This is an index of all files in the EWTN "Curial Documents" Document Library as of 11/18/2011 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 - pcmisustour.htm - A Sustainable Tourism for the Protection of Biodiversity PCMI Under the theme of "Tourism and Biodiversity" proposed by the World Tourism Organization, the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People offers its contribution to 2010's "International Year for Biological Diversity", declared by the General Assembly of the United Nations. ECOLOGY ENDANGERED SPECIES TOURISTS CREATION CREATOR NATURE BEAUTY 13. 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 14. 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 15. Curial Documents - statfuteuro.htm - Address: Special Conference in Poland on the Religious Factor and the Future of Europe Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone On 15 September 2007, during his visit to Poland and on the occasion of the Seventh International Conference taking place in Krakow, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, inaugurated the third study session of the Conference on "The Religious Factor and the Future of Europe". He spoke on the importance of Christianity in Europe to uphold human dignity and fundamental rights of the person. SECULARISM MEDIA NATURAL LAW MULTICULTURALISM POLITICS ETHICS 16. 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 17. 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 18. 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 19. 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 20. Curial Documents - appaulineyr.htm - Apostolic Penitentiary: Pauline Year Indulgences Cardinal James Francis Stafford On the occasion of the Pauline Year that will open on 28 June 2008, the eve of the Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul, Pope Benedict XVI has granted special Indulgences to the faithful as explained in the Decree Urbis et Orbis, issued by the Apostolic Penitentiary and dated 10 May. PLENARY INDULGENCE 21. 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 22. 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 23. 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 24. 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. 25. Curial Documents - kasprlambeth.htm - At the Anglican Communion Lambeth Conference: Canterbury, 30 July 2008 Cardinal Walter Kasper Cardinal Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, addressed the once-a-decade gathering of Anglican leaders, the Lambeth Conference, 30 July 2008. The Cardinal drew attention to the two issues that are causing conflict within the Anglican Communion: the ordination of homosexuals and the blessing of same-sex marriages, and the ordination of women. He assured his listeners that the Catholic Church's position on both issues is deeply rooted in sacred Scripture. ANGLICANISM APOSTOLIC TRADITION SUCCESSION ARCIC ECUMENISM ECCLESIOLOGY COMMUNION BISHOPS 26. 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 27. 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 28. 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 29. 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 30. 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. 31. Curial Documents - visrevpenlaw.htm - Cardinal Ratzinger and Revision of Canonical Penal Law Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta This is the text of an article by Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, to be published on 4 December 2010 by the Italian magazine Civilta Cattolica. The article concerns the revision of Book VI of the Code of Canon Law (1983), the basis of the Church's penal law system. ORDINATION DISPENSATION FROM PRIESTLY OBLIGATIONS DELICTA GRAVIORA DISCIPLINE GOVERNANCE DISMISSAL EX POENA COMMON GOOD OF FAITHFUL SUBSIDIARITY DECENTRALIZATION 32. 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 33. Curial Documents - viscdfabuse.htm - CDF Guidelines on Sexual Abuse Allegations VIS This 14-paragraph guideline clarifies the procedures followed by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in response to sexual abuse allegations towards minors. It is not a new document, but simply a summary of procedures that have already been defined, as "an aid for laypeople and those who are not canon lawyers." LAICIZATION SACRAMENTORUM SANCTITATIS TUTELA 34. 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 35. 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 36. 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 37. 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 38. 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 39. 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 40. 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 41. 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 42. Curial Documents - cdfcirclet.htm - Circular Letter to Assist Episcopal Conferences in Developing Guidelines CDF On 16 May 2011, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith published a circular letter intended to assist Episcopal Conferences in developing Guidelines for dealing with cases of sexual abuse of minors by clerics. This an English translation of the original in Italian. DIOCESAN BISHOP VICTIMS MINORS FORMATION PRIESTS RELIGIOUS CIVIL AUTHORITY CANONS PENALTY JUDICIAL PROCESS 43. 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 44. 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 45. Curial Documents - berteuchperu.htm - Closing of the National Eucharistic Congress: 30 August 2007 Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone On 30 August 2007, near the end of his official visit to Peru, Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone presided at Holy Mass in Chimbote Cathedral Square packed with the faithful for the close of the National Eucharistic Congress. In his homily, the Cardinal related the readings from Sirach, Philippians, and Matthew to the Holy Eucharist. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN MUSTARD SEED COMMUNION 46. 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 47. 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 48. 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 49. Curial Documents - cdfcomrespch.htm - Commentary on Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church CDF A commentary on the document, Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church, published 10 July 2007, was supplied by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Each of the five questions addressed in the document is revisited, with further explication of the responses. ECCLESIOLOGY ECUMENISM SUBSISTIT IN SUBSISTENCE BOFF CHURCHES ECCLESIAL COMMUNITIES ORIENTAL ORTHODOX 50. 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 51. Curial Documents - legionchrst.htm - Communiqué of the Holy See on the Legionaries of Christ LOR L'Osservatore Romano reports on the conclusions reached after a meeting (4/30-5/1/2010), presided over by the Cardinal Secretary of State, of the five bishops commissioned to carry out an Apostolic Visitation of the Legionaries of Christ. REGNUM CHRISTI MARCIAL MACIEL DEGOLLADO VISITATORS 52. 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 53. Curial Documents - statfinan.htm - Communiqué on New Legislation for the Prevention of Illegal Activities in Financial and Monetary Sectors Secretariat of State In conjunction with the Apostolic Letter (Motu Proprio) of Benedict XVI, establishing four new laws against money-laundering and financing of terrorism, the Secretariat of State published this Communiqué, providing background and explanation. FRAUD COUNTERFEITING AIF 54. Curial Documents - cdfnormsanglic.htm - Complementary Norms for the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus CDF With the publication of the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus, additional norms were published, which explain how nongeographical ordinariates, established for former Anglicans, are to relate to geographical dioceses, as well as who may belong to these ordinariates, or be ordained to them. CANONS ORDINARY CLERGY BISHOPS DIOCESAN BISHOP PRESBYTERS EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE PRESBYTERAL COUNCIL PASTORAL COUNCIL SEMINARY PRIESTLY FORMATION GOVERNING COUNCIL PAROCHIAL VICAR 55. 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 56. 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. 57. 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 58. 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 59. 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 60. 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 61. 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 62. 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 63. 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 64. 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 65. 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 66. 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 67. 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 68. 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 69. Curial Documents - CDFUNICI.HTM - Declaration 'Dominus Iesus' CDF In its declaration ON THE UNICITY AND SALVIFIC UNIVERSALITY OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE CHURCH, 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 70. 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 71. 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 72. 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 73. 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 74. 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 75. 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 76. 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 77. 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 78. 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 79. 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 80. 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 81. 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 82. 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 83. 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 84. 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 85. 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 86. 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 87. 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 88. 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 89. 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 90. Curial Documents - apoorclares.htm - Decree Honoring the 800th Anniversary of the Poor Clare Nuns Apostolic Penitentiary On 16 April 2011, a decree was issued by the Apostolic Penitentiary with the approval of the Holy Father, commemorating the 800th anniversary of the foundation of the Poor Clare nuns. The decree grants a plenary indulgence to the nuns and all the faithful who "participate devoutly in some jubilee celebration or pious exercise," particularly on the feast of St Clare, 11 August 2011 and 2012, and on the feast of St Francis, 4 October 2011. USUAL CONDITIONS ORDER OF ST CLARE 91. 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 92. 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 93. 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 94. 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 95. 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 96. 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 97. 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 98. 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 99. 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 100. Curial Documents - cbisremitp10.htm - Decree Remitting the Excommunication of the Bishops of the Society of St Pius X Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, on the authority of the Holy Father Benedict XVI, remits the penalty of excommunication latae sententiae incurred by the four Bishops of the Society of St Pius X, when they were illicitly ordained bishops by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, 30 June 1988. FELLAY TISSIER DE MALLERAIS WILLIAMSON GALARETTA 101. 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 102. Curial Documents - apbham.htm - Decrees of Indulgences for the Opening, and for the Closing of the Pauline Year AP At the request of Bishop Robert J. Baker, Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama, His Eminence Francis Cardinal Stafford, the Major Penitentiary, granted to Bishop Baker on behalf of the Holy Father the faculty to give the Apostolic Blessing with Plenary Indulgence on the Occasions of the Opening and Closing of the Pauline Year. Bishop Baker will celebrate the Masses to open and close the diocesan celebration of the Pauline Year at Our Lady of the Angels Chapel (EWTN) in Irondale. As the following summaries of the Indulgences indicate, they may be received through television, radio and internet by those who are impeded from participating in person - though only during the live broadcast, and provided the other conditions are satisfied. 103. Curial Documents - apbham2 - Decrees of Plenary Indulgences for Pilgrimages AP At the request of Bishop Robert J. Baker, Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama, His Eminence Francis Cardinal Stafford, the Major Penitentiary, grants to the faithful on behalf of the Holy Father a Plenary Indulgence for making a Pilgrimage during the Pauline Year to the 2 churches in the diocese of Birmingham dedicated to St. Paul the Apostle, and satisfying the conditions enumerated in the below summaries of the decrees. 104. 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 105. 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 106. 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 107. 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 108. 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 109. 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 110. 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 111. 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 112. 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 113. 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 114. 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 115. Curial Documents - cdfdigpersbio.htm - Dignitas Personae (The Dignity of a Person) CDF Dignitas Personae, an Instruction on ethical issues arising from biomedical research, was published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 12 December 2008. The Instruction defends the life of unborn human beings, created in the image of God, and provides guidance on how to respect human life and human procreation in our scientific age. HIPPOCRATIC OATH EMBRYO MARRIAGE FAMILY FERTILITY IN VITRO FERTILIZATION CONJUGAL ACT CRYOPRESERVATION INTERCEPTIVE CONTRAGESTATIVE ABORTION EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS GENE THERAPY GENETIC ENGINEERING CLONING HYBRIDIZATION 116. 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 117. 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 118. 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 119. 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 120. 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 121. 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. 122. 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 123. 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 124. Curial Documents - cdfaspevang.htm - Doctrinal Note on Some Aspects of Evangelization CDF In a document released 14 December 2007, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith aimed to clarify "a growing confusion" about the Church's missionary mandate. The document notes that some people think an attempt to convince another person about a religious matter is a violation of freedom, others that there is no need to promote conversion to Christ because it is possible for people to be saved without formal incorporation in the Church. This is the issue examined by the CDF, taking into account the anthropological, ecclesiological and ecumenical implications of evangelization. ECUMENISM MISSION RELATIVISM AGNOSTICISM INCULTURATION PROSELYTISM CONVERSION METANOIA INDIFFERENTISM 125. 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 126. 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 127. 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 128. 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 129. 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. 130. 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 131. Curial Documents - ccecathschools.htm - Educating Together in Catholic Schools CCE In a document released 11 December 2007, the Congregation for Catholic Education gave emphasis to the experience of communion in Catholic schools. Since man is called to fulfill himself in communion with God and others, a proper education can be carried out only in a communitarian context, beginning with the family, and carried on with the school's assitance. CONSECRATED PERSONS LAY FORMATION CHARISMS CULTURE 132. 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 133. 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 134. 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 135. 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. 136. 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 137. 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 138. 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 139. 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 140. 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 141. 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 142. Curial Documents - ccleuchad.htm - Eucharistic Adoration for the Sanctification of Priests and Spiritual Maternity CCL Introduced by a letter from Claudio Card. Hummes, Prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, this document provides a series of addresses and articles, complete with pictures, in support of a movement of prayer, with eucharistic adoration at its center, entrusting all priests to Mary, Mother of the Eternal High Priest. AUGUSTINE NICHOLAS OF CUSA ELIZA HERBERT VAUGHAN MARIA DELUIL MARTINY CLARET DE LA TOUCHE LU MONFERRATO ALESSANDRINA DA COSTA CONSOLATA BETRONE BERTHE PETIT CONCHITA OF MEXICO WILLIAM EMMANUEL KETTELER THERESE OF LISIEUX CLEMENS AUGUST VON GALEN JOHN PAUL I ANNA STANG 143. 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 144. 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. 145. 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 146. 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. 147. 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. 148. 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. 149. 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 150. 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 151. Curial Documents - pcidmuscath.htm - Final Declaration Sheikh Ali Shahata and Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran The Joint Committee for Dialogue, est. 1998, held its annual meeting in Rome on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 February 2009; it was jointly presided over by His Eminence Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and by Prof. Sheikh Ali Abd al-Baqi Shahata, Secretary General of the Academy for Islamic Research of al-Azhar, Cairo, Egypt. Eight points are presented on which the participants had reached agreement. PEACE MEDIA RIGHTS FREEDOM OF RELIGION 152. 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 153. 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 154. 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 155. Curial Documents - ccefinalreport.htm - Final Report on Apostolic Visitation to U.S. Centers of Priestly Formation CCE Diocesan seminaries in the United States are generally healthy, concluded a letter from the Congregation for Catholic Education after an apostolic visitation to review centers of priestly formation. The letter, dated 15 December 2008, was directed to cardinals, bishops, major superiors, and all those responsible for diocesan seminaries and religious houses of priestly formation in the United States. HOLY ORDERS INTERDIOCESAN SEMINARIES PRIESTHOOD RECTORS EXTERNAL INTERNAL FORUM FACULTY THEOLOGATE ORDINATION PHILOSOPHY SEMINARIANS HOMOSEXUAL INTERNET CELIBACY MASS CHASTITY DISSENT 156. 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 157. 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 158. 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 159. 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 160. Curial Documents - cclsacrheart.htm - For the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 30 May 2008 CCL For the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 30 May 2008, the Congregation for the Clergy published this Letter to priests, urging them to a radical, total dedication. The Letter also spoke of a spiritual motherhood, in which consecrated women offer their struggles in life to intercede for priests. PRIESTHOOD PRAYER EUCHARIST MISSION VOCATION MARY AUGUSTINE CURÉ OF ARS THÉRÈSE OF LISIEUX 161. 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 162. 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 163. 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 164. 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 165. 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 166. Curial Documents - cdfattordwom.htm - General Decree Regarding the Delict of Attempted Sacred Ordination of a Woman CDF The general decree from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith was published 30 May 2008 on the front page of L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper. The text affirms that "he who shall have attempted to confer holy orders on a woman, as well as the woman who may have attempted to receive Holy Orders, incurs a latae sententiae excommunication," that is, an automatic excommunication. CANON LAW VALIDITY SACRAMENT 167. 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 168. 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 169. 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 170. 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 171. 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 172. 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 173. 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 174. 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. 175. 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 176. 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 177. Curial Documents - ccepsychpriest.htm - Guidelines for the Use of Psychology in the Admission and Formation of Candidates for the Priesthood CCE This document, published 30 October 2008, by the Congregation for Catholic Education, affirms that study for the priesthood requires a process of discernment, both for the would-be priest and for the Church, and psychologists can sometimes offer valuable assistance. Would-be priests should have a solid psychological and affective maturity, as well as a rich spiritual life that will enable them to face the demands of priestly life. CELIBACY FORMATORS FORMATION MASCULINITY HOMOSEXUALITY SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR CONFESSOR SEMINARY EXTERNAL FORUM 178. Curial Documents - cdfhistnorms.htm - Historical Introduction to the Norms of Sacramentorum Sanctitatis Tutela CDF The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith gives a brief history of the development of canon law regarding grave crimes reserved to the competence of the Holy See. DELICTS SOLICITATION CRIMEN SOLLICITATIONIS CRIMEN PESSIMUM HOMOSEXUAL SEXUAL ABUSE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS PRESCRIPTION LAICIZATION EUCHARIST PENANCE CONFESSION SIXTH COMMANDMENT 179. 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 180. Curial Documents - zstatyouth.htm - Holy See on the Rights of Youth Archbishop Francis Chullikatt This is the text of a statement given 28 July 2011 by Archbishop Francis Chullikatt, the permanent observer of the Holy See at the United Nations. U.N. policies on youth should respect parents' right to educate their children, including in the realm of human sexuality and "reproductive health," says the Holy See. FAMILY MARRIAGE EDUCATIONS RELATIVISM SEXUALITY 181. Curial Documents - zpcjptoler.htm - Holy See on Tolerance and Nondiscrimination PCJP Here is the text of an address delivered by the Holy See's representative, Monsignor Anthony Frontiero, to the annual meeting of the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Monsignor Frontiero, an official of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, gave the address 25 Sept. 2007 on the theme of tolerance and nondiscrimination. HUMAN NATURE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INTOLERANCE PERSON 182. Curial Documents - vpomilingo.htm - Holy See Press Communiqué VPO According to an official declaration from the Holy See, published by the Vatican Press Office, Emmanuel Milingo, already excommunicated for "crimes against the unity of the Church" and showing no signs of repentance, has been dimissed from the clerical state. LATAE SENTENTIAE CELIBACY EPISCOPATE ORDINATIONS 183. 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 184. 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. 185. 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 186. 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 187. 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 188. 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 189. 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 190. 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 191. 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 192. 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 193. 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 194. 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 195. Curial Documents - cedinsumpon.htm - Instruction Universae Ecclesiae Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei On 13 May 2011, the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei published an Instruction regarding the application of the Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum given Motu Proprio by Benedict XVI on 7 July 2007, and becoming effective on 14 September 2007. Summorum Pontificum established "new regulations for the use of the Roman Liturgy in effect in 1962," making the "richness of the Roman Liturgy more accessible to the Universal Church." This new Instruction ensures "the correct interpretation and proper application" of the Motu Proprio. TRIDENTINE MISSALE ROMANUM USUS ANTIQUIOR QUATTUOR ABHINC ANNOS EXTRAORDINARY FORM FORMA EXTRAORDINARIA NORMS COETUS FIDELIUM SACERDOS IDONEUS QUALIFIED PRIEST RUBRICS CODE OF CANON LAW CONFIRMATION HOLY ORDERS BREVIARUM ROMANUM ROMAN BREVIARY TRIDUUM RELIGIOUS ORDERS PONTIFICALE ROMANUM RITUALE ROMANUM 196. 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 197. 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 198. 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 199. 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. 200. 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 201. 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 202. 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 203. 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 204. 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 205. 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 206. 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 207. 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 208. 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 209. 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 210. 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 211. 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 212. 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 213. 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 214. 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. 215. 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 216. Curial Documents - fisb16licht.htm - Instrument for a New Evangelization Archbishop Rino Fisichella "Light of the World. The Pope, the Church and the Signs of the Times": the book of Benedict XVI's conversation with Peter Seewald was presented on 23 November 2010, at the Press Office of the Holy See. One of the speakers was Archbishop Rino Fisichella, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, who gave an overview of the topics covered in the book, but also insight into the mind of the Holy Father. CHURCH RATIONALITY REASON TRUTH SCANDAL FAITH PRIESTHOOD MODERNITY 217. 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 218. Curial Documents - statoscediscrim.htm - International Community Must Fight Discrimination Against Christians Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, SDB, Secretary of State and Head of the Delegation of the Holy See gave this discourse on 1 December 2010, at the Summit of Heads of State and Government organized by the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OSCE), held in Astana, Kazakhstan. HELSINKI FINAL ACT 10 TEN PRINCIPLES WEAPONS ECONOMIC FINANCIAL CRISIS SOLIDARITY ENVIRONMENT WATER MIGRANTS SLAVERY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INTOLERANCE TRAFFICKING 219. 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. 220. 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 221. Curial Documents - statcopuos54.htm - Intervention at the 54th Session of COPUOS Holy See On 1 June 2011, the Holy See delivered this intervention at the 54th Session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, which was held in Vienna, Austria from 1-10 June. ENERGY VIOLENCE PEACE CREATION PRIVATE PROPERTY SPACE TECHNOLOGY CULTURES INTRNATIONAL COOPERATION STEWARDSHIP 222. Curial Documents - kasprcards.htm - Intervention by Cardinal Kasper to the College of Cardinals Cardinal Walter Kasper Cardinal Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, addressed the Holy Father and the College of Cardinals on 23 November 2007, prior to the Public Ordinary Consistory held at the Vatican on 24 November. In a survey of the Catholic Church's relations with non-Catholic Christian bodies, the Cardinal examined three fields of ecumenism: Churches of the first millennium, Ecclesial Communities stemming from the Reformation, and Charismatics & Pentecostals. PRE-CHALCEDONIAN EASTERN ORTHODOX PAPACY PROTESTANT ECCLESIOLOGY 223. Curial Documents - statmultilat.htm - Intervention by Cardinal Tarciscio Bertone on Multilateralism Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone On 30 April 2007, in the Vatican's Casina Pio IV, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, spoke to the participants in the 13th Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Speaking on the theme: "International justice and international governance in the context of the crisis of multilateralism", the Cardinal Secretary of State defined the difference between "government" and "governance", and explained the meaning of the latter. SOCIAL DOCTRINE GLOBALIZATION UNILATERALISM RELATIVISM NATURAL LAW INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS UNITED NATIONS 224. 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. 225. Curial Documents - levintaspevang.htm - Intervention on Doctrinal Note on Some Aspects of Evangelization Cardinal William Joseph Levada Cardinal Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, presented to the Press the central theme of the Doctrinal Note published 14 December 2007. Christians have a duty to make known the Gospel to all people, while respecting their freedom of response. Their freedom is in fact enhanced by conversion. PROSELYTISM EVANGELISM ECUMENISM 226. 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 227. Curial Documents - intrvappen.htm - Interview with the Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary L'Osservatore Romano New forms of sin looming on humanity's horizon constitute a new challenge for the Apostolic Penitentiary, a Dicastery which is increasingly challenged to reaffirm its own role in the age when the perception of sin is vanishing. Bishop Gianfranco Girotti, O.F.M. Conv., Regent of the Penitentiary, spoke about this in an interview with L'Osservatore Romano. GENETIC MANIPULATION BIOETHICS POLLUTION ENVIRONMENT GLOBALISM GLOBALIZATION INDULGENCES ABSOLUTION ABORTION 228. 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 229. Curial Documents - cdfintronorms.htm - Introduction to Modifications to Normae de Gravioribus Delictis CDF With the promulgation of Normae de Gravioribus Delictis, 15 July 2010, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith provided a "brief description of the changes and amendments of the normative text, Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela. A letter from the Congregation to the Bishops, Ordinaries, and Hierarchs of the Catholic Church is appended. CANON LAW TRIBUNAL HERESY APOSTASY SCHISM CONFESSION SEAL PENANCE EUCHARIST ORDINATION CHILD PORNOGRAPHY SEX ABUSE 230. 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 231. 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 232. 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. 233. 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 234. 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 235. 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 236. 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 237. 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 238. 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 239. 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 240. 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. 241. 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 242. Curial Documents - cdfeschat.htm - Letter on Certain Questions Concerning Eschatology CDF In order to allay any doubts in the minds of the faithful as to the Church's teaching on certain points of eschatology ("last things"), the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith published a Letter, dated 17 May 1979, addressing what happens between the death of a Christian and the General Resurrection. CREED LIFE EVERLASTING SOUL SECOND COMING ASSUMPTION HELL PURGATORY THEOLOGIANS 243. 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 244. 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 245. 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 246. 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 247. Curial Documents - cdwtetragram.htm - Letter to the Bishop's Conferences On the Name of God CDW On 8 August 2008, the Congregation for Divine Worship addressed a letter to the Conferences of Bishops, giving directives for the liturgical use of the Divine Name as "signified in the tetragrammaton." In accord with Sacred Tradition, the Name itself is not to be used, for which the words "Lord" and "God," or their equivalents in the various languages, are to be substituted. SEPTUAGINT LITURGIAM AUTHENTICAM BIBLE SCRIPTURE 248. 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 249. 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 250. Curial Documents - cclsanctpr.htm - Letter: World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests CCL Letter of the Congregation for the Clergy on the occasion of the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests, celebrated on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 15 June 2007. The theme for this year was "The priest, nourished by the Word of God, is a universal witness to Christ's charity" MISSION MISSIONARIES LEVI ORDINATION HOLY ORDERS CELIBACY CATECHESIS KERYGMA SOLIDARITY CULTURE OF LIFE FORMATION LAITY FAMILY EUCHARIST 251. 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 252. 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 253. 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 254. 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 255. 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 256. Curial Documents - statitsenate.htm - Many Dimensions of Humanism Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone In an address to the Italian Senate, 28 July 2009, Cardinal Bertone, Secretary of State to the Vatican, highlighted important points in Pope Benedict XVI's Encyclical, Veritas in Caritate, beginning with the Holy Father's analysis of the words "love" and "truth." NATURAL LAW RELATIVISM REASON TRANSCENDANT SOCIAL TEACHING DOCTRINE ECONOMY BUSINESS COMMON GOOD SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS SOCIETY GRATUITOUSNESS FAMILY EFFICIENCY BROTHERHOOD MARKET RECIPROCITY JUSTICE GIFT FREEDOM EUROPE MARRIAGE 257. 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 258. 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 259. 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 260. 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 261. 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 262. 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 263. Curial Documents - cdfenglord.htm - Message of the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Cardinal William Levada Cardinal William Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, sent the following message to be read at Westminster Cathedral on 15 January 2011, on the occasion of the Mass for the ordination of three former Anglican Bishops to the Catholic Priesthood, and for the establishment of the new Personal Ordinariate for England and Wales. ANGLICANS ANGLICANORUM COETIBUS 264. Curial Documents - comchina.htm - Message to Catholics in China Commission on the Church in China On 11 - 13 April 2011, the Fourth Plenary Meeting of the Commission, instituted by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007 to study the questions of major importance concerning the life of Church in China, took place in the Vatican. At the conclusion of the aforementioned Meeting, the Participants addressed the following Message to the Catholics in China. BISHOPS EPISCOPAL ORDINATION EXCOMMUNICATION UNITY SEMINARIANS RELIGIOUS FORMATION XU GUANGQI RICCI 265. 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 266. 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. 267. 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 268. 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 269. 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 270. 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 271. 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. 272. 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 273. 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 274. 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 275. 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 276. 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 277. Curial Documents - cdfnormae.htm - Normae de Gravioribus Delictis CDF This index page links to the 31-article document, published by the Holy See on 15 July 2010, which streamlines the process for dealing with priests who sexually abuse minors, as well as clarifying and updating other procedures and crimes handled by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The document, much of whose content was already in force, was approved by Benedict XVI on May 21. Also in this index are related articles providing explanation and background for the new norms. HERESY SCHISM APOSTASY STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS CHILD PORNOGRAPHY EUCHARIST CONFESSION 278. 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 279. 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 280. 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 281. 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 282. Curial Documents - statnotep10.htm - Note from the Secretariat of State Secretariat of State A Note from the Secretariat of State clarifies the lifting of the sentence of excommunication from the four bishops illicitly ordained by Archbishop Lefebvre, 30 June 1988. Remission of the penalty opens the door to dialogue, with a view to healing the schism. It does not give canonical recognition to the Society of Saint Pius X. SHOAH WILLIAMSON VATICAN II GENOCIDE JEWS 283. Curial Documents - vpoordinangl.htm - Note on Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans Entering the Catholic Church VPO As announced by Cardinal William Joseph Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, at a press conference at the Holy See Press Office on 20 October 2009, an Apostolic Constitution on Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans wishing to enter the Catholic Church would be forthcoming. This papal initiative comes as a response to "the requests for full communion that have come to us from Anglicans in different parts of the world in recent years." A joint statement by Archbishop Vincent Gerard Nichols of Westminster and His Grace Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury is appended. HENRY VIII OXFORD MOVEMENT ECUMENICAL PASTORAL PROVISION 284. Curial Documents - ccsnotejp2.htm - Note on the Beatification of John Paul II CCS This Note from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints states that, although the Cause for John Paul II was begun before the five-year period stipulated by the Norms, the common canonical measures concerning Causes of Beatification and Canonization were fully observed. MIRACLE HEROIC VIRTUES 285. 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 286. 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 287. 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 288. 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 289. Curial Documents - cdflightworld.htm - Note Regarding Certain Interpretations of Light of the World CDF This is the English-language text of a Note published 21 December 2010 by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, entitled: "On the trivialisation of sexuality. Regarding certain interpretations of 'Light of the World'". It gives the correct interpretation of the Holy Father's words in that book, regarding the use of condoms. PROSTITUTION AIDS CONTRACEPTION HIV 290. 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 291. 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." 292. 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'." 293. 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 294. 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 295. 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 296. Curial Documents - CDFNOTSG.HTM - Notification on the Book, Jesus Symbol of God CDF According to this Notification from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the book, Jesus Symbol of God, by Fr. Roger Haight, has been tried and found wanting. Its treatment of fundamental dogmas of the Catholic Church, e.g., the divinity of Christ, the Holy Trinity, the salvific value of the death of Christ, and His resurrection, convey a meaning contrary to what the Church has always believed and taught. CHRISTOLOGY CHRISTOCENTRISM THEOCENTRISM LOGOS HYPOSTASIS NICAEA CHALCEDON MEDIATION 297. Curial Documents - CDFDIACO.HTM - Notification on the Diaconal Ordination of Women CDF, CDW, CCL A Notification by the Congregations for the Doctrine of the Faith, for Divine Worship and the Discipline of Sacraments and for Clergy, prohibited courses that are being planned or underway, directly or indirectly aimed at the diaconal ordination of women. The Notification was approved by the Pope on 14 September 2001. ORDER MAGISTERIUM 298. Curial Documents - CDFVIDAL.HTM - Notification Regarding Certain Writings of Fr. Marciano Vidal, C.Ss.R. CDF The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in this notification of 22 February 2001, summarizes past communications with Spanish moral theologian, Fr Marciano Vidal, and lists doctrinal "errors and ambiguities" in some of his key writings which still need to be amended. MAGISTERIUM ABORTION CONTRACEPTION MASTURBATION HOMOSEXUAL 299. Curial Documents - CDFNUWAY.HTM - Notification Regarding Sister Jeannine Gramick, SSND, and Father Robert Nugent, SDS CDF The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on 31 May 1999 issued this Notification Regarding Sister Jeannine Gramick, SSND, and Father Robert Nugent, SDS. It comes at the end of a lengthy dialogue, spanning almost two decades, concerning their teaching on homosexuality. HOMOSEXUAL ORIENTATION NUWAYS 300. Curial Documents - CDFBOFF.HTM - Notification to Fr. Leonardo Boff CDF Issued by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on March 11, 1985. The CDF notified the Brazilian theologian that his book, 'Church: Charism and Power' is a danger to the faith. 301. Curial Documents - STATNUCL.HTM - Nuclear energy must be used not only peacefully but safely State On 24 September 1998, during the 42nd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria, Monsignor Mario Zenari, the Holy See's representative to the Agency, signed the Additional Safeguards Protocol to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1 August 1972 and gave this address. 302. Curial Documents - OBITUJP2.HTM - Obitus, Depositum et Tumulatio Notary of the Chapter of the Vatican Basilica In accordance with Universi Dominici Gregis, after the funeral rites for the late Pope John Paul II, the relevant official document, the Deed for the Pious Transfer of His Holiness John Paul II, was drafted by the Notary of the Chapter of the Vatican Basilica. The Notary read the authentic act of burial to those present in the Vatican Grottoes. The following is a translation of the Italian text. KAROL WOJTY£A PONTIFICATE DIALOGUE MAGISTERIUM 303. Curial Documents - PCCUCOM3.HTM - On Admitting other Christians to Eucharistic Communion (cont..) PCCU Under Certain Circumstances. This document is a Note interpreting the instruction issued by the S.P.U.C. (Secretariat for the Promotion of the Unity of Christians), Dopo le publicazione, 17 October, 1973. 304. Curial Documents - PCCUCOM1.HTM - On admitting Other Christians to Eucharistic Communion in the Catholic Church PCCU Issued by the Secretariat for the Promotion of the Unity of Christians (predecessor of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity). In Quibus Rerum Circumstantiis, 1 June, 1972. UNITY ECUMENISM PROTESTANT NON-CATHOLIC 305. Curial Documents - CATTEACH.HTM - On Better Care for Catechetical Teaching Catechetical Office, Pius IX 'Provido Sane Consilio' Issued by the Catechetical Office of the Holy See, under Pope Pius XI, on January 12, 1935. 306. Curial Documents - CDFLAITY.HTM - On Certain Questions Regarding the Collaboration of the Non-Ordained Faithful in the Sacred Ministry of Priest CDF (and other dicasteries) This document (Ecclesiae de mysterio), issued on 15 August 1997 but only published on 13 November 1997, is the work of 8 Roman Dicasteries (Congregations and Commissions). Its scope is "to provide a clear, authoritative response to the many pressing requests which have come to (these) dicasteries from Bishops, Priests and laity seeking clarification in the light of specific cases of new forms of 'pastoral activity' of the non-ordained." Further, "it points out that certain practices, harmful to ecclesial communion, have developed, and that these 'tend to predominate in certain areas of the world'." [Vatican Press Office release.] LAITY NON-ORDAINED PRIEST CURIA EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS CHAPLAIN PASTOR 307. Curial Documents - CDFMENWO.HTM - On Collaboration of Men and Women in the Church and in the World CDF This Letter (31 May 2004) to Catholic Bishops, from the Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith, addresses two currents in contemporary culture: 1) the idea that women, in order to be themselves, must be opponents of men; and 2) the tendency to avoid confrontation between the sexes by downplaying the differences between them. GENDER HOMOSEXUALITY FAMILY MASCULINE FEMININE BIBLE SCRIPTURE ORIGINAL SIN PERSON MARRIAGE 308. Curial Documents - PCFEMBRE.HTM - On Embryo Reduction Pontifical Council for the Family Invited to express its position on so-called "embryo reduction" in cases of multiple pregnancies, the Pontifical Council for the Family published this Declaration after consultation with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. FERTILIZ ABORTION PERSON EVANGELIUM VITAE 309. Curial Documents - CDWIMCAR.HTM - On Facilitating Reception of Communion in Certain Circumstances CDW Instruction 'Immensae caritatis' Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments (now Congregation for Divine Worship) January 29, 1973. WORSHIP COMMUNION EUCHARIST 310. Curial Documents - STATFACS.HTM - On faculties delegated to Superior Generals and Abbot-Presidents STATE On faculties delegated to Superior Generals and to Abbot-Presidents of monastic congregations. Pontifical Rescript issued by the Secretariat of State, November 6, 1964. 'Cum Admotae' 311. Curial Documents - PCFCLONE.HTM - On Human Cloning Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo The aim of this document, as expressed by Cardinal Lopez Trujillo, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, is to clarify the challenge of human cloning to the general public. "It is a question of contributing to a satisfactory presentation of the problem, of pointing out the negative ethical aspects and meanings of human cloning which are contrary to the dignity of the person and the family." BIOLOGY BIOETHICS PROCREATION REPRODUCTIVE THERAPEUTIC CLONING IN VITRO FERTILIZATION SEX EMBRYO NUCLEAR TRANSFER TOTIPOTENT MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS PERSONALITY 312. Curial Documents - STATARMS.HTM - On Illicit Trade in Small Arms Mons. Celestino Migliore A delegation from the Holy See addressed the International Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms, meeting in New York from 9-20 July 2001. In his address, Mons. Migliore observed that "it is impossible to ban all kinds of small arms and light weapons. In a world marked by evil ... the right of legitimate defence by means of arms exists" though it is not an absolute right. The Conference's primary concern was the dire effects of small arms and light weapons being diverted into the illegal market. VIOLENCE SOLIDARITY GUN CONTROL 313. Curial Documents - cdfopang.htm - On Opus Angelorum CDF Here is the complete text, provided by the Vatican Information Service, of the English-language version of a circular letter issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, dated 2 October 2010 and signed by Cardinal William Joseph Levada, prefect of the congregation. The letter was published 4 November 2010 by L'Osservatore Romano and concerns the current doctrinal and canonical position of the association known as "Opus Angelorum". PUBLIC ASSOCIATION ANGELS CANONS REGULAR OF THE HOLY CROSS BITTERLICH 314. Curial Documents - pcfpuebla25.htm - On the 25th Anniversary of the Puebla Conference PCF The opening of the Third General Conference of the Latin American Episcopate took place in Puebla de los Angeles, Mexico, on 28 January 1979. On the 25th anniversary of this event, Cardinal Trujillo's reflection deals first with the preparation for the conference, then with its development, with particular attention to the opening address by John Paul II. NEW EVANGELIZATION LATIN AMERICA CELAM MEDELLÍN MARXISM CHRISTOLOGY LIBERATION THEOLOGY FAMILY 315. Curial Documents - cdfcorformu.htm - On the Correct Formula for Baptism CDF The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith responds to questions concerning the validity of Baptism conferred with certain non-standard formulae. Only the standard formula, as recorded in the Gospel of St. Matthew, is sufficient for validity. SACRAMENTS 316. Curial Documents - CDFEXORC.HTM - On the Current Norms Governing Exorcisms CDF The letter "Inde Ab Aliquot Annis," issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on September 29, 1984. The Latin text is also available in the Library. This translation has been prepared for EWTN (formerly CRNET) by Christopher Mirus. It is not an official translation, and is not to be circulated without the attached warning. EXORCISM POSSESSION OBSESSION INFESTATION DEVIL RATZINGER EXORCIST 317. Curial Documents - CDFECUM.HTM - On the Ecumenical Movement CDF (Holy Office) An Instruction of the Holy Office addressed to the Ordinaries of Places, given December 20, 1949. HOLY OFFICE ECUMENISM PROTESTANTS CATHOLICS ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT 318. Curial Documents - CONSLEPR.HTM - On the Translation of Liturgical Texts for Celebrations with a Congregation Consilium 'Comme le prevoit.' Instruction of the Consilium for Implementing the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy to Bishops Conferences concerning translating liturgical texts into the vernacular. January 25, 1969. LITURGY MASS TRANSLATION LATIN ENGLISH 319. Curial Documents - STATBEIJ.HTM - Opening Address of Mary Ann Glendon STATE Advance text of Mary Ann Glendon's Opening Address on Behalf of the Vatican delegation at the UN Conference on Women in Beijing, China, September 5, 1995. This advance copy was provided to Catholic World News prior to the Conference. The address as actually delivered may have differed in some minor points from this text. GLENDON BEIJING WOMEN CONFERENCE UN 320. Curial Documents - PCHHOLST.HTM - Our Vision of Health Must Be Holistic Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan On Wednesday, 27 June 2001, Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan, President Of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance of Health Care Workers, Head of the Holy See Delegation to the 26th Special Session of the General Assembly, gave the following address. AIDS CHASTITY POVERTY 321. Curial Documents - CDFPOLIF.HTM - Participation of Catholics in Political Life CDF This document from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, published 16 January 2003, calls on Catholic politicians to be consistent with their faith in their political life. While firmly supporting the involvement of believers in democracy, the document urges the faithful to be consistent with their convictions. They are especially to avoid the current "cultural relativism" that advocates "ethical pluralism," namely, the rejection of absolute truth as "the very condition for democracy." THOMAS MORE NATURAL LAW POLITICS LEGISLATURES LEGISLATION LAW STATE FREEDOM ABORTION EUTHANASIA FAMILY SLAVERY SOLIDARITY SUBSIDIARITY SECULARISM 322. Curial Documents - PCCAPPRO.HTM - Pastoral Approach to Culture PCC The Pontifical Council for Culture issued this document detailing a pastoral approach to dealing with culture today on 23 May 1999. FAITH EVANGELIZATION INCULTURATION MINORITIES MEDIA SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ART LEISURE PLURALISM SECTS ECOLOGY TOURISM 323. Curial Documents - PCFDIFF.HTM - Pastoral Care of the Family: Couples in Difficulty PCF At the invitation of Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo, the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family met in Sacrofano, Rome, from 17 to 19 October 2002. The participants reflected on the issue of couples in difficulty from the point of view of pastoral care. MARRIAGE DIVORCE SEX INDIVIDUAL COMPLEMENTARITY FEMINISM CHILDREN FORMATION COMMITMENT 324. Curial Documents - PCJPEACE.HTM - Peace and Everyday Life Cardinal François-Xavier Nuguyên Van Thuân Cardinal Nuguyên Van Thuân, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, observes that peace in the world begins with peace at home, in our own homes and workplaces. GLOBALISATION TERRORISM 325. Curial Documents - PCJPCHAL.HTM - Peace as a Radical Challenge Bishop Giampaolo Crepaldi Bishop Crepaldi, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, in view of the Day of Prayer at Assisi, 24 January 2002, considers the complexities of the search for peace. WAR TERRORISM DIALOGUE CULTURAL DIVERSITY RELIGION 326. Curial Documents - CCEDEACN.HTM - Permanent Deacons CCE & CCL Two documents issued together by the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Congregation for the Clergy, 22 February 1998, "Basic Norms for the Formation of Permanent Deacons," and "Directory for the Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons." DIACONATE DIAKONIA EVANGELIZATION HOLY ORDERS MINISTRY SACRAMENT CANON LAW BISHOP LITURGY 327. Curial Documents - vispersord.htm - Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham VIS On 15 January 2011, the Vatican Information Service announced the erection of a Personal Ordinariate within the territory of England and Wales for Anglicans, clergy and faithful, wishing to enter full communion with the Catholic Church, while retaining certain of their traditions. ANGLICANORUM COETIBUS 328. Curial Documents - PETRINE.HTM - Petrine Ministry and Communion in the Episcopate Cardinal Bernardin Gantin In Talk 2 of the Cardinals' Symposium, 15-18 October 2003, met to celebrate the 25th anniversary of John Paul II's Pontificate, Cardinal Gantin describes the impact the Holy Father has had on the Church, and on the world. He underscores the relationship between the Petrine Ministry and the collegiality of Bishops. PAPACY PETER PONTIFICATE CARDINALS AFRICA ROME APOSTLES ASSISI LIBERATION THEOLOGY LATIN AMERICA EVANGELIZATION SYNODS BISHOPS' CONFERENCES COMMUNION MAGISTERIUM SUBSIDIARITY CURIA 329. Curial Documents - aplourdesind.htm - Plenary Indulgence Decree Cardinal James Francis Stafford On the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Grotto of Massabielle near Lourdes, a daily Plenary Indulgence is granted to the Christian faithful who, from 8 December 2007 until 8 December 2008, devoutly and in accordance with the established conditions, visit the Grotto of Massabielle, as well as those who, from 2-11 February 2008, visit a blessed image of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lourdes solemnly displayed for public veneration in any church, oratory, grotto or suitable place. BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS 330. Curial Documents - apsydndecre.htm - Plenary Indulgence for World Youth Day 2008 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 23rd World Youth Day [15-20 July 2008], will gather at Sydney in the spirit of pilgrimage," as well as to all the faithful who "pray for the spiritual goals of this Meeting." PLENARY PARTIAL INDULGENCE AUSTRALIA RECONCILIATION CONFESSION 331. Curial Documents - PCSCVIOL.HTM - Pornography and Violence in the Media PCSC Given by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, May 7, 1989. 332. Curial Documents - CDWCLAR.HTM - Posture of the Faithful following Communion CDW This official interpretation of the General Instruction, by the Congregation for Divine Worship in June 2003, resolves whether the faithful may be required to stand while everyone receives Holy Communion. They may not. RUBRICS MISSAL KNEELING LITURGY MASS POSTURE 333. Curial Documents - PCFLEXCN.HTM - Preface to the Lexicon Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo In January 2003, the Dehonian Fathers' publishing house (in Bologna) was to publish a book with the English title, Lexicon: Ambiguous and Debatable Terms Regarding Family Life and Ethical Questions. This dictionary, edited by the Pontifical Council for the Family, collects in 1,000 pages 78 topics/articles written by well-known experts. Cardinal López Trujillo, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, wrote the preface, which is here presented in English translation. FAMILY ABORTION EUTHANASIA RIGHTS LANGUAGE DISCRIMINATION WOMEN MORAL RELATIVISM FREEDOM HOMOSEXUAL 334. Curial Documents - PCFPREP.HTM - Preparation for the Sacrament of Marriage PCF Released by the Pontifical Council for the Family on May 27, 1996. 335. Curial Documents - CDFPRES.HTM - Presentation of Misericordia Dei Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Cardinal Ratzinger noted that the Motu Proprio is a response to the improper use in some countries of general absolution to replace the personal confession of sins. General absolution is designed for emergency situations where penitents must also have the intention of making their confession afterward as soon as possible for the liceity of the general absolution. PERSONALIST PENANCE RECONCILIATION TRENT JURISDICTION JURIDICAL JUDICIAL 336. Curial Documents - PCCNEWAG.HTM - Presentation of Holy See's Document on New Age Cardinal Paul Poupard Cardinal Poupard, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, writes to present the Document, Jesus Christ the Bearer of the Water of Life, issued February 2003 jointly by the Pontifical Councils for Culture and for Interreligious Dialogue. In light of the Document, the Cardinal explains why it seems so many have turned away from traditional religions in favor of the New Age Movement. GNOSIS SCEPTICISM NEO-PAGAN EASTERN RELIGIONS AGE OF AQUARIUS UTOPIA 337. Curial Documents - PCIDNEWA.HTM - Presentation of Holy See's Document on New Age Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald Archbishop Fitzgerald, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, presents the Document, Jesus Christ the Bearer of the Water of Life, issued February 2003 jointly by the Pontifical Councils for Culture and for Interreligious Dialogue. In light of the Document, the Archbishop notes the evidence of authentic spiritual searching on the part of some New Age devotees, while emphasizing that what they seek can only be found in Christ. DIALOGUE SPIRITUALITY NEO-PAGAN PRE-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS 338. Curial Documents - PCCARDUR.HTM - Presentation of Holy See's Document on New Age Rev. Bernard Ardura, O. Praem. Fr. Bernard Ardura, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture, presents the Document, Jesus Christ the Bearer of the Water of Life, issued February 2003 jointly by the Pontifical Councils for Culture and for Interreligious Dialogue. The Document helps to account for the appeal of New Age ideas by such cultural phenomena as an impatience with institutions and preoccupation with the self. ESOTERICISM GNOSTICISM RELATIVISM CELTIC SPIRITUALITY SYNCRETISM 339. Curial Documents - PRSHLYTH.HTM - Presentation of Holy Thursday Letter to Priests 2002 Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos On 21 March 2002, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos, held a press conference at which he presented the Holy Father's Letter to Priests for Holy Thursday 2002. In his introduction to the press, the Cardinal said, "The Holy Father ... urges priests, who are sinners like all men to open their inner dwelling to Christ to receive God's merciful embrace and re-establish the full friendship shattered by sin." PENANCE RECONCILIATION CONFESSION CDF 340. Curial Documents - VISMARRI.HTM - Presentation of Instruction About Norms in Marriage Cases VIS On 8 February 2005, the Instruction Dignitas Conubii (Dignity of Marriage), prepared by the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, with the collaboration of other dicasteries, was presented to the press. Cardinal Julian Herranz explained that the Instruction offers judges in ecclesial courts "a practical document, a kind of vademecum to use as a ready guide for carrying out their duties in canonical hearings on the nullity of marriage." ANNULMENTS VALIDITY ROTA DIVORCE 341. Curial Documents - VPOORDIN.HTM - Presentation of Ordinatio Sacerdotalis VPO This is the Vatican Press Office's 'presentation' document explaining Ordinatio Sacerdotalis upon its release to the public. While not an official teaching document of the Church, it gives insight into the intentions of John Paul II in issuing the apostolic letter which states that the Church has no authority to ordain women. VATICAN PRESS OFFICE ORDINATIO SACERDOTALIS POPE JOHN PAUL II WOMEN ORDINATION PRIESTHOOD 342. Curial Documents - CDFREDMA.HTM - Presentation of Redemptoris Mater Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger At a press conference on 25 March 1987, Solemnity of the Annunciation, Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, presented Pope John Paul II's Encyclical Redemptoris Mater, giving an exposition of its primary themes. MARY MARIAN YEAR JUBILEE SCRIPTURE BIBLE WOMAN CHURCH MEDIATION MEDIATRIX MOTHER 343. Curial Documents - CDWMISER.HTM - Presentation to the Press Cardinal Jorge A. Medina Estévez In his presentation to the press (2 May 2002) of Pope John Paul II's Motu Proprio Misericordia Dei, on the Sacrament of Penance, Cardinal Medina emphasized the return to basics of the Holy Father's pastoral teaching, and especially the need for personal conversion, as provided for by the ordinary way of celebrating the sacrament, with "integral confession" and personal absolution. RECONCILIATION GENERAL ABSOLUTION 344. Curial Documents - CILTMISE.HTM - Presentation to the Press Archbishop Julián Herranz Archbishop Julián Herranz, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, presented the normative clarification of the canons that regulate the practice of the Sacrament of Penance/Reconciliation. He explains that the extraordinary celebration must be truly extraordinary. CONFESSION GRAVE NECESSITY BISHOPS CONFERENCES EASTERN CHURCHES 345. Curial Documents - CCLPARPR.HTM - Presentation: Priest, Pastor and Leader of Parish Community Cardinal Castillón Hoyos At a press conference on 18 October 2002, Cardinal Dario Castrillón Hoyos, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, and Archbishop Csaba Ternyák, Secretary of the Congregation presented the Instruction The Priest, Pastor and Leader of the Parish Community. The Cardinal explained that "in the face of the challenges to pastoral activity in the new millennium, a new approach to the nature and mission of the ministerial priesthood has become a priority...." PASTORAL MISSION EVANGELIZATION HOLY ORDERS VOCATION 346. Curial Documents - CCLPRSID.HTM - Presentation: Priest, Pastor and Leader of the Parish Community Archbishop Csaba Ternyák At a press conference, held on 18 October 2002, Archbishop Csaba Ternyák, Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy, together with the Prefect of the Congregation, Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos, presented the Instruction, The Priest, Pastor and Leader of the Parish Community. The Archbishop spoke about the persisting need in some parts of the world to understand better the essential distinction between the royal priesthood of the baptized and the priesthood of the ordained. DIRECTORY HOLY ORDERS PASTORAL LAITY SACRAMENTAL LEADERSHIP 347. Curial Documents - CILTPRDC.HTM - Presentations of Dignitas Connubii Various In these presentations, Cardinal Julian Herranz, Bishop De Paolis, and Bishop Antoni Stankiewicz explained that this document, prepared by the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, with the collaboration of other dicasteries, provides a guide for judges on ecclesiastical courts to carry out their duties in canonical hearings on the nullity of marriage. ANNULMENTS VADEMECUM FAMILY DIVORCE CONVALIDATION CANONS 348. Curial Documents - CDWPOPRS.HTM - Presentations of the Directory on Popular Piety Cardinal Medina Estévez & Archbishop Tamburrino On 9 April 2002, in the Holy See Press Office, the Directory on Popular Piety, from the Congregation for Divine Worship, was presented to the media. Taking part in the press conference were: Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez, Prefect of the Congregation, and Archbishop Francesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B., Secretary. WORSHIP DEVOTION SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM BIBLE LITURGY MAGISTERIUM SUPERSTITION CULTURE 349. Curial Documents - PALNATMO.HTM - Press Release on Nature of Human Person as Foundation for the Right to Life Pontifical Academy for Life From 25 to 27 February 2002 the Pontifical Academy for Life held its 8th General Assembly on the theme of human nature as the basis for natural rights, in the face of contrary notions in contemporary culture. This is a press release on their conclusions. NATURAL MORAL LAW ETHICS HUMAN NATURE REASON 350. Curial Documents - CCLMERCY.HTM - Priest of God, You Embody the Mystery of Mercy CCL Reflections and prayers on the priest and the Mercy of God in light of the Letter of the Holy Father John Paul II to Priests for Holy Thursday 2001, issued 13 May 2001 by the Congregation for Clergy. Includes the Litany of Divine Mercy. FAUSTINA RECONCILIATION CONFESSION 351. Curial Documents - PCLASSOC.HTM - Priests Within Associations of the Faithful PCL This document was issued by the Pontifical Council for the Laity on December 3, 1981. 352. Curial Documents - PCFTRUTH.HTM - Proclaiming the Splendid Truth of the Family Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo This address, on the 10th anniversary of John Paul II's Letter to Families, was delivered in English by Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, at the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars' 27th Anniversary Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on 24 September 2004. In his address, Cardinal López Trujillo echoes the Holy Father's call to the truth about man, marriage, and the family, in the face of relativistic, utilitarian attempts to reduce mankind to a multitude of individuals without inherent dignity. CULTURE SOCIETY RIGHTS CHILDREN NATURAL LAW PROCREATION GENDER SEXES PERSONS 353. Curial Documents - PCIDPROC.HTM - Proclamation and Dialogue PCID A document, issued May 1991, by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, describing the relationship between the Church's commitment to dialogue with nonchristian religions and her obligation to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. MISSION EVANGELIZATION CONVERSION MAGISTERIUM CULTURE RELIGIONS 354. Curial Documents - CDFOATH.HTM - Profession of Faith and Oath of Fidelity CDF Issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, effective March 1, 1989. This file contains the new formulas of the Profession of Faith and of the Oath of Fidelity to be taken on assuming an office to be exercised in the name of the Church. Published in 'L'Osservatore Romano' on February 25, 1989. OATH FIDELITY FAITH MAGISTERIUM BELIEF DISBELIEF HERESY APOSTASY ERROR 355. Curial Documents - LORWTO.HTM - Promoting Human Development for All LOR During the intra Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), held (Dec '99) in Seattle, USA, the Holy See's delegation issued a Statement inviting negotiators to take into account the needs of developing countries and the difficulties they face in gaining access to international markets. ECONOMICS MARGINALIZATION PROTECTIONISM 356. Curial Documents - PALXENOT.HTM - Prospects for Xenotransplantation: Scientific Aspects and Ethical Considerations PAL In this document (published, Italian ed. L'Osservatore Romano, 26 September 2001), the Pontifical Academy for Life, with the help of an international work group, examines the medical and ethical implications of the transplantation of animal organs to the human body. XENOZOONOSE ANIMAL RIGHTS DIGNITY IMAGE IDENTITY BIOETHIC TRANSGEN GENETIC ENGINEER ALLOTRANSPLANT 357. Curial Documents - VISPUBS.HTM - Publications of the Roman Curia and Holy See-Related Institutions VIS This file contains a list of periodical publications of the Roman Curia and institutions related to the Holy See. Taken from the Vatican Information Service. 358. Curial Documents - RATZSYMP.HTM - Question of Truth Lies at Centre of Theology Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger The symposium on "The Primacy of the Successor of Peter", sponsored by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, opened on Monday, 2 December 1996, with an address by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Congregation's Prefect. This file contains a translation of his talk. 359. Curial Documents - CEPREASO.HTM - Reasons for an Instruction Cardinal Jozef Tomko, Prefect Emeritus, CEP Cardinal Tomko gives background and explanation for the Instruction on the Sending Abroad and Sojourn of Diocesan Priests from Mission Territories, from the Congregation for the Evangelizataion of Peoples (25 April 2001), which addresses the problem of priests from mission territories, sent to study in the West, not returning to their homelands. FIDEI DONUM EVANGEL 360. Curial Documents - PCFDIVOR.HTM - Recommendations For Care of Divorced Catholics PCF The Pontifical Council for the Family held its 13th plenary assembly on 22-25 January, in the Vatican, on the theme The Pastoral Care of the Divorced and Remarried. The participants discussed the serious problem, a cause of concern for the Church, regarding the continued increase in the sad phenomenon of divorce which has become a true social plague. The work concluded with the publication of these recommendations, briefly summarizing the Church's guidelines in this regard. 361. Curial Documents - CDWRDSAC.HTM - Redemptionis Sacramentum CDW The purpose of the Instruction, published 23 April 2004 by the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, is indicated in its subtitle, "On certain matters to be observed or to be avoided regarding the Most Holy Eucharist." The Instruction is not a compendium of norms on the Eucharist, but rather emphasizes certain existing norms, establishes others by which the "earlier ones are explained and complemented," and defines the separate roles of Bishops, Priests, Deacons, and the Laity in celebration of the Eucharist. LITURGY MASS LITURGICAL ABUSES ECUMENICAL ECUMENISM RECOGNITIO PRIESTHOOD CLERICALIZATION SERVERS BREAD WINE HOSTS WORD BIBLE HOMILY CREED SIGN OF PEACE FRACTION HOLY COMMUNION CONFESSION PENANCE COMMUNION-PLATE CHALICE INTINCTION LATAE SENTENTIAE EXCOMMUNICATION GRAVIORA DELICTA LATIN VESSELS VESTURE VESTMENTS RESERVATION TABERNACLE ECHARISTIC ADORATION EXPOSITION EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS PREACHING 362. Curial Documents - Xrstwitme.htm - Reflection of the General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops Archbishop Nikola Eterović On 11 October 2010, in the presence of the Holy Father, the First General Congregation of the Special Assembly for the Middle East took place in the Synod Hall. After the President Delegate, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, had welcomed the Holy Father, Archbishop Nikola Eterović, General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops, gave a report in Italian. This is a translation of his discourse. COMMUNION INSTRUMENTUM LABORIS HOLY LAND WITNESS ANNUARIUM STATISTICUM ECCLESIAE EDUCATION CHARITY EASTERN CATHOLIC CHURCHES SUI JURIS PROPOSITIONES 363. Curial Documents - CEPPENT.HTM - Reflection on Pentecost 2000 Archbishop Marcello Zago, O.M.I. On the feast of Pentecost, 11 June, in the year of the Great Jubilee, the Archbishop reminds us of "our duty to make Christ known in our midst as well as support the work of evangelization in the world." "Ordinary life and every day contacts can offer the opportunity to bear witness to our faith." ECUMEN PERSECUTION 364. Curial Documents - LOROFFSP.HTM - Reflections on Humanae Vitae: Love and Offspring LOR While Vatican II enhanced the value of conjugal love, making it primary in relation to the essential properties of marriage (fidelity and indissolubility), the Council continued to teach its natural end in procreation. And the Holy Father, Pope Paul VI, reiterates in Humanae Vitae that the unitive meaning of marital love cannot be separated from its procreative meaning. Every marital act must remain open to the transmission of life. MATRIMONY CONTRACEPTION 365. Curial Documents - PCIDPENT.HTM - Reflections on Pentecost 2000 Mons. Felix A. Machado The Undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue reminds us that all Christians are called to bear witness to Christ in a world hostile to the Gospel. ATHEISM INDIFFERENT MARTYR ECUMEN 366. Curial Documents - PCIDASSI.HTM - Reflections on the Day of Prayer at Assisi, 24 January Cardinal Francis Arinze According to Cardinal Arinze, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, "Humanity wins if the followers of world religions are convinced that they need to travel together the road to peace." ECUMENISM PLURALISM GOLDEN RULE HINDUISM BUDDHISM CONFUCIANISM JUDAISM ISLAM ANIMISM 367. Curial Documents - CDFDISS.HTM - Regulations for Doctrinal Examination CDF Issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on 29 June 1997, these regulations govern the doctrinal examination of the writings of theologians who are suspected of error. HERESY DISSENT THEOLOGY BOOKS HOLY OFFICE INQUISITION 368. Curial Documents - MOSCROME.HTM - Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow With the Holy See Rev. Josef M. Maj, S.J. An official of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity analyzes the misunderstanding on Moscow's part of the Holy See's action, on 11 February 2002, of raising the four Apostolic Administrations in the Russian Federation to the rank of Diocese. UNIVERSALITY PROSELYTISM ORTHODOX 369. Curial Documents - RATZRELA.HTM - Relativism: The Central Problem for Faith Today Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, gave this address during the meeting of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith with the presidents of the Doctrinal Commissions of the Bishops' Conferences of Latin America, held in Guadalajara, Mexico, in May 1996. 370. Curial Documents - CCL1961R.HTM - Religiosorum Institutio CCL In 1961 the Congregation for Religious, today called the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, issued this instruction on the "Careful Selection And Training Of Candidates For The States Of Perfection And Sacred Orders". Although its canonical status today is unclear, it has come to PUBLIC attention in recent days in connection with its prohibition of homosexual candidates to religious life and sacred ordination. FORMATION SEMINARY DEACON PRIEST VOW 371. Curial Documents - statrelfree.htm - Religious Freedom Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi On 28 September 2010, Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, delivered the following intervention on religious freedom at the 15th Ordinary Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. FREEDOM OF THOUGHT EXPRESSION DISCRIMINATION HUMAN NATURE PERSON IDEOLOGY 372. Curial Documents - STATRELF.HTM - Religious Freedom, Cornerstone of Human Dignity Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo On 3 December 2004, Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, Secretary for the Holy See's Relations with States, delivered the following address at a Conference on Religious Freedom organized by the Embassy of the United States of America to the Holy See at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. After explaining the Holy See's interest in the free exercise of human rights and fundamental liberties, which are anchored in the very nature of man, the Archbishop recalled the Holy See's involvement in the right to religious freedom as explicated in various international agreements, and drew attention to contemporary challenges to this freedom. POLITICS CHRISTIANOPHOBIA UNITED NATIONS OSCE INTOLERANCE INDIFFERENTISM FUNDAMENTALISM 373. Curial Documents - PCMISEA.HTM - Renewed Pastoral Presence Among Seafarers PCMI On 22 November 2002, the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples published a press release on a renewed pastoral presence among seafarers, focusing on the need for pastoral care among yachtsmen who participate in competitive regattas. APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA 374. Curial Documents - CICLRNEW.HTM - Renovationis Causam CICL An Instruction, issued 6 January 1969, by the Sacred Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes (now the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life), on changes in the training of novices for religious life as mandated by Vatican II in Perfectae caritatis. EVANGELICAL COUNSELS APOSTOLATE MONKS NUNS CONVENTS MONASTERIES NOVITIATE VOWS PROFESSION CHAPTER 375. Curial Documents - cdfbaptform.htm - Reply on Baptismal Formulae CDF Made public 29 February 2008 were the responses of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to questions concerning the validity of Baptism conferred with certain non-standard formulae. Only the standard formula, as recorded in the Gospel of St. Matthew, is sufficient for validity. TRINITY FEMINISM 376. Curial Documents - PCCROPA.HTM - Report of Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture Cardinal Paul Poupard Cardinal Poupard, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, at the end of their Plenary Assembly, reported on religious trends in the world (an increase in religious indifference and practical atheism) with proposals for reversing these trends through effective witness. GLOBALIZATION AGNOSTICISM EVANGELIZATION RELATIVISM PLURALISM BEAUTY SCEPTICISM 377. Curial Documents - PCCUWIND.HTM - Report on Anglican-Catholic Relations Fr Donald Bolen Fr. Bolen, of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, describes the present threat to unity in the Anglican Communion, the effort being made to stave off a fracture, and the impact the success of this venture will have on Anglican-Catholic relations. THE WINDSOR REPORT HOMOSEXUALITY SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ARCIC IARCCUM KOINONIA ECCLESIOLOGY 378. Curial Documents - PCCUMECA.HTM - Report on Current Status of Methodist-Catholic Relations Fr. Donald Bolen In 2003 important steps were taken towards a Methodist affirmation of the agreement reached by Lutherans and Catholics in the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, while the International Methodist-Catholic Dialogue Commission continued its work on ecclesiology towards a clearer understanding of convergences and differences in our understanding of the nature and mission of the Church. WESLEYAN ECUMENISM 379. Curial Documents - PCCUROCC.HTM - Report on Russian Orthodox Church-Catholic Church Relations Fr Jozef M. Maj. S.J. Father Maj, of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, gives brief overview of relations between the Holy See and the Patriarchate of Moscow in 2003, while encouraging collaboration between Orthodox and Catholics to ensure the recognition and continuing influence of Christianity in the new united Europe. ECUMENISM LAICISM POLITICS 380. Curial Documents - PCCUEVCA.HTM - Report on World Evangelical Alliance-Catholic Church Relations Fr Juan Usma Gomez This report by Fr Usma Gomez, of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, cites certain unifying factors (doctrines of Christ and the Trinity), as well as those that divide (doctrines of the Church and ministry). Of primary concern is the effectiveness of witness to the world by divided Christians, particularly when they compete on the mission field. KOINONIA BAPTISM COMMUNION PROSELYTISM 381. Curial Documents - PALDYING.HTM - Respect for the Dignity of the Dying PAL In this document, the Pontifical Academy for Life examines the twin principles of the international campaign for euthanasia-- 1) the absolute right of the individual to dispose of his life, and 2) the intolerability and pointlessness of pain--and shows their weaknesses. MEDIC HEALTH 382. Curial Documents - CDFMORM.HTM - Response to a 'Dubium': On the Validity of Baptism in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints CDF The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith gives an answer (5 June 2001) to the question raised about the validity of Mormon baptisms. Two links are provided to documents explaining the theological and canonical implications of the decision. 383. Curial Documents - statrespcloyne.htm - Response to the Irish Government Concerning the Cloyne Report Holy See In its response to the Cloyne Report, charging the Vatican with covering up cases of sexual abuse in Ireland, the Holy See insists that it did not impede efforts to curb abuse, and that such accusations are "unfounded." CLERICAL CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE BISHOPS BENEDICT XVI 384. Curial Documents - cdfaliment.htm - Responses Concerning Artificial Alimentation CDF Made public on 14 September 2007 was a response from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to certain questions raised by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops concerning artificial nutrition and hydration. The replies were approved by the Holy Father. PERMANENT VEGETATIVE STATE FOOD WATER 385. Curial Documents - PCPULUTH.HTM - Responses of the Catholic Church to the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification PCPU This document contains the responses of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, in conjunction with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, to the Joint Declaration of the Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation on the Doctrine of Justification. FAITH JUSTICE GRACE LUTHER TRENT ECUMENISM 386. Curial Documents - CDWADORI.HTM - Responses to Questions CDW In his response of 7 November 2000, Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, answers questions on the new regulations for the celebration of Mass [Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani]. The questions [dubia] concern the posture and gestures of the people at Mass, placement of the tabernacle, and orientation of the celebrant at Mass. GENERAL INSTRUCTION GIRM KNEELING GENUFLECTION COMMUNION ORIENTEM NOTICE POPULUM DUBIUM 387. Curial Documents - CDFUTER.HTM - Responses to Questions Proposed Concerning 'Uterine Isolation' and Related Matters CDF Issued by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on July 31, 1993. HYSTERECTOMY CAESAREAN UTERUS STERILIZATION 388. Curial Documents - cdfrespchrch.htm - Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church CDF On 10 July 2007, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith responded to five questions all relating to the issue of whether Vatican II changed the traditional teaching that the Catholic Church is the one Church founded by Christ. SUBSISTS IN SUBSISTENCE ECCLESIOLOGY LUMEN GENTIUM CHURCHES 389. Curial Documents - CDWFORMA.HTM - Rite of Reconciliation for Individual Penitents CDW The text of ritual form "A" (individual absolution) is that approved for use in the United Sates by the NCCB and confirmed by the Holy See. Not all the optional texts are included in this file. 390. Curial Documents - pcminternat2.htm - Second International Meeting: Final Document PCMI "On the road to sustainable mobility" was the theme of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People's Second International Meeting held at the Vatican on 1-2 December 2006. The care for road professionals and those who live on the street were among the topics discussed. This is a description of the event, the conclusions and recommendations. DRIVERS ROAD TRAVELERS RAILWAYS HOMELESS INHABITANTS OF THE STREET 391. Curial Documents - statfrndpeopl.htm - Secretary of State's Message at Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B. For the 29th Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, held in Rimini from 24 to 30 August 2008, Cardinal Bertone, Secretary of State, addressed a message to Bishop Francesco Lambiasi, the Pastor of the Diocese. The Cardinal compared the world's view of success in life to St. Paul's. The Meeting is an annual event organized in Rimini by the Communion and Liberation Movement. PROTAGONISM 392. Curial Documents - cathmusform.htm - Seminar of Catholic-Muslim Forum: Final Declaration LOR The Catholic-Muslim Forum, formed by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and a delegation of 138 Muslims, held its first Seminar in Rome from 4-6 November 2008. Twenty-four participants and five advisors from each religion took part in the meeting. The theme of the Seminar was "Love of God, Love of Neighbour". MUHAMMED ISLAM MINORITIES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TRANSCENDENCE 393. Curial Documents - PCJPSERV.HTM - Service in Politics PCJP From the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, this section highlights the responsibility of Catholics in political matters to heed the Church's social teaching. While it is true that the temporal sphere has its own legitimate autonomy, those who act in it are never free of moral principles, by which their actions should be guided. POLITICS SUBSIDIARITY SOLIDARITY SECRET ORGANIZATIONS DEMOCRACY AGNOSTICISM RELATIVISM NATURAL MORAL SUPERNATURAL VALUES WITNESS MARTYRDOM SECULARISM 394. Curial Documents - STATEXPL.HTM - Sexual Exploitation of Children Results from Erosion of Values STATE Msgr. Monni the Holy See's Permanent Observer at the World Tourist Organization gave this speech on August 28, 1996 at the World Congress against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children held at Stockholm, Sweden. 395. Curial Documents - STATUNAB.HTM - Sexual Health Can never Mean Abortion Archbishop Renato R. Martino A statement issued by the Archbishop giving the Holy See's official interpretation of a document resulting from a review and appraisal by the UN General Assembly of the Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, held five years ago in Egypt. FAMILY PLANNING PARENTS ADOLESCENTS 396. Curial Documents - PCFDRUGS.HTM - Should 'Soft' Drugs Be Legalized? PCF Public opinion has been recently shocked by some proposals presented in various countries that are aimed at legislation to control the use of drugs, but also to facilitate access to so-called "soft" drugs. The Pontifical Council for the Family was questioned on the matter by families and numerous teachers and institutions that work with young people. After consulting experts from many countries and the heads of various therapeutic communities, this dicastery published these reflections in Italian on January 17, 1997. LEGALIZATION DRUGS MARIJUANA 397. Curial Documents - SYMCARIN.HTM - Simposium of the College of Cardinals: Index EWTN To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Pontificate of John Paul II, a symposium of the College of Cardinals met to discuss pastoral and doctrinal issues raised during the Holy Father's reign. In addition to the 128 Cardinals and 4 Patriarchs, there were present 59 Presidents of the Bishops' Conferences from the five continents of the world. The Symposium, introduced by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Dean of the College, included addresses by six Cardinals, and a concluding address by the Holy Father. PAPACY LIFE EUROPE AFRICA ASIA AMERICA OCEANIA MAGISTERIUM LAITY ECUMENISM INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE INCULTURATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COLD WAR COMMUNISM HOLY LAND BALKANS IRAQ JEWS PALESTINIANS MUSLIMS PETER ROME APOSTLES ASSISI LIBERATION THEOLOGY LATIN EVANGELIZATION SYNODS BISHOPS' CONFERENCES COMMUNION SUBSIDIARITY CURIA POOR HOLINESS 398. Curial Documents - pcmi6congyps.htm - Sixth World Congress for the Pastoral Care of Gypsies: Final Document PCMI The Sixth World Congress for the Pastoral Care of Gypsies took place, 1-4 September 2008, in Freising, Germany. It was organised by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People in collaboration with the German Bishops' Conference. The 150 delegates, from 26 European countries, as well as from Latin America and Asia, explored the theme "Young Gypsies in the Church and Society". ROMA SINTI YOUTH DISCRIMINATION EVANGELIZATION SECULARIZATION EDUCATION 399. Curial Documents - PCCUPNTC.HTM - So Who Really Are the Pentecostals? Fr Juan Usma Gomez Fr Usma Gómez, of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, distinguishes between popular perceptions of Pentacostalism and what most Pentacostals really believe. He also summarizes the mutual influences of Pentacostalism and Catholicism since the 1970s. HEALINGS MIRACLES BAPTISM HOLY SPIRIT CHARISMATICS MOVEMENT PROCLAMATION MISSIONARY EVANGELISATION 400. Curial Documents - CDFCOMM.HTM - Some Aspects of the Church Understood As Communion CDF Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, May 28, 1992. The concept of communion, which appears with a certain prominence in the texts of the Second Vatican Council, is very suitable for expressing the core of the mystery of the Church and can certainly be a key for the renewal of Catholic ecclesiology. A deeper appreciation of the fact that the Church is a communion is, indeed, a task of 401. Curial Documents - CDFUSESC.HTM - Some Aspects of the Use of Social Communication in Promoting the Doctrine of the Faith CDF Dated 30 March 1992, this Instruction from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith was sent to all Bishops, outlining, from a juridical-canonical perspective, the use of means of social communication for purposes of evangelization, and the specific responsibility of Bishops in this regard, and in regard to defense of the Faith. MEDIA IMPRIMATUR BOOKS PUBLISHING RELIGIOUS SUPERIORS 402. Curial Documents - CDFCMNOT.HTM - Some Comments on the Notifications CDF Referring to the Notification Regarding Certain Writings of Fr. Marciano Vidal, C.Ss.R., this article helps clarify the relationship and responsibility of the theologians to the Magisterium. PERSON MORAL 403. Curial Documents - CDWARINZ.HTM - Some Highlights of the Liturgical Renewal Initiated by Sacrosanctum Concilium Francis Cardinal Arinze In his address, delivered at the Omni San Antonio Hotel to those assembled for the National Meeting of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, October 7-11, 2003, Cardinal Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, reiterates the principles and purposes of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Vatican II. He lists positive results, but also warns against abuses resulting from misapprehensions of the document. RENEWAL MASS EUCHARIST BIBLE HOLY SCRIPTURE TRANSLATION INCULTURATION LAITY LECTIONARY SACRAMENTS LITURGY OF HOURS SILENCE MUSIC GESTURES ARCHITECTURE STATUES TABERNACLE BLESSED SACRAMENT BENEDICTION FORTY HOURS 404. Curial Documents - statrelatstate.htm - Some of the Many Facets of Holy See Relations with States Archbishop D. Mamberti On 29 August 2008, Archbishop Mamberti, Secretary of the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State, addressed the 29th Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples organized In Rimini from 24 to 30 August by the Communion and Liberation Movement. The Archbishop addressed the escalation of Christianophobia throughout the world. PERSECUTION FREEDOM OF RELIGION JUSTICE PAPAL DIPLOMACY UNITED NATIONS INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE OSCE EUROPEAN UNION SECULARISM 405. Curial Documents - apindyrpriests.htm - Special Indulgence for the Year for Priests AP Holy Father Benedict XVI has established a special Year for Priests on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the death of St John Mary Vianney, the holy Curé d'Ars. During the Year for Priests, beginning on 19 June 2009 and ending on 19 June 2010, the gift of special Indulgences is granted as described in the Decree of the Apostolic Penitentiary, published on 12 May. SACRED HEART ETERNAL HIGH PRIEST PLENARY PARTIAL INDULGENCES 406. Curial Documents - PCJPCAIR.HTM - Speech To The Population Conference Planning Session PCJP Remarks by Msgr. Diarmuid Martin, an official of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and head of the Vatican delegation, made on April 4 to the opening in New York of the third session of the preparatory committee for next September's International Conference on Population and Development, which will be held in Cairo, Egypt. POPULATION CONFERENCE MARTIN UNITED NATIONS CAIRO 407. Curial Documents - CCESEMSF.HTM - Spiritual Formation in Seminaries CCE 'Ratio Fundamentalis Instutionis Sacerdotaolis' Given at Rome, from the offices of the Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, January 6, 1980. SEMINARY EDUCATION PRIESTHOOD VOCATIONS PRAYER SILENCE EUCHARIST PENANCE RULE OBEDIENCE SACRIFICE 408. Curial Documents - PCMISPOR.HTM - Sport and Tourism Archbishop Agostino Marchetto Archbishop Marchetto, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, commenting on Pope John Paul II's Message for the World Day of Tourism 2004, observes the close connection between tourism and international sports. Both tourism and sport are "expressions of the mobility of the people of our time, who feel strongly drawn towards the same goal: the development of individuals and their well-being, in harmony with the ideal of bringing about friendly relations between countries and cultures." GAMES SOLIDARITY 409. Curial Documents - CDFJOSMA.HTM - St Josemaria: God Is Very Much at Work in Our World Today Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, shows that holiness, as exemplified by St Josemaria Escriva, is not achieved by great personal effort, but by openness to God and availability to the work He wants to perform in us. OPUS DEI CANONIZATION HEROIC VIRTUES 410. Curial Documents - CCSJOSMA.HTM - St Josemaria: God's Instrument for The Work Cardinal José Saraiva Martins Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, describes how fitted Josemaria Escriva to anticipate Vatican II's universal call to holiness through the founding of Opus Dei. MISSION EVANGLIZATION WORK LAITY 411. Curial Documents - CICLSTRT.HTM - Starting Afresh From Christ CICL The new Vatican instruction (19 May 2002) on religious life urges the renewal of spirituality in the consecrated life. According to Fr Eusebio Hernández, head of the Vatican Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, "the Instruction is a picture of the current situation of the consecrated life and the journey of renewal that is being realized in each one's own communities, guided by the orientations of the recent Jubilee." CONVERSION VITA CONSECRATA MONKS NUNS CONTEMPLATIVES APOSTOLATE EVANGELICAL COUNSELS MISSION EVANGELIZATION MARTYRDOM HOLINESS CHARISMS VOCATION YOUTH COMMUNION INCULTURATION POVERTY HOLY SCRIPTURE BIBLE PRAYER CONTEMPLATION EUCHARIST LAITY COMPLEMENTARITY CHARITY DIALOGUE ECUMENICAL INTERRELIGIOUS 412. Curial Documents - STATDSRM.HTM - Statement by Apostolic Nuncio to U.N. on Disarmament ZENIT Here is the text of the statement by Archbishop Renato R. Martino, the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations, on disarmament. He made the speech, 6 October 2000, before the First Committee of the General Assembly. WAR CHARTER INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE POVERTY MILLENNIUM DECLARATION NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY 413. Curial Documents - PCCUPRES.HTM - Statement for the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and a Delegation of the Presbyterian Church (USA) PCCU and Presbyterian Delegates The statement recalls an ongoing dialogue since Vatican II between those of the Reformed tradition, including Presbyterians, and the Catholic Church. While there is basic agreement on the doctrines of the Trinity and of Christ, there is room for progress in arriving at a common understanding of the nature of the Church. PAPACY EPISCOPATE JUSTIFICATION BAPTISM 414. Curial Documents - VPOHABI.HTM - Statement of Holy See Press Office Director at Habitat II June 12, 1996 VPO Statement given to jounalists about the United States introducing new references to 'reproductive and sexual health' into the UN Conference. 415. Curial Documents - CCLGRUNR.HTM - Statement on Father Nicholas Gruner CCL Declaration of the Congregation for the Clergy, published on 4 October 1992 in the English edition of L'Osservatore Romano. GRUNER FATIMA 416. Curial Documents - VPOVITAE.HTM - Statement on Gospel of Life VPO Released by the Vatican on March 30, 1995. JOHN PAUL II EVANGELIUM VITAE VATICAN SUMMARY 417. Curial Documents - VPOABORT.HTM - Statement on Partial Birth Abortion VPO The declaration made April 19, 1996, by Joaquin Navarro-Valls, Holy See Press Office director, on the decision by the president of the United States with regard to "partial birth abortion". 418. Curial Documents - STATMEDP.HTM - Statement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Archbishop Diarmuid Martin On 20 June 2001, during the meeting of the Council for Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights of the World Trade Organization in Genoa, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, the Holy See's Permanent Observer to the WTO, gave all the members of the meeting an English text presenting the Holy See's position. The Holy See called for mechanisms that will allow the pharmaceutical industry to offer medicines at affordable prices for poor countries. ECONOM HEALTH AIDS PRIVATE PROPERTY SOLIDARITY 419. Curial Documents - STATWMRT.HTM - Statement on Women's Rights Holy See's Delegation to United Nations On 9 October 2000, during the meeting of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly on item 108: "Review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the 23rd Special Session of the General Assembly Entitled: 'Women 2000. Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-First Century'", the Holy See's Delegation made this statement. DIGNITY INEQUALITY GLOBALIZATION VIOLENCE POVERTY DISEASE PROSTITUTION DEBT RELIEF 420. Curial Documents - CEDSSPX.HTM - Status of Society of St. Pius X Masses Commission Ecclesia Dei This letter was received from the Pontifical Commission established to facilitate communion with the Holy See of those who have a particular love for the Roman Rite celebrated according to the Missal of 1962. This response from the Commission was precipated by a letter to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger about the lack of availability of lawful Tridentine Masses in many dioceses and asking about the consequences of attending unauthorized chapels. It has been generously shared with EWTN by the recipient. SSPX LEFEBVRE 421. Curial Documents - CEDSSPX2.HTM - Status of St. Pius X Society Commission Ecclesia Dei This letter was sent to an Australian man in response to a letter he addressed to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. The author is the Secretary of the Pontifical Commission responsible for the implementation of Ecclesia Dei, the Holy Father's letter announcing the excommunication of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and encouraging broader implementation of the Indult allowing the celebration of the Tridentine Mass. SSPX LATIN 422. Curial Documents - PCFHIV.HTM - Stopping the Spread of HIV/AIDS Mons. Jacques Suaudeau The AIDS tragedy, as it affects sub-Saharan Africa, is examined, with an eye to prevention, by teaching responsible behavior, rather than mere containment, through distribution of prophylactics. SEX CONDOM ABSTINENCE FAMILY 423. Curial Documents - vpoaspevang.htm - Summary: Doctrinal Note on Some Aspects of Evangelization VPO The Vatican Press Office provides a summary of the Document on evangelization, released 14 December 2007, by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Document is intended to clear up confusion about the Church's responsibility to make the Gospel known to all, while respecting their freedom regarding conversion. ECUMENISM PROSELYTISM MISSIONARY HOLINESS DIALOGUE 424. Curial Documents - CDFLAMEN.HTM - Syllabus of Pope St. Pius X Condemning the Errors of the Modernists CDF (Holy Office) 'Lamentabili Sane' Issued July 3, 1907. SYLLABUS ERRORS MODERNISTS PASCENDI PIUS X MODERNISM CONDEMNATION 425. Curial Documents - Synod Middle East.pdf - Synod of Bishops, Special Assembly for the Middle East: Instrumentum Laboris General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops This Instrumentum Laboris is the working document for the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East, scheduled to convene in October 2010 in the Vatican. The subject is The Catholic Church in the Middle East: Communion and Witness. UNITY INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE ECUMENISM BIBLE SCRIPTURE MEDITATION WORD OF GOD CHRISTOLOGY EASTERN ORTHODOX GREAT SCHISM APOSTOLICITY MISSIONARY VOCATIONS CONSECRATED LIFE MUSLIMS ISLAM EVANGELIZATION FREEDOM OF RELIGION PROSELYTISM IMMIGRATION ECCLESIAL COMMUNION WITNESSING CATECHESIS LITURGY JUDAISM JEWS MODERNITY EMMIGRATION 426. Curial Documents - synbpsme.htm - Synod of Bishops: Special Assembly for the Middle East General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops Lineamenta for the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East, scheduled to convene in October 2010 in the Vatican. The subject is The Catholic Church in the Middle East: Communion and Witness. Lineamenta are guidelines for the preparation of a working document (Instrumentum Laboris), to be used at the time of the Synod. UNITY MISSIONARY FREEDOM OF RELIGION EMIGRATION ISLAM SCRIPTURE SCHISM CONVERSION JEWS MUSLIMS JUDAISM 427. Curial Documents - pcmidecalog.htm - Ten Commandments for Drivers PCMI On 19 June 2007, the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant People released a document entitled, "Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road." Included in this document is a driver's decalogue, which is presented here. CHARITY PRUDENCE 428. Curial Documents - PCIDDIAL.HTM - Ten Years After the Publication of 'Dialogue and Proclamation' (1991-2001) Mons. Felix A. Machado Mons. Machado, Undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, reflects on the continuing dialogue with various religious communities, and how it relates to the Church's mission to proclaim the Gospel. ECUMEN TRADITIONAL RELIGION MUSLIM BUDDHIST HINDU JAIN SIKH 429. Curial Documents - CCEVISIT.HTM - The Apostolic Visitation of Seminaries in the U.S.A. Cardinal William W. Baum A 1987 report from Cardinal Baum, then Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, on the earlier visitation of U.S. seminaries initiated by Pope John Paul II. FORMATION PRIESTHOOD CELIBACY MAGISTERIUM ORTHODOXY 430. Curial Documents - CCECTHSC.HTM - The Catholic School Congregation for Catholic Education This document, issued 19 March 1977, is developed from the Second Vatican Council's Declaration, Gravissimum Educationis. It takes up the theme of Christian education, with reference to challenges faced by the Catholic school in a pluralistic society, as well as the degree of commitment needed from Catholic teachers. EVANGEL CULTUR VALUE APOSTOL PERSON SUBSIDIARITY 431. Curial Documents - CCEMILLE.HTM - The Catholic School on the Verge of the Third Millennium CCE The Congregation for Catholic Education published this reflection, dated 28 Decemebr 1997. JUBILEE COLLEGE UNIVERSITY PAROCHIAL SCHOOL 432. Curial Documents - PCSCCHNT.HTM - The Church and Internet PCSC One of two documents issued 28 February 2002 by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. "The Church and Internet" concerns the possibilities of the internet for evangelization, catechesis, apologetics, counseling and administration. The companion document, "Ethics in Internet", concerns moral and social obstacles and opportunities offered to human development by this latest advancement in communications. MEDIA MAGISTERIUM PUBLIC OPINION EDUCATION COMPUTER SACRAMENTS ECUMENICAL INTERRELIGIOUS PARENTS CHILDREN VIOLENCE PORNOGRAPHY GLOBALIZATION SOLIDARITY 433. Curial Documents - PCJPCHRA.HTM - The Church and Racism: an Introductory Update PCJP The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace presents an update on their 1988 document, The Church and Racism: Toward a More Fraternal Society, to the World Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, 31 August - 7 September 2001, in Durban, South Africa. GLOBAL ETHNIC PARDON REPARATION EDUCATION PERSON RIGHTS INTERRELIGIOUS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION MIGRANT CLON EMBRYO 434. Curial Documents - PCJPRACI.HTM - The Church and Racism: Towards a More Fraternal Society PCJP A history of racism, forms of racism today, the dignity of every race, and the unity of mankind. Issued on 3 November 1988. SLAVE NAZI ANTI-SEMITISM SOUTH AFRICA DIGNITY PERSON EDUCATION UNITED NATIONS KU KLUX KLAN 435. Curial Documents - cdwcolombo.htm - The Colombo Statement CDW The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in collaboration with the Bishops' Conferences of Asia organized a Convention for the Promotion of the Sacred Liturgy in Colombo from 16-21 September 2008. The Convention represented an important step in intensifying the liturgical renewal envisaged by the Second Vatican Council while also examining effective ways to foster appropriate forms of worship in Asia. CULTURE INCULTURATION INTERNET TRANSLATION ABUSES FORMATION MUSIC 436. Curial Documents - SYNRELIG.HTM - The Consecrated Life and Its Role in the Church and in the World Synod Working Paper for October 1994 World Synod of Bishops, by the Vatican Synod Secretariat. SYNOD RELIGIOUS WOMEN BROTHER VOCATION COMMUNITY APOSTOLATE CONSECRATED 437. Curial Documents - PALHUPRO.HTM - The Dignity of Human Procreation and Reproductive Technologies Pontifical Academy for Life In this Final Communiqué of the Tenth General Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life, scientists are encouraged to seek ways to stem the increase in infertility among couples especially in the West, rather than to intervene in ways unworthy of the dignity of procreation and destructive of human embryos. ART ARTIFICIAL REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES STERILITY CONJUGAL POLITICIANS FAMILY PARENTS 438. Curial Documents - PCLOLDER.HTM - The Dignity of Older People PCL From the Pontifical Council for the Laity. "The Dignity of Older People and their Mission in the Church and in the World" was issued on 1 October 1998. ELDERLY AGED 439. Curial Documents - CDFECCL.HTM - The Ecclesiology of the Constitution on the Church, Vatican II, 'Lumen Gentium' Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Cardinal Ratzinger made this presentation at a symposium on the reception of the Council held in Rome in November 2000. In his address, the Cardinal underscores the need to understand the Council’s teaching on the Church in terms of her universality. UNICITY SUBSIST COMMUNIO BAPTISM EUCHARIST COLLEGIUM BISHOP PAPACY MARY 440. Curial Documents - CDFECCV2.HTM - The Ecclesiology of Vatican II Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger On 15 September 2002, Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, opened the Pastoral Congress of the Diocese of Aversa (Italy) dedicated to a re-reading of the documents of the Second Vatican Council. In his address, the Cardinal reviewed key concepts of the Church leading up to Lumen Gentium, and their use, and sometimes misuse, since the Council. MYSTICAL BODY EUCHARIST MASS ORTHODOX PROTESTANT PEOPLE OF GOD MARXIST COMMUNION UNIVERSAL PARTICULAR CHURCH MARY 441. Curial Documents - CBISUTSI.HTM - The Erection of Opus Dei As A Personal Prelature CBIS Contains Pope John Paul II's Apostolic Constitution of 23 August 1982, 'Ut Sit', and the related Declaration of the SC for Bishops which erected Opus Dei as the first Personal Prelature of the Catholic Church. OPUS DEI PRELATURE UT SIT JOHN PAUL II 442. Curial Documents - EUCHFREE.HTM - The Eucharist and Freedom Holy See Document of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses issued in 1996 in preparation for the 46th International Eucharistic Congress to be celebrated in Wrodaw, Poland, in 1997. For the first time in the history of the International Eucharistic Congresses, this Congress will reflect on the rich and stimulating theme of the Eucharist in relation to freedom at the close of a century which has witnessed the drama of entire nations being subjugated to totalitarian regimes. 443. Curial Documents - instlabeuch - The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church — Instrumentum Laboris General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops An Instrumentum Laboris is a summary of responses to the Lineamenta, (an introduction and outline of the subject for discussion at an upcoming General Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops), sent to all Episcopal Conferences, Eastern Churches, Departments of the Curia, the Union of Superiors General. This document summarizes information returned to the General Secretariat in preparation for the Eleventh Ordinary Assembly, scheduled for October 2005. MASS LITURGY BLESSED SACRAMENT ECCLESIAL COMMUNION PASCHAL MYSTERY MUSIC SONG ART SACRED SPACE ADORATION MISSION EVANGELIZATION INCULTURATION INTERCOMMUNION ECUMENISM ECUMENICAL 444. Curial Documents - PCFEUROP.HTM - The Family and Life in Europe Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo At the invitation of Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, the Presidents of the Episcopal Commissions for the Family and Life of Europe met from 11-14 June 2003, in Palazzo San Calisto, Vatican City, for their fourth meeting. Together with experts and representatives of various movements and associations, the Bishops made an assessment of the challenges that the family in Europe is facing today. DIGNITY CONSUMERISM HOMOSEXUAL SINGLE-PARENT SECULARIZATION MARRIAGE DIVORCE DE-FACTO UNIONS SOCIETY PROCREATION CHILDREN ABORTION CONTRACEPTION EUTHANASIA 445. Curial Documents - FAMLYJP2.HTM - The Family in the Pontificate of John Paul II Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo In Talk 4 of the Cardinals' Symposium, 15-18 October 2003, met to celebrate the 25th anniversary of John Paul II's Pontificate, Cardinal Trujillo, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, tells how the Holy Father has proclaimed and defended the truth of the family, in the face of a "sick, dehumanizing society." LIFE DOMESTIC CHURCH EVANGELIZATION ABORTION UTILITARIANISM S0CIAL ENGINEERING STATE SUBSIDIARITY MARRIAGE HUSBAND WIFE BISHOPS DEMOCRACY PERSONS 446. Curial Documents - TRUJHART.HTM - The Family, the Heart of the Civilization of Love Alfonso Cardinal Lopez Trujillo Keynote Address of His Eminence Alfonso Cardinal Lopez Trujillo, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family to the tenth annual Conference of Women for Faith & Family on the International Year of the Family. This address appeared in the December 1994 issue of VOICES, published by Women for Faith & Family. TRUJILLO FAMILY SOCIETY MOTHERS WOMEN 447. Curial Documents - PCJPRACM.HTM - The Fight Against Racism: the Hardest of Battles for Human Rights Cardinal Roger Etchegaray In preparation for the World Conference Against Racial Discrimination (31 Aug-7 Sep 2001, Durban, South Africa), Cardinal Etchegaray participated in a Round Table of Eminent Persons. His address noted the need for new methods of combatting racism. PERSON UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS 448. Curial Documents - SYNFINAL.HTM - The Final Report of the 1985 Extraordinary Synod 1985 Extraordinary Synod 'The Church, in the Word of God, Celebrates the Mysteries of Christ for the Salvation of the World.' Central Theme of this Synod: Celebration, Verification, Promotion of Vatican II 449. Curial Documents - APINDLG.HTM - The Gift of Indulgence Apostolic Penitentiary Even after receiving forgiveness for his sin through the sacrament of Penance, a person needs purification and renewal through Christ's grace. The gift of indulgence is an effective means to purification. This notice of the Apostolic Penitentiary, issued 29 January 2000, recalls the necessary dispositions for fruitfully gaining the Jubilee indulgence. RECONCILIATION SATISFACTION PURGATORY 450. Curial Documents - PBCGOSPL.HTM - The Historicity of the Gospels PBC This document from the Pontifical Biblical Commission, dated 21 April 1964, gives direction to the important work of biblical exegetes in the ministry of the Church, especially as it touches on the historicity of the Gospel accounts. SCRIPTURE EXEGESIS BIBLE FORM HISTORICAL CRITICISM EVANGELIST APOSTLE 451. Curial Documents - STATHOLY.HTM - The Holy See and the Holy Land: Justice and Charity Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran On 25 October 1999, Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, Secretary for Relations with States, gave an address at the United Nations headquarters in New York during a symposium to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. In his address, he rehearsed papal efforts over the last hundred years to bring peace through justice to the Holy Land. HOLY SEE ISRAEL JERUSALEM JEWS MUSLIMS 452. Curial Documents - statuninterv.htm - The Holy See Intervention at the United Nations Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, CS The following is an intervention given by Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, CS, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, at the United Nations Office at the 16th Ordinary Session of the Human Rights Council given in English in Geneva on 2 March 2011. The Archbishop underscored the centrality of religious freedom to all human rights. DISCRIMINATION DIALOGUE PERSECUTION TOLERANCE PEACE 453. Curial Documents - STATINT.HTM - The Holy See's Presence in International Organizations Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran On 22 April 2002, Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, Secretary for the Relations with States of the Secretariate of State, gave a lecture at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. His topic was the Holy See's presence in International Organizations. Drawing on history and canon law, he explained what the Holy See is and why it is a moral person recognized by international law. DIPLOMACY EQUALITY SOLIDARITY FAMILY LIFE UNITED NATIONS 454. Curial Documents - itclimbo.htm - The Hope of Salvation for Infants Who Die Without Being Baptized ITC The following study by the International Theological Commission was published on 20 April 2007 with the consent of Pope Benedict XVI, on a question put to the Commission by Pope John Paul II in 2004. The International Theological Commission is composed of theologians of various nationalities called together to examine doctrinal questions of major importance. It is not an organ of the Magisterium, although its President is the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; therefore, this study is not a teaching document of the Church. LIMBO UNBAPTIZED ABORTION IN VITRO FERTILIZATION ORIGINAL SIN GREGORY NYSSA NAZIANZUS PELAGIUS AUGUSTINE THOMAS AQUINAS JANSENISM BAPTISM OF DESIRE BEATIFIC VISION UNIVERSAL SALVIFIC WILL SENSUS FIDELIUM INNOCENT III COMMUNION OF SAINTS 455. Curial Documents - PBCINTER.HTM - The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church PBC Presented on March 18, 1994 by the Pontifical Biblical Commission. Contains an introduction by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. BIBLE RATZINGER HISTORICAL-CRITICAL METHOD TRADITION ACTUALIZATION INCULTURATION FEMINIST EXEGESIS 456. Curial Documents - PBCINTER.ZIP - The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church PBC Presented on March 18, 1994 by the Pontifical Biblical Commission. Contains an introduction by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. BIBLE RATZINGER HISTORICAL-CRITICAL METHOD TRADITION ACTUALIZATION INCULTURATION FEMINIST EXEGESIS 457. Curial Documents - PBCJWSCR.HTM - The Jewish People and Their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible PBC This document, published in May 2001 by the Pontifical Biblical Commission, with preface by Cardinal Ratzinger, underlines the Church's traditional teaching on the harmony between Old and New Testaments, and examines implications for the relationship between Christians and Jews. AUTHORITY INSPIRATION CANON JUDAISM TRADITION EXEGESIS QUMRAN RABBINIC REVELATION HUMAN PERSON ELECTION COVENANT LAW ANTISEMITISM 458. Curial Documents - LORJUST.HTM - The Joint Declaration Between the Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation on the Doctrine of Justification LOR On 31 October 1999, the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification was signed in Augsburg, Germany, by the Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation. This article, by the staff at L'Osservatore Romano, provides background and sheds light on the implications of this statement. REFORMATION TRENT AUGSBURG GRACE FAITH WORKS 459. Curial Documents - CDWLITYR.HTM - The Liturgical Year CDW General Norms For The Liturgical Year And The Calendar as published by the Congregation for Divine Worship, 14 February 1969. SUNDAYS SOLEMNITIES FEASTS MEMORIALS WEEKDAYS EASTER TRIDUUM SEASONS LENT CHRISTMAS ADVENT ORDINARY TIME ROGATION EMBER DAYS SAINTS BLESSEDS OPTIONAL 460. Curial Documents - PCCMRTR.HTM - The Martyr as Figure of Christian Humanism Cardinal Angelo Sodano On 3 November 1999, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Secretary of State, presided at the solemn joint session of the Pontifical Academies, which was dedicated to the theme, "The Martyr Identified with Christ, the Faithful Protomartyr: A Figure of Christian Humanism". At the end of the meeting, Cardinal Sodano presented the annual Pontifical Academies Award in the Holy Father's name, with this address. SACRIFICE CULTURE JUBILEE 461. Curial Documents - CDFATIMA.HTM - The Message of Fatima CDF Here is the text of the "third secret" of Fatima, with history and related documents, published 26 June 2000, by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, at the word of Pope John Paul II. There is a concluding theological commentary by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. REVELATION PUBLIC PRIVATE SISTER LUCIA PENANCE CONVERSION RUSSIA PERSECUTION ENTRUSTMENT CONSECRATION 462. Curial Documents - PCCHMUSM.HTM - The Pastoral Function of Ecclesiastical Museums PCCH A detailed plan for preserving the Church's art-historical patrimony no longer in regular use, and putting it to use as a testimony to the Faith of the Church. "With this new document, the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church wishes to help reinforce the activity of the Church, in dealing with her cultural heritage in the hope of fostering a new humanism as part of the new evangelization." CULTURE INCULTURATION EVANGELIZATION ARTEFACTS MUSEOLOGY TREASURES MONUMENTS BEAUTY CATECHESIS TYPOLOGY EDUCATION LIBRARIES ARCHIVES RESTORATION FORMATION 463. Curial Documents - LORPOPE.HTM - The power of the Pope and the marriage of the baptized LOR This unsigned article from L'Osservatore Romano, English Edition, of 25 November 1998, explains that the Pope is unable to dissolve the marriages of the baptized which are ratified and consummated. MARRIAGE MATRIMONY INDISSOLUBLE RATUM CONSUMMATUM 464. Curial Documents - CDWEASTR.HTM - The Preparation and Celebration of the Easter Feasts CDW 'Paschales Solemnitatis' Given on January 16, 1988 by the Offices of the Congregation for Divine Worship. EASTER LENT HOLY WEEK HOLY THURSDAY GOOD FRIDAY HOLY SATURDAY 465. Curial Documents - CCEUNIV.HTM - The Presence of the Church in the University and in University Culture CCE Issued June 7, 1994 by the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education, and the pontifical councils for the Laity and for Culture. UNIVERSITY CULTURE CHURCH EDUCATION PEDAGOGY TEACHERS 466. Curial Documents - synsecmideast.htm - The Present and Future of the Church in the Middle East Archbishop Nikola Eterović On 8 October 2010, in the John Paul II Hall at the Press Office of the Holy See, Archbishop Nikola Eterović, General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops, held a press briefing on the meaning and development of the Synodal Assembly. This is the text of the General Secretary's presentation. SUI JURIS PATRIARCHS COPTIC SYRIAN GREEK-MELKITE MARONITE CHALDEAN ARMENIAN JEWS MUSLIMS 467. Curial Documents - CCL3MIL.HTM - The Priest and the Third Christian Millennium: Teacher of the Word, Minister of Sacraments and Leader of the Community CCL This document, issued 19 March 1999, is designed to lead individual priests as well as presbyterates to an examination of conscience. New evangelization demands renewal of commitment to pastoral ministry in its three elements of teaching, feeding and leading Christ's flock. PASTORS 468. Curial Documents - CCLPREST.HTM - The Priest, Pastor and Leader of the Parish Community CCL On 18 October 2002, this Instruction, signed by the Holy Father 4 August 2002, was addressed by the Congregation for the Clergy to all priests having the "care of souls." "The main goal of the Instruction is to highlight the office of the parish priest ..., the sacramental leader in the parish who animates and leads the faithful of the parish towards Christ, the Way to the Father". The Instruction has two parts: a doctrinal section that brings together teaching from the Second Vatican Council and recent documents, and a section on the pastoral ministry itself as it is lived in the parish. HOLY ORDERS LAITY HOLINESS INCARDINATION EUCHARIST DIVINE OFFICE ECCLESIASTICAL DISCIPLINE LITURGY COMMUNION PARISH BAPTISM SACRAMENTS VOCATIONS DEACONS PASTORAL COUNCIL EVANGELIZATION 469. Curial Documents - CDFPRIMA.HTM - The Primacy of the Successor of Peter in the Mystery of the Church CDF Reflections on the Primacy of Peter by the Prefect and Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, published in October 1998. In 1996 a symposium on this subject was held in the Vatican, the papers of which were published in 1998 by the Vatican Press. POPE PAPACY CHAIR ROME ECUMENISM 470. Curial Documents - CDFLEFEB.HTM - The Protocol Agreement of the Vatican and Archbishop Lefebvre CDF Signed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Archbishop Lefebvre 5 May 1988. LEFEBVRE RATZINGER TRIDENTINE VATICAN 471. Curial Documents - PCHREPRO.HTM - The Reproductive Health of Refugees PCH, PCMI, PCF A Note for Bishops' Conferences, giving a short analysis of the Inter-agency Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations, published by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the UN Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) and some NGOs. This Note raises moral concerns about the Field Manual and offers Bishops and Catholic pastoral and humanitarian workers guidance for the protection and the promotion of the dignity and integral health of refugees. CONTRACEPTION BIRTH CONTROL ABORTION SEXUALITY MALTHUSIAN STERILISATION STERILIZATION HIV/AIDS 472. Curial Documents - CDFMEDL.HTM - The Scapular Medal CDF (Holy Office) In 1910, Pope St. Pius X introduced a scapular medal which may be substituted, in most cases, for any of the various scapulars. Valid enrollment in the scapulars must, however, be made before the substitution. This file contains the decree of the Holy Office given on December 16, 1910. 473. Curial Documents - ciclauthob.htm - The Service of Authority and Obedience CICL A document published 28 May 2008, by the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, teaches that obedience in the consecrated life is a journey in search of God and of His will for the individual seeker. Religious authority is "at the service of the community so that God's will may be sought and achieved together." LIBERATION PRAYER SENTIRE CUM ECCLESIA CHARISM FORMATION DISCERNMENT 474. Curial Documents - PCMISHRN.HTM - The Shrine: Memory, Presence and Prophecy of the Living God PCMI The term 'shrine' designates a church or other sacred place to which the faithful make pilgrimages for a particular religious reason, with the approval of the local Ordinary. In these words the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People describes the subject of its latest document, issued on the eve of the season of pilgrimage called the Great Jubilee. MARIAN HOLY LAND YEAR PALESTINE ROME LOURDES FATIMA GUADALUPE SANTIAGO 475. Curial Documents - vposignorms.htm - The Significance of the Norms Concerning the Most Serious Crimes Fr Federico Lombardi, SJ Fr Lombardi, Director of the Holy See Press Office, explains how the new "Norms Concerning the Most Serious Crimes" clarify and simplify the Church's investigation and punishment of such crimes as sexual abuse of minors, heresy, and profanation of the sacraments. CANON LAW APOSTASY SCHISM CONFESSION SEAL PENANCE EUCHARIST ORDINATION CHILD PORNOGRAPHY 476. Curial Documents - PALVEGST.HTM - The Subject in a Vegetative State: a Personalistic View Bishop Elio Sgreccia Bishop Sgreccia, Vice-President of the Pontifical Academy of Life, examines competing criteria for determining the moment of death, with a personalist concern, based on a Thomistic analysis of the body-soul connection. Only when the body has lost the "unifying principle of life," at brain death, may we be confident that the soul has departed. EUTHANASIA ABORTION MARXISM MATERIALISM DUALISM AQUINAS SPIRIT ESSENCE EXISTENCE PERSONALISM THOMISM 477. Curial Documents - PCFSEXED.HTM - The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality PCF The Pontifical Council for the Family Guidelines for Education within the Family. Given in Rome on November 21, 1995. SEX EDUCATION SEXUALITY CATECHETICS CATECHISM 478. Curial Documents - PCFSEXED.ZIP - The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality PCF The Pontifical Council for the Family Guidelines for Education within the Family. Given in Rome on November 21, 1995. SEX EDUCATION SEXUALITY CATECHETICS CATECHISM 479. Curial Documents - instrlabword.htm - The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops An Instrumentum Laboris is a summary of responses to the Lineamenta (an introduction and outline of the subject for discussion at an upcoming General Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops), sent to all Episcopal Conferences, Eastern Churches, Departments of the Curia, the Union of Superiors General. This document summarizes information returned to the General Secretariat in preparation for the Twelfth Ordinary Assembly, scheduled for October 2008. The subject of this Assembly will be “The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church.” INSPIRATION HOLY SPIRIT TRADITION MAGISTERIUM LECTIO DIVINA EVANGELIZATION INCULTURATION DEI VERBUM LITURGY OF THE HOURS BIBLE SCRIPTURE SECULARIZATION PLURALISM HERMENEUTICS MARY PRAYER EUCHARIST SACRAMENTS EXEGESIS CATECHESIS BISHOPS PRIESTS DEACONS MINISTRIES LAITY CONSECRATED PERSONS COMMUNION ECUMENISM INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE 480. Curial Documents - CDWEDTYP.HTM - Third Editio Typica of the Roman Missal CDW On 22 March 2002, the Cardinal Prefect and the Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship presented the third Editio Typica (2000) of the Roman Missal to the press, and described the changes from the second edition (1975). This is an overview drawn from that presentation. LITURGIAM AUTHENTICAM TRADITION SENSUS FIDEI ROMAN CALENDAR MASS EUCHARIST SACRAMENTARY 481. Curial Documents - ZSTATCHL.HTM - To the U.N. General Assembly on Children Archbishop Renato R. Martino This is the text of the speech given 15 November 2000 by Archbishop Renato R. Martino, the Vatican's U.N. permanent observer, to the General Assembly regarding a special session to follow up the World Summit for Children. UNICEF DIGNITY 482. Curial Documents - STATCHLD.HTM - To the UN Assembly on Children's Rights Card. Alfonso López Trujillo In a statement, 7 May 2002, to the Special Session of the UN Assembly on Children's Rights, Cardinal Trujillo, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, referenced the Declaration on the Rights of the Child for the child's right to life, and for the legal protection necessary to preserve that right. He recalled also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, for its recognition of the family as the "natural and fundamental group unit of society ... entitled to protection by society and the state." Included is a statement by the Holy See on reservations and interpretations of terms used in the final report of the Special Session. DIGNITY EDUCATION HEALTH SHELTER 483. Curial Documents - STATMINO.HTM - To the UN Commission on Human Rights Archbishop Diarmuid Martin On 12 April 2002, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Permanent Observer of the Holy See in Geneva, addressed the issues of the protection of Holy Places in the Holy Land, and of respect for the religious freedom of religious minorities where there is a State religion. HUMAN RIGHTS PLURALIST STATE RELIGION LIBERTY CULTURE 484. Curial Documents - STATUNDS.HTM - To the UN Disarmament Committee Archbishop Renato Martino On 6 October 2000, Archbishop R. Martino, Apostolic Nuncio and the Holy See's Permanent Observer at the United Nations in New York, addressed the First Committee of the 55th Session of the General Assembly on item 74: "General and Complete Disarmament". CHARTER POVERTY ARMS TRADE NUCLEAR SUMMIT 485. Curial Documents - STATMORL.HTM - To the United Nations on the Moral-Cultural Dimension of Development Archbishop Renato Martino On 28 September 2000, Archbishop Renato R. Martino, the Holy See's Permanent Observer at the United Nations, addressed the Third Committee of the 55th Session of the General Assembly on item 103, social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, aging, disabled persons and the family. ECONOM DEMOGRAPH DIGNITY GLOBALIZATION FAMILY 486. Curial Documents - STATBETH.HTM - TO UN General Assembly Archbishop Renato R. Martino On 10 November 1999, Archbishop Renato R. Martino, the Holy See's Permanent Observer at the United Nations, gave an address to the 54th Session of the General Assembly on the resolution, "Bethlehem 2000," in which he urged that Bethlehem be viewed as the patrimony of all humanity. HOLY LAND PALESTINE 487. Curial Documents - PCJPAGRA.HTM - Towards a better distribution of land PCJP The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace issued this statement on agrarian reform on 23 November 1997. LAND FARM 488. Curial Documents - CDWVULG.HTM - Translations and the Consultation of the Nova Vulgata of the Latin Church CDW On 5 November 2001, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments sent to an English-speaking Bishop a Letter to clarify certain misunderstandings that had arisen regarding the norms of the translation of biblical texts for use in the Roman Liturgy, as contained in the recent Instruction Liturgiam authenticam. LECTIONARY SCRIPTURE EXEGESIS VERSIFICATION INERRANCY SCHOLARSHIP CANON 489. Curial Documents - synbps12.htm - Twelfth World Synod of Bishops: The Word of God General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops Lineamenta for the Twelfth Ordinary General Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, scheduled to convene October 2008. The subject is The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church. Lineamenta are guidelines for the preparation of a working document (Instrumentum Laboris), to be used at the time of the Synod. BIBLE TRADITION MAGISTERIUM INSPIRATION OLD NEW TESTAMENT HOLY SPIRIT INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE CULTURE 490. Curial Documents - statunlajolo.htm - U.N. Intervention: Archibishop Giovanni Lajolo, 27 September Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo On 27 September 2006, Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State, Special Envoy of the Holy Father and Head of the Holy See's Delegation, addressed the General Debate of the 61st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York. The following is the text of Archbishop Lajolo's intervention. TERRORISM VIOLENCE MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS HUMAN RIGHTS LIFE INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE 491. Curial Documents - statconvweaps.htm - U.N. Meeting on Excessive Conventional Weapons Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi The 14th Session of the Convention on Prohibition or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW), met in Geneva 19 - 23 June 2006. Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi, Permanent Observer of the Holy See at the Office of the United Nations and Specialized Institutions in Geneva, addressed the Convention on 19 June. CLUSTER BOMBS WAR 492. Curial Documents - STATRACI.HTM - UN Conference Against Racism, Durban Archbishop Diarmuid Martin Archbishop Martin, head of the Vatican delegation, addressed the U.N. sponsored conference on racism, (31 Aug - 7 Sep 2001) regarding the xenophobic reaction against migrations prompted by globalization. See Interview with Archbishop Martin. EDUCATION SOLIDARITY GLOBAL IMMIGRATION 493. Curial Documents - STATABRT.HTM - Under no guise can abortion be promoted Bishop James T. McHugh On Wednesday, 24 March, Bishop James T. McHugh, deputy head of the Holy See's Delegation to the 32nd Session of the UN Commission on Population and Development, which is acting as the preparatory committee for the General Assembly's special session for reviewing and appraising implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, made a statement against abortion. FAMILY PLANNING DEMOGRAPHICS SEXUALITY STATE 494. Curial Documents - PCFVADE.HTM - Vademecum for Confessors concerning some Aspects of the Morality of Congugal Life, 12 February 1997 PCF This Vademecum traces its origin to the particular pastoral sensitivity of the Holy Father, who has entrusted the task of preparing this aid for confessors to the Pontifical Council for the Family. With the experience he acquired both as a priest and a Bishop, the Pope ascertained the importance of clear and certain guidelines to which the ministers of the Sacrament of Reconciliation can refer in their dialogue with souls. The richness of the doctrine of the Magisterium of the Church on themes of marriage and the family, especially since the Second Vatican Council, has raised the need for a good synthesis regarding some questions of morality pertaining to conjugal life." Pontifical Council for the Family 495. Curial Documents - cdfrydn.htm - Vassula Ryden/True Life in God CDF Vassula Ryden, a Greek Orthodox lay woman who promotes the re-union of the Orthodox Churches with Rome, has published a number of alleged revelations regarding "True Life in God" and promotes an ecumenical prayer movement. In an official Notification published in 1995, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith raised certain doctrinal and disciplinary issues with respect to Mrs. Ryden and her writings. In 1996 it re-inforced its decision, and in 2004 it noted to several bishops conferences the useful clarifications made by Mrs Ryden regarding her writings. 496. Curial Documents - CDWCOMM.HTM - Vatican Communication on Female Altar Servers CDW The text of a communication sent from the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments to the presidents of episcopal conferences permitting altar girls. Rome, 15 March 1994 497. Curial Documents - VPOARCHV.HTM - Vatican Opens German Material 1922-1939 in Secret Archives Fr Sergio Pagano, Prefect Secret Vatican Archives As an "exceptional" gesture and to help put an end to "unjust and disagreeable speculations" on relations between the Vatican and Nazi Germany, the Holy Father has decided to open collections in the Vatican Secret Archives on Germany, for the period 1922-1939. PIUS XI PIUS XII SECOND WORLD WAR JEWS SHOAH 498. Curial Documents - CDFREPLY.HTM - Vatican Reflections on the Teaching of 'Ordinatio Sacerdotalis' CDF These reflections were released on November 18, 1995 along with the 'dubium'. 499. Curial Documents - CCLSPONS.HTM - Verbi Sponsa Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life Instruction on the Contemplative Life and on the Enclosure of Nuns (Verbi Sponsa) was promulgated by the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life on 13 May 1999, after having been approved by His Holiness Pope John Paul II. CLOISTER CARMEL CLARES RELIGIOUS 500. Curial Documents - VOCATION.HTM - Vocations in the Pontificate of John Paul II Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger In Talk 6 of the Cardinals' Symposium, 15-18 October 2003, gathered to celebrate the 25th anniversary of John Paul II's Pontificatehe, the Archbishop of Paris summarizes the "body of pronouncements by John Paul II on the subject of priests, consecrated life and the vocation of the baptized," highlighting "their logic and their originality." He roots the Holy Father's teachings in the Pope's own history and in the history of our times. PRIESTHOOD LITURGY DESACERDOTALISM DECLERICALISM SECULARISM CELIBACY LAITY MARXISM VATICAN II NEW EVANGELIZATION TRINITY EUCHARIST ORDINATION IN PERSONA CHRISTI 501. Curial Documents - CDFBRID.HTM - Warning of the Holy Office concerning the Promises of St. Bridget CDF Given at Rome on January 28, 1954. BRIDGET PRAYER WARNING PIETA 502. Curial Documents - RRJSHOAH2.HTM - We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah RRJ Issued on 16 March 1998 by the Vatican's Commission for the Religious Relations with the Jews, Edward Cardinal Cassidy, President. It reflects upon the origins of the Holocaust, the sufferings of the Jewish people and the role of Christians in that event. It was first envisioned by a joint Catholic-Jewish dialogue meeting in 1987. JEWS JUDAISM HOLOCAUST SHOAH PIUS GERMANS GERMANY NAZIS WWII NOSTRA AETATE JUBILEE 503. Curial Documents - CDWpriestcommunion.HTM - Whether a Priest Celebrant may Communicate after the Faithful CDW In the November/December 2008 issue of the journal Notitiae, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments issued an official interpretation of the liturgical norms in response to a question about whether the priest may receive Holy Communion after the faithful. In this abuse the priest receives after the Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion or even at the end of the Communion of the faithful. EUCHARIST MASS 504. Curial Documents - PCCUWITN.HTM - Witnesses of Love Bishop Marc Ouellet Following Novo Millennio ineunte, Bishop Ouellet, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Unity of Christians, reflects on the nature of the Church as the mystery of communion. BALTHASAR THERESE MARY PERSON EUCHARIST ECUMEN 505. Curial Documents - CCLWDPR.HTM - World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests CCL For the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests 2002, the Congregation for the Clergy prepared a spiritual reflection on the Holy Father's Letter to Priests for Holy Thursday 2002 on the topic "Eucharist and Confession". Officially, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, Friday, 7 June 2002 was the intended day, though the reflection would be useful for groups gathered at any time to pray for priests. An Aid to Meditation is included. DIVINE MERCY HOLY ORDERS PRIESTHOOD PENANCE RECONCILIATION MASS ADORATION BLESSED SACRAMENT BISHOPS PRAYER 506. Curial Documents - PCORHNGR.HTM - World Hunger PCOR Subtitled: "A Challenge for All: Development in Solidarity". Released by the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" on October 24, 1996. 507. Curial Documents - PCORHNGR.ZIP - World Hunger PCOR Subtitled: "A Challenge for All: Development in Solidarity". Released by the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" on October 24, 1996. 508. Curial Documents - cdfworthycom.htm - Worthiness to Receive Holy Communion: General Principles Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger This memorandum was sent by Cardinal Ratzinger, then Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, to Cardinal McCarrick of Washington DC and was made public in the first week of July 2004. The memorandum concerns the eligibility of Catholic politicians, who support abortion or euthanasia, to receive Holy Communion. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DEATH PENALTY WAR GRAVE MORTAL SIN 509. Curial Documents - synbps13.htm - XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops These are the Lineamenta for the 13th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, scheduled to convene in October 2012 in the Vatican. The subject is The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith. Lineamenta are guidelines for the preparation of a working document (Instrumentum Laboris), to be used at the time of the Synod. MISSION UBICUMQUE ET SEMPER SECULARIZATION MIGRATION SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY POLITICS ECUMENICAL INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE CATECHESIS BAPTISM CONFIRMATION RELATIVISM EDUCATION |