Source Documents
Mary, Mother of the Church
Editor’s note: Pope Francis announced in March 2018 his decision to add “Mary, Mother of the Church” as an optional…
USCCB Debates Baptism Translation
At their November 12-15, 2017 General Assembly in Baltimore, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to approve the…
Musicam Sacram: Parts II – VII
Editor’s Note: We continue in this Bulletin a reprint of excerpts from Musicam Sacram, the Holy See’s 1967 Instruction on…
Musicam Sacram: Preface and Part I
It’s one thing to have an opinion about liturgical music; in fact, it is difficult not to have an opinion. But having an informed opinion—one shaped by the Magisterium, the Church’s tradition, and sound pastoral practice—is quite another.
Tres Abhinc Annos
Second Instruction on the orderly carrying out of the Constitution on the Liturgy May 4, 1967 Sacred Congregation of Rites…
Ecclesia de Eucharistia
Spanish Version – on the Vatican Website Encyclical Letter Ecclesia de Eucharistia of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to the…
Missale Romanum – On the New Roman Missal
Apostolic Constitution Missale Romanum – On New Roman Missal
Issued by His Holiness Pope Paul VI in Rome on Holy Thursday, April 3 1969.
Spiritus Et Sponsa On the 40th Anniversary of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
Apostolic Letter of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II on the 40th Anniversary of Sacrosanctum Concilium
Pope John Paul II: On Tra Le Sollecitudini
Chirograph of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II
For the Centenary of the Motu Proprio, Tra Le Sollecitudini On Sacred Music
November 22, 2003
Pope John Paul II Address to the Professors and Students of The Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music
Pope John Paul II Address to the Professors and Students of The Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music on Friday, January 19, 2001 …