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USCCB

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

USCCB Website

Episcopal documents (those written by bishops) bear great authority within their own diocese and are to be considered definitive therein.


Built of Living Stones; Art and Architecture in the Diocese of the United States - USCCB 

Built of Living Stones PDF

Helpful Catholic Links (Click on any of the links to be taken to an outside webpage for more information about various Catholic ministries, organizations, and medias that can assist on your journey of knowledge, spiritual growth, and engagement with the Catholic Church.)

Papal Documents - Encyclicals, Apostolic Exhortations, Decrees & Bulls


Papal documents vary in their authority depending on the type of document and audience addressed.


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Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation To Young People - Christus Vivit - Pope Francis
Apostolic Exhortation Rejoice and Be Glad - Gaudete et Exultate - Pope Francis
Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation On Love and the Family - Amoris Laetitia - Pope Francis

Encyclical Letter On Care for Our Common Home - Laudato Si - Pope Francis
 Bull of Indiction of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy - Misericordiae Vultus - Pope Franci
sApostolic Exhortation The Joy of the Gospel - Evangelii Gaudium - Pope Franci
sEncyclical Letter The Light of Faith - Lumen Fidei - Pope Franci
sEncyclical Letter Charity in Truth - Caritas in Veritate - Benedict XV
IEncyclical Letter In Hope We are Saved - Spe Salvi - Benedict XV
IEncyclical Letter God is Love - Deus Caritas Est - Benedict XV
IEncyclical Letter The Church Draws Her Life from the Eucharist - Ecclesia De Eucharistia - John Paul I
IEncyclical Letter Faith and Reason - Fides et Ratio - John Paul I
IEncyclical Letter That All May Be One - Ut Unum Sint - John Paul I
IEncyclical Letter The Splendor of Truth - Veritatis Splendor - John Paul I
IEncyclical Letter Mission of the Redeemer - Redemptoris Missio - John Paul I
IEncyclical Letter Mother of the Redeemer - Redemptoris Mater - John Paul I
IEncyclical Letter On the Holy Spirit in the Life of the Church - Dominum et Vivificantem - John Paul I
IEncyclical Letter Rich in Mercy - Dives in Misericordia - John Paul I
IEncyclical Letter The Redeemer of Man - Redemptor Hominis - John Paul I
IEncyclical Letter On the Holy Eucharist - Mysterium Fidei - Paul V
IEncyclical Letter On the Need for Practice of Interior and Exterior Penance - Paenitentiam Agere - John XXIII

Catholic Social Teaching


Developing our conscience through the lens of understanding human dignity, solidarity, and subsidiarity, Catholics around the world are called to incorporate and live out the moral social teachings of the Catholic Church (CST) to bring around a more just society by developing communities that advocate for all people throughout their life by recognizing the inherent dignity of all humans from conception through natural death, ensuring people have adequate spiritual, financial, emotional, and environmental means to care for themselves, limiting the destruction of our shared home, encouraging the family to live out their vocation in society through the raising and education of their children with the insurance of being financially able to do so, and reducing the negative effect of consumer culture on society. CST calls for everyone to understand that we are connected to one another, and our actions have profound effects on others, even if they are invisible to us. 

 "The Church's Magisterium exercises the authority it holds from Christ to the fullest extent when it defines dogmas, that is, when it proposes... truths contained in divine Revelation or also when it proposes, in a definitive way, truths having a necessary connection with these. There is an organic connection between our spiritual life and the dogmas. Dogmas are lights along the path of faith; they illuminate it and make it secure. Conversely, if our life is upright, our intellect and heart will be open to welcome the light shed by the dogmas of faith. The mutual connections between dogmas, and their coherence, can be found in the whole of the Revelation of the mystery of Christ. 'In Catholic doctrine there exists an order or 'hierarchy' of truths, since they vary in their relation to the foundation of the Christian faith.'" - Catechism of the Catholic Church nos. 88-90