Pope Benedict XVI April 19, 2005 – February 28, 2013
Encyclicals
- Caritas in veritate: (Charity in Truth), June 29, 2009 [ Byelorussian- Simplified Chinese- Traditional Chinese- Dutch- English- French- German- Hungarian- Italian- Latin- Polish- Portuguese- Spanish- ]
- Spe Salvi: (Saved by Hope), November 30, 2007 [ Byelorussian- Chinese- Dutch- English- French- German- Hungarian- Italian- Latin- Polish- Portuguese- Spanish- ]
- Deus Caritas Est: (On Christian Love - God is Love), December 25, 2005 [ Byelorussian- Chinese- Croatian- Dutch- English- French- German- Hungarian- Italian- Latin- Polish- Portuguese- Spanish- ]
Other Writings
- Africae Munus: On the Church in Africa In Service to Reconciliation, Justice and Peace [Apostolic Exhortation], November 19th, 2011 [ English- French- German- Italian- Polish- Portuguese- Spanish- ]
- Angelus/Regina Coeli:
- Anglicanorum Coetibus: Providing for Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans Entering Into Full Communion With The Catholic Church [Apostolic Constitution], November 4, 2009 [ English- Italian- - ]
- Complementary Norms for the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus: (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) November 4, 2009 [ English- Italian- ]
- Apostolic Constitutions:
- Apostolic Exhortations:
- Apostolic Letters:
- Doctrinal Note on Some Aspects of Evangelization: (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith), December 14, 2007
- CDF Doctrinal documents page: Other languages can be found on the CDF Doctrinal documents page) Summary document [ English- Italian- ]
- Guide to Understanding Basic CDF Procedures concerning Sexual Abuse Allegations: Explanatory guide to Bishops on handling sexual abuse allegations (Congregation on the Doctrine of the Faith) [English, Italian] Other Vatican documents and responses relating to Abuse of Minors [ English- Spanish- French- Italian- Portuguese- German- ]
- Homilies:
- Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations with Regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies in View of Their Admission to the Seminary and to Holy Orders: From the Congregation for Catholic Education, November 4, 2005
- Instruction on the application of the Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI given Motu Proprio (April 30, 2011): [ English- French- German- Italian- Latin- Polish- Portuguese- Spanish- ]
- Redactional Note on the Instruction Universae Ecclesiae: [ English- Italian- Spanish- ]
- Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions: (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith), December 8th, 2008 [ English- French- German- Italian- Polish- Portuguese- Spanish- Summary document [English]- ]
- Letter to the Bishops, Priests, Consecrated Persons and the Lay Faithful in the People's Republic of China: [Letter] May 27, 2007 [ English- [Several other languages- ]
- Letters:
- Meeting with the Representatives of Science: [Speech] September 12, 2006
- Messages:
- Motu Propio:
- Motu Proprio: which reinstates the traditional norms for the majority required to elect the Supreme Pontiff, June 11, 2007 [ Latin- ]
- Proclamation of St John of Avila and St Hildegarde of Bingen as "Doctors of the Church": [Homily], October 7, 2012 [ English- French- German- Italian- Polish- Portuguese- Spanish- ]
- Responses to Certain Questions of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Concerning Artificial Nutrition and Hydration: (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ) August 1, 2007 Vatican Commentary on Responses to Certain Questions of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Concerning Artificial Nutrition and Hydration
- Responses to some questions regarding certain aspects of the Doctrine of the Church: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, June 29, 2007
- Sacramentum Caritatis: (Sacrament of Charity) [Apostolic Exhortation] February 22, 2007
- Speeches:
- Summorum Pontificum: Motu Propio on the liberalization of the indult for the Traditional Roman Mass - July 7, 2007 [ English- Latin- ]
- Letter to Bishops which accompanied Summorum Pontificum: