENICS DARWIN PRINCIPLE OF HUMANITY PERSON 201. Curial Documents - CDFHOMOL.HTM - Legislative Proposals on the Non-Discrimination of Homosexual Persons CDF Some Considerations Concerning the Response to Legislative Proposals on the Non-Discrimination of Homosexual Persons 'Revised Text' issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on July 22, 1992. HOMOSEXUALS DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION CIVIL LAW POLITICS GAY RIGHTS 202. Curial Documents - REFORMOF.HTM - Letter from Cardinal Ottaviani to His Holiness Pope Paul VI Rome, September 25th, 1969 Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani Cardinal Ottaviani was the Prefect of the Holy Office at the time this critique of the Novus Ordo was written. 203. Curial Documents - CDFAIDS.HTM - Letter of Cardinal Ratzinger on Aids CDF Cardinal Ratzinger's letter of May 29, 1988 expressing Vatican concerns about the statement released by the United States Catholic Conference's Administrative Board in December of 1987 titled 'The Many Faces of AIDS: A Gospel Response.' RATZINGER AIDS USCC 204. Curial Documents - CDFAUBRY.HTM - Letter to Bishop Gilbert Aubry CDF A letter of 26 May 1998 from the Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to Bishop Gilbert Aubry of St. Denis, Reunion, France, concerning the status of Medjugorje. APPARITION MOSTAR BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA YUGOSLAVIA 205. Curial Documents - CDWPLAIN.HTM - Letter to Bishops on the Minimum Repertoire of Plain Chant CDW Voluntati Obsequens Issued by the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship on April 14, 1974. CHANT LITURGY MUSIC VERNACULAR JUBILATE DEO LATIN 206. Curial Documents - CICLJUB.HTM - Letter to Cloistered Religious on Praying for the Great Jubilee Congregation for Religious This letter, dated 5 October 1999, by the superiors of the Central Committee for the Great Jubilee and the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Communities of Apostolic Life, was written to the members of cloistered monasteries and convents, asking for their prayers so that all Christians and men and women of good will may benefit from the spiritual fruits of the Great Jubilee. HOLY YEAR 207. Curial Documents - CDFFEENY.HTM - Letter to the Archbishop of Boston CDF (Holy Office) Proposed on July 27, 1949, and approved the next day by Pope Pius XII, this letter (dated 8 August) is directed against that rigorism by which certain members of the institutions 'St. Benedict's Center' and 'Boston College' (including Fr. Leonard Feeney) interpret the doctrine 'Outside the Church there is no salvation' to mean that all non-Catholics -- catechumens having the explicit intention of entering the Catholic Church excepted -- are excluded from eternal salvation. EXTRA ECCLESIA NULLA SALUS JUSTIFICATION BAPTISM FAITH 208. Curial Documents - CDFHOMOP.HTM - Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons CDF Issued on October 1, 1986 by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and signed by Cardinal Ratzinger. RATZINGER HOMOSEXUAL 209. Curial Documents - CDFMED.HTM - Letter to the Bishops on Some Aspects of Christian Meditation CDF Issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on October 15, 1989. PRAYER MEDITATION YOGA EASTERN 210. Curial Documents - CDWLAOVR.HTM - Liturgiam Authenticam: Background and Overview CDW This document from the Congregation for Divine Worship summarizes and clarifies their Instruction, Liturgiam authenticam, which deals primarily with proper translation of liturgical texts from the original Latin to the various vernacular languages. Also included is an article from L'Osservatore Romano on the press release at the time of publication of Liturgiam authenticam. ROMAN RITE SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM NOVA VULGATA 211. Curial Documents - CDWLITUR.HTM - Liturgicae Instaurationes CDW Instruction of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship on the orderly carrying out of the Constitution on the Liturgy, September 3, 1970. LITURGY DIVINE WORSHIP MASS 212. Curial Documents - CDWCREMA.HTM - Liturgical Norms on Cremation CDW From the Order of Christian Funerals, 1998, Appendix 2: Cremation. As a testimony to the body's sacredness and its future resurrection in glory, the Church prefers burial of the body of a Catholic, but she permits cremation according to these norms. DEATH CATECHESIS 213. Curial Documents - OPLCASSI.HTM - Liturgical-Pastoral Guidelines on the Fast and Prayer for Peace OPLC Guidelines published by the Office of Papal Liturgical Celebrations, in preparation for the Assisi Meeting of 24 January 2002. FASTING PILGRIMAGE PRAYER INTERRELIGIOUS PEACE 214. Curial Documents - MDPD.HTM - Magisterial Documents and Public Dissent Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B. This article by the Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith seeks to address the voices of dissent that have arisen in certain quarters of the Church and civil society 215. Curial Documents - RTZPROEL.HTM - Mass for Election of the Roman Pontiff Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger On Monday morning, 18 April 2005, Cardinal Ratzinger, at the time Dean of the College of Cardinals, presided at the Mass "pro eligendo Romano Pontifice" (for the election of the Roman Pontiff) in St Peter's Basilica prior to the Conclave. The Cardinal's homily stressed the need for Catholics to become more adult in their faith, to withstand the winds and waves of deception. RELATIVISM SECTS MATURITY 216. Curial Documents - CDFLUCIA.HTM - Meeting With Sr Maria Lucia Archbishop Tarcisio, CDF Archbishop Bertone, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, inteviewed Sr. Lucia, only survivor of the three Fatima children, in response to rumors that Sr. Lucia had received new revelations in the wake of the terrorist attack of 11 September. SECRET FRANCISCO JACINTA GRUNER IMMACULATE HEART PRAYER PENANCE 217. Curial Documents - ITCRECON.HTM - Memory and Reconciliation: the Church and the Faults of the Past International Theological Commission The study of the topic “The Church and the Faults of the Past” was proposed to the International Theological Commission by its President, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, in view of the celebration of the Jubilee Year 2000. The present text was approved by the Commission, and was then submitted to the President, Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, who gave his approval for its publication, December 1999. CONFESS PARDON FORGIVE METANOIA CONVERSION HISTORY SEPARAT ANTI-SEMITISM INQUISITION 218. Curial Documents - PCCUMENN.HTM - Mennonite-Catholic Dialogue Mons. John A. Radano The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Mennonite World Conference have organized together a Mennonite-Catholic International Dialogue, which began in 1998 and held its second meeting in October 1999. The dialogue seeks to promote better understanding of each other's positions and to contribute to overcoming long-standing prejudices. REFORMATION ANABAPTIST ECUMENIC common roots. ECUMENISM 219. Curial Documents - PCCUMNNN.HTM - Mennonite-Catholic Relations in 2001 Mons. John A. Radano A report on the continuing dialogue of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Mennonite World Conference, an anabaptist family comprising about 1 million baptized members. ECCLESIOLOGY SACRAMENTS PEACE 220. Curial Documents - PCIDIWAL.HTM - Message for Diwali Cardinal Francis Arinze For the annual feast of Diwali, Cardinal Francis Arinze, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, sent this Message to all Hindus. ECUMEN JUBILEE 221. Curial Documents - PCIDMUSL.HTM - Message to Muslims Cardinal Francis Arinze For the feast of 'Id al-Fitr, which closes Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, Cardinal Francis Arinze, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, sent a message to the Muslim community on the theme, "Education for Dialogue: A Duty for Christians and Muslims". ECUMEN DIGNITY 222. Curial Documents - CCLMESSG.HTM - Message to the World's Priests CCL Concluding message of the Vatican International Symposium on the priesthood sponsored by the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy, October 28, 1995. 223. Curial Documents - MISERIND.HTM - Misericordia Dei: Its Presentation to the Press EWTN An index page with Pope John Paul II's Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio, entitled Misericordia Dei ("The Mercy of God"), and addresses to the press by Cardinals Medina and Ratzinger and by Archbishop Herranz. PENANCE RECONCILIATION GENERAL ABSOLUTION PENITENCE MORTAL GRAVE SIN NECESSITY CONFESSIONALS BISHOPS CONFERENCES EASTERN CHURCHES PERSONALIST TRENT JURISDICTION JURIDICAL JUDICIAL 224. Curial Documents - CCEMISSI.HTM - Mission of Catholic Schools for Evangelization Today Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski On 19 November 2002 , Cardinal Grocholewski, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, presented the new instruction from the Congregation on Consecrated Persons and their Mission in Schools, which focuses on the indispensable mission of Catholic schools in the work of the new evangelization, and on the necessary involvment of religious in carrying out that mission. GLOBALIZATION CULTURE 225. Curial Documents - CCESCHOL.HTM - Mission of Consecrated Persons in the School Archbishop Joseph Pittau, S.J. On 19 November 2002, Archbishop Joseph Pittau, S.J., presented the Instruction, Consecrated Persons and Their Mission in Schools, from the Congregation for Catholic Education. He addressed the history and impact of men and women religious on the formation of young people, while giving a general view of the situation in the world today. VOCATIONS WEST ASIA CHARISM 226. Curial Documents - MISSIONS.HTM - Missions in the Pontificate of John Paul II Cardinal Ivan Dias In Talk 1 of the Cardinals' Symposium, 15-18 October 2003, met to celebrate the 25th anniversary of John Paul II's Pontificate, Cardinal Dias, Archbishop of Bombay, examines the salvific mission of John Paul II in light of the three stages of evangelization: missio ad gentes (first Gospel proclamation), pastoral care, and new evangelization (to "refresh and deepen Christian roots"), as exemplified in the Holy Father's visits to the five continents. EUROPE AFRICA ASIA AMERICA OCEANIA MAGISTERIUM LAITY ECUMENISM INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE INCULTURATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 227. Curial Documents - CDFTEILH.HTM - Monitum on the Writings of Fr. Teilhard de Chardin, SJ CDF (Holy Office) On June 30, 1962, the Holy Office issued a monitum (warning) regarding the writings of Father Teilhard de Chardin. In 1981 the Holy See reiterated this warning against rumors that it no longer applied. This file containts both the monitum and the 1981 statement. 228. Curial Documents - PCLMORN.HTM - Morning Watchmen Cardinal James F. Stafford, President, PCL Cardinal Stafford, of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, recalls Pope John Paul II's Novo Millennio Ineunte (6 January 2001), and relates its "strong and urgent reference to young people" to his emphasis on young people as the "morning watchmen" of the new millennium, at World Youth Day 2000. NEW EVANGEL JUBILEE 229. Curial Documents - CDWKNEEL.HTM - Must We Stand for Communion? CDW Letters from the Congregation for Divine Worship to a U.S. Bishop respond to his question of whether Holy Communion may be refused to Catholics in good standing who kneel to receive, rather than stand, according to the norm of the USCCB. The reply is an emphastic No. SCANDAL HERESY SCHISM GIRM BISHOPS' CONFERENCE 230. Curial Documents - CICLCBIS.HTM - Mutuae Relationes CICL & CBIS A document from 1978, published jointly by the Congregation for Bishops and the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes, providing directives for mutual relations between Bishops and Religious, i.e., the relations which should exist between the local Ordinary, on the one hand, and Religious Institutes and Societies of Common Life on the other. CHARISMS ECCLESIAL MISSIONARY EXEMPTION VOCATION FORMATION NUNS MONKS APOSTOLATE SCHOOLS 231. Curial Documents - ccsritebeatif.htm - New Procedures in the Rite of Beatification Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. On 30 September 2005, the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints published the new dispositions on the rite of beatification. Beatification, although always a papal act, will be celebrated by a representative of the Holy Father, rather than by the Pope himself. It will normally take place during the celebration of Mass, and in the diocese which promoted the cause. MARTYRS CONFESSORS EPISCOPAL CANONIZATIONS BLESSEDS 232. Curial Documents - APCONFES.HTM - Norm of Confession for Gaining a Plenary Indulgence AP This document was received by EWTN in response to a question directed to the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Roman dicastery responsible for the administration of Indulgences. It states that the norm promulgated during the Great Jubilee that permits "about 20 days before or after an indulgenced work" to go to confession remains in effect. CONFESSION COMMUNION POPE INDULGENCE COMMUNION 233. Curial Documents - CDWNORMS.HTM - Norms for Communion Under Both Species in Latin Church CDW The extension of norms for Communion under both species in the Latin Church, as set forth in the new General Instruction of the Roman Missal, with commentary by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, from their bulletin, Notitiae 2001, vol 37, nn. 6-7). USCCB BISHOPS CONFERENCES LITURGY INTINCTION GIRM 234. Curial Documents - CDFNORMS.HTM - Norms for the Translation of Biblical Texts for Use in the Liturgy CDF In 1995 the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued "secret norms" to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (of the United States) to guide their revision of the Lectionary used at Mass. Prior to this time the Congregation had rejected two versions of Scripture (the New Revised Standard Version and the Revised New American Bible) for use in the Liturgy, owing to the unacceptable use of inclusive language. These norms remained "secret," even from most bishops, until just prior to the June 1997 meeting of the bishops' conference. This meeting approved, by subsequent mail ballot, a version of the Lectionary agreed upon by a working committee of Vatican officials and US bishops in March 1997. This Lectionary conforms to the previously issued Norms. Having been approved by the entire Conference it was sent to Rome and subsequently confirmed for use. As of July 1998 it is awaiting publication, and expected implementation in Advent 1998. LITURGY LECTIONARY INCLUSIVE NAB 235. Curial Documents - CDFMUSTM.HTM - Norms for Use of Low-Gluten Bread and 'Mustum' CDF Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Released August 22, 1994 Addresses the question of the use of low-gluten altar breads and 'mustum' as matter for the celebration of the Eucharist. PRIESTS ALCOHOL ALCOHOLIC WINE MASS GLUTEN 236. Curial Documents - cdfmustm2.htm - Norms for Use of Low-Gluten Bread and Mustum, Follow-Up CDF This a follow-up to the Norms published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 1994, providing guidelines for the accomodation of communicants suffering from celiac disease or alcoholism, without sacrificing the validity of the Sacrament. EUCHARIST 237. Curial Documents - CDFSISCH.HTM - Note on the Expression 'Sister Churches' CDF The expression Sister Churches has sometimes been misused in ecumenical dialogue. This Note, issued 30 June 2000, clarifies its proper use, as conforming with the teaching of Vatican II and the post-conciliar papal Magisterium. It is accompanied by a letter from Cardinal Ratzinger to the Presidents of Episcopal Conferences, summarizing the purpose and authority of the Note. ORTHODOX PATRIARCH DOMINUS IESUS 238. Curial Documents - CDFROSMI.HTM - Note on the Force of the Doctrinal Decrees CDF Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, on behalf of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, explains the return of the writings of Fr Rosmini to theological debate, after 40 propositions, drawn from his posthumous writings, were condemned in 1887. See historical overview. THOMISM IDEALISM ONTOLOGISM SUBJECTIVISM 239. Curial Documents - CDFSERBA.HTM - Note on the Force of the Doctrinal Decrees Concerning the Thought and Work of Fr Antonio Rosmini Serbati CDF This doctrinal Note (1 July 2001) from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith supercedes the Decree Post obitum (1887), with its condemnation of 40 Propositions taken from the works of Anthony Rosmini. Although some of his writings, taken out of context, can be understood contrary to the Faith, within the context of his system, they bear an orthodox meaning. ONTOLOGISM IDEALISM INDEX THOMISM 240. Curial Documents - PCJPENVI.HTM - Note on Use of the Environment PCJP On 22 May 2002, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace published this statement for the World Day of Biological Diversity. The Council reflected on this year's theme, forest biodiversity, the need for human life and survival, and showed how it is connected with the effort of the Holy See to promote sustainable growth. ECOLOGY STEWARDSHIP 241. Curial Documents - cdfminhealing.htm - Note: On the Minister of the Anointing of the Sick CDF Even subsequent to publication in the press of the text of the Note of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith On the Minister of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, drafted for the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia, the Bishops' Conferences and the Oriental Synods, the above-mentioned Congregation deemed it appropriate to publish the text in L'Osservatore Romano, together with the text of the accompanying letter, addressed to the Presidents of the Bishops' Conferences and the Oriental Synods, signed by the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Dicastery. The following is a translation of the Note, the commentary on it and the accompanying letter, dated 1 March 2005, all of which were written in Italian. HEALING EXTREME UNCTION SACRAMENTS EPISTLE OF JAMES PRIEST PRESBYTER 242. Curial Documents - RRJJEWS.HTM - Notes on the Correct Way to Present the Jews and Judaism in Preaching and Catechesis in the Roman Catholic Church RRJ These Guidelines appeared in the July 1, 1985 issue of "L'Osservatore Romano." 243. Curial Documents - CDFTISSA.HTM - Notification concerning the text 'Mary and Human Liberation' by Fr. Tissa Balasuriya, O.M.I. CDF Statement issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on January 2, 1997 in which the author's erroneous statements are explained and the congregation's actions in his regard are outlined. Fr. Balasuriya "has incurred excommunication 'latae sententiae'." 244. Curial Documents - CDFDEMEL.HTM - Notification concerning the Writings of Fr. Anthony de Mello, SJ CDF In this Notification, given 22 August 1998, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith declares of Fr. de Mello's writings that certain "positions are incompatible with the Catholic faith and can cause grave harm" to the faithful. PRAYER SPIRITUALITY MYSTICISM BUDDHISM SALVATION CONTEMPLATION NEW AGE 245. Curial Documents - cdfjonsobrino.htm - Notification on Certain Writings of Father Jon Sobrino, S.J. CDF The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued this Notification, 3 March 2007, to warn the faithful that two books by Fr. Jon Sobrino, S.J., Jesucristo liberador. Lectura histórico-teológica de Jesús de Nazaret (Jesus the Liberator) and La fe en Jesucristo. Ensayo desde las víctimas (Christ the Liberator), contain errors and imprecisions in regard to a) its methodological presuppositions, b) the Divinity of Christ, c) the Incarnation of Christ, d) Christ's relationship to the Kingdom of God, e) the self-consciousness of Christ, and f) the salvific value of His death. The implications of this Notification extend far beyond Fr. Sobrino's work, as similar errors have too often been proposed from pulpit and podium. LIBERATION THEOLOGY ADOPTIONISM NESTORIANISM CHURCH COUNCILS COMMUNICATIO IDIOMATUM MEDIATOR SOTERIOLOGY 246. Curial Documents - CDFDUPUI.HTM - Notification on the Book 'Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism' CDF This Notification of 24 January 2001 addresses arguments by Fr. Jacques Dupuis, S.J., about the concept of salvation in Christ, which can lead one to think that any religion is, in itself, a valid way for salvation. Rather, five points are affirmed by the Holy See, which clarify the Church's position on the place of other religions in the plan of God, vis-à-vis Christ, as the only Savior. DOMINUS IESUS INDIFFERENT ECUMEN NESTORIAN 247. Curial Documents - CDFNOTSG.HTM - Notification on the Book, Jesus Symbol of God CDF Accordin |