Undusted Texts

Below are English translations of two documents by Pope Bl. John XXIII declaring patronages of various groups of Spanish. I have not been able to find these documents on-line in English, so I translated them out of Spanish. I do not claim that these translations are perfect in any respect, but I hope they at least portray the basics of these documents. I hope these translations are helpful. Pope Bl. John XXIII Apostolic Letter Peculiare Studium 4/22/1960 Constituting St. John Bosco Patron of Young Spanish Apprentices Pope John XXIII, For perpetual memory Particular and careful zeal has to be had, as we all understand, with the youth that learn an art or trade, so that his life conforms with true human dignity and with the norms of religion and piety. And this is demand above all in our times, in which such perverse doctrines are propagated that augment corrupting seductions and there are so many dedicated to the exclusive triumph of the material, with many dangers for the souls of ...

This is the base page for my Church Documents project, a collection of links to English translations of Church documents on-line. I have grouped them by subject, and they are in chronological order within each section. The singular pages are more detailed divisions of each subject. At the bottom is the original Index of links. If you have any comments about the project (dead links, missing links, more links to add, anything else), feel free to leave a comment in the comment box, or send me an e-mail . My main sources can be found at the bottom of the Index . Canon Law (Codes; Related Documents) Church Councils (Councils: The First Seven Ecumenical Councils, The Other Ecumenical Councils, Local Councils; Documents on Councils: Vatican II) Deposit of Faith/Christian Thought (Catechisms; Christian Thought; Heresies/Heterodox; Other; Teachings of the Faith) Eastern Christianity (Common Declarations; General; Rites/Churches) Ecclesiology/Priesthood (Ecclesiology; Ecumenism...