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  • Quo Primum The Perpetual Indult of St. Pope Pius V.
  • A Short Critical Study of the New Order of Mass (The "Ottaviani Intervention") Famous critical study of the new liturgy, led by Cardinals Ottaviani and Bacci, presented to Pope Paul VI just after its introduction in 1969.
  • The Story of the English Indult How the English (or "Heenan" or "Agatha Christi") Indult came to be.
  • Quattuor Abhinc Annos The Worldwide Indult of Pope John Paul II in 1984 which extended and replaced the English Indult.
  • The "Norms" of 1986 The suppressed report from the Pope's Commission of Cardinals to examine the legality of the traditional Roman liturgy, concluding that every priest has the right to celebrate the traditional Latin Mass.
  • Ecclesia Dei Adflicta Pope John Paul II in 1988 decreeing that the old rite is to be permitted on a "wide and generous" basis.
  • Letter to the Bishops of the United States Letter from Cardinal Mayer in 1991, of the Ecclesia Dei Commission, to the Bishops of the U.S., but relevant to all. Emphasises how the Indult has now been superseded by Ecclesia Dei.
  • Rome Replies: Latin Mass Open to All Correspondence in 1995 between Mr. John Gresser, a young Australian, and the Ecclesia Dei Commission, regarding the interpretation of the motu proprio Ecclesia Dei. The story behind the exchange is from the Oriens web site.
  • Ten Years of the motu proprio "Ecclesia Dei" Cardinal Ratzinger's address to those marking the tenth anniversary of the Pope's motu proprio and the founding of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter.
  • Press Release on two interviews with Cardinal Hoyos: The Latin Mass and Il Giornale, with the Cardinal offering genuine support to the Latin Mass movement.
  • The Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum (July 7, 2007)
  • Pope Benedict XVI’s accompanying Letter to Bishops
  •  Important Papal Encyclicals and Letters

    The following Papal encyclicals and apostolic letters of recent Popes are of the utmost importance to any Catholic swimming against the present tide of liberalism and relativism.

    By Pope Pius IX: By Pope Leo XIII: By St. Pope Piux X: By Pope Pius XI: By Pope Pius XII: By Blessed Pope John XXIII: By Pope Paul VI: By Pope John Paul II:
     Invaluable Church Documents & Resources
  • Douay-Rheims Bible
  • Latin Vulgate Bible
  • Catechism of the Council of Trent
  • Catechism of St. Pius X
  • Baltimore Catechism
  • The Penny Catechism
  • Catholic Encyclopedia
  • Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent
  • Papal Encyclicals Online
  • Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinus
  • Church Fathers
  • Guide to Early Church Documents
  • 2000 Years of Catholic Writings
  • St. Pope Pius V
     


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