Online text: “The Via Pulchritudinis, Privileged Pathway for Evangelisation and Dialogue”, by the Pontifical Council for Culture

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• The Via Pulchritudinis, Privileged Pathway for Evangelisation and Dialogue, by the Pontifical Council for Culture, March 27-28, 2006. May be read online on this page of Catholic Culture.

See also the texts listed on the page Art and Architecture, and on the posts ‘Texto en línea: “Via pulchritudinis: respuesta de la iglesia a la crisis contemporánea”, por Padre Santiago Canals Coma‘, ‘Online text: “Sacred Architecture”, Volume 16 (Fall 2009)‘, and ‘Online text and video: “Letter to Artists”, by Pope St. John Paul II‘; as well as the following:

• The Cultural Heritage of the Church and Religious Families, by the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Patrimony of the Church, 10 April 1994. May be read online at the Holy See.

Posted for the International Day for Monuments and Sites; and in belated observance of the anniversary of the Lateran Council of AD 769, and of World Art Day. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project. Surréxit Dóminus vere, Allelúja!

Free ebook: “The Japanese Martyrs”, by Father Emmanuel Kenners

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• The Japanese Martyrs; or, a Brief Sketch of the Lives and Martyrdom of the Franciscan Saints, Who were Canonized at St. Peter’s, in Rome, by Pope Pius IX, on Whit-Sunday, June 8th, 1862, by the Rev. Father Emmanuel Kenners, O.S.F. (Manchester: Alex. Ireland & Co., 1862). May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi/kindle and other formats, at Internet Archive.

On the Feast of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Nagasaki, Saints Paul Miki and his companions. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Online text: “The Missionary Character of the Dominican Order”, by Edward Dominic Hennessy, O.P.

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• “The Missionary Character of the Dominican Order”, by Edward Dominic Hennessy, O.P., Dominicana, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Fall 1945). Available in pdf format through this page of Dominicana.

On the anniversary of the issuance of the papal bull “Religiosam vitam”. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, blapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti. (Antiphon of Vespers, text from Aleteia)

Online text: “A New Pentecost to Form Spirit‐Filled Evangelizers”, by Bishop John Doerfler

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• Transforming Fire: A New Pentecost to Form Spirit‐Filled Evangelizers: A Pastoral Letter on Evangelization for the Diocese of Marquette, by the Most Reverend John F. Doerfler, STD, JCL, Bishop of Marquette, June 4, 2017. Available in pdf format on this page (with a summary available on this page) of the Diocese of Marquette.

See also the texts listed on the page Evangelization and Missions, and the following texts:

Texto en linea: “Carta sobre la Nueva Evangelización”, de Mons. Javier Echevarría

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• Carta sobre la Nueva Evangelización, de Mons. Javier Echevarría, Prelado del Opus Dei, 2 de octubre de 2011. Disponible en formato ePub, en formato PDF, y en Word en esta pagina del Opus Dei; y en formato pdf en esta pagina del 10 Min con Jesús.

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Livre gratuit: “Les Jésuites-martyrs du Canada”, par François-Joseph Bressani

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• Les Jésuites-martyrs du Canada: Relation abrégée de quelques missions des pères de la Compagnie de Jésus dans la Nouvelle France, nouvelle édition, par le Père François-Joseph (Francesco Giuseppe) Bressani, S.J., traduite de l’Italien par le Père Félix Martin, S.J. (Montreal: Compagnie d’Imprimerie Canadienne, 1877). Avec Imprimatur. Disponible dans Internet Archive, 1e copie, Internet Archive, 2e copie, Internet Archive, 3e copie, la Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, et Google Books.  

Pour la Fête des Saints martyrs canadiens. Pour plus de livres gratuits, vous pouvez accéder à la liste des eBooks gratuits (par titres) et la liste des eBooks gratuits (regroupées par sujet).

(And if the grammar is wrong, please correct me. Merci!)

Online text: “The Indirect Mission of the Church to Politics”, by Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J.

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• “The Indirect Mission of the Church to Politics”, by Dr. Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., Villanova Law Review, Vol. 52, No. 2 (2007): pp. 241-252. Available in pdf format on this page of Villanova University.

See also the texts listed on the page “Society and Social Teaching” and on the posts “Free ebook: Church and State in the Formation of Christendom, by T.W. Allies” and “Online text: “Moral Duties Concerning Voting”, by Colin B. Donovan“, as well as this somewhat related text by the same author above:

• “The Popes and the Order of Culture: Leo XIII to Benedict XVI”, by Dr. Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. Delivered as the Archbishop Gerety Lecture, Seton Hall, January 26, 2006. Available in pdf format at Seton Hall University.

On the Feast of Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, O.F.M. Cap. in the Roman Rite, and in belated remembrance of the faithful shepherd Pope Leo XIII. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

“I desire, therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men: For kings, and for all who are in high station, that we may lead a quiet and a peaceable life, in all piety and chastity. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God, our Saviour, Who will have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” (I Timothy ii, 1-4)

Online text: “On the Sacramental Meaning of Tradition”, by Prof. José Granados

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• “From Flesh to Flesh: On the Sacramental Meaning of Tradition”, by Professor Rev. José Granados, D.C.J.M., translated by Michael J. Miller, Communio, Volume 44, No. 4 (Winter 2017). Available in pdf format through this page of Communio.

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Online texts: “The Year of St. Paul”, by Pope Benedict XVI

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• The Year of St. Paul, by Pope Benedict XVI. General Audiences from July 2, 2008 through February 4, 2009. Indexed on this page of Catechesis of the Popes, which states: “The series was started in honor of the Year of St. Paul (June 28, 2008-June 29, 2009) which was declared to celebrate St. Paul’s 2000th birthday.”

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Online text: “The Martyrological Dimension of Petrine Primacy”, by Jakub J. Woźniak

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• “The Martyrological Dimension of Petrine Primacy in the Teachings of Joseph Ratzinger – Benedict XVI”, by Jakub J. Woźniak, Studia Gdańskie, Vol. XLVI (2020): pp. 47-66. Available in pdf format on this page of the Central European Journal of Social Sciences And Humanities (CEJSH). Available at Academia.edu.

See also the texts listed on the post “Online text: “The Primacy of the Successor of Peter in the Mystery of the Church”, by Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith” and those in sub-list IV.B on the page Church and Ecclesiology, as well the following texts: