Church and Culture

Foreword by Mons. Gianfranco Ravasi

Second Vatican Ecumenical Council

• Gaudium et Spes (1965) nos. 53–62 

Encyclical Letters and Apostolic Exhortations

• Africæ Terrarum (1967) nos. 7–14
• Evangelii Nuntiandi (1975) nos. 19–20, 63–64
• Catechesi Tradendae (1979) no. 53
• Slavorum Apostoli (1985) nos. 21–22  
• Redemptoris Missio (1990) nos. 35, 37–38, 52–54
• Centesimus Annus (1991) nos. 24, 50–51
• Pastores Dabo Vobis (1992) no. 55
• Veritatis Splendor (1993) nos. 45, 53, 94
• Evangelium Vitae (1995) no. 95 
• Ecclesia in Africa (1995) nos. 59, 61–62, 78, 87 
• Fides et Ratio (1998) nos. 70–72 
• Ecclesia in America (1999) no. 70 
• Ecclesia in Asia (1999) no. 21 
• Novo Millennio Ineunte (2000) nos. 40, 55–56 
• Ecclesia in Oceania (2001) nos. 16–17, 25 
• Ecclesia in Europa (2003) nos. 46–47, 50, 58
• Caritas in Veritate (2009) nos. 26, 42 

Pontifical Texts

• Man’s Entire Humanity is Expressed in Culture. Pope John Paul’s Address to Unesco (1980)
• The Church and Culture (1983)
• The World’s Changing Cultural Horizon (1990)
• Letting the Gospel Take Root in Every Culture (1992)
• The New Pontifical Council for Culture’s Task:
  Dialogue with Non-Believers and the Inculturation of Faith (1994)
• The Gospel is Good News for Cultures (1997)
• Christ Makes All Cultures New (1999)
• Handing on Faith at the Heart of Cultures (2002)
• Open up to Christ the Cultures Marked by Unbelief or Religious Indifference (2004)
• Reciprocal Openness between the Cultures is a Priviliged Context for Dialogue (2007)
• Secularization in the Church Distorts the Christian Faith and the Lifestyle of Believers (2008)

Additional Texts

• Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (1970)
• John Paul II Institutes Pontifical Council for Culture (1982)
• Apostolic Letter Given Motu Proprio “Inde a Pontificatus”.
  The Pontifical Council for Culture and the Pontifical Council for Dialogue with Non-Believers are United (1993)
• Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
  Christ, Faith and the Challenge of Cultures (1993)
• Congregation for the Clergy
  General Directory for Catechesis (1997), nos. 20–21, 26, 109, 202–204
• Cardinal Paul Poupard
  Towards a Pastoral Approach to Culture (1999), nos. 1–6

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