Perhaps the Lord has called me and preserved me for this service not because I am particularly fit for it, or so that I can govern and rescue the Chu….

We would also like you to know that the Church recognizes the riches of the Islamic faith - a faith that binds us to the one God..

We must see to it that enthusiasm for the future does not give rise to contempt for the past..

Liturgy is like a strong tree whose beauty is derived from the continuous renewal of its leaves, but whose strength comes from the old trunk, with so….

The international trading system was devised by the rich to suit their needs; it ignores those of the poor..

Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both scien….

Christ did not found an abstract religion, a mere school of religious thought. He setup a community of apostles, of teachers, with the task of spread….

Lord, to whom should we go? Thy words are the words of eternal life..

The important role of union organizations must be admitted: their object is the representation of the various categories of workers, their lawful col….

You also realize, Venerable Brothers, that the Eucharist is reserved in churches or oratories to serve as the spiritual center of a religious communi….

Is he prepared to support, at his own expense, projects and undertakings designed to help the needy? Is he prepared to pay higher taxes so that publi….

There are those who ask what authority, what theological qualification, the Council intended to give to its teachings, knowing that it avoided issuin….

The unique and indivisible existence of the Lord glorious in heaven, is not multiplied, but is rendered present by the sacrament in the many places o….

The Catholic Church holds that it is not admissible to ordain women to the priesthood, for very fundamental reasons. These reasons include: the examp….

Individual initiative alone and the mere free play of competition could never assure successful development. One must avoid the risk of increasing st….