Includes bibliographical references (pages 540-542) and indexes.

Provides an overview of the four original Eastern Catholic traditions.

This volume also includes Basic Standards for Readiness for the formation of permanent deacons in the United States, from the bishops' Committee on the Diaconate, and the committee document Visit of Consultation Teams to Diocesan Permanent ...

"Given in Rome, at St. Peter's, on 14 September ... 1998"--Page 154. Includes bibliographical references

Because of the book's format, parents, pastors, teachers, principals, and catechists have a unique opportunity to dialogue with the faithful, and reinvigorate the Church's ongoing mission of evangelization and catechesis. USCC

Revised and updated version of the General catechetical directory, 1971. Includes bibliographical references (p. 2-5) and index.

Pope Benedict's third encyclical, Love in Truth ("Caritas in Veritate"), applies the themes of his first two encyclicals -love and hope (God is Love, Saved in Hope) - to the world's major social issues.

Humanae Vitae is Pope Paul VI's explanation of why the Catholic Church rejects contraception. The pope referred to two aspects, or meanings, of human sexuality-the unitive and the procreative.