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Liturgical Year & Calendar

Seasons, feasts, the calendar and the Easter cycle.

Also called calendar, feasts, Easter Vigil, Holy Week.

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1910s

  1. Divino Afflatu1 November 1911On the Reform of the Roman BreviaryPope

1920s

  1. Quas Primas11 December 1925On the Feast of Christ the KingPope

1940s

  1. Mediator Dei20 November 1947On the Sacred LiturgyPope

1950s

  1. Dominicae Resurrectionis vigiliam9 February 1951Decree restoring the Easter Vigil (ad experimentum)Roman Curia
  2. Maxima Redemptionis nostrae mysteria16 November 1955General Decree restoring the Holy Week OrderRoman Curia
  3. Ad Caeli Reginam11 October 1954On Proclaiming the Queenship of MaryPope

1960s

  1. Mysterii Paschalis14 February 1969Approving the Reformed Liturgical Year and General Roman CalendarPope
  2. Rubricarum Instructum25 July 1960Approving the New Code of Rubrics for the Breviary and MissalPope
  3. Sacrosanctum Concilium4 December 1963Constitution on the Sacred LiturgyEcumenical Council
  4. Paenitemini17 February 1966On Fast and AbstinencePope
  5. Pastoral Statement on Penance and Abstinence18 November 1966Penance and AbstinenceBishops' Conferences
  6. Ordo Lectionum Missae25 May 1969Lectionary for Mass (editio typica)Roman Curia

1970s

  1. Calendaria particularia24 June 1970Instruction on particular calendarsRoman Curia
  2. Marialis Cultus2 February 1974For the Right Ordering and Development of Devotion to MaryPope

1980s

  1. Paschalis sollemnitatis16 January 1988Circular Letter on Preparing and Celebrating the Paschal FeastsRoman Curia
  2. Ordo Lectionum Missae (editio typica altera)21 January 1981Lectionary for Mass, second typical editionRoman Curia

1990s

  1. Dies Domini31 May 1998On keeping the Lord's Day holyPope
  2. Homily opening the Great Jubilee24 December 1999Christmas midnight Mass and opening of the Holy DoorPope

2000s

  1. Martyrologium Romanum29 June 2001Roman Martyrology (editio typica)Roman Curia
  2. Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy17 December 2001Directory on Popular Piety and the LiturgyRoman Curia

2010s

  1. In Missa in Cena Domini6 January 2016Decree on the Washing of FeetRoman Curia
  2. Homiletic Directory29 June 2014Homiletic DirectoryRoman Curia
  3. Laetitiae plena11 February 2018Decree on the Memorial of Mary, Mother of the ChurchRoman Curia
  4. Aperuit illis30 September 2019Instituting the Sunday of the Word of GodPope
  5. Admirabile signum1 December 2019On the meaning and value of the nativity scenePope

2020s

  1. Note on the Sunday of the Word of God17 December 2020Note on the Sunday of the Word of GodRoman Curia
  2. Joint Declaration29 November 2025Joint Declaration of Leo XIV and Patriarch Bartholomew (Nicaea 1700th anniversary)Ecumenical & Interreligious Dialogue