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Select Bibliography of Official Church Documents Concerning Diocesan and Eparchial Pastoral Councils

Congregation for Clergy, et al., “On Certain Questions Regarding the Collaboration of Nonordained Faithful in the Sacred Ministry of Priests,” De quibusdam quaestionibus circa fidelium laicorum cooperationem sacerdotum ministerium spectantem (August 15, 1997), article 5.

National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Called and Gifted for the Third Millennium (Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1995), p. 23.

Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation, "On the Vocation and Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World," Christifideles laici (December 30, 1988), n. 25.

______________, Apostolic Exhortation, “The Church in America,” Ecclesia in America (January 22, 1999), n. 36.

______________, Apostolic Exhortation, “The Church in Asia,” Ecclesia in Asia (November 6, 1999), nn. 25, 45.

______________, Apostolic Letter, “At the Beginning of the New Millennium,” Novo millennio ineunte (January 6, 2001), n. 45.

______________, Code of Canon Law (January 25, 1983), cc. 511-514.

______________, Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (October 18, 1990), cc. 272-275.

Pope Paul VI, Apostolic Letter, written motu proprio, "On the Implementation of the Decrees Christus Dominus, Presbyterorum Ordinis and Perfectae Caritatis," Ecclesiae Sanctae I (August 6, 1966), n. 16.

Sacred Congregation for Bishops, “Directory on the Pastoral Ministry of Bishops,” Ecclesiae imago (May 31, 1973), n. 204.

Sacred Congregation for Clergy, "Circular Letter on Pastoral Councils," Omnes Christifideles (January 25, 1973).

Second Synod of Bishops, “On the Ministerial Priesthood,” Ultimis temporibus (November 30, 1971), Part 2, II, 3.

Vatican Council II, “Decree on the Church’s Missionary Activity,” Ad gentes (December 7 1965), n. 30.

Vatican Council II, “Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests,” Presbyterorum ordinis (December 7, 1965), n. 7, footnote 41.

Vatican Council II, "Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops in the Church," Christus Dominus (October 25, 1965), n. 27.