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Church Reform & Renewal

Renewal, purification and structural reform of the Church.

Also called ecclesia semper reformanda, renewal.

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1900s

  1. E Supremi4 October 1903On the Restoration of All Things in ChristPope

1960s

  1. General Audience of 15 January 196915 January 1969Conciliar renewal must be chiefly interior, moral and personal, not merely structural (1969)Pope
  2. Humanae Salutis25 December 1961Convoking the Second Vatican CouncilPope
  3. Salvete, Fratres29 September 1963Address Opening the Second Session of the CouncilPope
  4. Ecclesiam Suam6 August 1964On the Church (Paths of Dialogue)Pope
  5. Perfectae Caritatis28 October 1965Decree on the Renewal of Religious LifeEcumenical Council
  6. Pacto de las Catacumbas16 November 1965Pact of the Catacombs (for a servant and poor Church)Ecclesial Initiatives
  7. Wednesday reflections on the post-conciliar period15 December 1965Run of Wednesday audiences (Dec 1965 to 1966 and beyond) on living, studying and applying the just-closed Council; opened by the 15 Dec 1965 talk rejecting both nostalgia and "conciliarism"Pope
  8. General Audience of 29 December 196529 December 1965On keeping alive "the spirit of the Council" in the post-conciliar Church (1965)Pope
  9. The Brother of the Christian Schools in the World Today: A Declaration†1967Lasallian Declaration (39th General Chapter)Ecclesial Initiatives
  10. Regimini Ecclesiae Universae15 August 1967On the Reform of the Roman CuriaPope
  11. The Church in Our Day21 January 1968The Church in Our DayBishops' Conferences

1970s

  1. General Audience of 7 January 19707 January 1970The Council as an ongoing principle of renewal, avoiding both rejection of tradition and confusing custom with tradition (1970)Pope
  2. Apostolorum Limina23 May 1974Bull of Indiction of the Holy Year 1975Pope
  3. Catechesis on the needs of the Church†11 September 1974 – 6 November 1974Series of audiences on the present needs and difficulties of the Church, opening with faith as the first condition (1974)Pope
  4. Paterna cum Benevolentia8 December 1974On Reconciliation within the ChurchPope
  5. Catechesis on building up the Church†7 July 1976 – 8 September 1976Summer series of audiences on "building the Church" (edificare la Chiesa), from Mt 16:18 (1976)Pope
  6. La Iglesia de la Pascua10 April 1977The Easter Church (1st pastoral letter)Diocesan Bishops

1980s

  1. Essential Elements in the Church's Teaching on Religious Life31 May 1983Essential Elements on Religious LifeRoman Curia

1990s

  1. We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah16 March 1998We Remember: A Reflection on the ShoahRoman Curia
  2. Incarnationis Mysterium29 November 1998Bull of indiction of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000Pope

2000s

  1. Memory and Reconciliation: The Church and the Faults of the Past7 March 2000Memory and Reconciliation: The Church and the Faults of the PastTheological & Biblical Commissions
  2. Day of Pardon12 March 2000Homily for the Day of Pardon (purification of memory)Pope
  3. Address at Yad Vashem23 March 2000Address at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, JerusalemPope
  4. Repentance and Reconciliation3 May 2001ILC New York Statement on Repentance and ReconciliationEcumenical & Interreligious Dialogue

2010s

  1. Freiburger Konzerthausrede25 September 2011Freiburg address on Entweltlichung (detachment from worldliness)Pope
  2. Discorso al Convegno di Firenze10 November 2015Address to the 5th Convention of the Italian Church, FlorencePope
  3. Lettera pastorale ai cattolici dell'Irlanda19 March 2010Pastoral letter to the Catholics of Ireland (abuse crisis)Pope
  4. Evangelii gaudium24 November 2013On the proclamation of the Gospel in today's worldPope
  5. Fidelis dispensator et prudens24 February 2014New coordinating structure for economic and administrative affairsPope
  6. Renew My Church†2016Renew My Church (parish renewal process)Diocesan Bishops
  7. New Wine in New Wineskins†6 January 2017New Wine in New Wineskins: Consecrated Life and its Ongoing ChallengesRoman Curia
  8. Lettera al Popolo di Dio20 August 2018Letter to the People of God on abusePope
  9. Missionary Discipleship in Crisis†October 2018Missionary Discipleship in Crisis (abuse crisis)Diocesan Bishops

2020s

  1. The Pastoral Conversion of the Parish Community in the Service of the Evangelising Mission of the Church29 June 2020Instruction on the Pastoral Conversion of the ParishRoman Curia
  2. Pascite gregem Dei23 May 2021Reform of Book VI (penal law) of the Code of Canon LawPope
  3. Praedicate Evangelium19 March 2022On the Roman Curia and its service to the Church and the worldPope
  4. Omelia nel 60° anniversario dell'inizio del Concilio11 October 2022Homily for the 60th anniversary of the opening of Vatican IIPope
  5. Interim Reports of the Study Groups17 November 2025Synod on synodality implementation: Interim Reports of the Study GroupsSynod of Bishops
  6. Auguri natalizi alla Curia Romana22 December 2025Christmas address to the Roman CuriaPope