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Faith & Culture

The Church's dialogue with culture, the arts and humanism.

Also called humanism, arts.

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1930s

  1. Vigilanti Cura29 June 1936On Motion PicturesPope

1950s

  1. Miranda Prorsus8 September 1957On Motion Pictures, Radio and TelevisionPope
  2. Boni Pastoris22 February 1959Establishing the Pontifical Commission for Motion Pictures, Radio and TelevisionPope

1960s

  1. Closing Message to Artists8 December 1965Closing Message of the Council to ArtistsPope
  2. General Directory for the Pastoral Ministry to Tourism29 April 1969Pastoral Directory on TourismRoman Curia
  3. Gaudium et Spes7 December 1965Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern WorldEcumenical Council
  4. Closing Message to Youth8 December 1965Closing Message of the Council to Young Men and WomenPope
  5. General Audience of 30 March 196630 March 1966Gaudium et Spes and the Church's loving optimism toward the modern world (1966)Pope

1970s

  1. Communio et progressio23 May 1971Pastoral Instruction on the Means of Social CommunicationRoman Curia
  2. The Catholic School19 March 1977The Catholic SchoolRoman Curia

1980s

  1. Address to UNESCO2 June 1980Address to UNESCO on culturePope
  2. Concerts in Churches5 November 1987Instruction on Concerts in ChurchesRoman Curia
  3. Faith and Inculturation1988Faith and InculturationTheological & Biblical Commissions

1990s

  1. Letter to Artists4 April 1999Letter to ArtistsPope
  2. Towards a Pastoral Approach to Culture23 May 1999Towards a Pastoral Approach to CultureRoman Curia
  3. Ex Corde Ecclesiae15 August 1990On Catholic universitiesPope
  4. Aetatis novae22 February 1992Pastoral Instruction on Social CommunicationsRoman Curia
  5. Inde a Pontificatus25 March 1993Uniting the Pontifical Councils for Culture and for Dialogue with Non-BelieversPope
  6. The Presence of the Church in the University and in University Culture22 May 1994The Church in the University and University CultureRoman Curia
  7. Our Mission and Culture (and other decrees)†1995GC34 DecreesEcclesial Initiatives
  8. The Catholic School on the Threshold of the Third Millennium28 December 1997The Catholic School on the Threshold of the Third MillenniumRoman Curia

2000s

  1. The Via Pulchritudinis†27 March 2006The Via Pulchritudinis, Privileged Pathway for Evangelisation and DialogueRoman Curia
  2. Quaerere Deum12 September 2008Address to the world of culture, Collège des Bernardins, ParisPope
  3. Jesus Christ the Bearer of the Water of Life†3 February 2003A Christian Reflection on the New AgeRoman Curia
  4. Where is Your God?†13 March 2004Responding to the Challenge of Unbelief and Religious Indifference TodayRoman Curia
  5. Common Declaration14 December 2006Common Declaration of Benedict XVI and Archbishop ChristodoulosEcumenical & Interreligious Dialogue

2010s

  1. Latina lingua10 November 2012Establishing the Pontifical Academy for LatinPope
  2. Educating to Intercultural Dialogue in Catholic Schools28 October 2013Educating to Intercultural Dialogue in Catholic SchoolsRoman Curia
  3. Discorso al Convegno di Firenze10 November 2015Address to the 5th Convention of the Italian Church, FlorencePope
  4. Educating to Fraternal Humanism16 April 2017Educating to Fraternal HumanismRoman Curia
  5. Veritatis gaudium8 December 2017On ecclesiastical universities and facultiesPope

2020s

  1. Candor lucis aeternae25 March 2021On Dante Alighieri, 7th centenary of his deathPope
  2. Lettera sul ruolo della letteratura nella formazione17 July 2024Letter on the role of literature in formationPope
  3. The Identity of the Catholic School for a Culture of Dialogue25 January 2022Instruction on the Identity of the Catholic SchoolRoman Curia
  4. Ad theologiam promovendam1 November 2023New statutes of the Pontifical Academy of Theology (contextual theology)Pope
  5. The Joy and Wonder of Catholic Education: Developing Authentically Catholic Schools3 September 2024The Joy and Wonder of Catholic EducationDiocesan Bishops
  6. The Front Royal Statement: Seven Cardinal Principles of Catholic Primary and Secondary Education12 June 2026Front Royal StatementEcclesial Initiatives