In the Heart of the Church

Teachings of the Successors of the Apostles
Archbishop Angelo Amato
       - Dominus Iesus and the Other Religions
Bishop Samuel J. Aquila
     - The Good Shepherd: Living Christ's Own Pastoral Authority
     - Letter to the President of Notre Dame
     - Pastoral Letter on Deepening Our Understanding of the Truths of the
        Catholic Faith
     - In Defense of Christian Responsibility
Card. Francis Arinze
      - The Eucharistic Mystery Calls for Our Response
      - Witnesses to the Eucharistic Christ: A Mystery to be Lived
      - Making Sunday Truly What It Is: the Lord's Day
Bishop Joseph Bambera
      - US Bishops' Pastoral Letter: Economic Justice for all after 25 Years
Cardinal Bertone
      - Declaration On Human Rights: "Exalts the Liberty and
          Membership of the Human Family"
      - Love Your Children and Make Them Feel That They Are Loved
      - On Caritas in Veritate - "It Is Also Possible to Do Business by
          Pursuing Aims That Serve Society"
      - Farewell Address to H.H. Benedict XVI
Archbishop Markus Buchen
      - The New Evangelization Means Nothing More than Opening Hearts and Ears to the
        Word of God
Cardinal Raymond Burke
      - Homilies
      - The Revelation of Divine Mercy
      - Enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
      - Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Guadalupe
      - Catholic Schools and Consecrated Life
 - Canon Law at the Service of Justice and Freedom in the
  Church as the People of God
Fr. Blaine Burkey, O.F.M.Cap.
      - John XXIII: Pope of St. Joseph
Archbishop Robert Carlson
      - Pastoral Letter on Handing on the Faith to the Young Church
Archbishop Charles Chaput, Archbishop of Philadelphia
       - Homilies of Archbishop Charles Chaput
     - Glorify God by Your Life: Evangelization and the Renewal of the Liturgy
     - Seeing Clearly
       - Being a Christian Means Your Life Has a Mission
       - Called to Live in the Holy Spirit
       - The Holy Spirit, The Soul of the Church
       - The Holy Spirit, the Principal Agent of Mission
       - On the Separation of Church and State
       - The Priestly Vocation: Co-Authoring the Future with
        God
       - On Character and Circumstance 
       - The Task of Catholic Medical Professionals
       - Health-care Reform and the Future of the Catholic
        Health- care Vocation
      - Living within the Truth: Religious Liberty and Catholic
        Mission in the New Order of the World
      - Repentance and Renewal in the Mission of Catechesis
      - Christmas: A Revolution Sparked by God's Love and Intervention
      - Thoughts on a New Knighthood
      - Homily for Installation Mass as Archbishop of Philadelphia
      -Real Freedom Isn't Something Caesar Can Give or Take Away
      -Interview with Archbishop Chaput: Review of First Year of Ministry in Philadelphia
      -We're Better Citizens When We're More Faithful Catholics
Cardinal Georges Cottier
      - Interview on Evangelization
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan
      - Foul Ball!
      - We Gather as Missionaries, as Evangelizers
      - We Catholics Are Hopeless Romantics when it Comes to
        Married Love
      - Prayer at Democratic National Convention
Bishop Robert Finn
      - Blessed Are the Pure in Heart
Cardinal John Foley
      - "I Cannot Think of a More Exciting Time in Which to Have
     Lived"
      - "Good Night Sweet Prince" - Tribute by Fr. Thomas Rosica CSB,
      at the passing of Cardinal Foley
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, SJ
      - Motherhood of the Entire Church
Bishop Giampaolo Crepaldi
      - Public Reason and the Truth of Christianity in the
          Teachings of Benedict XVI
Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes
      - Allow the Eucharist to Enter Life and Change It
      - The Heart of Social Doctrine Remains the Human Person
Bishop John M. D'Arcy
      - Norms for Tabernacle Placement
Ivan Cardinal Diaz
      - Eucharist Makes the 'Impossible' a Reality
Cardinal Edward Egan
      - They Are Human Beings With an Inalienable Right to
         Live
Archbishop John C. Favalora
      - You do Not Belong to the World.  I Have Chosen You
          Out of the World - Homily for Priesthood Ordination
      - Pastoral Letter: The Rosary, A Prayer for the Family
      - Statement Regarding Fr. Alberto Cutié's Separation
         from the Roman Catholic Church
      - Priestly Mission: To Make Jesus Present
Bishop Anthony Fisher
      - Homily on Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati
Archbishop Agostino Gardin
      - Consecrated Life Going Strong
Francis Cardinal George, OMI
      - Letter of Congratulations to Barack Obama:
           "Defend the Weak; Heal Divisions"
      - Letter to President-elect Barack Obama: "We Will Consistently
            Defend the Fundamental Right to Life"
      - The Cost is too High, the Loss is too Great for Health Care Bill not to be
         Revised
Claudio Cardinal Hummes
      - Eucharist and Priesthood, Faith and Life, Celebration
           and Mission, Worship and Love
      - Letter to the Priests For the Year of the Priesthood
      - "We Must Love the Poor In a Preferential Way" - to Permanent
        Deacons
      - “The Missionary Identity of the Priest in the Church as an
         Intrinsic Dimension of the Exercise of the Tria Munera”
Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett
      - Starting Afresch from Christ
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, C.S.C.
      - Hail, Full of Grace
      - Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me: A Reflection on Vocations
      - Prayers for the Dead - Pastoral Letter
Bishop John Keating
      - Pastoral Letter on Morality and Conscience
Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz
      - No Source of Hope Other Than Divine Mercy
Bishop Jean Laffitte
      -The Church Becomes the Basis of Our Hope
Cardinal Alfonso López-Trujillo
      - The Defense of Life: The Great Cause of the Third Millennium
      - Marriage, Family, Eucharist, Life
      - The Eucharist Makes Us Holy
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin
      - The Church is...Lived by Men and Women who Allow that Word of God
        to Transform Them
Cardinal Renato Martino
      - On Migration and Ecumenism: "The Church Must Feel
         Concerned Regarding Immigrants"
Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.
      - Receiving Eucharist, Becoming Eucharist
Archbishop Roland Minnerath
      - A Renewed Understanding of Confirmation
Archbishop John Joseph Myers
      - "And the Word Became Flesh" - A Theological Reflection on the Human
          Body
      - Executive Summary of When Two Become One: A Pastoral Teaching on the
        Definition, Purpose and Sanctity of Marriage
Archbishop Neinstedt
      - Advent Homily
Archbishop Niederauer
    - Free Will, Conscience, and Moral Choice: What Catholics Believe
Bishop R. Walker Nickless
      - Pastoral Letter Ecclesia Semper Reformanda
Archbishop Edwin O'Brien
      - Remarks at the Global Zero Summit: On the Elimination of Nuclear
        Weapons
Cardinal John O'Connor
      - Trust in God Fulfills the Promise of Happy Marriage
Bishop Thomas Olmsted
      - What Should Science Trump?
      - Year for Priests: St. John Vianney Part 1
        - The Beauty of Christ's Love
Cardinal Sean O'Malley
      - Pastoral Letter on Evangelization
      -"Jesus Taught Us That We Must Care for Each Other"
Archbishop Jose Palma
      - Truth Must be the Basis of the Law
Cardinal Mauro Piacenza
      - Shrines: Tools of Evangelization
      - 21st Century Priests: Little and Great, Noble in Spirit
       as a King, Simple and Natural as a Peasant
      - Letter to Priests on Holiness and the New Evangelization
Cardinal Justin Rigali    
      - Eucharist in the Midst of the Church Is Great Sign of Her Vitality
      - Statement for Respect Life Sunday: Respect for Human Life,
          Opposition to 'Freedom of Choice' Act
      - On the Year for Priests
Bishop Agustín Román
      - The Paternal Dimension of the Priesthood
      - The Confessional: A Space for Embracing Christ
Cardinal Antonio Rouco
      - We are on the Threshold of a New Pentecost - Letter 100 Days
      before World Youth Day
Archbishop Alexander Sample
      - We Must Contemplate His Risen Face before We can Announce Him to Others
Angelo Cardinal Schola
      - Renewal Depends on Faith and Eucharistic Worship
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
      - All Mothers are Alike - Save One
      - The Divine Romance: The Pulpit of the Cross
Bishop William Skylstad
      - The Great Mobility of Peoples Is Interweaving Us
          in One Cloth of Faith
Archbishop Peter Smith
      - The Essence of Marriage Involves the Complementarity of the Two Genders,
      Male and Female
Cardinal Angelo Sodano
     - The College of Cardinals Is ... Always United to the Successor of Peter
     - May the Lord Grant Us Another Good Shepherd - Homily for the Pro Eligendo
       Romano Pontifice Mass
Cardinal James Stafford
      - Morning Watchmen - Reflection on Novo Millennio Ineunte
Bishop John Steinbock
      - The Affliction of Cancer: An Essay on a Christian Perspective
Bishop Louis Tagle
      - The Eucharist, the Life of Christ  in Our Lives: Spiritual
          Worship and Authentic Adoration
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran
      - The Church and Interreligious Dialogue "It Is a Journey
          in Search of the Truth"
Archbishop Silvano Tomasi
      - Holy See on Racism: "Without a Change of Heart, Laws Are Not
         Effective"
Cardinal Josef Tomko     
      - The Gift of Eucharist Needs Celebration, Adoration
Cardinal Telesphore Toppo
      - The Eucharist and Mission
Archbishop Thomas Wenski
      -Curriculum Vitae and other statements
      - Homily from Installation Mass
      -"Faith in God Who is Love Makes us Witnesses to Hope"
      -"Look, There Goes the Church!"
      -"There is No Vacation from Sunday Mass"
      -"Let Us Not Succumb to 'Total War Mentality'"
      -"Against burning copies of the Quran"
      -"Thy Will be Done"
      - Homily at Deacon Ordination
      - Homily on Gaudete Sunday
      - Homily on the Fourth Sunday of Advent
      - "God has Entered into the World"
      -Homily on the Feast of the Holy Family
      - Homily on Epiphany Sunday
      - Homily at Funeral of Two Police Officers
      - New Age is Old Gnosticism
      - World Day of Consecrated Life
      - Lent: Saying 'No' to Me, 'Yes' to God
      - Homily for Holy Thursday
      - Homily for the Mass of Thanksgiving for the Beatification of JPII
      - On Immigration, an Abdication of Responsibility
      - Citizens Should Support Religious Freedom Act
      - No Vacation from Sunday Mass
      - No Justification for the Death Penalty
      - Work: Not Just About 'Getting More'
      - If We Don't Give Them God, We Give Them too Little
      - The Rosary: Neither 'Old Fashioned' Nor 'Too Hard'
      - October is Respect Life Month
      - The Dual Citizenship of the Christian
      - Advent Nears: Wake Up! Repent!
      - Protect Rights of Conscience, Mr. President
      - Before You Talk the Talk, You Have to Walk the Walk
      - He Served the Last, the Least, and the Lost
      - We Have to Do More for thos Fleeing 'Modern Day Herods'"
      - We are One Family - Brothers and Sisters of One Father
      - Christianity: 'A Chain of Witnesses'
      - Another Sad Anniversary: Homily at Mass of Penance for Life
        Abuses
      - Letter to Parishes Regarding the HHS Mandate
      - Like Mary, Christ's Followers Will Live Under the Sign of the
         Cross
      - I Thank You For Who You Are - Homily at Mass for Religious
      - 'Cheap Grace' Will Not Save Us
      - Sr. Maureen: A Generous Soul
      - Say 'Yes' to God, say 'Yes' to Life
      - Cuba Needs a Transition...Worthy of Cubans, Worthy of Man
      - We are Called to Inculturate the Gospel in Each Culture
      - The Government Can't Impose Practices on the Catholic Church
      - Do Not Let Your Hearts be Troubled: Words Directed Towards
      our Contemporary World
      - Homilies during Ad Limina Visit to Rome
      - Imitation of Mary
      - Prophet, Witness, Servant of Hope
      - The Church is For ' the World' Not Against It
      - Mary, Our Hope
      - What Every Catholic Should Know
      - Do We Need a Year of Faith? You Betcha'!
      - A Memorable Visit - in Honor of the 25th Anniversary of the Visit of Bl. John Paul II
      - We Pray that these Men 'Learn Christ'
      - Spirituality in Contemporary Catholic Church
      - Jesus: The World's True Ruler
      - The Year of Faith: A Call to Rediscover the Joy of Believing
      - Thanks to You, 'Seeds of Priesthood' are Nurtured Here
      - Our Only Job: Evangelize
      - Christian Life is about More than Being 'Nice'
      - Religious Women over the Centuries have Rightly Been Called Brides of Christ
      - An Instrument in the Lord's Hands
- The Church is Not the Enemy of Women - Homily at Mass for Nascent Life
    -"If You Call a Tail a Leg... Calling Same Sex Unions Marriage Won't Make Them So
- A Priest is Not to Build Walls but Bridges
- He is the Spirit of Love between the Father and the Son
Cardinal John Wright
      - Priesthood and the Eucharist
Archbishop Donald Wuerl
      - Disciples of the Lord: Sharing the Vision
        Pastoral Letter on the New Evangelization
Bishops of the Church in the Americas
      - Family, Become What You Are!

Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops - Oct. 10-24, 2010

Reflections on the Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Benedict XVI:  
         Sacramentum Caritatis

Guidelines for Evaluating Reiki as an Alternative Therapy -
USCCB Committee on Doctrine

Africa and Condoms: A Case of Morality in Reality -
Episcopal Conference of Nigeria

"We Stand Unified in Our Strong Opposition"
Statement of New York Bishops on Same-Sex "Marriage"

Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus           
Providing for Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans Entering into Full
Communion with the Catholic Church

Vatican Proposals for Caring for Those on the Street

"Praise the Lord for Your Efforts...for Unity within the Church" - Congregation of Evangelization Letter to China

Statement on Immigration - January 1, 2011
Florida Bishops' Conference

Letter of Hispanic/Latino Bishops to Immigrants

Statement on 38th Anniversary of Roe vs. Wade - January 22, 2011
Florida Bishops' Conference

The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our Response - A Pastoral Letter on War and Peace by the USCCB

The Human Cost and Moral Challenges of a Broken Economy - USCCB 2011 Labor Day Statement

Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan
Pastoral Letter of the USCCB

Placing Work and Workers at the Center of Economic Life - USCCB 2012 Labor Day Statement

International Congress on 'Ecclesia in America' - December 9-12, 2012

OTHER
All About the Year for Priests
Archdiocese of Miami: Meet the Newly Ordained Priests
USCCB Website for Catholic Teaching on Economic Life
Year for Priests - Official USCCB Website
Catholic Relief Services Call for Greater Commitment to Help Poor Around the World in Climate Change Legislation - USCCB
Inside the Curia - A series of Catholic News Service
      interviews with heads of Vatican offices