Changelog (25 July 2025)

New Documents Added

Magisterial documents (+243)

• “Let Jesus set you free.” Letter to the Archbishop of Prešov about the Spiritual Experience on Mount Zvir (Litmanová, Slovakia) (4 July 2025) (Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith)
• Abortion Funding in the New Health Care Reform Act (April 12, 2010) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Acta inquisitionis (Pope Gregory IX) (Pope Gregory IX)
• Ad epistolas et decreta appendix (Pope Pelagius II) (Pope Pelagius II)
• Appendix (Pope Constantine I) (Pope Constantine I)
• Appendix (Pope Felix IV) (Pope Felix IV)
• Appendix (Pope Martin V) (Pope Martin V)
• Appendix 2 (Pope Gregory I) (Pope Gregory I)
• Appendix ad epistolas (Pope Honorius II) (Pope Honorius II)
• Appendix I (Pope Gelasius I) (Pope Gelasius I)
• Appendix I (Pope Marcellinus) (Pope Marcellinus)
• Appendix II (Pope Marcellus) (Pope Marcellus)
• Appendix III (Pope Eusebius) (Pope Eusebius)
• Appendix IV (Pope Miltiades) (Pope Miltiades)
• Appendix secunda (Pope Leo I) (Pope Leo I)
• Backgounder on Payday Lending 2015 (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Background on Violence Against Women (February 2010) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on a Mercy and Peacebuilding Approach to Gun Violence (January 2016) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Arms Control (February 2008) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Christians of the Middle East (September 2017) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Colombia (2020) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Criminal Justice and Restorative Justice and Sentencing Reform (January, 2016) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Cuba (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on DACA (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Democratic Republic of the Congo (February 2018) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Eastern Catholic Churches (2017) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Ethiopia-Eritrea (February 2008) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Family Security and Stability (February 2015) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Kenya (June 2009) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Northern Uganda (February 2007) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Nuclear Arms and Landmines (February 2007) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Nuclear Disarmament and Challenging Increases in Military Spending (January 2020) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Nuclear Weapons (February 2018) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Peace in the Sahel Initiative (February 2020) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Poverty-Focused International Assistance (February 2013) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Protecting Workers and Promoting the Dignity of Work (January 2016) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Somalia (February 2008) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on South Sudan (February 2018) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Sudan (February 2011) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Syria and Iraq (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on the Federal Budget Domestic Antipoverty Programs (February 2015) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on the International Food Crisis (February 2009) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on The New Federal Regulation on Coerced Abortion Payments (November 6, 2013) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on the Root Causes of Migration (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Trade (2020) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder on Zimbabwe (February 2010) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Backgrounder: Hyde Amendment and Related Policies (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Benedictionale (Pope Gregory I) (Pope Gregory I)
• Benedictiones (Pope Gregory I) (Pope Gregory I)
• Bishop Matano on Assisted Suicide in Vermont (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Born Alive Letter to House discharge petition (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Bulla de canonizatione S. Cunegundis (Pope Innocent III) (Pope Innocent III)
• Canon de electione papae (Pope John IX) (Pope John IX)
• Canones de gratia et libero arbitrio (The Second Council of Orange) (The Second Council of Orange)
• Capitol Hill Message for Catholic Social Ministry Gathering (2020) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Cardinal O'Malley, Archbishop Lori Urge Congress to Support Health Care Conscience Rights Act (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Carmina a Grutero edita (Pope Damasus I) (Pope Damasus I)
• Carmina inedita (Pope Damasus I) (Pope Damasus I)
• Catholic Campaign to End the Use of the Death Penalty Info Sheet (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Catholic Encountering Congress (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Catholic Social Ministry Gathering Hill Leave Behind Message (January 2016) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Catholic Social Ministry Gathering Hill Message Leave Behind (February 2018) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Catholic Social Ministry Gathering Hill Notes for Foreign Assistance and Afghanistan (February 2010) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• CIA Report Letter to Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (April 26, 2013) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• CMDA Press Release (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord: A Resource for Guiding the Development of Lay Ecclesial Ministry (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Comments on EEOC's Proposed Updated Compliance Manual (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Communique: Speaking a Word of Hope at a Critical Time for the Holy Land (January 16, 2008) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Concilia de investituris praelatorum (Pope Paschal II) (Pope Paschal II)
• Concordatum Wormatiense (Pope Callixtus II) (Pope Callixtus II)
• Concordia testimoniorum S. Scripturae (Pope Gregory I) (Pope Gregory I)
• Constitutiones Lateranenses (Pope Gregory I) (Pope Gregory I)
• Create in Me a Pure Heart: A Pastoral Response to Pornography (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Cuba in 2009 (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Cuba in 2010 (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Day of Fasting and Prayer for Peace in Syria (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• De causa diversitatis arearum in trigono aequilatero (Pope Sylvester II) (Pope Sylvester II)
• De Concilio Romano in causa Dionysii Alexandrini (Pope Dionysius) (Pope Dionysius)
• De conflictu vitorum atque virtutum (Pope Leo IX) (Pope Leo IX)
• De corpore et sanguine Domini (Pope Sylvester II) (Pope Sylvester II)
• De Dalmachio promoto in episcopum Compostellae (Pope Urban II) (Pope Urban II)
• De gratia et libero arbitrio (The Second Council of Orange) (The Second Council of Orange)
• De mortalitate (Pope Gregory I) (Pope Gregory I)
• De numerorum divisione (Pope Sylvester II) (Pope Sylvester II)
• De omnibus Sanctis (Pope Innocent III) (Pope Innocent III)
• De rationali et ratione uti (Pope Sylvester II) (Pope Sylvester II)
• De sphaerae constructione (Pope Sylvester II) (Pope Sylvester II)
• De vocatione omnium gentium (Pope Leo I) (Pope Leo I)
• Decreta (Pope Boniface I) (Pope Boniface I)
• Decreta (Pope Celestine III) (Pope Celestine III)
• Decreta (Pope Innocent I) (Pope Innocent I)
• Decreta (Pope Lucius III) (Pope Lucius III)
• Decreta (Pope Zosimus) (Pope Zosimus)
• Dedicatoria ad futuram memoriam rei (Pope Gregory XIII) (Pope Gregory XIII)
• Definitio fidei (The Council of Chalcedon) (The Council of Chalcedon)
• Dialogus (Pope Victor III) (Pope Victor III)
• Dialogus inter Deum et peccatorem (Pope Innocent III) (Pope Innocent III)
• Dignity for Aborted Children Act (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Diploma (Pope Benedict III) (Pope Benedict III)
• Diploma (Pope Eugene II) (Pope Eugene II)
• Doctrina (Pope Severinus) (Pope Severinus)
• Ecology Policy Summary (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Edictum (Pope Constantine I) (Pope Constantine I)
• Encomium charitatis (Pope Innocent III) (Pope Innocent III)
• Encomium de B. Virgine Maria et filio eius Jesu Christo (Pope Innocent III) (Pope Innocent III)
• ENDA Backgrounder 2013 (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Epistola (Pope Deusdedit I) (Pope Deusdedit I)
• Epistola (Pope Gregory XIII) (Pope Gregory XIII)
• Epistola (Pope Leo VI) (Pope Leo VI)
• Epistola (Pope Marinus I) (Pope Marinus I)
• Epistola (Pope Sergius II) (Pope Sergius II)
• Epistola (The Council of Paris) (The Council of Paris)
• Epistola ad Alonem Beneventanum (Pope John XIV) (Pope John XIV)
• Epistola ad Bernardum Viennensem (Pope Eugene II) (Pope Eugene II)
• Epistola ad episcopos Britanniae (Pope John VII) (Pope John VII)
• Epistola ad episcopos regni Francorum (Pope Gregory IV) (Pope Gregory IV)
• Epistola ad Ethelredum (Pope John VII) (Pope John VII)
• Epistola ad Flavianum (Pope Leo I) (Pope Leo I)
• Epistola ad Porphyrium (Pope Constantine I) (Pope Constantine I)
• Epistola I (Pope Dionysius) (Pope Dionysius)
• Epistola I (Pope John III) (Pope John III)
• Epistola II (Pope John III) (Pope John III)
• Epistola LXXXVIII (Pope Leo I) (Pope Leo I)
• Epistolae (Pope Boniface I) (Pope Boniface I)
• Epistolae (Pope Boniface V) (Pope Boniface V)
• Epistolae (Pope Gregory IV) (Pope Gregory IV)
• Epistolae (Pope John I) (Pope John I)
• Epistolae (Pope John II) (Pope John II)
• Epistolae (Pope John IV) (Pope John IV)
• Epistolae (Pope Paschal I) (Pope Paschal I)
• Epistolae ad Ceolfridum (Pope Sergius I) (Pope Sergius I)
• Epistolae et decreta (Pope Anastasius I) (Pope Anastasius I)
• Epistolae et decreta (Pope Benedict VIII) (Pope Benedict VIII)
• Epistolae et decreta (Pope Felix IV) (Pope Felix IV)
• Epistolae et decreta (Pope Innocent I) (Pope Innocent I)
• Epistolae et decreta (Pope John VIII) (Pope John VIII)
• Epistolae et privilegia (Pope Gregory VI) (Pope Gregory VI)
• Epistolae et privilegia (Pope John XI) (Pope John XI)
• Epistolae scriptae ante summum pontificatum (Pope Sylvester II) (Pope Sylvester II)
• Epitaphium (Pope Donus) (Pope Donus)
• Epitaphium Apollinaris (Pope Victor III) (Pope Victor III)
• Excerpta e concilio Mosomensi (Pope Sylvester II) (Pope Sylvester II)
• Exemplar (Pope Boniface II) (Pope Boniface II)
• Exemplar (Pope Gregory IV) (Pope Gregory IV)
• Exhortatio ad presbyteros (Pope Eutychian) (Pope Eutychian)
• Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Forms for Release of Unaccompanied Alien Children from ORR Custody (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Fragmentum Confessionis fidei (Pope Felix I) (Pope Felix I)
• Fundatio XVI clericorum Collegii Clementinorum (Pope Clement VI) (Pope Clement VI)
• Global Climate Change Background (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Haiti Update (2015) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Hearing on HR3 No Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Act (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• HHS Refuses to Enforce Weldon Amendment: Fact Sheet (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Holy Land (2011) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Holy Mass (Castel Gandolfo, 13 July 2025) - Homily (Pope Leo XIV)
• Holy Mass at the Chapel of the Carabinieri Station in Castel Gandolfo (15 July 2025) - Homily (Pope Leo XIV)
• Holy Mass for the Care of Creation (9 July 2025) - Homily (Pope Leo XIV)
• HR 7 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Testimony (2014) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Hymnus (Pope Innocent III) (Pope Innocent III)
• International Religious Freedom: Myanmar Backgrounder (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Joint Committee of Orthodox and Catholic Bishops in the United States Express Wishes and Prayers for the Holy & Great Council (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Joint Letter on Funding the Affordable Connectivity Program (26 April 2024) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Letter in Support of Comprehensive Middle East Peace (September 22, 2009) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Letter in support of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, S. 1486 (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Letter to Congress on FY 2022 Appropriations Bill (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Letter to Congress on FY2025 Appropriations for the Environmental Protection Agency and for the Department of the Interior (May 10, 2024) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Letter to Congress on Maternal Health (May 8, 2024) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Letter to Congress on the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act (RECA) (May 7, 2024) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Letter to Congress opposing the VA rule (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Letter to House on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 26) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Letter to House on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 619) (2021) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Letter to Secretary of State Clinton on Eviction of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah Section of Jerusalem (August 7, 2009) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Letter to Senator Daines and Representative Estes regarding “Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act” (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Letter to Senator Graham and Congressman Smith regarding “Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act” (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Letter to Senators in Opposition to Second Vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Letter to the Committee on Energy and Commerce on Abortion Funding (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Letter to the Senate and a Backgrounder on the Equal Rights Amendment (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Letter to the Senate in Suppport of the Great American Outdoors Act (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Letter to U.S. House of Representatives on FY 2018 Agriculture and Nutrition Act (April 18, 2018) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Letter to U.S. Senate on Mercury Reduction Act (May 15, 2003) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Living the Gospel fo Life SPN (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Lobbying Guide (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Married Love and the Gift of Life (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Message of the Holy Father for the 5th World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, 2025: Blessed are those who have not lost hope (cf. Sir 14:2) (27 July 2025) (Pope Leo XIV)
• Message of the Holy Father on the third anniversary of the monthly magazine “L'Osservatore di Strada” (5 July 2025) (Pope Leo XIV)
• Message of the Holy Father, signed by the Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, on the occasion of the AI for Good Summit 2025, Geneva (10 July 2025) (Pope Leo XIV)
• Message on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Middle East (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• MRS FY 22 Approps letter (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• No Taxpayer Abortion: Petition (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• One year after the earthquake (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Opusculum I (Pope Hormisdas I) (Pope Hormisdas I)
• Opusculum II (The Council of Carpentras) (The Council of Carpentras)
• Oratio ad Adelbertum Comitem (Pope Leo IX) (Pope Leo IX)
• Oratio in consecrationem Marcellinae (Pope Liberius) (Pope Liberius)
• Pastoral Message of the Administrative Committee (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Plan pastoral para actividades provida (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Praelocutio in concilio Ravennate (Pope John IX) (Pope John IX)
• Pregnant Workers Fairness Act FAQ (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Prima collectio decretalium (Pope Innocent III) (Pope Innocent III)
• Privilegia (Pope Leo III) (Pope Leo III)
• Privilegia (Pope Marinus I) (Pope Marinus I)
• Privilegia (Pope Martin I) (Pope Martin I)
• Privilegium (Pope Benedict IV) (Pope Benedict IV)
• Privilegium (Pope Paul V) (Pope Paul V)
• Privilegium (Pope Sergius I) (Pope Sergius I)
• Privilegium ecclesiae Matisconensis (Pope Urban II) (Pope Urban II)
• Pro-Life Constitutional Amendment (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Profession de foi (Pope Sylvester II) (Pope Sylvester II)
• Prologus (Pope Innocent III) (Pope Innocent III)
• Reactions of the Appeals Court Justices (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Recommended Aid Agencies (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Rescriptum (Pope Damasus I) (Pope Damasus I)
• Resources for Taking Action (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Respect Life Month Statement (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan v. Acevedo Feliciano (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• S. 469: Threat to Unborn Children, Women and Families (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Scripta (Pope Boniface IV) (Pope Boniface IV)
• Sermo de informatione episcoporum (Pope Sylvester II) (Pope Sylvester II)
• Sermones (Pope Urban II) (Pope Urban II)
• Statement of the Committee for Pro-Life Affairs (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Summit Document: Pursuing Peace and Strengthening Presence-The Atlanta Summit of Churches in the USA and the Holy Land (April 19-20, 2016) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Supplementum ad epistolas (Pope Sylvester II) (Pope Sylvester II)
• Supreme Court of the United States Syllabus: Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Talking Points on International Assistance (February 2013) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Testimony of Cardinal John Krol (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• The Big Picture About Haiti (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• The Church's Anti-Death Penalty Position (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• The Equal Rights Amendment (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• The Equality Act: Its Impact on Government Funding of Abortion (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• The Extreme Campaign against the Hyde Amendment (2024) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• The Future of Jerusalem: Some Clarifications (November 17, 1998) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• To Members of the Synod of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (2 July 2025) - Speech (Pope Leo XIV)
• To Participants in the General Chapters of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), the Maestre Pie Filippini, the Maestre Pie Venerini, the Daughters of the Church, the Salesian Oblates of the Sacred Heart, the Angeline Franciscan Sisters, the Institute of Oblates of Jesus and Mary, and the Daughters of Mary, Sisters of the Pious Schools (Scolopians) (12 July 2025) (Pope Leo XIV)
• To Teachers of Catholic Schools in Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland; and to the Young People of the Diocese of Copenhagen (5 July 2025) - Speech (Pope Leo XIV)
• To the Augustinian Sisters, Servants of Jesus and Mary (5 July 2025) - Speech (Pope Leo XIV)
• USCCB and CHA Joint letter in support of Senate Palliative Care legislation S1921 (19 July 2019) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• USCCB comments on procedures for asylum and withholding of removal credible fear and reasonable fear review (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• USCCB Letter of Support Cassidy ECCA Bill 2023 Final (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• USCCB Procedures for Resolving Conflict (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Videomessage of the Holy Father for the Charity Football Match "Partita del Cuore" 2025 (15 July 2025) (Pope Leo XIV)
• Whole Woman's Health v. Smith et al. (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Why We Need the HCCRA (Sept 2013) (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation Bulletin Insert (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)

Scholarly documents (+14)

• The Pope and the Holy Scriptures (Bonaventure)
• “Woe to Me If I Do Not Preach the Gospel” - Marc Ouellet (Communio)
• Christian Experience in Hans Urs von Balthasar - Christophe Potworowski (Communio)
• The Nuptial Mystery at the Heart of the Church - Angelo Scola (Communio)
• Vatican II and the Church’s “Openness to the World” - Margaret H. McCarthy (Communio)
• Why Socrates Didn’t Charge: Plato and the Metaphysics of Money - D. C. Schindler (Communio)
• "Grace of the Valar": The Lord of the Rings Movie - Stratford Caldecott (Communio)
• Creation as a Call to Holiness - Stratford Caldecott (Communio)
• Perfect Difference: Gender and the Analogy of Being - D. C. Schindler (Communio)
• Response to David Schindler’s Comments - W. Norris Clarke (Communio)
• The Anointed Imagination: The Character of Catholic Literature in the Twentieth Century - Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis (Communio)
• The Catechetical Role of the Liturgy and the Quality of Liturgical Texts: The Current ICEL Tradition - Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis (Communio)
• The Ethics of Conquest: The European Background of Spain's Mission in the New World - Glenn W. Olsen (Communio)
• Why We Need Paul Claudel - D. C. Schindler (Communio)