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 Full
text of Cardinal Stafford’s statment The Prospect of War Between Iraq
and the United States.
Posted February
11, 2003.
Cover note from Trinitarian Fr. Stan DeBoe to U.S. Ambassador
James Nicholson
Posted February 4,
2003.
Letter from U.S. Catholic leaders to U.S.
Ambassador
Posted February 4,
2003.
Transcript of interview with Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) by
Joe Feuerherd.
(Excerpts printed in the January 24 issue of
NCR.)
Posted January 22,
2003.
Voices of the Faithful -- the preamble and four motions adopted
December 11.
Posted December 12,
2002.
VATICAN
NORMS GOVERNING GRAVE OFFENSES, INCLUDING SEXUAL ABUSE OF
MINORS
Posted November 22,
2002.
Presentation by Sr. Joan Chittister at the “THE GLOBAL
PEACE INITIATIVE OF WOMEN RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL LEADERS” October 7,
2002.
Posted November 15,
2002.
Statement of the President of the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops, Most Rev. Wilton D. Gregory, Bishop of Belleville regarding
the Essential Norms for Diocesan/Eparchial Policies Dealing with Allegations
of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Clergy or Other Church Personnel. Dated
October 18, 2002.
Posted October 18,
2002.
Letter dated October 14, 2002 from Cardinal Re to Bishop
Gregory regarding the Essential Norms for Diocesan/Eparchial Policies
Dealing with Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Clergy or Other Church
Personnel
Posted October 18,
2002.
Letter dated October 15, 2002 from Bishop Gregory to Cardinal
Re regarding the Essential Norms for Diocesan/Eparchial Policies Dealing
with Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Clergy or Other Church
Personnel
Posted October 18,
2002.
Listing of the documents of Vatican
II.
Posted September 26,
2002.
A
listing of the 21 Ecumenical Church Councils.
Posted September 26, 2002.
Critique of the Dallas Charter
By Msgr.
Thomas Green of the Catholic University of America
Posted
September 19, 2002.
After September 11: Is a Conflict of Civilizations
Inevitable?
Presentation by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin to the
“Religion and Cultures: Between Conflict and Dialogue” summit in
Sant’Egidio, September 1-3, 2002.
Posted September
18, 2002.
Roundtable dedicated to “Prayer at the root of
peace”
Presentation by His Beatitude Cardinal Ignatius
Moussa I Daoud to the “Religion and Cultures: Between Conflict and
Dialogue” summit in Sant’Egidio, September 1-3, 2002.
Posted September 18, 2002.
The standards by which war with Iraq must be
judged
Article by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor in the
London Times, September 5, 2002
Posted September
18, 2002.
Interview with Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, Vatican
Undersecretary for Relations with States
From
L’Avvenire, September 10, 2002
Posted
September 18, 2002.
Complete text of Kathleen DiGiulio’s interview of Leslie
Lothstein
Posted August 26,
2002.
Complete text of Eugene Kennedy’s essay “Dallas: The
Latest Remake of Frankenstein”
Posted
August 26, 2002.
Letter from Cardinal Medina regarding translation of Missale
Romanum
Report from Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline
of the Sacraments: "Observations on the English-language Translation of the
Roman Missal"
Posted May 16,
2002.
1985 document: THE PROBLEM OF
SEXUAL MOLESTATION BY ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGY: MEETING THE PROBLEM IN A
COMPREHENSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE MANNER
The document in PDF format
is posted here in 4 parts. You will need
Adobe Acrobat
Reader to view this document.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Posted May 10,
2002
Catholic leaders respond to the U.S. Catholic bishops’
pastoral letter, “Living with Faith and Hope after September
11th”.
Posted December 20,
2001
Re-posted January 3, 2002.
Sr.
Adele Brambilla's report on diocesan institutes to the Council of
16
Posted November 30,
2001.
Full
text of the Manifesto of the Catholic Associations to the Leaders of the
G-8.
Posted July 25, 2001.
Full text of Sr. Joan Chittister’s Address at the
Women’s Ordination Worldwide conference 2001 in Dublin, June 30,
2001.
Posted July 18, 2001.
Link to Liturgiam Authenticam on Vatican website. This
replaces Comme le prévoit.
You should be able to
choose from various translations.
Posted May 18,
2001.
Comme le
prévoit, instruction on liturgical
translation
Dated January 25,
1969.
Full text of Sr. Joan Chittister’s Closing Address at the
NCEA, April 20, 2001.
Posted April 26,
2001.
Full text of document quoted in April 13 issue of
NCR.
Posted April 9, 2001.
Documents quoted in March 16 issue of NCR.
Nuns targeted in
Africa and elsewhere.
Posted March 9,
2001.
Paul Collins’s explanation of his resignation from the
priesthood.
Letter of response from
Cardinal Ratzinger to Fr. Michael Curran.
Link to July 16, 1999 article mentioned in Cardinal
Ratzinger’s letter to Fr. Curran.
Posted March 9,
2001.
Documentation pertaining to the case of Fr. Jacques Dupuis,
S.J.
Posted
March 5, 2001.
Complete text of interview with Cardinal Oscar Andrés
Rodríguez Maradiaga.
Posted March 2,
2001.
Link to the Family and Marriage and ‘De facto’ Unions
document at the Vatican website.
Posted January 8,
2001.
Response
from Gerald Renner to an open letter that appears on the Web site operated by
the Legion of Christ.
Posted December 11, 2000.
Memorandum from J. Augustine Di Noia, OP regarding: Draft of a
Report on the Enneagram
Posted October 19,
2000.
A BRIEF
REPORT ON THE ORIGINS OF THE ENNEAGRAM
Draft from the U.S.
bishops' Secretariat for Doctrine and Pastoral Practices
Posted October 19, 2000.
[corrected
10/23/2001]
Full text of Dominus Iesus. From the Vatican
website.
Posted September 12,
2000.
Full text of “Note on the Expression ‘Sister
Churches.’”
Posted September 5,
2000.
STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY ON RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE AND SEXUAL
DIVERSITY
From the organizers and speakers of the
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission’s conference (3
July, 2000): “Separation of Faith and Hate: Sexual Diversity, Religious
Intolerance and Strategies for Change,” at Rome World Pride
2000
Posted July 6, 2000.
The
full text of 1994 We Believe statement
Posted May 4, 2000.
The full text of Archbishop Francesco Pio Tamburrino to Bishop
Maurice Taylor of Galloway.
Posted April
4, 2000.
The
full text of John Paul’s remarks at the Yad Vashem Holocaust
Memorial.
Posted March 28,
2000.
The
full text of John Paul’s remarks at the Dehaisheh refugee
camp.
Posted March 28,
2000.
Archbishop Weakland’s letter to priests -- dated January
7, 2000
Posted March 6,
2000.
Final
Draft -- A RENEWED CHURCH IN ASIA: A MISSION OF LOVE AND
SERVICE
(Final Statement of the 7th FABC Plenary
Assembly,
Samphran, Thailand, January 3--13, 2000)
Posted January 27, 2000. [corrected April 11, 2000].
Comme le
prévoit, instruction on liturgical
translation
Dated January 25,
1969.
Letter from
the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
regarding: The International Commission of English in the
Liturgy
Dated October 26,
1999.
Discourse of the Holy Father to Prelates of the Episcopal
Conference of the Federal Republic of Germany during their “Ad Limina
Apostolorum” Visit (Third Group)
Dated November 20, 1999.
Cover letter from Cardinal Vlk and Metropolitan
Jérémie Caligiorgis regarding CHARTA ECUMENICA FOR
EUROPE
CHARTA
ECUMENICA FOR EUROPE
European Synod Coverage
2nd special assembly for Europe, 1999: Instrumentum
Laboris
This is the working document for the Second
European Synod.
Congress
of the International Federation of Married Catholic Priests held July 28-Aug.
1, 1999 at Emory University in Atlanta. Full text versions of the major
addresses at the conference may be accessed by clicking
here.
Posted November 14, 2000. These
articles were mentioned in the August 13, 1999 issue of NCR.
Gramick
and Nugent documents from July 30, 1999 issue of NCR
Ecclesia in America
Pope John Paul
II’s apostolic exhortation signed Jan. 23rd during the pope’s visit
to Mexico.
Vatican document to commemorate the Year of Older Persons, "The
Dignity of Older People and Their Mission in the Church and in the
World"
Statement of Most Reverend Edwin F. O'Brien Archbishop for the
Military Services, USA
December 30,
1998
Link to the Ex Corde document at the Vatican
website.
Posted November 13, 1998. Corrected January 11, 2001.
Everyday
Christianity: To Hunger and Thirst for Justice
A
Pastoral Reflection on Lay Discipleship for Justice in a New Millennium
The Nov. 19 U.S. bishops' document includes NCR
commentary.
Economic Justice for All
The U.S.
bishops' pastoral letter is posted in full on American University's listserver.
This link takes you directly to it. To explore other resources on AU's server,
click here.
Fides et Ratio
Pope John Paul II's
most recent encyclical.
Ad Tuendam
Fidem
Pope John Paul II's apostolic letter. (The July
17 NCR includes analysis and commentary.)
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger comments
on Tuendam
The prefect of the Congregation of the
Doctrine of the Faith elaborates on the apostolic letter.
The Universal Declaration of
Human Rights
The preamble to the 1948 U.N.
declaration.
Synod for Asia: reports of the
working groups
Discussion groups reveal differences in
approach between Asian bishops and Roman curia (excerpts, compiled by Publisher
Tom Fox, who reported on the synod from Rome until May 1).
Synod for Asia: Asian bishops speak
Each
participating bishop was allowed an address to the assembled synod. Here are
summaries of some addresses, compiled by Publisher Tom Fox (see above).
Briggs & Stratton: the
judge's opinion
The last remaining parts of a defamation
suit filed against NCR by Briggs & Stratton three years ago was
recently dismissed. Read the judges opinion here.
“Towards a Better Distribution
of Land”
The complete document referred to in the April
3, 1998, NCR (Ill fares the
land).
Posted April 2, 1998
Vatican's March 12 document on the
Holocaust
This is a link to the Vatican's Web site and
the document "We Remember: Reflections on the Shoah." The page will appear in a
new window while this page remains open; to exit the document and return here,
simply close the new window.
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problems for your browser, let us
know, and we will try different ways of linking you to other
sites.
Japanese bishops respond to
Vatican guidelines for Asian synod
Also, links to the
complete lineamenta, instrumentum laboris and Japanese
bishops’ conference.
“New Wine Into Fresh Wine Skins”
A letter from Bishop Donald Trautman to Cardinal Roger Mahony.
“Gather Faithfully Together.”
Bishop Trautman's letter was a response to this pastoral letter from
Cardinal Mahony. (Note: Going to this document, you will leave NCR Online. To
get back here, use your browser's "Back" button.)
"ALWAYS OUR
CHILDREN: A Pastoral Message to Parents of Homosexual Children
and Suggestions for Pastoral Ministers."
The NCCB statement.
“Tradition and the Ordination of
Women”
Submitted for consideration at the CTSA
convention in Minneapolis, June 5, 1997.
Resolution
regarding the Task Force document on "Tradition and the Ordination of
Women."
The Board of the Catholic Theological Society of America
endorses the conclusion of the paper.
Thoughts on the Decree on Lay
Ministers
Statement from retired Innsbruck, Austria,
Bishop Reinhold Stecher.
U.S. cardinals' letter on
Iraq
A letter to President Bill Clinton dated February
12
Archbishop Theodore McCarrick's letter on
Iraq
A letter addressed to Secretary of State Madeleine
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