Church Documents: Appendix A: Pontifical Councils and Commissions

This is a collection of links to English translations of Church documents written by various Pontifical Councils and Commissions (including the International Theological Commission) found on-line. (Since these groups are not part of the Magisterium like the Pope and the Curia are, these documents are included in an appendix.) It is part of my Church Documents project.

International Theological Commission

3/7/2000: Memory and Reconciliation: The Church and the Faults of the Past by the International Theological Commission

7/23/2004: Communion and Stewardship: Human Persons Created in the Image of God by the International Theological Commission 

4/19/2007: The  Hope of Salvation for Infants Who Die Without Being Baptised by the International Theological Commission

5/20/2009: The Search for Universal Ethics: A New Look at Natural Law by the International Theological Commission

11/29/2011: Theology Today: Perspectives, Principles and Criteria by the International Theological Commission

Other Councils and Commissions

12/1/1974: Guidelines and Suggestions for Implementing Conciliar Declaration Nostra Aetate by the Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews

12/3/1981: Priests Within Associations of the Faithful by the Pontifical Council for the Laity

6/24/1985: Notes on the Correct Way to Present Jews and Judaism in Preaching and Catechesis in the Roman Catholic Church by the Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews

5/7/1986: The Phenomenon of Sects or New Religious Movements: A Pastoral Challenge by the Secretariat for Christian Unity, the Secretariat for Non-Christians, the Secretariat for Nonbelievers, and the Pontifical Council for Culture

5/19/1991: Dialogue and Proclamation by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue

3/25/1993: Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism by the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity

1/1/1995: The Charter for Health Care Workers by the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers

10/4/1996: World Hunger--A Challenge for All: Development in Solidarity by the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum"

3/16/1998: We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah by the Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews

10/1/1998: The Dignity of Older People and Their Mission in the Church and in the World by the Pontifical Council for the Laity

5/8/1999: The Shrine: Memory, Presence, and Prophecy of the Living God by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples

5/23/1999: Toward a Pastoral Approach to Culture by the Pontifical Council for Culture

6/24/2000: Declaration on Divorced and Remarried Persons by the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

6/29/2001: Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of Tourism by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples

7/20/2001: Guidelines for Admission to the Eucharist Between the Chaldean Church and the Assyrian Church of the East by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

8/15/2001: The Pastoral Function of Ecclesiastical Museums by the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church
Circular Letter

2/3/2003: Jesus Christ: The Bearer of the Water of Life by the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
A Christian Reflection on the "New Age"

5/3/2004: Erga Migrantes Caritas Christi by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples
Instruction: The Love of Christ Towards Migrants

1/25/2005: Dignitas Connubii by the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
Instruction: On Handling Causes of the Nullity of Marriage

Pontifical Biblical Commission

1906-1948: Replies of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

4/21/1964: De Historica Evangeliorum Veritate by the Pontifical Biblical Commission
Instruction: On the Historical Truth of the Gospels 

1/6/1984: Instruction on Scripture and Christology by the Pontifical Biblical Commission

3/18/1994: The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church by the Pontifical Biblical Commission

5/24/2001: The Jewish People and Their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible by the Pontifical Biblical Commission

Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei

1/1/1991: Guidelines for the Celebration of the "Tridentine" Mass by the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei

9/5/1995: Clarification on the Celebration of the "Tridentine" Mass by the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei

1/31/1997: Clarification on the Celebration of the "Tridentine" Mass by the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei

5/13/2011: Universae Ecclesiae by the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei
Instruction: On the Application of the Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum

Pontifical Council for the Family

10/22/1983: Charter of the Rights of the Family by the Pontifical Council for the Family

5/13/1994: Ethical and Pastoral Dimensions of Population Trends by the Pontifical Council for the Family

2/12/1997: Vademecum for Confessors Concerning Some Aspects of the Morality of Conjugal Life by the Pontifical Council for the Family
 
12/8/1995: The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality by the Pontifical Council for the Family
Guidelines for Education Within the Family

5/13/1996: Preparation for the Sacrament of Marriage by the Pontifical Council for the Family

6/12/2000: Declaration on Embyronic Reduction by the Pontifical Council for the Family

10/13/2000: Children: Springtime of the Family and Society by the Pontifical Council for the Family
Conclusions of the Theological-Pastoral Congress

11/15/2000: The Family and Human Rights by the Pontifical Council for the Family

11/21/2000: Family, Marriage, and "De Facto" Unions by the Pontifical Council for the Family

12/20/2001: Twenty Years Since Familiaris Consortio: The Anthropological and Pastoral Dimension by the Pontifical Council for the Family
Conclusions of the Theological-Pastoral Congress on the Theme

5/13/2006: The Family and Human Procreation by the Pontifical Council for the Family

Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (Iustitia et Pax)

12/27/1986: At the Service of the Human Community by the Pontifical Commission Iustitia et Pax (Justice and Peace)
An Ethical Approach to the International Debt Question

11/3/1988: The Church and Racism: Toward a More Fraternal Society by the Pontifical Commission Justice and Peace

11/23/1997: Towards a Better Distribution of Land: The Challenge of Agrarian Reform by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
 
5/26/2006: Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

10/24/2011: Towards Reforming the International Financial and Monetary Systems in the Context of Global Public Authority by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
Note: On the Global Economy 

3/30/2012: Vocation of the Business Leader: A Reflection by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace 

Pontifical Council for Social Communications

5/23/1971: Communio et Progressio by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
Pastoral Instruction: On the Means of Social Communication

5/7/1989: Pornography and Violence in the Media by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications

10/4/1989: Criteria for Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Cooperation in Communications by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications

2/2/1992: Aetatis Novae by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
Pastoral Instruction: On Social Communications on the Twentieth Anniversary of Communio et Progressio

2/22/1997: Ethics in Advertising by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications

6/4/2000: Ethics in Communications by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications

2/22/2002: The Church and Internet by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications

2/22/2002: Ethics in Internet by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications