Vatican & Papal Statements
- Benedict XVI, Message on the Occasion of the Sixth Ordinary Assembly of the International Form of Catholic Action (2012): on the "Co-responsibility" of the laity for the Church's being and acting.
- Benedict XVI, Address at the Opening of the Pastoral Convention of the Diocese of Rome on the Theme: "Church Membership and Pastoral Co-Responsibility" (2009)
- John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation Christifideles Laici on the vocation and mission of the lay faithful in the Church and in the world (1988)
- Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium (1964), chapter 4: "The Laity" (nos. 30-38)
- Second Vatican Council, Decree Apostolicam Actuositatem on the apostolate of the laity (1965)
- Catechism of the Catholic Church, nos. 897-913, "The Lay Faithful"
U.S. Bishops' Statements
- Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord: A Resource for Guiding the Development of Lay Ecclesial Ministry - 2005
- Colaboradores en la viña del Señor: Un recurso para guiar eldesarrollo del ministerio eclesial laico - 2005
- Called and Gifted for the Third Millennium (Reflections of the U.S. Catholic Bishops on the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity and the Fifteenth Anniversary of Called and Gifted) -1995
- Called and Gifted: The American Catholic Laity- 1980