Major Documents

Major encyclical, conciliar, and key teaching documents

Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of Labor) - Pope Leo XIII, 1891

Quadragesimo Anno (After Forty Years) - Pope Pius XI, 1931

Mater et Magistra (Mother and Teacher) - Pope John XXIII, 1961

Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth) - Pope John XXIII, 1963

Gaudium et Spes (The Church in the Modern World) Vatican Council II, 1965

Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples) - Pope Paul VI, 1967

Octogesima Adveniens (A Call to Action) - Pope Paul VI, 1971

Justicia in Mundo (Justice in the World) - Synod of Bishops, 1971

Documents of Pope John Paul II

Documents of Pope Benedict XVI

Documents of Pope Francis

Major Documents by U.S. Bishops



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