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Document Title	Author	Type	Desc.
The Lord's Day	James Kiefer	TEXT	What Biblical authority is there, if any, to change the Sabbath from the Seventh day of the week to the First day of the week?
Pillar of Fire, Pillar of Truth	Karl Keating	HTML	This is a very nice booklet for anyone interested in the Church. (Highly recommended).
The Church and the Rock	Rev. Edward J. Hayes et alii	TEXT	Our Lord made Simon Peter alone the rock and key bearer of the Church, and appointed him shepherd of the whole flock. And 'The Authority of the Church' This infallibility with which the divine Redeemer willed his Church to be endowed in defining a doctrine of faith and morals extends as far as extends the deposit of divine revelation, which must be religiously guarded and faithfully expounded. Taken from 'Catholicism and Reason'.
Authoritatively No Authority to Ordain Women	Stanley L. Jaki	Text	Fr. Jaki discusses ordination of women in the Anglican Church and Cardinal Newman's lectures, 'Anglican Difficulties.'
Papal Magisterium, Natural Law, and Humanae Vitae	Joseph Costanzo S.J.	Text	Fr. Costanzo examines the supposition, openly or implicitly avowed by some critics of Humanae vitae, that when the Roman Pontiff teaches a moral doctrine that is based on the divine natural law, he is philosophically accountable to the faithful. Or, in other words, when the Vicar of Christ presents a rational argumentation, acceptance and submission by the faithful depends on its conclusive demonstrative force. This supposition, Father explains, is a misconstruction of the nature and function of the papal teaching authority.
On the Church	Pope Paul VI	HTML	Ecclesiam Suam.' Promulgated Aug. 6, 1964. On role of the Church in the world and the attitudes of the Church in relation to the world.
Keeping Catholics Catholic - Timeline of the RC Church	Tim Rash	HTML	A fairly lengthy timeline of the Roman Catholic Church. (suggested).
What's Your Authority on That?	Karl Keating	HTML	N/A
The Marks and Attributes of the Church	Tim Rash	TEXT	N/A
Did Jesus Really Make Peter Pope?	Fr. William Saunders	TEXT	N/A
The Primacy of the Pope in the Church	Pedro Rodriguez	TEXT	N/A
Was Peter the First Pope?, Part 1/2	Art Kelly	HTML	N/A
Was Peter the First Pope?, Part 2/2	Art Kelly	HTML	N/A
Woman's Authority in the Church	Monica Migliorino Miller	TEXT	The feminist challenge to the Catholic Faith is based upon a deep misunderstanding. This article was taken from the September 1995 issue of 'Crisis' magazine.
The Authority of the Church	Most Rev. John Murphy	HTML	In the turbulent days following Vatican II, Archbishop Murphy addressed the problem of false ecumenism. While the Church should speak to modern man in language he can understand, changes in theological language cannot be made apart from the Magisterium without falling into heresy.
Ordinatio Sacerdotalis: Exercise in Infallibility	Jeff Mirus	TEXT	Jeff Mirus reflects on Ordinatio Sacerdotalis as an excercise of papal infallibility. (Ordinatio Sacerdotalis is the Apostolic Letter in which JP II declared that the Church has non authority to ordain women to the priesthood.)
Who Has the Authority to Perform Exorcisms?	CRNET	TEXT	This question is answered by the Host of the Cults & New Age Forum.
Who Has The Power To Exorcise Demons?	CRNET	TEXT	The following question was asked of the priest counselor of this forum; 'Since Protestants have no real concept of a central infallible authority, would God have granted us the power [to exorcise a demon] simply because we were acting on what we believed to be the proper scriptural interpretation?' This file contains father's answer.
Magisterium Exercises Authority in Christ's Name	Pope John Paul II	HTML	Address to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 11/24/95
He Who Hears You, Hears Me	Fr. William Most	TEXT	An examination of the Scriptural and Patristic texts that bear on the question of whether the statement 'He who hears you hears me' can be used to support the teaching authority of the Church.
Gift of Authority	ARCIC	TEXT	This document of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Theological Commission (ARCIC) represents the fruit of ecumenical dialogue on the subject of authority in the Church. It remains to be studied by the ecclesial authorities of the Anglican Communion and the Apostolic See.  Released at the same time are a statement of the Co-Chairmen of ARCIC, the document itself.  Gift of Authority, and a commentary on it by Fr. William Henn, OFM Capuchin.
Authority and Discipline	Cardinal Pericle Felici	HTML	Taking occasion from the Feast of Christ the King (1968)Cardinal Felici addressed criticism of Pope Paul's Humanae Vitae, by summarizing the relationship and mutual responsibilities of superior and subject in the Church.
Trust in the Teaching Authority of the Church	La Civilta Cattolica	HTML	This article responds to rationales for refusing to accept decisions of the magisterium. While the distinction between the "Teaching Church" and the "Learning Church" is not as clearcut as it once was, the charism of authentically interpreting the Word of God, written or handed down, continues to belong to the hierarchy alone.
Who Do You Say I Am?: A New Way of Thinking (Listen / Download)	Fr. Mitch Pacwa	Real Audio	Why are people involved in the New Age movement? Fr. Pacwa says that they are motivated by the search for meaning. For many of them the normal sources of authority has lost its authority. They like to question everything. He looks at why the believe that everything can be considered  to be a god. They believe that everything physical is just an illusion. It is your mind that creates the stars. If you develop your mind/conscience more, you'll be able to create more powerful things. They think all the world and everything that is physical in it is just an illusion. He also looks at why they have turned away from the church.
Vatican II: An Introduction (Listen / Download)	Dr. Allen Schreck	Real Audio	Dr. Alan Schreck looks at the most recent council of the church which was held almost 30 years ago. He talks about what the councils are and what they do. He says that councils are called to respond to the challenges of the world of the day. This council has caused a lot of confusion and he talks about why this has happened. There have been three councils called over the last 400 years and Dr. Schreck talks about what they were called to do. He then talks about to read the documents from the council. There were 16 documents issued and four constitutions or pillars. He talks about how Vatican II affected the Church and why it was called. The Church was stable but the world was changing. He talks about the vision of the Vatican council and what the authority of Vatican II was. People are afraid of Vatican II but we shouldn't be afraid.
Authority in the Church (Listen / Download)	Deal Hudson with guest Fr. Joseph Poterski	Real Audio	N/A
Authority of the Church (Listen / Download)	Rick Howick	Real Audio	N/A

 
 
 

Document Name	Author	Type	Desc.
On the Holy Spirit	Ambrose	TEXT	N/A
On the Holy Spirit	Pope Leo XIII	TEXT	N/A
On the Holy Spirit	Pope Paul II	TEXT	N/A
The Holy Trinity	St. Thomas Aquinas	HTML	N/A
Theolgy 601: The Living God	Fr. William Most	TEXT	N/A
The Trinity and God the Creator	Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange	TEXT	N/A
On the Trinity, Books I-V On the Trinity, Books VI-VIII On the Trinity, Books XI-XII On the Trinity, Books IX-X	Hilary of Poitiers	TEXT	N/A
On the Holy Trinity, and the Godhead of the Holy Spirit, against Eustathius	Gregory of Nyssa	TEXT	N/A
On the Trinity	Gregory Thaumaturgos (Gregory the Wonder-Worker)	TEXT	N/A
The Blessed Trinity	Catholic Encyclopedia	TEXT	N/A
The Holy Trinity: One God, Three Persons	Rev. Herbert de Launay	TEXT	N/A

 
 
 
 

Document Name	Author	Type	Desc.
These Are the Sacraments	Fulton Sheen	TEXT	N/A
The Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church	Scott Hahn	TEXT	N/A
Baptismal Grace	catholic.com	HTML	N/A
Are Catholics Born Again?	catholic.com	HTML	Catholic Answers answer the question, "are Catholics born again?"
The Necessity of Baptism	catholic.com	HTML	Catholic Answers writes on the necessity of Baptism.
Infant Baptism	catholic.com	HTML	Catholic Answers writes about baptizing infants.
Baptism: Immersion Only?	catholic.com	HTML	Should Baptism be by immersion only?  Find out what Sacred Scripture and the early Christian Church said.
Trinitarian Baptism	catholic.com	HTML	N/A
Baptized and Born Again	Prof. Marcellino D'Ambrosio	Real Audio	N/A
Baptism, the Eucharist, & Conversion	Steve Ray	Real Audio	N/A
Baptism (Listen / Download)	Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen	Real Audio	Produced 3/1/98
Baptism and Reconciliation (Listen / Download)	Fr. Robert J. Fox	Real Audio	Produced 5/16/96
Meeting With Christ: Baptism (Listen / Download)	Fr. Benedict Groeschel	Real Audio	Produced 1/30/96

Document Name	Author	Type	Desc.
Indulgences	Fr. Clement Machado	Real Audio	N/A
Forgiveness of Sins	Karl Keating	Real Audio	N/A
Want Peace? Try Confession	Mary Ann Budnik & Fr. Rich Perozich	Real Audio	N/A
The Forgiveness of Sins	Karl Keating	HTML	N/A
Confession	Karl Keating	HTML	N/A
Want Peace? Try Confession	catholic.com	Real Audio	N/A
Forgiveness of Sins	catholic.com	Real Audio	N/A
Sacrament of Penance	Fr. William Most	TEXT	N/A
Why Go to Confession?	Fr. William Saunders	TEXT	N/A
Purpose and Benefits of Sacramental Penance	Pope John Paul II	HTML	N/A
Forgiveness of Sins	Rev. Herbert C. de Launay	TEXT	N/A
Doing Penance	James Akin	TEXT	N/A
A Good Confession	California Youth	TEXT	N/A
On Reconciliation and Penance in the Mission of the Church Today	Pope John Paul II	HTML	N/A
Aposolic Constitution on Penance	Pope Paul VI (1966)	TEXT	N/A
The Sacrament of Penance	medugorje.com	HTML	N/A
The Sacrament of Penance	catholic.org	HTML	N/A
On Going to Confession	Rev. Fr. Charles E. Irvin	HTML	N/A
Gods Merciful Love: Episode #11 (Listen / Download)	Douglas Bushman	Real Audio	Buschman takes a look at confession and reconciliation. He talks about how we confess our sins and why it is important. The ministry of reconciliation is to bring sinners to know the merciful love of God. We must be merciful as our Heavenly Father is. It is the ultimate test of suitability for ministry in the church is that they should cling to Jesus fo life. Judas shows us what life would be like without the good news of God's merciful love. In order to forgive others one must be forgiven from the heart. He takes a look at the conversion of the penitent woman. To know Christ as ones savior can only happen when with the power of the Holy Spirit one comes to Jesus with hope.
Forgivness and Reconciliation (Listen / Download)	Jeff Cavins with Steve Trombecky	Real Audio	Produced 12/15/99
Reconciliation is Not Optional (Listen / Download)	Fr. John Corapi, S.O.L.T.	Real Audio	Produced 3/27/96

Document Name	Author	Type	Desc.
The Eucharist	catholic.com	HTML	N/A
The Real Presence	catholic.com	HTML	N/A
The Mass	catholic.com	HTML	N/A
The Sacrifice of the Mass	catholic.com	HTML	N/A
Who Can Recieve the Eucharist	catholic.com	HTML	N/A
The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist	Aaron Gerlach	HTML	N/A
The Mystery of the Eucharist	Fernando Matro	HTML	N/A
The Sacrifice of the Eucharist	catholic.com	HTML	N/A
The Eucharist: This is My Body	Dave Armstrong	HTML	N/A
The Mass: Recrucifying Christ every Day?	Steve Ray	HTML	Steve Ray answers the Eucharist's common object of recrucifying Christ at every Mass.
The Meaning of 'to Eat Flesh', John 6:54-58	Robert Sungenis	HTML	N/A
The Eucharist, and Protestant Objections	Matt1618	HTML	N/A

Document Name	Author	Type	Desc.
Sacrament of Confirmation 'What is it all about?'	Tom Sullivan	TEXT	What is the Sacrament of Confirmation all about?  Well read this and find out!
Confirmation	catholic.com	HTML	This includes primarily historical proof (Church Fathers).

Document Name	Author	Type	Desc.
What is Love?	Fr. William Most	TEXT	N/A
Divorce and Remarriage	catholic.com	HTML	Good Information about Divorce and Remarriage.
Teaching Catholic Morality to Children	Carol Egan	TEXT	N/A
Love is Life	Pastoral Letter by Irish Bishops (1986)	HTML	N/A

Document Name	Author	Type	Desc.
Bishop, Priest, Deacon	catholic.com	HTML	N/A
Celibacy and the Priesthood	catholic.com	HTML	N/A
Calling Priests "Father"	catholic.com	HTML	N/A
Women and the Priesthood	catholic.com	HTML	N/A
Women and the Priesthood	catholic.com	Real Audio	N/A
The Role of the Bishop	catholic.com	Real Audio	N/A
The Catholic Priesthood: What Does It Mean?	catholic.com	Real Audio	N/A
Priestly Vocations	catholic.com	Real Audio	N/A
Priestly Celibacy	catholic.com	Real Audio	N/A

Document Name	Author	Type	Desc.
Anointing of the Sick: Medicine for Sinners	Fr. William Saunders	TEXT	Didn't the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick used to be called "Extreme Unction"? Why did they change the name? Where did the sacrament come from? When should a person receive this sacrament and how many times? Fr. Saunders answers these questions in this column taken from the June 20, 1996 issue of "The Arlington Catholic Herald."
Preparation for Death	Catholic Encyclopedia	TEXT	The basic preparation for death: When should a priest be called?; Winding up our earthly affairs; Confession; Viaticum; Extreme Unction; The 'last blessing'; As death approaches; Cases of special need; In medieval England.
Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick	Pope Paul VI	HTML	Apostolic Constitution Issued Nov. 30, 1972. Restates the doctrine and revises the rite of the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.

Document Name	Author	Type	Desc.
Respect Life	Fr. Peter Pilsner	TEXT	During Respect Life Month, Fr. Pilsner has been preaching on life issues each Sunday. This Sunday's homily is on euthanasia.
The Legal Logic of Euthanasia	Michael M. Uhlmann	TEXT	A legal scholar examines the flawed logic in the judicial case for euthanasia. Taken from the June-July 1996 issue of "First Things."
What Is the Church's Teaching on Euthanasia?	Fr. William Saunders	TEXT	Fr. Saunders explains the Catholic Church's Teaching on Euthanasia. This article appeared in the December 15, 1994 issue of 'The Arlington Catholic Herald.'
To Live and Die in a Compassionate Community	CCCB	HTML	Text of Canadian Bishops Conference position paper issued on October 26, 1994.
Care of the Sick and Dying	MCC	HTML	A Pastoral Letter from the Bishops of Maryland October 14, 1993
Declaration on Euthanasia	CDF	HTML	Issued by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1980.
Evangelium Vitae	Pope John Paul II	HTML	The Encyclical Gospel of Life, on the value and inviolability of human life. Given in Rome on March 25, 1995.
Assisted Suicide Is Abominable Crime	Fr. Gino Concetti, O.F.M.	TEXT	Legalization of euthanasia in Australia's Northern Territory adds a monstrous chapter to human history. Taken from the July 10, 1996 issue of "L'Osservatore Romano."
On Combatting Abortion and Euthanasia	Pope John Paul II	HTML	Promulgated May 19, 1991.
No Authority Can Justify Euthanasia	Pope John Paul II	HTML	In an address to the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers in October 1998, the Pope defends the right to life of the elderly, increasing threatened by civil laws permitting euthanasia.
Church Defends Moral Rights of Citizens	John Paul II	HTML	The Church "will make use of all available means to defend life from conception to its natural end. For this reason, when radically unjust legislation is introduced, such as abortion and euthanasia, she will continue to be the faithful and staunch defender of the moral rights of citizens who seek to have their convictions respected", the Holy Father said to H.E. Mr. Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, when he received him in audience during his official visit on Friday, February 14, 1997. The Pope stated that it is the Christian message that sheds full light on man and authentic human progress.
Why is Euthanasia Wrong?	ALL	HTML	Chapter 106 of the 'Pro-Life Encyclopedia.'
The Euthanasia/ Abortion Connection	Frederica Mathewes-Green	TEXT	'The objectionable activity is making people die: people who may be small, weak, or disabled, but are not dying; people who cannot defend or speak for themselves. The objection is to creating an ever-widening class of unpersons, persons unwanted or imperfect, and imposing on those persons a duty to die.' Published in Sisterlife, Spring 1991.
Dr. Jack Kevorkian-Serial Killer or Angel of Mercy?	Sue Widemark	TEXT	Researched article on Jack Kevorkian including his background, his views on suicide and death and life in general. Article includes the AMA objections to Kevorkian's assisted suicide.