Documents of the Catholic Church

Provided below are a few select encyclicals, apostolic letters and other official documents of the Catholic Church. As time permits, more will be added.

ENCYCLICALS & LETTERS

adobe acrobat version  Spe Salvi - On Christian Hope, 30 Nov 2007, Pope Benedict XVI [263Kb]
adobe acrobat version  Deus Caritas Est - On Christian Love, 25 Dec 2005, Pope Benedict XVI [232Kb]
adobe acrobat version  Mane Nobiscum Domine - Year of the Eucharist October 2004 to October 2005, 7 Oct 2004, Pope John Paul II [192Kb]
adobe acrobat version  On the Collaboration of Men and Women in the Church and in the World, 31 May 2004, Pope John Paul II [207Kb]
adobe acrobat version  Ecclesia de Eucharistia - On The Eucharist In Its Relationship To The Church, 17 April 2003, Pope John Paul II [300Kb]
adobe acrobat version  Rosarium Virginis Mariae - On The Most Holy Rosary, 16 October 2002, Pope John Paul II [258Kb]
adobe acrobat version  Fides et Ratio - On The Relationship of Faith and Reason, 14 September 1998, Pope John Paul II [449Kb]
adobe acrobat version  Dies Domini - On Keeping The Lord's Day Holy, 31 May 1998, Pope John Paul II [362Kb]
adobe acrobat version  Ut unum sint - On Commitment To Ecumenism, 25 May 1995, Pope John Paul II [452Kb]
adobe acrobat version  Evangelium Vitae - On The Value and Inviolability of Human Life, 25 March 1995, Pope John Paul II [608Kb]
adobe acrobat version  Christifideles Laici - The Vocation and Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and the World, 30 December 1988, Pope John Paul II [545Kb]
adobe acrobat version  Dominum et Vivificantem - On The Holy Spirit in the Life of the Church and the World, 18 May 1986, Pope John Paul II [364Kb]
adobe acrobat version  Familiaris Consortio - On the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World, 21 November 1981, Pope John Paul II [530Kb]
adobe acrobat version  Dominicae Cenae - On the Mystery and Worship of the Eucharist, 14 February 1980, Pope John Paul II [209Kb]
adobe acrobat version  Dives in Misericordia - On The Mercy of God, 30 November 1980, Pope John Paul II [296Kb]
adobe acrobat version  Humanae Vitae - On The Regulation of Birth, 25 July 1968, Pope Paul VI [178Kb]
adobe acrobat version  Lumen Gentium - Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, 21 November 1964, Pope Paul VI [415Kb]
adobe acrobat version  Casti Connubii - On Christian Marriage, 31 December 1930, Pope Pius XI [275Kb]

APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION

adobe acrobat version  Universi Dominici Gregis - On the Vacancy of the Apostolic See and the Election of the Roman Pontiff, 22 February 1996, Pope John Paul II [221Kb]

INSTRUCTIONS

adobe acrobat version  Redemptionis Sacramentum - On Certain Matters to be Observed or to be Avoided Regarding the Most Holy Eucharist, 25 March 2004 [447Kb]

adobe acrobat version  On Priesthood and Those With Homosexual Tendencies, Instruction From Congregation for Catholic Education, 4 November 2005 [102Kb]

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