Information and Resources

Papal Documents

• Apostolic Exhortation "Redemptionis Donum" of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Men and Women Religious on their Consecration in the Light of the Mystery of Redemption
• The Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of Pope John Paul II: Vita Consecrata
• Pope Benedict XVI's Address on World Day of Consecrated Life, 2 February 2010

Documents of The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

• The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
• Directives for the Mutual Relations Between Bishops and Religious in the Church
  
• Essential Elements in the Church's Teaching on Religious Life as applied to Institutes dedicated to works of the Apostolate
• Fraternal Life in Community "Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor"