by: Pope Benedict XVI Benedict XVI has something for everyone in Caritas in Veritate (also known as Charity in Truth)—from praising profit to defending the environment, from calling for a role for government in the economy to insisting on the...

In Charity in Truth (Caritas in Veritate), Pope Benedict XVI offers an ethical analysis of the global economic crisis and a moral framework on how to move forward as one human family. He challenges each of us to put charity...

The authoritative catechism produced by the Council of Trent and published by order of St. Pius V was originally commissioned during the Reformation period in order to explain the Faith clearly and calmly in the face of Protestant objections.It still...

On this holy day, the liturgy takes us inside the Upper Room. Thus wrote Pope John Paul II in 1979 in his first Holy Thursday letter, a tradition he continued until his passing in 2005. The Upper Room is what...

What It (Really) Said, What It Means, and How It Calls Us to Renew the Church by: Fr. Blake Britton Foreword by: John C. Cavadini During the past five decades, the Second Vatican Council has been alternately celebrated or maligned...

by His Holiness, Pope Francis In his third encyclical, Fratelli tutti, Pope Francis reflects on a topic of great importance: human solidarity and friendship. Following his election to the papacy, Pope Francis first greeted the world with the words fratelli...

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

by: His Holiness, Pope Francis No matter where grace finds you today—holiness is within reach! Pope Francis wants to speak to your heart, wherever you’re at. In this new apostolic exhortation from Pope Francis, Gaudete et Exsultate, On the Call...

On the Call to Holiness in Today's Worldby: His Holiness, Pope Francis “We are frequently tempted to think that holiness is only for those who can withdraw from ordinary affairs to spend much time in prayer. That is not the...

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

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

The Handbook of Indulgences is the revised edition of the Enchiridion of Indulgences and the official English translation of the Church's book on indulgences. This liturgical book includes a list of the works and prayers to which indulgences are attached....