CATHOLIC RESOURCES ON THE WEB

The Catholic Church

• Vatican Web Page - This excellent resource provides access to a wealth of information emanating from the Vatican. Highlights of this site include access the writings to the John Paul II in addition to those of earlier popes, current information regarding the life of the Church, access to the writings and work of the Curia, full text of the Catechism and Documents of Vatican II, access to the weekly edition of L'Osseratore Romano, Vatican television and radio, and access to the online public access catalog of the Vatican Library.
• Congregation for the Clergy - Site of the Vatican Congregation providing information on priests, deacons, and catechesis. Includes useful statistical data for the number of priests, religious, and seminarians throughout the world. For further information on the work of this Congregation see the Vatican web page.
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - New name of the NCCB/USCC. Provides access to Bishops' statements and speeches, a summary of weekly U.S. Catholic news, a directory of U.S. Bishops and dioceses, texts of the daily and Sunday readings, the full text of the New American Bible, and movie reviews.
• Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in East Africa - The episcopal conference for the eight countries of East Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia. Somalia as an affiliate member. Provides links to documents, statements, dioceses and information on the Church in East Africa.
• Australian Catholic Bishops Conference - Provides access to Bishops' statements arranged by subject, new updates concerning the Catholic Church in Australia, links to a variety of resources including an extensive list of bishops' conferences, and links to Australian dioceses.
• Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops - Homepage for the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. Provides access to the public statements emanating from the Canadian Bishops, recent news concerning the Catholic Church in Canada, reports and documents of episcopal commissions, and diocesan information.
• The Catholic Church in England and Wales - Homepage for the Catholic Church in England and Wales. Provides access to documents of the Bishops' conference, news on the Catholic Church in England, Wales and Scotland, access to Briefings: a publication of official Church texts, in addition to statistical data.
• Latin American Bishops' Conference (CELAM) Consejo Episcopal Latinamericano provides access to the major documents and statements issued by the conference as well as links to offices of the secretariats, news and daily scripture readings.
• Mexican Bishops' Conference (CEM) Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano provides detailed information on the dioceses, regions, and provinces of the Mexican Church along with documents, pastoral statements and news.
• South African Catholic Bishops' Conference - South African Bishops' Conference.

Directories of Web sites

• Catholic Internet Yellow Pages -Related to Brother John Raymond's book Catholics on the Internet 2000-2001, this site provides links to hundreds of sites arranged by subject.
• EWTN - Mother Angelica's site includes an extensive library of documents, recent statements by the pope and church leaders, international and local Catholic news, links to Catholic publications, and information on apologetics and evangelization.
• New Advent - A very useful and well arranged site featuring links to the Summa Theologica, Writings of the Church Fathers, and 1913 edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia. Links to other major Catholic sites and resources including Church documents, the Code of Canon Law, and the Catechism are also featured on the main page.
• Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion - This selective and annotated site covers broad areas dealing with religion and theology arranged under categories including: Religion in General, World Religions, Archaeology & Bible, History of Christianity, and Christian Traditions. Links to the official homepages of religious bodies are also included. Under each broad heading is access to syllabi, e-texts & journals, web sites, bibliographies and listservs.

Texts

• Catechism of the Catholic Church - The full text available in English, Italian, Spanish and Latin.
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library - Contains the text to numerous classics of Christian writing including 38 volumes of the writings of the Fathers of the Church (Ante Nicene Fathers; Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers, Series I including the writings of St. Augustine and St. Chrysostom; and the Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers, Series II). These texts were published during the later part of the 19th century. For more recent scholarship and contemporary English translations see the print editions of The Fathers of the Church and Ancient Christian Writers.
• Documents of Vatican II - Documents of Vatican II in English, Italian, and Spanish.
• Fathers of the Church
• New American Bible - New American Bible, 1991.
• Nova Vulgata Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio
• Summa Theologica of Saint Thomas Aquinas

News

• Zenit.org : The World Scene from Rome. Source for daily updates on Church news featuring news from the Vatican, the world Church, and texts of documents.

Selected Subjects

• The Christian Catacombs of Rome - This site maintained by the Salesian Institute of Saint Callistus provides detailed information on the history, description and importance of the catacombs. Over 100 photos illustrate the art and archaeological evidence of the early Christians within the catacombs. This site also serves as a virtual pilgrimage to the catacombs during the Jubilee Year.
• Documents Relating to Catholic Social Justice Teachings - Source for documents related to social justice including papal & curial texts, documents of various bishops' conferences, and episcopal statements.
• The Ecole Initiative - Creating a hypertext encyclopedia of Early Church History on the World Wide Web.
• The Mary Page - Homepage for the Marian Library located at the University of Dayton.
• National Catholic Bioethics Center - Provides access to a variety of updates on current moral issues, full text of the Center's publication Ethics and Medics, links to other biomedical ethics sites, and a description of the educational opportunities offered by the Center.
• Social Development and World Peace - Link to the Social Development & World Peace pages maintained at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference site. Includes recent statements on domestic and international social issues.