As David Werning concludes his series on the Church’s most important documents of the past 150 years, he writes on Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si’, in which the pope makes an appeal to every person living on Earth to join the conversation
As David Werning continues his Church documents’ series, this month he writes on Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est, with a message "to call forth in the world renewed energy and commitment in the human response to God's love.” Werning
As David Werning continues his Church documents’ series, this month he writes on Evangelium Vitae, Pope St. John Paul II’s encyclical that proclaims the sanctity of life and offers a background in building a culture of life. David Werning shares: “Ultimately, we
As David Werning continues his Church documents’ series, this month he writes on Veritatis Splendor, the encyclical of Pope St. John Paul II that offers a “profound meditation on the Church’s moral teaching, which is based in truth, the source of which
As David Werning continues his Church documents’ series, this month he writes on Pope John Paul II’s 1988 apostolic exhortation Christifideles Laici, which takes up the call to holiness as it applies specifically to lay people: “Generally speaking, laypeople manifest the priestly
Ten years after convening the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI issued the apostolic exhortation on evangelization, Evangelii Nuntiandi. In it, he exhorted every member of the Church, and the Church as a whole, to exercise a dual mission: to be ever
In 1968, during the height of the sexual revolution, Pope St. Paul VI stunned the world when he released Humanae Vitae and upheld the Church’s teaching that clearly stated the immorality of using artificial birth control. In the latest installment of his
In the latest installment in his series highlighting the most important documents of the Church over the past 150 years, David Werning explores Gaudium et Spes, the Second Vatican Council’s pastoral constitution: “We’re all in the same boat. So says Gaudium et
In the latest installment of his exploration of the Church’s most important documents over the past 150 years, David Werning focuses on Dei Verbum, the Second Vatican Council’s document on divine revelation. And while it might be the shortest of the council’s
In the latest installment of his yearlong series of articles exploring the key documents of the Church over the past 150 years, David Werning looks at the Second Vatican Council’s dogmatic constitution, Lumen Gentium, which outlines the mission of the entire Body