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Universal Call to Holiness

Holiness for all the baptized; sanctity in ordinary life.

Also called sanctity, saints.

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1900s

  1. Haerent Animo4 August 1908On the Holiness of the ClergyPope

1930s

  1. Ad Catholici Sacerdotii20 December 1935On the Catholic PriesthoodPope

1950s

  1. Menti Nostrae23 September 1950On the Development of Holiness in Priestly LifePope
  2. Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia1 August 1959On St John VianneyPope

1960s

  1. Lumen Gentium21 November 1964Dogmatic Constitution on the ChurchEcumenical Council
  2. Presbyterorum Ordinis7 December 1965Decree on the Ministry and Life of PriestsEcumenical Council
  3. General Audience of 15 January 196915 January 1969Conciliar renewal must be chiefly interior, moral and personal, not merely structural (1969)Pope

1970s

  1. Gaudete in Domino9 May 1975On Christian JoyPope
  2. Catechesis on the cardinal virtues25 October 1978Completion of John Paul I's plan on the "seven lamps": the cardinal virtues, beginning with prudence (1978)Pope

1980s

  1. Called and Gifted: The American Catholic Laity13 November 1980Called and GiftedBishops' Conferences
  2. Divinus Perfectionis Magister25 January 1983On the procedure for causes of saintsPope
  3. Redemptionis Donum25 March 1984To men and women religious on consecrationPope
  4. Message to the People of God†29 October 1987VII Ordinary General Assembly (1987), Vocation and Mission of the Lay Faithful: Message to the People of God [→ Christifideles Laici]Synod of Bishops
  5. Christifideles Laici30 December 1988On the vocation and mission of the lay faithfulPope

1990s

  1. Directory on the Ministry and Life of Priests31 January 1994Directory on the Ministry and Life of Priests (1994)Roman Curia
  2. Message of the Synod†28 October 1994IX Ordinary General Assembly (1994), Consecrated Life and its Role in the Church and the World: final message [→ Vita Consecrata]Synod of Bishops
  3. Called and Gifted for the Third MillenniumNovember 1995Called and Gifted for the Third MillenniumBishops' Conferences
  4. Vita Consecrata25 March 1996On the consecrated life and its missionPope
  5. Divini Amoris Scientia19 October 1997Proclaiming St Therese of Lisieux a Doctor of the ChurchPope

2000s

  1. Novo Millennio Ineunte6 January 2001At the close of the Great JubileePope
  2. Starting Afresh from Christ19 May 2002Starting Afresh from Christ: A Renewed Commitment to Consecrated LifeRoman Curia
  3. Pastores Gregis16 October 2003On the bishop, servant of the GospelPope
  4. Faciem tuam, Domine, requiram11 May 2008The Service of Authority and ObedienceRoman Curia
  5. Lettera per l'Anno Sacerdotale16 June 2009Letter proclaiming the Year for PriestsPope

2010s

  1. Gaudete et exsultate19 March 2018On the call to holiness in today's worldPope
  2. Catechesis on Women Saints and Mystics1 September 2010 – 2 February 2011Medieval and early-modern women saints from Hildegard of Bingen to Teresa of Avila, 2010-2011Pope
  3. Catechesis on the Doctors of the Church9 February 2011 – 13 April 2011Doctors of the Church from Peter Canisius to Therese of Lisieux, closing on holiness, 2011Pope
  4. Catechesis on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit9 April 2014 – 11 June 2014The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, 2014Pope
  5. Catechesis on the Church18 June 2014 – 26 November 2014The Church as People of God, Body of Christ, Mother, one holy catholic apostolic, following Lumen gentium, 2014Pope
  6. Maiorem hac dilectionem11 July 2017On the offering of life as a path to beatificationPope
  7. Catechesis on Baptism11 April 2018 – 16 May 2018Six catecheses on Baptism, 2018Pope

2020s

  1. Catechesis on the Beatitudes29 January 2020 – 29 April 2020The eight Beatitudes of Matthew 5, 2020Pope
  2. Patris corde8 December 2020On St Joseph, 150th anniversary of his proclamation as Patron of the Universal ChurchPope
  3. Ad charisma tuendum14 July 2022On the Prelature of Opus DeiPope
  4. Totum amoris est28 December 2022On St Francis de Sales, 4th centenary of his deathPope
  5. C'est la confiance15 October 2023On confidence in God's merciful love (St Thérèse of the Child Jesus)Pope