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The Catechism of the Catholic Church , an official exposition of Catholic
moral and doctrinal teachings, is a papally approved text that has been pub-
lished in many languages. The normative Latin text has a 1994 copyright by
Libreria Editrice Vaticana (LEV), which reserves the right to oversee all trans-
lations. For the English edition used in the United States, look for the second
edition, with both a 1994 and 1997 copyright. (The 1994 translation used
in the first English edition had numerous errors that were corrected in the
second edition.) The most complete second edition is published by USCCB
Publishing and contains more than 100 pages of supplemental material,
including a glossary and an index of citations. Order online at
or phone 800-235-8722. The USCCB administers the U.S. copyright for LEV.
Doubleday also publishes a second edition, minus the supplemental mate-
rial found in the USCCB’s second edition. The official English text of the
Catechism, including the glossary (but no indices), is also available online at
The Eastern Christian Churches: A Brief Survey by Ronald Roberson
gives a clear, concise description of the history and the present situation of
the Assyrian Church of the East and each of the Oriental Orthodox churches,
Orthodox churches and Eastern Catholic churches. It is a must-read for anyone
trying to sort out the complexities of the churches of the East, including the
Eastern Catholic churches. The first six editions were published by the Pontifical
Oriental Institute in Rome. The seventh edition is due in print in 2008, but the
full text is online at e
online edition is regularly updated whenever new information, such as a change
in a church’s leadership, calls for it. Father Roberson, a Paulist priest, is the
USCCB Secretariat of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs’ associate secretary
for Catholic-Orthodox relations and a former Catholic-Orthodox specialist at
the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
The USCCB and Vatican Web sites d
tensive electronic documentation of their activities and state-
ments on a wide range of issues. See the Vatican and USCCB chapters in this
book for more details. Numerous other Catholic Web sites are also cited in
those chapters.
The USCCB Source Book bject
experts among USCCB staff on topics related to church life and ministry. It is
produced by the USCCB Department of Communications as an aid for media
seeking background and/or interviewees and for those seeking speakers for
church meetings. Topics that the sources address relate to such matters as
world and national affairs, church life, liturgy, priesthood and religious life.