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DICASTERY FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH

COMPLETE LIST OF DOCUMENTS

 

Note: The doctrinal documents of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith are presented in reverse chronological order. Each text is given with its title in Italian or English, followed by the official title (usually in Latin) in parentheses, and the date of publication.

The next line, in bold typeface, provides references to official collections and editions (for example, Acta Apostolicae Sedis) and the final line gives references to unofficial collections and editions in various languages.


 List of abbreviations

 

  • Statement About the Alleged Apparitions and Revelations Reported by Mrs. Gisella Cardia (born Maria Giuseppa Scarpulla) and by Mr. Gianni Cardia (27 June 2024)
    [Croatian, German, Italian, Polish]

  • Clarification about "Vulnerable Adults" (30 January 2024)
    [Italian]

  • Derogation from Articles 15 and 65 of the "Regolamento proprio" (22 October 1995) of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Now the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (11 September 2023)
    (The Derogation is published here due to its doctrinal relevance)
     [Italian]

  • Letter from Pope Francis to the new Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (1st July 2023)
    [Croatian, Spanish]

  • Regolamento of the special College established to examine recourses regarding Delicta Reservata (22 April 2023)
     [Italian]

  • Regulations of the Special Judging Board established for the examination of appeals to the Ordinary Session of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1st October 2018)
    [Italian]
  • Rescriptum ex audientia SS.mi (6 May 2005)
    [Italian]
  • Rescriptum ex audientia SS.mi (14 February 2003)
     W.H. WOESTMAN, Ecclesiastical Sanctions and the Penal Process. A Commentary on the Code of Canon Law, Ottawa ²2003, 315-316; Ius Ecclesiae 16 (2004) 321.
     [Italian]
  • Rescriptum ex audientia SS.mi (7 February 2003)
     W.H. WOESTMAN, Ecclesiastical Sanctions and the Penal Process. A Commentary on the Code of Canon Law, Ottawa ²2003, 315-316; Ius Ecclesiae 16 (2004) 321.
     [Italian]
  • Declaration on the "Clandestine Church" in the Czech Republic, February 11, 2000
    Boll Sala St 11/02/2000; RegnoDoc 5/2000, 166-167
    [Czech, Italian]
  • Observations on the final report of ARCIC
    (Animadversiones quas Sacra Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei, de mandato SS.mi super enuntiatis ultimis Commissionis vulgo ARCIC cognominatae, de Eucharistica doctrina, de sacris Ordinibus atque de subiecto auctoritatis in Ecclesia, exaravit et omnibus Conferentiis Episcoporum die 2 Aprilis transmisit), March 27, 1982
    AAS 74 (1982) 1062-1074; DOCUMENTA 47
    OR 6.5.1982, 2; Notitiae 18 (1982) 231-234; DocCath 79 (1982) 508-512.531; EV 8, 122-151; Regno-Doc 11/1982, 328-332; LE 4902; Dokumenty, II, 2
    [English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish]
  • Letter to H.E. Msgr. Alan C. Clark regarding the final report of ARCIC 
    (    Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission) (Epistula quam Praefectus Sacrae Congregationis pro Doctrina Fidei Em.mus P.D. Iosephus Cardinalis Ratzinger, ob editam relationem finalem a Commissione, cui vulgo nome “Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission” [ARCIC], compraesidi eiusdem Commissionis, R.P.D. Alano C. Clark, episcopo Angliae Orientalis, die 27 martii 1982 scripsit), March 27, 1982
    AAS 74 (1982) 1060-1074; DOCUMENTA 46
    OR 31.3.1982, 2; DocCath 79 (1982) 507-508; EV 8, 120-123; LE 4902; Dokumenty, II, 1
    [English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
  • Lettera al Segretario della S. Congregazione per i religiosi e gli istituti secolari circa il Dicastero competente per la concessione di indulti per poter celebrare la Messa con mosto di vino in casi speciali, September 22, 1981
    Commentarium pro religiosis 63 (1982) 167-168; EV S1, 760-762; LE 4863
    [Italian]
  • Risposta al Presidente della Conferenza episcopale degli Stati Uniti di America circa la disciplina dell’uso del vino da parte di sacerdoti alcolizzati, December 15, 1980
    CanLDigest vol. 9, 583-585; LE 4819
  • Declaration regarding the dialogues with Rev. Fr. Edward Schillebeeckx on certain aspects of his doctrinal Christology, December 13, 1979
    DocCath 77 (1980) 16; LE 4744
    [French]
  • Risposta al Presidente della Conferenza episcopale degli Stati Uniti di America riguardante la natura e le qualità della materia per il pane eucaristico, June 4, 1979
    CanLDigest vol. 9, 578-580; LE 4716
  • Lettera al Presidente della Conferenza episcopale degli Stati Uniti di America circa le condizioni e le norme dell’assoluzione sacramentale «comunitaria», January 14, 1977
    DocCath 74 (1977) 297;LE 4487; Origins 6 (1977) 595-596
  • Lettera al Nunzio apostolico in Brasilia riguardante alcune interpretazioni delle norme circa l’iscrizione alle sette massoniche, February 26, 1975
    LE 4360; Revista ecclesiastica Brasileira 35 (1975) 898
  • Notificazione ai Presidenti delle Conferenze episcopali riguardante l’appartenenza di cattolici ad associazioni massoniche, July 19, 1974
    DocCath 71 (1974) 856 [Gall.]; EV 5, 350-351; Notiziario CEI (1974) 191; LE 4309; Origins 3 October 1974
  • Notificazione riguardante la condizione scismatica dei fedeli della «Chiesa Cattolica Latina», già «Chiesa Antica Cattolica», October 4, 1973
    DocCath 71 (1974) 467; LE 4228
  • Formula da usarsi per il giuramento di fedeltà
    (Formula qua iusiurandum fidelitatis ab iis dandum erit qui episcopi dioecesani nominati sunt), 1972
    EV S1, 450-453; REspDCan 32 (1976) 379
    [Italian, Latin]
  • Risposta a un dubbio circa l’imposizione delle mani da parte di più vescovi nell’ordinazione sacerdotale, May 16, 1972
    Notitiae 16 (1980) 272; LE 4641
    [Latin]
  • Risposta al Vescovo di Dapaong riguardante l’amministrazione del battesimo ai figli di genitori non cattolici, July 13, 1970
    Notitiae 7 (1971) 69-70;DocCath 68 (1971) 158; LE 3884 
  • Notification regarding the "Abbé de Nantes", August 10, 1969
    DocCath 66 (1969) 794-796; LE 3776
    [French]
  • Risposta riguardante l’obbligo di premettere la confessione sacramentale prima della sacra comunione quando c’è la coscienza del peccato grave, July 11, 1968
    DocCath 66 (1969) 349; LE 3674 
    [Italian]